Re: Polyglot binding dictionary

[Angie Piercy <afp048t@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like you could just use these sources that have been mentioned and
compile a list that would be more applicable to bindery prep.  I know I'd
love to have one!  It is very hard to bind a title correctly when no one
around can read the language it's printed in.  Please let us all know what
you end up doing!
	Angie Piercy
	Library Associate
	Preservation Unit
	Southwest Missouri State U

At 03:08 PM 2/18/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Good afternoon,
>
>Yet another question I hope the generous PADG gang can help me
>answer!
>
>Does a polyglot binding dictionary exist? When members of the
>preservation staff here at Tulane go into the stacks to pull complete
>journals,  there can sometimes be difficulties with foreign languages.
>I was hoping that there is such a thing  as a small  (so they can take
>it with them into the stacks) volume with terminology ("edition",
>"volume", "printed annually", "published four times a year",
>"supplement", etc.) in many different languages (french, german,
>spanish, russian, etc.).
>
>If such a creature exists, is it still in print? Can I purchase one?
>In researching this question, I discovered that there is such a
>polyglot dictionary for conservation terminology.  (Glossary of basic
>archival and library conservation terms published by K.G. Saur for
>International Council on Archives in 1988) That is the right idea, but
>the wrong kind of words.
>
>If it turns out that there is a need for this kind of work  ( and I
>believe there is or I would not be bothering the list about it!) I
>would be willing to start working on it.  However, if one already
>exists,  I do not want to reinvent the wheel.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help/insight!
>
>Cathy
>Cathleen L.Mook
>Head, Preservation Dept.
>Howard Tilton Memorial Library
>Tulane University
>New Orleans, LA 70118
>504-865-5601 (work)
>504-865-6773 (fax)
>