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Current Practices and Standards of Cataloging Hebraica in RLIN
Get PDFSince 1988, approximately 21 institutions have input Hebraica records into RLIN utilizing its Hebrew script capability. These institutions have varying standards for the amount of Hebrew script and Romanization that they provide. Some institutions provide vernacular access only for the core fields that have been defined by RLIN; others provide vernacular access for main and ad d ed entries, notes, and subject headings as well. Some institutions do not provide Romanization for the statement of responsibility or beyond the title proper. These institutions have varying financial, technical, and policy constraints that have contributed to this diversity of procedures for inputting vernacular records and for vernacular enhancement of already existing copy. In the papers from the AJL 1993 Convention session on "Modification of RLIN Hebraica Records," we share in each other's experiences in creating and modifying RLIN Hebraica script records
Reference Works from Israel, 1992-1993
Get PDFThe directories, encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, and bibliographies listed below are part of the collection of the Jewish National and University Library. Most were published in Israel, but some of them are in the Library because it is the Library's aim, as the National Library of the Jewish people, to collect Judaica from all over the world. Some non-Israeli publications that may not have come to the attention of U.S. librarians are therefore included in this list
Association of Jewish Libraries Bibliography Award, 1991 Recipients: Gloria L. Cronin, Blaine H. Hall, and Connie Lamb
Get PDFLibrary of Congress Classification for Judaica: Recent Changes (1992-1993)
Get PDFThe column covers the additions and changes to the Library of Congress classification made from July 1992 to March 1993 in the classes of major importance to Judaica libraries. Recorded here are the usual cutter additions and changes to various topics under class BM (Judaism) and its tables, as well as classes BS (Bible), DS (History) and PJ (Language and Literature). Other classes (i.e., B, BJ, DD, F, HE, PN, RC) that had changes pertaining to Judaica during this period are also included. The article notes several cutter additions under class number DS 135 (History of Jews outside of Palestine, by region or country, A-Z) that reflect the recent demise of the Soviet Union and the former republics' becoming independent states.
Of major significance are the following changes: (1) the breakdown for Jewish ethical philosophers (BJ 1287) was revised, with more general instructions for classification. (2) Under class number BM 675 (Special liturgical works), the cutters for the three major groups of Judaic liturgical books (i.e., Siddur, .D3; Mahzor, .F45; Haggadah, .P4) were removed from BM 675 and placed in their own new class numbers, which allows for greater expansion
Epistle from Israel (1994)
Get PDFReported on in this column are recently issued Judaica databases on CD-ROM; activities of the Jewish National and University Library and other libraries, both university and yeshiva; librarian participation in Judaica conferences in Israel; and programs of the Judaica Librarians' Group
Acceptance Speeches (Sydney Taylor Book Award, 1991): Barbara Diamond Goldin, Erika Weihs, Sandy Lanton, Shelly 0. Haas, Howard Schwartz (for Barbara Rush), Uri Shulevitz
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The Multicultural Curriculum and Children's Books of Jewish Interest in the Public School
Get PDFBooks of Jewish interest in the public school are of two kinds. They may be informational, nonfiction works, generally classified in the religion section of the library's classification scheme. Such works are useful for those who are studying about Judaism and for those Jewish children in the school who need to see themselves reflected in the collection. Works in the second category, picture books and fiction, must be chosen for their universal value. The stories must appeal to all children, regardless of race or religion. Any child must be able to identify with the characters and incidentally learn something about Judaism
Hebraica Authority Control at Brandeis
Get PDFBrandeis University Libraries has maintained separate authority files for all names written on title pages in Hebraic script-for personal, corporate, place, and conference headings. The files enable the cataloger to search in roman or Hebraic script. This paper reviews the history of the Hebraica authority files, their organization, changes in usage, adaptation to AACR2, and their reactivation when Hebrew script became available on RLIN. Current usage is examined in light of RLIN and the accommodation of nonroman scripts in the USMARC authorities format