Hello Mr. Rendall, chairetismos apo Princeton. The consensus at
Princeton among catalogers and division head is the in-putting of
diacritics, particularly for pre-1982 and classical Greek would add
considerably to the work at hand. Other than producing a truer, and more
pleasing representation of the written text, the omission of diacritics
would not detract from the validity of the catalog record.
I suppose the larger question to PCC would be what is to be gained by
in-putting the various diacritics? Given the circuitous methods needed
to in-put the diacritics, the present work loads and staff reductions,
Princeton agrees with Yale and Harvard that the addition of all
diacritics would be onerous.
Thank you for writing,
Gisela Kam
Mod. Grk. & Rom. Lngs. Cataloger
Firestone Library
Princeton University
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> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:15 -0500
> From: Robert Rendall <rr2205(a)columbia.edu>
> Subject: [Cohsl-list] Greek script diacritics in OCLC records
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> Cc: Peter Fletcher <pfletcher(a)library.ucla.edu>, David W Reser
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> Colleagues -
>
> I am serving on the PCC Task Force on Non-Latin Script Cataloging
> Documentation. This group has been charged with producing
> "authoritative and comprehensive documentation on providing equivalent
> fields in non-Latin scripts that provides for consistent application
> across available scripts."
>
> We are aware that in most records with Greek script currently in OCLC,
> the diacritics that normally appear in Greek text are omitted. We have
> also been told that is it technically possible to enter Greek script
> with appropriate diacritics in OCLC by using the same MARC-8 combining
> diacritics used by catalogers in OCLC for Latin script (see for example
> the contents notes in OCLC record #428012280 for Progymnasmata quae
> exstant omnia, with Greek script added by Brigham Young University; this
> record passes OCLC validation).
>
> The two diacritics needed for contemporary, post-1982 modern Greek
> orthography can be entered reasonably easily in OCLC using the "Enter
> Diacritics and Special Characters" menu. All the other diacritics
> needed for pre-1982 and classical Greek can also be entered, but some
> are not available from this menu in OCLC, and special keystroke
> combinations need to be set up to produce them. Entering valid
> combining diacritics in local systems before uploading records to OCLC
> might present further complications.
>
> All of this is quite different from the way Greek is usually entered and
> encoded in other contexts on the Web, I think, and text with diacritics
> produced by other methods cannot be copied into OCLC records.
>
> The CoHSL list is the only place where I have found any discussion of
> Greek diacritics in OCLC records (in a few messages from 2007). My
> group will be recommending standards to be followed by the Library of
> Congress and other participants in the Program for Cooperative
> Cataloging. I would welcome any comments on whether we should recommend
> that entering Greek diacritics should be encouraged or required for
> items in post- and/or pre-1982 orthography, given that they would have
> to be input as described above.
>
> I would particularly like to hear from any catalogers in other libraries
> currently entering Greek script in bibliographic records. Please
> forward this message as appropriate.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Robert Rendall
>
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KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
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From: James R. Kelly [mailto:jrkelly@library.umass.edu] Sent:
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:25 AM
Subject: FW: Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures
Success! I've just received word from Maribeth Kraus and Rosemary Feal
at the Modern Language Assn. of America that our proposal for a new
discussion group highlighting the interconnections among libraries,
literatures, and languages (officially called "Libraries and Research
in Languages and Literatures") has been approved (letter appended).
That means that we now have an official slot for a session at the next
MLA Conference (January 6-9, 2011, in Los Angeles).
We need to come up with a theme for our session in the next week or
two so that we can put out a call for papers. Barbara Chen and I have
been thinking along the general lines of "Digital Humanities" (a hot
topic, apparently, at the just-ended conference in Philadelphia), but
I would be pleased to hear from you as to refinements of that concept
or suggestions of other topics.
In order to put the call for papers and the panel within the
organizational context of the MLA, here is what their website tells on
on these topics (given the late announcement of our discussion
group's approval, we've been granted an exemption from the more
stringent deadlines cited in paragraph 3 below):
"Length of meetings. All convention meetings other than forums and
some workshops last one hour and fifteen minutes; forums last one hour
and forty-five minutes; workshops (depending on the type) last either
three hours or one hour and fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes must be
left at the end of each session for discussion.
