A new printed catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and

A new printed catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and the OPAC as a finding aid Werner Schwartz Göttingen University Library orient@sub. uni-goettingen. de

Overview - Brief presentation of the printed catalogue - A look at records in the OPAC - Linking from the OPAC to selected images

The printed catalogue: Die arabischen Handschriften Cod. Ms. arab. 136 bis 180 der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen / beschrieben von Tilman Seidensticker Stuttgart : Steiner, 2005. 197 S. ISBN 3 -515 -05015 -9 Open vohd 17 -B-4(152 -157). pdf for an example. (Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland ; Bd. 17: Arabische Handschriften ; Reihe B, Teil 4)

http: //www. sub. uni-goettingen. de/ebene_1/orient/1_aab. htm Oriental reading room, Göttingen UL Follow the link for Asien. Afrika-Bibliothek and click on OPAC. This will bring you to http: //opac. sub. unigoettingen. de/ Choose English as an interface language, if you do not read German.

http: //opac. sub. uni-goettingen. de/. . . Knowing the shelfmark you can select “shelfmark” and type it into the empty line.

But we will try to find ﺍﺑﻦ ﺣﺠﺮ in the manuscript collection directly. Click on “Advanced search”.

2 records resulting from a free search – restricting it to manuscripts – for “ibn hagar” Let us repeat the search for “ibn hagar” without restriction to manuscripts.

To see the pages click on http: //www. sub. uni-goettingen. de/ebene_1/orient/hss-scan/arab 179 c. htm author title author in standard Place -ised and year folios ofform writing copyist‘s three name in subject note standardheadings s& ised form linkclass to the firstnumbers text of the ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻉ local class numbers link to the record of the printed catalogue Look at selected pages. Provenance information should be added here: Wait for another example.

Summary - The diligently drafted printed catalogue with extensive information cannot be replaced by a short entry in the OPAC. - The OPAC‘s record serves as a finding aid: - offering multiple retrieval options in context with other, printed publications familiar subject cataloguing elements offered standardised forms of names provenance information shall be added, and there can be - Links to images of selected pages.

Provenance information as part of a general note Provenance information is retrievable

Any question? Contact me at orient@sub. uni-goettingen. de