> A few comments on
Young-Hee Queinnec message
> At present, CAN/MARC 008/8 has only five alphabetic codes, leaving 19
> alphabetic codes and ten numeric codes still available for future use.
> Given that we are at present trying to meet the needs of only two countries
> and one of them has never had such provisions in its format, are 29
> additional codes not enough for future extension?
I know of at least one country (not on this continent) that is using
USMARC and it has four official languages. I do not think we can
limit our discussion to just two countries or two languages. BTW,
the country I'm thinking of is Switzerland.
John Espley
VTLS Inc.
"Don't be afraid to ask the big question; other
people are probably wondering about it too."
No. 178, Never Confuse a Memo with Reality.
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