48. évfolyam, 2002. 3. szám

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In the Library of the Faculty of Arts, Pázmány Péter Catholic University the name records of ancient and medieval (in many cases ecclesiastic and canonized) persons deserve special attention. In order to ensure standard description, guidelines for the selection of data, and the formulation of standard filing elements had to be elaborated. Due to the characteristics of the collection, the original, historically taken national form of authors’ names are given priority, though it is sometimes difficult to find this form out. It is also an obstacle that in spite of international standardization efforts, there seem to be great differences in the form of the two large periods among countries and even libraries. Hungarian rules for selecting the main filing element differ to some extent from the Anglo-American and Western European practice. The Hungarian standard offers in some cases several solutions or is more permissive, i.e. the selection of data is not compulsory. There are many up-to-date printed and online tools for standardization (national bibliography, authority files, catalogues, reference tools), but the forms of names as filing elements differ widely in these tools, too. The greatest differences can be found in the selection and writing of the names of non-Latin ancient and Medieval persons. The relatively frequent modification of transliteration standards also poses further problems. Without a standard aid meeting Hungarian expectations the formulation of each and every name element requires much consideration. Making entries of different name varieties is a key issue in the building of union catalogues and use of common search protocols.

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