Re: [Cohsl-list] online petition against Mod Greek transliteration changes

Dear Deb and Rhea, The petition is well written and certainly spells out clearly the problems for users and library staff that LC's change will create. This is particularly a problem for the catalog at my university as virtually all of our Modern Greek materials are cataloged by OCLC Techpro. With our current staffing, I really cannot imagine that we would be able to manage any retrospective cleanup. Thank you so much for doing this, Jacquie _______________________________ Jacquelene W. Riley, Head John Miller Burnam Classical Library 320 Blegen, M.L. 0191 University of Cincinnati Libraries Cincinnati, OH  45221-0191 VOICE:  (513) 556-1316 FAX:    (513) 556-6244 EMAIL:  jacquelene.riley(a)uc.edu http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/index.html -----Original Message----- From: cohsl-list-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:cohsl-list-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart, Deb Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:21 AM To: listserv for the Consortium of Hellenic Studies Librarians; cohsl-list Subject: [Cohsl-list] online petition against Mod Greek transliteration changes Dear colleagues, The petition Rhea Lesage (Head and Bibliographer for Modern Greek, Widener Library, Harvard College Library) and I created to protest the Library of Congress's changes to the modern Greek transliteration table is posted here: http://www.petitiononline.com/mdgk0310/petition.html It is long, but we hope that it will explain our many concerns to the broader Hellenic studies community and to LC as well. Our goal is to stop the implementation of the changed table until there can be more input and planning. LC's deadline for our comments is Wednesday, March 31 so we would like to collect as many signatures as possible before then. The petition can continue to grow after March 31 but may not be as effective. Please read over and sign if you agree (you can choose to keep your e-mail address private from anyone who views the petition, including me), and please distribute to any appropriate listservs, faculty, and researchers. With thanks, Deb Deborah Brown Stewart Librarian, Byzantine Studies Dumbarton Oaks Research Library Washington, DC _______________________________________________ CoHSL-list mailing list CoHSL-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/cohsl-list