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<DIV><SPAN class=906310423-18122007><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2>Bob,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=906310423-18122007><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=906310423-18122007><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>This
exact question came up here at the Folger. The correct way to render the
statement, following the example under Hebrew, is: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#ff0000>a-g[superscript 8] <SPAN class=906310423-18122007>(in Greek
characters), </SPAN>A-2H[superscript 8]</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN><o:p><SPAN
class=906310423-18122007><FONT face=Verdana size=2>And yes, we considered every
possible permutation of how to represent non-roman characters to death. What we
came up with is the only one that didn't carry within itself fatal
contradictions.</FONT></SPAN></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype" size=2>____________________________</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size=2>Deborah J. Leslie,
M.A., M.L.S.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"
size=2>Head of Cataloging</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype" size=2>Folger Shakespeare Library</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"
size=2>djleslie@folger.edu</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype" size=2><A
href="http://www.folger.edu/">http://www.folger.edu</A></FONT></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Robert Maxwell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 18 December, 2007
17:33<BR><B>To:</B> DCRM Revision Group List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DCRM-L] FW:
Greek signatures<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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some reason this message didn’t make it through to the list
…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Robert L.
Maxwell<BR>Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog
Librarian<BR>Genre/Form Authorities Librarian<BR>6728 Harold B. Lee
Library<BR>Brigham Young University<BR>Provo, UT 84602<BR>(801)422-5568
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Will Evans
[mailto:evans@bostonathenaeum.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 17, 2007
9:15 AM<BR><B>To:</B> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Greek
signatures<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">At the risk of
sounding like a Monday morning quarterback, I'm a little puzzled by rule
7B9.9. The item I have in hand has the preliminaries signed in Greek
characters and the bulk of the text signed in Roman characters. As we all are
now at the mercy of OCLC, which does not include Greek characters in its ALA
set of diacritics and special characters, I'll end up with the following
signature statement:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">a-g[superscript 8]
A-2H[superscript 8]</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I find this is
confusing. I guess I can add a note indicating which characters are in
Greek, but this requires extra work. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Out of curiosity was a
scheme of [alpha], [beta], [gamma], etc. ever
considered?</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Best,</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>Will
Evans<BR>Rare Materials Catalog Librarian<BR>Biography & History
Bibliographer<BR>Boston Athenaeum<BR>10 1/2 Beacon Street<BR>Boston, MA
02108<BR><BR>Telephone: (617) 227-0270, ext. 243<BR>Fax: (617) 227-5266<BR><A
href="http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/">http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/</A><BR><BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</SPAN><SPAN
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