I agree. While technically not necessary, an extra qualifier could be a good thing if it lessens confusion. **************************** Diana Brooking Cataloging Librarian University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle WA 98195-2900 206-685-0389 [log in to unmask] From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Richard Murray Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 9:30 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Dubai vs Dubayy I also think keeping "United Arab Emirates : Emirate" as the qualifier might signal, at least to the more savvy catalog users, that this is the heading for the emirate, and not a "misspelled" version of the city, as "Dubayy (United Arab Emirates)" could be interpreted to be. Rich Rich Murray Principal Cataloger Catalog Librarian for Spanish and Portuguese Languages | Rare Books | Sequential Art Duke University Libraries Durham, North Carolina, USA [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> https://isni.org/isni/0000000114975413 | http://viaf.org/viaf/119627525 From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of Hostage, John Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:20 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Dubai vs Dubayy 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]<mailto:[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 ________________________________