In 1997 a new periodical (ISSN: 1284-4519) started in Neuilly-sur-Seine,
France. On the front cover and at the head of the title-page it carries the
title EUROORIENT, with the two Os overlapping, followed by SHARQ WA-URUBA in
Arabic script. However, elsewhere in each issue, including the running title
at the foot of every page, and on the spine, the title appears as EURORIENT,
with only one O.
This periodical carries scholarly articles in French on the Middle
East, which we are including in Index Islamicus. So far three issues have been
published. Following our normal practice, we have taken the title from the
title-page, and it appears in our citations as EUROORIENT. However, the
Bibliotheque Nationale de France has catalogued it as EURORIENT (although their
record also gives EUROORIENT as an alternative title). So far I have not seen
it in any other catalogue or database: it is not in RLIN nor OCLC nor MELVYL.
This situation is likely to cause some confusion, and may prevent
students and researchers from finding the periodical when they need it. The
best way to prevent this will be to ensure that library catalogues record
both titles in searchable form.
Geoffrey Roper
Islamic Bibliography Unit
Cambridge University Library
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