[KS] Spaces of Korean phrases in Library catalog

[Frank Hoffmann]

Hello All:

Wish you all a Happy Easter!

I have an add-on question, not exactly the thread's topic, but I 
don't feel like opening a new one because it relates.
What is the present consent, years after the SK government's new 
transcription system was introduced, about the usage of the two 
systems, McCune-Reischauer and the SK system? This is *not* to 
refresh all the arguments about the pros and cons, those have been 
discussed here in depth long ago. I just wonder how active scholars 
working in any area of Korean studies are handling the situation in 
both, their classrooms and their own publications. For example, I see 
that good scholarly journals such as JAS still lists McC-R as the 
system to use without actually following that policy (some book 
reviews, for example, are using the SK system, and some articles use 
both or no system at all in the same article). The revived Journal of 
Korean Studies showed the same mixup -- but not sure about any later 
issues published after 2005 (have not seen these yet).

So, what is acceptable? Do you use both systems, depending on the 
place of publication or the trace of money? And what do you tell your 
students to use?

NOTE: My Easter wish ... if you reply, please let's cut out any 
comments on the systems themselves.

Best,
Frank


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