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Peer reviewedAliprand, Joan M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Discusses problems of information distortion resulting from romanization (i.e., representation of nonroman scripts in Latin characters) and modifications of USMARC format to support nonroman scripts in library catalogs. Efforts to develop a universal character set and its potential effects on USMARC are considered. (45 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Machine Readable Cataloging, Non Roman Scripts, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedWeinberg, Bella Hass – Judaica Librarianship, 1995
The Romanization of Yiddish in Hebraica cataloging is problematic; inconsistencies are found in machine-readable catalog (MARC) records of various bibliographic utilities. The article describes insufficiencies in the Library of Congress's Romanization table and disparate systems used in transliterating Yiddish dictionaries. Solutions may include…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Dictionaries
