Why is it that we can have Chinese, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, etc.
scripts in NACO records, but the Eszett symbol is singled out as a
no-no?
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Robert Bratton
Cataloging Librarian
Jacob Burns Law Library
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Goodson,Luanne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear NACO Participants,
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> The Eszett symbol (ß -- often used in German for double s) is listed as “Do
> not use in NACO records” in the Authority File Comparison Rules (NACO
> Normalization) found on the PCC Website:
> http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/normrule-2.html
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> If the Eszett symbol is used in a new authority record that record is
> rejected in its entirety by LC’s system. Records cannot be re-added to the
> LC/NACO Authority File and therefore must be deleted by OCLC staff.
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> If an existing record is edited to include the Eszett symbol the record in
> its entirety is rejected by LC’s system. OCLC staff will then correct the
> record and recontribute it with ‘ss’ inplace of the Eszett symbol.
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> If you find that a new record you contributed to the LC/NACO Authority File
> via OCLC’s Connexion does not exist in the file, then you can search the LC
> Names & Subjects History File available via Connexion and see what the
> status of your contribution is. For more information on using the LC Names
> & Subjects History File please see OCLC Connexion Client Guides,
> Authorities: Search Authority Files, Ch. 3
> http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/authorities/searchauth/searchauthorityfile.pdf
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> -- Luanne
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> Luanne Goodson
> OCLC NACO Liaison
> WorldCat Quality & Partner Content Dept.
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