New Uzbek Romanization Table Approved
08/29/2017
The ALA-LC Romanization tables are developed jointly by the Library of Congress (LC) and
the American Library Association (ALA). Romanization schemes enable the cataloging of
foreign language materials. Romanized cataloging in turn supports circulation,
acquisitions, serials check-in, shelflisting, shelving, and reference, particularly in
library catalogs that are unable to display non-roman alphabet information.
The ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials (CC:AAM) recently received
and reviewed a proposal for a new Uzbek romanization table. The new table has subsequently
been approved.
The new Uzbek romanization table
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/uzbek.pdf>
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/uzbek.pdf is now available for downloading
from the ALA-LC Romanization Tables webpage
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html .
With the approval of the Uzbek table, the Uzbek section of the Non-Slavic Languages (in
Cyrillic Script) has been removed from the latter table. An updated version of the
Non-Slavic Languages (in Cyrillic Script) romanization table
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/nonslav.pdf>
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/nonslav.pdf has also been posted to the ALA-LC
Romanization Tables webpage.
Please direct any questions about romanization tables to Bruce Johnson, LC Policy and
Standards Division (bjoh@loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov>).