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Re: Fwd: A Taiwanese Librarian's Question on Classifying Vladimir
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From Jeff Edmunds <jhe2@psulias.psu.edu>:
Most academic libraries in the United States follow the rules established
by the Library of Congress. According to LC practice, an author who writes
in two languages has two different so-called "author numbers," one for each
language. Thus, Nabokov's Russian works, translations thereof, and critical
works about them are classed in PG3476.N3 (or thereabouts), his English
works, translations thereof, and critical works about them in PS3527.A15
(or thereabouts). (I would be happy to provide more details to Hui-Chen
Hsieh off-list, if necessary.)
At 10:32 AM 1/13/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>EDNOTE. COULD SOME OF YOU LIBRARY PEOPLE OUT THERE HELP ON THIS VIA NABOKV-L.
>
>----- Forwarded message from hchsieh@mail.wtuc.edu.tw -----
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:56:19 +0800
> From: Hui-Chen Hsieh <hchsieh@mail.wtuc.edu.tw>
>
>As a librarian in Taiwan, I am writing this message to seek for your advice
>whether to classify Nobokov's works in Russian Literature or American
>Literature. To make my library's collection of Nabokov's works consistent in
>terms of classification and collocation, I need an advice from a literature
>scholoar. Luckily, from the internet search I learn that you are a former
>president of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society and is now the
>moderator of NABOKV-L.
>
>I look up the Dictionary of Literary Biography and learn that Vladimir
>Nabokov is identified as an American writer. However, after several searches
>in library catalogs such as in Melvyl (catalog of UC libraries) and OhioLINK,
>I become confused because Nabokov's works have been classified under both
>Russian literature and American literature.
>
>Would you please give me your advice?
>I'd appreciate your time and patience reading this message!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Hui-Chen Hsieh (Ms)
>Cataloging Librarian
>Library, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages
>Kaohsiung, Taiwan
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
----- End forwarded message -----
Most academic libraries in the United States follow the rules established
by the Library of Congress. According to LC practice, an author who writes
in two languages has two different so-called "author numbers," one for each
language. Thus, Nabokov's Russian works, translations thereof, and critical
works about them are classed in PG3476.N3 (or thereabouts), his English
works, translations thereof, and critical works about them in PS3527.A15
(or thereabouts). (I would be happy to provide more details to Hui-Chen
Hsieh off-list, if necessary.)
At 10:32 AM 1/13/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>EDNOTE. COULD SOME OF YOU LIBRARY PEOPLE OUT THERE HELP ON THIS VIA NABOKV-L.
>
>----- Forwarded message from hchsieh@mail.wtuc.edu.tw -----
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:56:19 +0800
> From: Hui-Chen Hsieh <hchsieh@mail.wtuc.edu.tw>
>
>As a librarian in Taiwan, I am writing this message to seek for your advice
>whether to classify Nobokov's works in Russian Literature or American
>Literature. To make my library's collection of Nabokov's works consistent in
>terms of classification and collocation, I need an advice from a literature
>scholoar. Luckily, from the internet search I learn that you are a former
>president of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society and is now the
>moderator of NABOKV-L.
>
>I look up the Dictionary of Literary Biography and learn that Vladimir
>Nabokov is identified as an American writer. However, after several searches
>in library catalogs such as in Melvyl (catalog of UC libraries) and OhioLINK,
>I become confused because Nabokov's works have been classified under both
>Russian literature and American literature.
>
>Would you please give me your advice?
>I'd appreciate your time and patience reading this message!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Hui-Chen Hsieh (Ms)
>Cataloging Librarian
>Library, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages
>Kaohsiung, Taiwan
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
----- End forwarded message -----