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<DIV><SPAN class=305163721-16032009><FONT face=Calibri>Opinions please. MARC
records we plan to load into our Koha database are encoded in the MARC-8 format.
This document tells us to use UTF-8 encoded records.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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href="http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?do=show&id=encodingscratchpad">http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?do=show&id=encodingscratchpad</A> (nice
work, Josh, but we have test loaded some records in MARC-8 that seem to work
fine, but we respect your knowledge, so now we are questioning ourselves as we
move closer to a production environment)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=305163721-16032009><FONT face=Calibri>We have read many items
on this issue. Any additional opinions on what is the correct thing to do
will be appreciated. It is my intention to leave this question open-ended in
hopes of getting several points of view from the Koha community.
Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=305163721-16032009><FONT face=Calibri>Gary</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Gary L.
Harris, M.L.S. M.A.<BR>Director, Technical Services
Bureau<BR>New Mexico State Library<BR>1209 Camino Carlos Rey<BR>Santa Fe, NM
87507<BR>(505) 476-9730<BR></SPAN><SPAN
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