Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1959 Another undertaking saw its culmination after more than 5 years of combined ef fort by various committees Of the Library, the American Library Association, and other organizations, with the completion of a transliteration table and manual for the cataloging Of Arabic-language mate rials. This in turn made possible the pro duction of printed cards for Arabic titles, which began in December 1958, and for their inclusion in The National Union Catalog. The standardization of form achieved by the use of these cards also makes possible the development of a union catalog Of Arabic-language materials in the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.