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February 8, 2008
Musical Sharp Sign in the Authority File--Update
Just a reminder that the musical sharp sign is one of the new MARC characters recently implemented. Here's an excerpt from the update sent by LC CPSO to NACO project participants:
We'd like to update you on a few projects that have had, or will have, an impact on the NACO authority file.
Last fall we issued announcements notifying NACO catalogers to begin using several new MARC characters, including the degree sign and the musical sharp. We also indicated that OCLC was considering automated means to convert earlier records that used substitutes for the degree sign and musical sharp. We're very pleased to announce that Robert Bremer of OCLC has just completed a project to convert existing NACO records that contained a superscript zero where a degree sign was intended, and to convert pound signs into musical sharps, where appropriate.
Pound sign --> Musical sharp
Robert reports that this conversion resulted in 538 changed authority records. Robert has also produced a list of the LCCNs of the NACO records where any 1XX, 4XX, or 5XX field was changed when converting to a musical sharp.
Posted by huism002 at February 8, 2008 2:02 PM | News items