diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/datatables-strings.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/datatables-strings.inc
index 183f511df5..7e939fca5b 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/datatables-strings.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/datatables-strings.inc
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     var MSG_DT_PROCESSING = _("Processing...");
     var MSG_DT_SEARCH = _("Search:");
     var MSG_DT_ZERO_RECORDS = _("No matching records found");
+    var CONFIG_EXCLUDE_ARTICLES_FROM_SORT = _("a an the");
 //]]>
 </script>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/datatables.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/datatables.js
index 703944ea75..fc24036172 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/datatables.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/datatables.js
@@ -493,4 +493,48 @@ jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
     "title-string-desc": function ( a, b ) {
         return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
     }
-} );
\ No newline at end of file
+} );
+
+(function() {
+
+    /* Plugin to allow text sorting to ignore articles
+     *
+     * In DataTables config:
+     *     "aoColumns": [
+     *        { "sType": "anti-the" },
+     *      ]
+     * Based on the plugin found here:
+     * http://datatables.net/plug-ins/sorting#anti_the
+     * Modified to exclude HTML tags from sorting
+     * Extended to accept a string of space-separated articles
+     * from a configuration file (in English, "a," "an," and "the")
+     */
+
+    if(CONFIG_EXCLUDE_ARTICLES_FROM_SORT){
+        var articles = CONFIG_EXCLUDE_ARTICLES_FROM_SORT.split(" ");
+        var rpattern = "";
+        for(i=0;i<articles.length;i++){
+            rpattern += "^" + articles[i] + " ";
+            if(i < articles.length - 1){ rpattern += "|"; }
+        }
+        var re = new RegExp(rpattern, "i");
+    }
+
+    jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
+        "anti-the-pre": function ( a ) {
+            var x = String(a).replace( /<[\s\S]*?>/g, "" );
+            var y = x.trim();
+            var z = y.replace(re, "").toLowerCase();
+            return z;
+        },
+
+        "anti-the-asc": function ( a, b ) {
+            return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
+        },
+
+        "anti-the-desc": function ( a, b ) {
+            return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
+        }
+    });
+
+}());
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diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt
index 6084357a25..f4882346d7 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt
@@ -8,13 +8,26 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="[% interface %]/[% theme %]/en/js/datatables.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" id="js">
 //<![CDATA[
+
  $(document).ready(function() {
     [% IF (dateformat == 'metric') %]
         dt_add_type_uk_date();
     [% END %]
     $("#table_readingrec").dataTable($.extend(true, {}, dataTablesDefaults, {
         "sPaginationType": "four_button",
-        "aaSorting": []
+        "aaSorting": [],
+        "aoColumns": [
+            null,
+            { "sType": "anti-the" },
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null
+        ]
     }));
  });
 //]]>