Cataloging Hebrew Materials in the Online Environment: A Comparative Study of American and Israeli Approaches

by Elhanan Adler, Shelia S. Intner, Susan S. Lazinger

This comprehensive text clarifies the rules and practices of descriptive and subject cataloging of Hebrew-alphabet materials. At the same time it chronicles the historical and descriptive cataloging and classification traditions in two centers of Hebrew cataloging-Washington and Jerusalem. The authors provide guidelines for formulating headings and uniform titles; analyze and demonstrate systems for transliteration and transcription; and trace (structurally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563083582
• ISBN13: 9781563083587
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"