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Bryan Baldus <[log in to unmask]>
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On Thursday, August 04, 2016 9:11 AM, Benjamin A Abrahamse wrote:
> I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if this is a bug. But we have been
> having problems getting diacritics and special characters converted into
> MARC-8, which is the encoding scheme we need to load records into our
> catalog.
...
> 3. In the mnemonic file, the copyright symbol (©) has been turned into
> {copy}:

As would be expected for a file in MARC-8

> 4. After making the appropriate changes (stripping out 9xx and 856's),
> convert the file back into MARC. I've tried both ways:
> 4.1. Using "Compile file into MARC" from the Marc Editor:

If instead of using the MARC-8 option, you use the MARC files option, does it still look like your raw MARC screenshot, or does it appear as Ã2016 (which is how it should appear in raw MARC for a MARC-8 file)

> 4.2. Using the "Marc Maker" tool:

If you uncheck the Translate to MARC-8 box, what happens (see my question for 4.1)

> So what's the deal, am I missing something here or is there a problem with the application?

I've seen similar results when the file gets converted to MARC-8 twice--the copyright symbol changes to {copy} and ends up as {lcub}copy{rcub}

I hope this helps,

Bryan Baldus
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses
1-800-323-4241x402
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