Sorbian (Wendish) Cataloging Guide
The following chapters should give the cataloger a basic knowledge about the Sorbs (a.k.a. Wends) and guide catalogers through the process of cataloging Sorbian language materials.
The aim of these chapters is to provide information about the different issues that might come up in order to describe a work or item and its related components correctly.
Please choose between the following chapters.
Sorbian Ethnography, History, and Geography
Sorbian Languages and Literatures
Distinguishing between Upper and Lower Sorbian
Sorbian Corporate and Conference Names
Sorbian LC Classification Numbers for History and Ethnography
Sorbian LC Classification Numbers for Literature and Language
Further Help on Sorbian Cataloging Issues
If the instructions in this manual do not clarify a specific Sorbian cataloging issue, feel free to contact the author of these chapters (milan_pohontsch@byu.edu).
For help on research-related topics it is recommended to contact the Sorbian Institute in Bautzen (for inquiries related to Upper Sorbian) or Cottbus (for inquiries related to Lower Sorbian). The fastest way to receive a response is to contact them in the German language.
References
Deutscher Bundestag, 2018. Geschlechtsspezifische Bestandteile von Familiennamen – geltender Rechtsrahmen, [file #] WS7-3000-228/18, https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/581250/bdb1e71758ebacda2bd9bfa45ff278b7/WD-7-228-18-pdf-data.pdf
Faska, Helmut. 1973. Dialektny zakład hornjoserbskeje spisowneje rěce a wutworjenje wobchadneje serbsćiny. Skopje: [unpublished manuscript]: 127-131.
Kaulfürst, Fabian. Pohončowa, Anja. Orthographie. https://www.sorabicon.de/kulturlexikon/artikel/prov_cpx_14v_23b/
Kunze, Peter. 1989. Serbja / Die Sorben. Bautzen: Serbski muzej.
Muka, Arnošt. 2019. Statistik der Lausitzer Sorben. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Schön, Franz, Scholze, Dietrich (eds.). 2014. Sorbisches Kulturlexikon. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Sorabicon. 2022. “Sorbian history, culture and language” [database]. Accessed February 6, 2022. https://www.sorabicon.de/en/home/
Wikipedia, Sorbian. [various subjects] https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%82owna_strona
Wikipedia, German. [various subjects] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite
[submitted by Milan Pohontsch, July 2023]