Library Cataloging
There is a chart clearly setting out the hex value, graphic, UKMARC and MARC21 values of characters. This would be useful for moving between UKMARC and MARC21 but also as a guide between the hex value and MARC of either flavor.
- Marc Tool
yaz-marcdump is a free tool from Index Data to manipulate MARC records. Perhaps it is just the tool you need to convert those MARC21 records encoded in MARC-8 into UTF-8. yaz-marcdump reads MARC records from one or more files. It parses each record and...
- Usemarcon Plus
A new version of USEMARCON Plus, The Universal MARC Record Convertor, is available.USEMARCON facilitates the conversion of catalogue records from one MARC format to another e.g. from UKMARC to UNIMARC. The software was designed as a toolbox-style application,...
- E-mail
LIS-UKBIBS: new UK discussion list on bibliographic standards and metadata.From Monday September 1st, a new discussion list, LIS-UKBIBS, becomes available for UK cataloguers, indexers and all those interested in the application of bibliographic standards...
- Sorting
Guidelines for the Non-Sorting Control Character Technique has been posted by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress.With Proposal No 98-16R (Nonfiling characters in all MARC formats), the MARC 21 community approved the...
- Marc Character Set
After many years and several thwarted attempts at getting the American National Standard for Extended Latin (ANSI/NISO Z39.47) character set assigned an escape sequence for use according to ISO 2022 in MARC 21 records, the international Registration Authority...
Library Cataloging
Character Sets
There is a chart clearly setting out the hex value, graphic, UKMARC and MARC21 values of characters. This would be useful for moving between UKMARC and MARC21 but also as a guide between the hex value and MARC of either flavor.
- Marc Tool
yaz-marcdump is a free tool from Index Data to manipulate MARC records. Perhaps it is just the tool you need to convert those MARC21 records encoded in MARC-8 into UTF-8. yaz-marcdump reads MARC records from one or more files. It parses each record and...
- Usemarcon Plus
A new version of USEMARCON Plus, The Universal MARC Record Convertor, is available.USEMARCON facilitates the conversion of catalogue records from one MARC format to another e.g. from UKMARC to UNIMARC. The software was designed as a toolbox-style application,...
LIS-UKBIBS: new UK discussion list on bibliographic standards and metadata.From Monday September 1st, a new discussion list, LIS-UKBIBS, becomes available for UK cataloguers, indexers and all those interested in the application of bibliographic standards...
- Sorting
Guidelines for the Non-Sorting Control Character Technique has been posted by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress.With Proposal No 98-16R (Nonfiling characters in all MARC formats), the MARC 21 community approved the...
- Marc Character Set
After many years and several thwarted attempts at getting the American National Standard for Extended Latin (ANSI/NISO Z39.47) character set assigned an escape sequence for use according to ISO 2022 in MARC 21 records, the international Registration Authority...