[Wactclc-alma] Import Profile Encoding Format

Wed Jul 1 17:01:36 PDT 2020

Lynn,

You're right that ISO8859_1 is an old and outdated encoding standard.  The encoding standard controls how diacritics display.

There was a big change to international computing standards sometime in the 2000s that allowed people to type and display diacritics (like: ä ô ñ) and symbols (like: 我 北) used in non-English languages.

MARC records that use the old ISO8859_1 encoding standard don't display modern diacritics correctly.  MARC records that use the newer UTF-8 encoding standard do display modern diacritics correctly.

If you have any non-English titles in your catalog or if you have any author names that contain diacritics in your catalog-- including in table of contents notes!-- then you need to make sure your MARC records are using the UTF-8 encoding standard.

When you export records from OCLC in Connexion Client, there's a place where you need to set the encoding.  Under Tools > Options > Export tab > Record Characteristics make sure the Character Set field is set as "UTF-8 Unicode"

Then make sure that any Import Profile you use to import OCLC records in Alma, under the Profile Details tab, you have the following settings:
               Physical source format : Binary
               Encoding format: UTF-8
               Source format: MARC21 Bibliographic

If you're exporting records from OCLC Connexion Browser, you can't ever export MARC records with UTF-8 encoding, so you should never, ever export MARC records via OCLC Connexion Browser.

If you take a look at your Connexion Client settings, and discover you've been exporting from Connexion with the UTF-8 encoding, but importing the same records into Alma with the ISO8859_1 encoding, then you really need to re-import the MARC records to fix the encoding errors.

Hope this helps.

Kirsti S. Thomas
Library Technical Service Manager
Seattle Colleges
kirsti.thomas at seattlecolleges.edu

From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> On Behalf Of Lynn Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 07:38
To: 'WACTCLC Alma Discussion' <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Import Profile Encoding Format

Hi Kirsti and Wade and All,

The bibs for Films On Demand come from Infobase and I used UTF-8 in the import profile and the job was successful.

The bibs for all my other items come from OCLC and I use ISO8859_1 in the import profile and this works.

So, yes Kirsti, maybe where the bibs come from is key. But I’m still confused about using the ISO885_1.  Maybe as long as everything is working, I should not question it.

Thanks,
Lynn

From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> On Behalf Of Thomas, Kirsti
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Import Profile Encoding Format

Lynn,

Where are you getting the Films On Demand MARC records from before you import them into Alma?

Kirsti S. Thomas
Library Technical Service Manager
Seattle Colleges
kirsti.thomas at seattlecolleges.edu<mailto:kirsti.thomas at seattlecolleges.edu>

From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> On Behalf Of Lynn Robinson
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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Import Profile Encoding Format

Hello All,

I’m having a problem with my encoding format. I am currently using ISO8859_1 in my import profile (and have been for years) and upon import, all the diacritics in my bib records display correctly. When I change the encoding format to UTF-8 and run an import, the diacritics display as black diamonds.

I thought the 8859_1 was outdated and no longer used and that I should be using UTF-8, so what I am doing is opposite of what I think to be true.

My objective is to import a file of Films on Demand streaming video bibs and I was told to use UTF-8 in my import profile.

I’m looking for some help with this library puzzler of the day!

Thank you,
Lynn

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