Suggested Readings

“Authority Control of Arabic Personal Names: RDA and Beyond” by Iman Dagher and Denise Soufi. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 2021, Vol. 59, No. 2-3, 260-280

Abstract: “This paper discusses the basics of creating name authority records for Arabic personal names in accordance with Resource Description and Access instructions and Program for Cooperative Cataloging guidelines. A background into the use of romanization for non-Latin scripts in bibliographic and authority records is provided to establish the context. Issues with romanization that are particular to Arabic are addressed. Separate sections on modern and classical names provide an overview of the major challenges, and strategies to enhance discovery are outlined. The paper concludes with an examination of the possible benefits of identity management and other changes in the authority control landscape for names in non-Latin script”.

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المتطلبات الوظيفية للتسجيلات الببليوجرافية : التقرير النهائى / مجموعة الافلا لدراسة المتطلبات الوظيفية للتسجيلات الببليوجرافية ؛ اقرته اللجنة الدائمة المنبثقة عن قسم الفهرسة بالافلا .- الطبعة العربية / ترجمةدعاء على محمد ؛ مراجعة يسرية عبد الحليم زايد .

القاهرة : جامعة القاهرة , كلية الآداب , قسم المكتبات والوثائق والمعلومات , 2013

[Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. Arabic.]

Al-mūtaṭalabāt al-waẓīfīyah lil-tasjīlāt al-biblyūjrāfīyah: al-taqrīr al-nihā’ī / Majmū’at al-IFLĀ li-dirāsat al- mūtaṭalabāt al-waẓīfīyah lil-tasjīlāt al-bibliyūjrāfīyah; aqarrathu al-lajnah al-dā’imah al-munbathiqah ‘an qism al-fahrasah bi-al-IFLĀ – al-tab‘ah al-‘arabiyah / tarjamah Du‘ā’ Alī Muhammad; murājah Yasriyah ‘Abd-al-Halīm Zayid.

al-Qāhirah: Jāmi‘at al-Qāhirah, kullīyat al-Adāb, qism al-maktabāt wa al-watā’ik wa al-ma’lūmāt, 2013.]

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Furrie, B., Ghālī, W. N., Ahamd, U. S., & Shourbagy, N. F. (2007). al-Dalī̄l al-irshādī lil-tasjīlāt al-bibliyūjrā̄fīyah al-maqrū̄ʼah ālī̄yan: MARC. Cairo: U.S. Aḥmad.

Translation of: Understanding MARC bibliographic : machine-readable cataloging (Full text: PDF)

Sherbini, M. (2013). Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Model for Arabic Name Authority Control. Library Resources & Technical Services, 57 (1), 4-17. (Full text via: EBSCO | ProQuest | ALCTS [embargoed till 2014])

Yontan Musnik, S. (2012). Ottoman Authors Revisited: Name Authority Records at the BnF. Türk Kütüphaneciliği 26 (3), 564-577

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IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) and its Glossary/ by Barbara Tillett & Ana Lupe Cristán (Eds.). München: K.G. Saur, 2009.

Romanization of Arabic names : proceedings of the International Symposium on Arabic Transliteration Standard: Challenges and Solutions, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 15-16 December 2009 / edited by Sattar Izwaini. United Arab Emirates : Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development, 2010.

ISBN: 9789948159889

Print Version | PDF (English) | PDF (Arabic)

Introducing RDA: A Guide to the Basics / by Chris Oliver. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010. ISBN: 9780838935941 (ALA store)

Libraries and Information in the Arab World: An Annotated Bibliography / By Lokman I. Meho, Mona A. Nsouli. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.ISBN: 9780313310980 (ABC-CLIO store)

Soualah, Mohammed Ourabah & Mohamed Hassoun. “Which metadata for Ancient Arabic Manuscripts Cataloguing?”, in Thomas Baker, Diane I. Hillmann & Antoine Isaac (eds), Metadata Harmonization: Bridging Languages of Descripton. [s.l.]: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, 2011. pp. 137-46. http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/index.php/pubs/article/view/3629

This book includes the lectures given in the introductory course on the critical edition of manuscripts, which was organized by the Center for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts, affiliated to Al-Furqān, in collaboration with the Center for Editing Texts at Al-Azhar. The training course took place at Al-Azhar University in the period between 2-7 June 2012. (buy online)

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