[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] z39.50 character set negotiation?

[Jane Sandberg]

We might end up using Vandelay, but we might also just wait for this
issue to be resolved.  There's no shortage of other things to do
around here. :-)

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Elaine Hardy
<ehardy at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
> OH NO!
>
> Can you use Vandeley for the duration of the error? Before I reported the
> problem with OCLC I used it to overlay a record to check if the issue was
> more widespread than the Z39.50 interface. Diacritics were fine.
>
> Elaine
>
>
>
> J. Elaine Hardy
> PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service/PINES
> 1800 Century Place, Ste. 150
> Atlanta, GA 30045
>
> 404.235.7128 Office
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>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Elaine and Galen!  I did submit a launchpad bug
>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1675074), please feel free
>> to comment on or refine it.
>>
>> And here's hoping that OCLC fixes this soon!  It happened while we
>> were in the middle of a Spanish-language cataloging project; not a
>> great time for diacritics issues. :-(
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:15 AM, Galen Charlton
>> <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Is there an Evergreen setting somewhere that would specify a charset
>> >> and fix this problem?
>> >
>> > Not at present. Hopefully OCLC will revert their change soon, but it
>> > would be handy to teach Evergreen Z39.50 client configs about server
>> > character encodings as there are certainly targets out there that
>> > default to neither MARC-8 or UTF8. I suggest opening a Launchpad bug
>> > if you haven't done so already.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Galen
>> > --
>> > Galen Charlton
>> > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
>> > Equinox Open Library Initiative
>> > phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>> > email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
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>> > cell:   +1 404-984-4366
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jane Sandberg
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>> Linn-Benton Community College
>> sandbej at linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655
>> Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs
>
>



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Jane Sandberg
Electronic Resources Librarian
Linn-Benton Community College
sandbej at linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655
Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs