Cherokee Romanization Table
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: Description and Access (CC:DA) recently reviewed and
approved a proposal from LC for a new Cherokee romanization table. It has been
subsequently approved by the Cherokee Tri-Council meeting in Cherokee, North Carolina.
(Press coverage of the meeting is available online at
http://theonefeather.com/2012/07/cherokee-tribes-come-together-for-tri-coun… .) This is
the first ALA-LC romanization table for a Native American syllabary.
The Cherokee romanization table is now available for downloading from the ALA-LC
Romanization Tables
webpage<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html> <
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html >.
Please direct any questions about romanization tables to Bruce Johnson, Policy and
Standards Division (bjoh@loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov>).
Bruce Chr. Johnson
The Library of Congress
Policy & Standards Division
Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA
bjoh@loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov>
www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov/>
202.707.1652 (voice)
202.707.1334 (fax)