HEBRAICA CATALOGING A GUIDE TO ALA/LC ROMANIZATION AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING Prepared by Paul Maher Senior Descriptive Cataloger Descriptive Cataloging Division Online Edition, Slightly Revised Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2005 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maher, Paul, 1951- Hebraica cataloging. English text with some Hebrew and Yiddish. Title on added t.p.: Ḳiṭlug ṿe-romanizatsyah: Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. no.: LC 30:25:H34 1. Cataloging of Jewish literature. 2. Cataloging of Hebrew imprints. 3. Hebrew language-Transliteration into English. I. Library of Congress. Descriptive Cataloging Division. II. Title. III. Title: Ḳiṭlug ṿe-romanizatsyah. Z695.1.J48M33 1987 025.3'2 87-600162 ISBN 0-8444-0567-1 For sale by: Cataloging Distribution Service Customer Services Section Library of Congress Washington DC, 20541 (202) 287-6100 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................................ 1 NOTE TO THE READER ................................................................................................................ 2 PURPOSE AND COVERAGE ......................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 4 HEBREW AND YIDDISH ROMANIZATION.................................................................................... 5 The ALA/LC Hebraica Romanization Tables ............................................................................... 5 Historical Note on ALA/LC Hebraica Romanization..................................................................... 6 CURRENT APPLICATION OF THE ALA/LC ROMANIZATION TABLES....................................... 7 Alef ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Alef /'Ayin Initials .......................................................................................................................... 7 Special Characters....................................................................................................................... 8 Alif, Ayn, Apostrophe................................................................................................................ 8 Miagkĭi znak.............................................................................................................................. 8 Diacritics................................................................................................................................... 9 Dagesh ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Vowels........................................................................................................................................ 10 General................................................................................................................................... 10 Schwa..................................................................................................................................... 10 Yod ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Foreign Loan Words .................................................................................................................. 12 Hebrew Personal Names ........................................................................................................... 13 Non-Hebrew names ................................................................................................................... 13 Hebrew Hyphenation ................................................................................................................. 13 "Little words"........................................................................................................................... 14 Multiple prefixes ..................................................................................................................... 14 Yiddish Romanization ................................................................................................................ 15 General................................................................................................................................... 15 Hebrew words in Yiddish........................................................................................................ 15 Soviet Yiddish......................................................................................................................... 15 Hebrew personal names in Yiddish........................................................................................ 16 Yiddish hyphenation ............................................................................................................... 16 Capitalization.............................................................................................................................. 17 General................................................................................................................................... 17 Proper names......................................................................................................................... 17 Corporate bodies.................................................................................................................... 17 Geographic names ................................................................................................................. 17 Proper adjectives.................................................................................................................... 18 Special cases ......................................................................................................................... 18 Punctuation ................................................................................................................................ 19 Series of words....................................................................................................................... 19 Statements of responsibility ................................................................................................... 19 Abbreviations, Initialisms, and Acronyms .................................................................................. 20 General................................................................................................................................... 20 Acronyms................................................................................................................................ 20 Abbreviations.......................................................................................................................... 21 Initialisms................................................................................................................................ 21 Complex situations ................................................................................................................. 22 Names of the Divinity ............................................................................................................. 22 Summary ................................................................................................................................ 22 Dates and Numerals .................................................................................................................. 23 General................................................................................................................................... 23 Gregorian dates...................................................................................................................... 23 Ordinal numerals .................................................................................................................... 23 Note on Ketaṿ Male and Ketaṿ Ḥaser ....................................................................................... 23 NOTES ON LIBRARY ON CONGRESS RULE INTERPRETATIONS.......................................... 24 I.0C............................................................................................................................................. 24 1.0G ........................................................................................................................................... 24 1.1F7 .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Titles of Address..................................................................................................................... 25 Patronymics............................................................................................................................ 25 1.2 .............................................................................................................................................. 25 1.2B3.......................................................................................................................................... 26 1.4C6.......................................................................................................................................... 26 1.4D4.........................................................................................................................................