Defining the scope of Judaica: Complementary problems in bibliographic control and bibliographic organization |
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| Institution: | 1. Associate Professor, Division of Library and Information Science St John''s University Jamaica, NY 11439 USA;2. Consulting Librarian, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 1048 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028 USA;1. School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom;2. Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, United Kingdom;1. Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton, UK;2. Faculty of Finance, University of Economics, The University of Danang, Viet Nam;3. Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University, Australia;4. Faculty of Management studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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| Abstract: | The multiple meanings of Judaica and bibliographic control are defined. A broad view of Judaica is taken, that is, intersection with Hebraica as opposed to exclusion thereof. Bibliographic control is presented as a collection development function, while bibliographic organization is the cataloger's domain. Four problem areas in defining the scope of Judaica are identified: overlap with Hebraica and Israeli publications, the numerous cognate disciplines of Jewish studies, Judaism as a religion vs Jews as an ethnic group, and “who is a Jew?” Each issue is discussed from both the bibliographer's and the subject cataloger's perspective. The automatic identification of works relevant to a Judaica collection is dependent upon appropriate subject analysis or classification. Judaica bibliographers should therefore monitor developments in Judaica cataloging and advocate changes that would simplify control of the multidisciplinary, multilingual literature of Jewish studies. |
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