We have been unable to incorporate diacritics into the web form. In
instruction 6 for the web form, a drop-down list of diacritic names is
provided for copy and paste insertion into the text of the proposal.

Instruction 7 for the form asks contributors to input abbreviations
(deg., min., sec.) into the Geonet citation.

The LC cataloger who reviews the proposal when it is downloaded into
the LC Voyager database changes the text to the appropriate diacritic or
symbol.

Anthony

Anthony R.D. Franks
Acting Team Leader, Cooperative Cataloging Team
Library of Congress
202-707-2822 (voice)
202-252-2082 (fax)

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I submitted a subject heading proposal via the web form for a
geographic
feature.  The heading is Harney Peak (S.D.) (LCCN sh2004014744) and
was
submitted on 16 Dec.  I cited the GNIS entry for Harney Peak and tried
to insert the degree symbol for the coordinates, but the symbol was
converted to a ` , which I am sure that Library of Congress will
change.
How should one handle the degree symbol when submitting proposals with
a
GNIS citation?

Thank you.


Dustin Larmore ([log in to unmask])
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Karl E. Mundt Library
Dakota State University
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Madison, SD  57042-1799
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FAX: (605) 256-5208
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to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be
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them?"--Thomas More, Utopia (1516)