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Thanks to all for the suggestions on this. VIAF is proving to be a very useful resource, and I plan to look further into the dictionaries of artist names and handbooks mentioned.

From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles E. Jones
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:02 AM
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Probably also useful to consult VIAF:

"The VIAF™ (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web."
http://viaf.org

-Chuck Jones-

From: ARLIS/NA List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Janice Childers [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:18 AM
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Thank you, Amy and Joy.

I use the LC name authority files regularly, but they are a little light on Korean (and many other non-Western names), especially if they have not appeared with some regularity in English-language materials. I will look into the other resources, much appreciated!

Janice

From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amy Navratil Ciccone
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 3:58 PM
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Hi Janice,

Joy Kim, USC’s Korean Heritage Librarian, provided this information. I hope it helps.

Amy

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Amy Navratil Ciccone
University of Southern California

From: Joy Kim
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 11:09 AM
To: Amy Navratil Ciccone
Subject: RE: Asian personal name authorities

Amy,

The best authority file for Korean names (or any other nationals including Japanese and Vietnamese) is the Library of Congress Name Authority File: http://authorities.loc.gov/

Also, the following database may be of interest:
(source: Handbook for Asian Studies specialists : a guide to research materials and collection building tools. Noriko Asato, editor. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.)

Korean biographical archive. de Gruyter Verlag, comp. München: K.G.Saur, 2000-[2005?]

db.saur.de/WBIS/basicSearch.jsf

(One-time purchase or Subscription) This is a part of the World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS Online), “the most comprehensive biographical database available.” Based on the digitization of K. G. Saur’s Biographical Archives, it compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 21st centuries, and reproduces ca. 110,000 biographical entries from ca. 125 source works encompassing more than 270 volumes published until 2000. The sources also include biographical material from scientific journals and yearbooks. Texts in English, French, German, Korean, and Russian; for ca. 20,000 entries, English summaries are provided along with the original Korean text. Names are searchable by McCune-Reischauer Romanization, and the images of the original source document are provided. Best for historic persons. See also World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS Online)

For other Asian biographical sources, I suggest consulting the following reference book (disclosure: I am a contributor)

Handbook for Asian Studies specialists : a guide to research materials and collection building tools. Noriko Asato, editor. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Joy Kim

Curator, Korean Heritage Library

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA90089-1825

Tel: 213-740-2329 or 213-740-2535

Fax: 213-740-3488

Web: www.usc.edu/korea

From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janice Childers
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 9:45 AM
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Does anyone know of a list of Romanized Asian personal name authorities other than HKCAN? I’m particularly interested in one for Korean names, but it would be nice to have any references to Japanese and Vietnamese lists as well.

Thanks,

Janice Childers, Senior Editor, International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

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