Library Cataloging
The display and encoding of non-roman scripts in the catalog is a problem. We are slowly but steadily moving to UNICODE. A good resource is NRSI: Computers & Writing Systems
- Unicode
Penn State has put together a nice collection of resources on Computing with Accents and Symbols. Could be useful if you deal with non-Roman languages. Provides RSS feeds to keep up with changes and additions to the resources. UNICODE...
- Arabic Name Authority
Arabic name authority in the online environment : options and implications Speirs Plettner, Martha (2003)International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control 32(2). The article examines the efforts for incorporating non-Roman scripts, notably Arabic,...
- Task Force On Non-english Access
I wanted to let you know about a new task force that has been created: The Task Force on Non-English Access. The task force will examine our role in enabling access to library resources in all languages and scripts and in addressing the needs of users...
- Unicode
The report, Assessment of Options for Handling Full Unicode in Character Encodings in MARC 21 * Part 2: Issues is available. It will be discussed during the June 25th MARBI meeting.The slides from Joan Aliprand's 2004 presentation True Scripts in...
- Sharing Scripts
On Extranet Peter Verhagen writes" I wrote a library material suggestion form to email script for Adult Services just recently so I thought I'd release it under the BSD license and share it with you." This is good. There should be more sharing of...
Library Cataloging
Non-Roman Scripts
The display and encoding of non-roman scripts in the catalog is a problem. We are slowly but steadily moving to UNICODE. A good resource is NRSI: Computers & Writing Systems
The NRSI is a research and development team within SIL International, whose mission is to provide guidance, information, research and development for SIL and its partners to facilitate the use of non-Roman and complex scripts in linguistic study, translation, literacy, and publishing.Unicode
- Unicode
Penn State has put together a nice collection of resources on Computing with Accents and Symbols. Could be useful if you deal with non-Roman languages. Provides RSS feeds to keep up with changes and additions to the resources. UNICODE...
- Arabic Name Authority
Arabic name authority in the online environment : options and implications Speirs Plettner, Martha (2003)International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control 32(2). The article examines the efforts for incorporating non-Roman scripts, notably Arabic,...
- Task Force On Non-english Access
I wanted to let you know about a new task force that has been created: The Task Force on Non-English Access. The task force will examine our role in enabling access to library resources in all languages and scripts and in addressing the needs of users...
- Unicode
The report, Assessment of Options for Handling Full Unicode in Character Encodings in MARC 21 * Part 2: Issues is available. It will be discussed during the June 25th MARBI meeting.The slides from Joan Aliprand's 2004 presentation True Scripts in...
- Sharing Scripts
On Extranet Peter Verhagen writes" I wrote a library material suggestion form to email script for Adult Services just recently so I thought I'd release it under the BSD license and share it with you." This is good. There should be more sharing of...