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> Okay. How do I go about converting MARC-8 encoded records into UTF-8? In Perl... using the handy MARC::Charset module (tip 'o the hat to Ed Summers, and now maintained by Galen Charlton). -- Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric > Lease Morgan > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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