> I know yaz-marcdump changes the encoding bit in MARC > leaders. Does it also convert MARC-8 characters to UTF-8?
Yes. We use it for that purpose all the time. --Dave ----------------- David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:39 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] marc-8 On Oct 24, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote: >> In Perl, how do I specify MARC-8 when reading (decoding) and writing >> (encoding) data? > > You can't. MARC-8 is a character set that is unknown to the operating > system. Your best bet is to convert MARC-8-encoded records into UTF-8. /me throws his hands up in the air and screams! Okay. How do I go about converting MARC-8 encoded records into UTF-8? I know yaz-marcdump changes the encoding bit in MARC leaders. Does it also convert MARC-8 characters to UTF-8? (I guess I could simply try it and see what happens.) -- Eric Morgan
