Nonroman Scripts in the Bibliographic Environment.

Aliprand, Joan M.

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ERIC Number: EJ448941

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Publication Date: 1992

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Nonroman Scripts in the Bibliographic Environment.

Aliprand, Joan M.

Information Technology and Libraries, v11 n2 p105-19 Jun 1992

Discusses problems of information distortion resulting from romanization (i.e., representation of nonroman scripts in Latin characters) and modifications of USMARC format to support nonroman scripts in library catalogs. Efforts to develop a universal character set and its potential effects on USMARC are considered. (45 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Machine Readable Cataloging, Non Roman Scripts, Online Catalogs, Problems, Romanization, Standards

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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