[Yulcat-l] LC policy on the use of Unicode in catalog records

[Joan Swanekamp]

Dear cataloging and other interested colleagues,

This message was just released from the Library of Congress and articulates 
LC's policy for the use non-roman scripts.  It also outlines a number of 
questions going forward with the LC thinking or approach to those questions.

I suggest that we convene a group of interested parties to discuss the 
issues and reply to LC with a summary of our concerns and needs.  If you 
are interested in participating in these discussions, please let me know 
within the next week and I will get the group together.

Joan Swanekamp

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The Library of Congress Cataloging Policy and Support Office continues to 
plan for the use of Unicode characters in catalog records and has posted a 
new document at:  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/unicode.html

This policy position document outlines the current use of non-Latin 
characters in bibliographic records, the technical capabilities available 
now that LC has migrated to the Unicode release of our Integrated Library 
System (Voyager), and the opportunities in the future for the expanded use 
of Unicode in bibliographic and authority records. This document will be 
revised as the situation warrants.

Questions and comments may be sent to cpso at loc.gov

Barbara Tillett
Chief, CPSO