Hello Paul,
and thanks for the info. Could you or other colleagues working with the Romanization Table explain to librarians like me who don't use the LOC scheme but need to know it passively well the new features or substantial changes in this revised version? A first and very superficial look doesn't reveal anything new.
Best wishes
Andreas
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Betreff: Arabic Romanization Table Revised
Forwarded by Paul Auchterlonie.
Arabic Romanization Table Revision Approved
The ALA-LC Romanization tables are developed jointly by the Library of Congress (LC) and the American Library Association (ALA). Romanization schemes enable the cataloging of foreign language materials. Romanized cataloging in turn supports circulation, acquisitions, serials check-in, shelflisting, shelving, and reference, particularly in library catalogs that are unable to display non-roman alphabet information.
The ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials (CC:AAM) recently received and reviewed a proposal to revise the Arabic romanization table. The table has subsequently been approved.
The revised Arabic romanization table is now available for downloading from the ALA-LC Romanization Tables webpage<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html .
Please direct any questions about romanization tables to Bruce Johnson, Policy and Standards Division ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
Bruce Chr. Johnson
The Library of Congress
Policy & Standards Division
Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA
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