How are our records exported to OCLC encoded (utf-8 or marc-8)?

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Article Type: General
Product: Aleph
Product Version: 20, 21, 22, 23

Description:
Our OCLC rep asked me how our records are encoded, either utf-8 or marc-8, do you know how I can check that?

Resolution:
p_print_03 is used to export records from Aleph.

The format of the output will depend on the Character Conversion routine specified in the p_print_03 submission. If "UTF_TO_MARC8" is specified, the records will be in MARC8. If no conversion is specified, they will be in UTF-8.

For some vendors, this format information will be enough. Others insist on going by the LDR byte 09 where blank = MARC8 and "a" = UTF/Unicode. The article " How can I change LDR/09 to match the MARC Character Coding Scheme? " (KB 16384-2162) describes options for setting this LDR byte 09.

Article last edited: 10/8/2013