> 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

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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University


-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:39 AM
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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