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

[Sarah Childs]

Hopefully there will be a quick resolution. The problem seems to be
affecting a lot of libraries.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
wrote:

> 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
> > 404.548.4241 Cell
> > 404.235.7201 FAX
> >
> > 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
> >> > web:  https://equinoxInitiative.org
> >> > direct: +1 770-709-5581
> >> > 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
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 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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Sarah Childs
Technical Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
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sarahc at zionsvillelibrary.org
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