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<!– uid=38ef530386634042d8f838271aa1371e347f0571 –> <!– name=An Keqiang –> <!– email=campumoru@gmail.com –> <!– time=1327611192 –> <!– ip=86.67.96.72 –> <!– content-type=text/html –> Each essay requires basic cataloging information that provides information about the essay â author, title, and so forth (this is also termed âmetadataâ â information about the primary data, which in this case is the essay itself). This is used both to display a header for the essay, as well as to make a cataloging record that provides the basic bibliographical reference for the article. This page offers simple instructions for an author to provide the necessary information. This information is entered is a simple table at the top of your Word document. The table has labels located to the left, and an empty box to the right of each label where you enter the relevant information. For example, enter the title of your essay in the box to the right of the box that reads âE-Text Titleâ; do not enter the title of your essay in the box that reads âE-Text Title.â Please always use the format yyyy-mm-dd (example: 2008-06-08 for June 8, 2008) for entering all dates in the table.
Information the Author Typically Provides
E-Text Title: enter the title of your essay here.
E-Text Title Original: do not enter anything in this field unless your work in its entirety is a translation. If that is the case, then enter the title of the original work you have translated.
Language of text: enter âengâ if your essay is in English. Enter âChiâ if your essay is in Chinese.
Original Language: if your essay is a translation, enter the language of the original work that you have translated. Enter the appropriate three-letter abbreviation: tib (for Tibetan); chi (for Chinese); mon (for Mongolian); fre (for French); eng (for English). If the abbreviation you seek is not found here, contact the JIATS staff for further assistance.
Author: enter your name here, as you want it to appear at the beginning of your essay and in other places online.
Date (to the right of âAuthorâ): enter the date the essay was written, in the format yyyy-mm-dd. Example: if you finished writing the essay on February 13, 2008, enter 2008-02-13. If this is a translation, enter the date the original resource was written.
Translator: if the essay is a translation, enter the name of the translator.
Date (to the right of âTranslatorâ): if the essay is a translation, enter the date the translation was completed, in the format yyyy-mm-dd. Example: if you finished translating the essay on February 13, 2008, enter 2008-02-13.
Information Staff Usually Deal With (and Authors can safely ignore)
Editor
Date (to the right of âEditorâ)
Mark-up
Date (to the right of âMark-upâ)
Inputter
Date (to the right of âInputterâ)
Pagination
Editor of Collection
Date (to the right of âEditor of Collectionâ)
Publisher: should already read âTibetan & Himalayan Libraryâ
Date (to the right of âPublisherâ)
Place of Pub.: should already read âCharlottesville, VA 22904â
Description
Domain URL: should already read â/collections/index.phpâ
Domain Text: should already read âCollectionsâ
Portal URL: should already read â/collections/texts/index.phpâ
Portal Text: should already read âTextSâ
Project URL: should already read â/collections/texts/jiats/index.phpâ
Project Text: should already read âJIATSâ
Home URL: should already read â/collections/journal/jiats/index.php?s=â
Home Text: should already read âIssueâ
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