One reason is that it would then conflict with a 451 on the NAR for Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Another is that it's an unnecessary change that creates more churn and file maintenance. The heading has been good enough for about 40 years. ------------------------------------------ John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) ISNI 0000 0000 4028 0917 From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew, Paige G. Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2021 12:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Dubai vs Dubayy The approved form of the Emirate's name is "Dubayy", in which case there isn't a conflict with the name of the city of "Dubai". Unless someone has a good reason not to, I can go in and change "Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)" to Dubayy (United Arab Emirates)" Paige ________________________________ From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Benjamin A Abrahamse <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:36 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: [PCCLIST] Dubai vs Dubayy More out of curiosity than anything else, can someone explain why the AAP for city of Dubai is Dubai (United Arab Emirates) but the AAP for the emirate itself is Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)? I'm not really seeing that distinction in other reference sources. Thanks, --Ben Ben Abrahamse Metadata Librarian MIT Libraries [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>