Romanization Is Not Enough

For finding nonroman script library materials, catalogs with romanized access points alone are inadequate because they are unfamiliar to those who seek these materials. Relevant writers are surveyed. Information technology and MARC have eliminated the need to rely on card filers who knew only the order of letters in the roman alphabet. Two improvements are suggested: expand the MARC character repertoire and add rules to AACR to allow nonroman access points. Other issues are briefly described.