[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Tag 880 indexing for CJK characters

[Elizabeth B. Thomsen]

We index the 880s -- you can see an example of a record displaying 880s 
here: http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2720030

Here's a link to search results for titles with Beijing (北京)
http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/results?query=%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC&qtype=title&fg%3Aadvanced=&locg=1

Screenshot here:
http://screencast.com/t/XnPDck1e66PZ

Release notes for this feature:
http://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_2_4.html#_opac

Hope this helps!

On 9/12/2014 10:11 AM, catalog library wrote:
> I am a consultant librarian for a new college in Hong Kong which plans
> to commence in Sept 2015.
>
> I came to study the implementation of the system in a local server, and
> encounter the configuration in indexing the Chinese characters in tag
> 880s.  May I seek a pointer from you that whether the Evergreen system
> support the indexing of CJK characters (non-romanized alphabets) in the
> tag 880 such as corresponding to the title 245 and author 1xx / 7xx in
> MARC21 format, or RDA?
>
> Appreciate you sharing & advice, Cheers,
>
> Agatha SIT


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