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Subject: Re: Armenian romanization in online catalogues
Date: 2016-07-21 19:41
From: "Hirsch, David" <[log in to unmask]>
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Reply-To: Middle Eastern and Islamic Library Collections and
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We have a substantial armenian collection at ucla and use the LC
romanization system. I believe all major university collections in the
US also use LC.
I believe that European libraries such as the BNF use a different
system.
David
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Subject: Armenian romanization in online catalogues
Date: 2016-07-14 12:57
From: Stephie Coane <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear all,
At Eton College Library we are embarking on a cataloguing project to
add
the Parikian Collection of early Armenian printing to our catalogue. We
are approaching the task in two stages: the Armenian cataloguer (who is
not a librarian) will produce records in Word using an agreed template,
and Eton cataloguers will input the data into the catalogue in MARC21
format.
Titles and imprints of items printed in Armenian will be supplied in
Armenian characters using an Armenian keyboard and character set, and
in
romanized form. However, an issue has now arisen about the choice of
romanization system.
The Armenian cataloguer's original recommendation had been to use the
Hübschmann-Meillet system, which is used in the Armenian National
Bibliography and which was used to catalogue the Armenian books at the
BL and the Bodleian. This system provides a one-to-one correspondence
to
Armenian characters by using diacritical marks. However, it is proving
difficult to resolve the issue of how to type these characters without
extensive letter-by-letter copy-pasting or technical solutions with
potentially significant cost and time implications.
Therefore we are considering using the 'vocalised' [ALA/LC] system.
This
system loses the one-to-one correspondence to Armenian characters, but
also the most troublesome diacritical marks. It is also the one used by
the Library of Congress, and therefore also by their name authorities,
which we generally use in cataloguing at Eton, so would have the
additional benefit of not requiring a decision to break away from LOC
for Armenian names or have inconsistent romanization forms appearing in
our online catalogue.
As far as I can tell as an Armenian novice, it appears to my untrained
eye that Hübschmann-Meillet was indeed used for the BL and Bodleian
printed catalogue, but such records as I've been able to call up in the
BL and Bodleian OPACs, the romanization used appears to be the
'vocalised'/LOC system - presumably for the same reason we are now
encountering at Eton.
Before making a decision, we wondered if colleagues at institutions
with
Armenian holdings had any useful experience to draw on?
Many thanks,
Stephie
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Stephanie Coane (Dr)
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