Calls for papers. Calls for papers, which are published on the MLA Web
site (www.mla.org/cfp_main), bring together potential session
organizers (be they divisions, discussion groups, the American
Literature Section, MLA committees, allied or affiliate organizations,
or individual members) and participants. Calls for papers are simply
statements of intent to propose a session; they do not in any way bind
the organizer or the Program Committee.
Calls for papers are solicited three times a year. Deadlines for
submissions fall in mid-July, mid-September, and mid-January. Calls
for papers submitted in July and September 2009, as well as January
2010, will be for the convention held in January 2011. Calls submitted
for July and September 2010 and for January 2011 will be for the
convention held in January 2012. Subsequent years will follow this
pattern. A calendar of deadlines is available on the MLA Web site
(www.mla.org/conv_deadlines). Calls for papers on the Web site must be
limited to thirty-five words, including the title of the session but
not counting the name and address of the person placing the
announcement. The MLA reserves the right to edit calls for papers
submitted to the Web site."
Lastly, and of no inconsiderable merit on its own, thanks to all of
you who took interest in and lent your support to this effort. We
couldn't have done it without you!
Jim and Barbara
Letter from Maribeth Krause:
22 January 2010
Professor James R. Kelly
W. E. B. Du Bois Library
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9275
Dear Professor Kelly,
It is my pleasure to inform you that the Executive Council, acting
upon the recommendation of the Program Committee, approved the
creation of a discussion group on [Libraries and Research in Languages
and Literatures].
We would like to offer you the opportunity to submit a call for papers
and hold a guaranteed session at the 2011 convention (this will be in
addition to the organizational meeting mentioned below). Please send
a call for papers to my attention at mkraus(a)mla.org.
An organizational meeting of the new discussion group will take place
at the 2011 annual convention in Los Angeles. In early fall you will
be hearing from Carol Zuses concerning the election of an executive
committee at the 201l annual convention and other matters relating to
the functioning and governance of the new discussion group.
The creation of a discussion group on [Libraries and Research in
Languages and Literatures] represents an important addition to the MLA
discussion group structure, and we look forward to working with you
to further the interests of members in this field in the years ahead.
Very truly yours,
Maribeth T. Kraus
Director of Convention Programs
James R. Kelly
Humanities Bibliographer
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
University of Massachusetts
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9275
(413) 545-3981; (413) 577-2565 (fax)
E-mail: jrkelly(a)library.umass.edu
Eco Lending Library
A lending library of second-hand books has been created by a small group of
people who want to put their unwanted books to good use.
In just one year, the group has blossomed to include 430 members, and they
lend books to prisons as well as needy libraries and individuals around the
country.
The Thessaloniki-based group, called "Book 2nd Chance: -
www.book2chance.gr- has expanded by word of mouth and today counts
banks, offices, 35 schools,
the Thessaloniki Film Festival, local authorities, as well as other
organizations and individuals around Greece.
The group also recycles newspapers, magazines, and other scrap of paper.
"For every 100 kilos of paper recycled, two trees are saved from felling,
along with 50% of water and energy needed to process paper, thereby reducing
the resulting atmospheric pollution by 75%,” says organizer Polykarpos
Orfanidis.
Athens Plus (29.1.2010): Giving old books a second chance at
life<http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/entheta/extra/AthensPlus/29-01-2010.pdf>
(p.15)
http://www.book2chance.gr/
--
June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
Eco Lending Library
A lending library of second-hand books has been created by a small group of
people who want to put their unwanted books to good use.
In just one year, the group has blossomed to include 430 members, and they
lend books to prisons as well as needy libraries and individuals around the
country.
The Thessaloniki-based group, called "Book 2nd Chance: -
www.book2chance.gr- has expanded by word of mouth and today counts
banks, offices, 35 schools,
the Thessaloniki Film Festival, local authorities, as well as other
organizations and individuals around Greece.
The group also recycles newspapers, magazines, and other scrap of paper.
"For every 100 kilos of paper recycled, two trees are saved from felling,
along with 50% of water and energy needed to process paper, thereby reducing
the resulting atmospheric pollution by 75%,” says organizer Polykarpos
Orfanidis.
Athens Plus (29.1.2010): Giving old books a second chance at
life<http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/entheta/extra/AthensPlus/29-01-2010.pdf>
(p.15)
http://www.book2chance.gr/
--
June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
