Dissertation Information for Abdus Subbuh Qasimi NAME: - Abdus Subbuh Qasimi
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1967)
ADVISORS: - Maurice Tauber
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Phyllis Dain - Alice Bryan - Theodore C. Hines - Hamid Ud Din
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: A CODE FOR CATALOGING MATERIALS PUBLISHED IN URDU, PUSHTO AND PANJABI
Abstract: Collections of materials from the Near East and South Asia have been growing rapidly in libraries of Western countries, but standard Western cataloging techniques have in some respects proved inadequate to handle these materials. The first two chapters of the present study demonstrates the specific need for guidance in cataloging publications in three modern literary languages written in the Arabic alphabet, namely Urdu, pushto and Panjabi, on the basis of a detailed survey of current practice in libraries in the United states and abroad. The chief difficulties are found to be associated With the converting of vernacular orthography into the Roman alphabet for filing purposes, with the proper understanding of the composition of personal names borne by individuals writing in those languages, and with the constructing of catalog entries for these names. The writer discusses and analyzes each of these ,difficulties with a view to providing the cataloger with the information he needs in order to be able to make appropriate decisions. The result is a code designed not to replace but to supplement the rules of the American Library Association.
Following Chaps. I and II, which include a survey of the languages and the area in which they are spoken and written, the question of transliteration is dealt with at length in Chaps. III and IV; Chap. IV in particular presents tables of transliteration for Urdu, Pushto and PanJabi, with detailed rules of application and many examples. Chaps. V-VII deal with names; Chap. VII in particular presents rules for the construction of headings for personal names illustrated with a variety of names both of the twentieth century and earlier. Chap. VIII covers bibliographical description, and includes rules for features peculiar to publications in these languages. Chap. IX summarizes the study as a whole and offers suggestions for future work in this and related fields. The appendixes contain extensive lists of authors' names divided into categories based on structure and meaning. These lists are intended to be of practical value in a field of cataloging where reference works are few and information sources in Western languages hopelessly inadequate.The appendixes are followed by a bibliography.
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