WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED CJK NACO Project Progress Report

Committee on Technical ProcessingCEAL Atlanta 2008

Shuyong Jiang

What We Have Learned

Respect each individuals, their pace, style and workflow– about half members now have gained

independent status for personal names, one obtained independent status for both series and personal name, one member has obtained complete independent status of personal and corporative names

– by December 2007, a total of 1100 name headings created by CJK NACO members

What We Have Learned

Teamwork and cooperative efforts– Review process (8 reviewers)– Ongoing discussion (e-mailing list)

We should open to alternatives for better solution–Non-roman characters in NARs–Guidelines and documentations

What We Have Learned

What We Have Learned Consistency is the key

– Two training—total 36 people from 26 libraries

– One advanced workshop on corp. names -26 participants

– CJK NACO Project Web– Training materials

Authors Before 1801-Examples

Hosokawa, Garasha 細川ガラシャ[Not Hosokawa, Gracia Tama]

Tao, Qian 陶潜 [Not Tao, Yuanming 陶渊明]

Yi, I 李珥 [Not Yi, Yulgok李栗谷]

Respect each individuals, their pace, style and workflow

Teamwork and cooperative efforts We should open to alternatives for

better solution Consistency is the key

What We Have Learned

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