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<div>Dear YUL catalogers</div>
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<div>FYI: I'm away today, but heard about the draft update of the Japanese Romanization in this morning. Then I was a bit shock myself to receive the formal announcement this afternoon. </div>
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<div>Please let me know if you have any questions. <br>
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- Keiko Suzuki</div>
<div>Japanese Catalog Librarian</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> "Melzer, Philip" <<a href="mailto:pmel@loc.gov">pmel@loc.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> December 14, 2011 15:18:49 EST<br>
<b>To:</b> The eastlib mailing list <<a href="mailto:eastlib@listserv.unc.edu">eastlib@listserv.unc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> "Johnson, Bruce" <<a href="mailto:bjoh@loc.gov">bjoh@loc.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[eastlib] Clarification of LC practice concerning the use of diacritical marks in Japanese romanization</b><br>
<b>Reply-To:</b> "Melzer, Philip" <<a href="mailto:pmel@loc.gov">pmel@loc.gov</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I am posting this message from Bruce Johnson, Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress, concerning Japanese romanization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-- Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Clarification of LC practice concerning the use of diacritical marks in Japanese romanization</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The current
<i>ALA-LC romanization table</i> for Japanese has been implemented inconsistently due to conflicting guidance from the Library of Congress (<b>LC</b>). The attached file, "Japanese romanization diacritics," clarifies which diacritical marks to use and when
to use them when romanizing Japanese from the vernacular. Also attached is the file, "Japanese RT with clarification," which shows what the Japanese romanization table would look like with clearer instructions about diacritical marks added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Comments on this LC practice clarification should be sent to Bruce Johnson in LC’s Policy and Standards Division <
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:bjoh@loc.gov"></a><a href="mailto:bjoh@loc.gov">bjoh@loc.gov</a>
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<i>no later than January 22, 2012</i>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bruce Chr. Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">The</span></i><span style="color:black"> Library
<i>of</i> Congress<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Policy & Standards Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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