Cyril: expanding the horizons of MARC21

Abstract

Describes the construction of the author’s Perl program, Cyril, to add vernacular Russian (Cyrillic) characters to existing MARC records. The program takes advantage of the ALA‐LC standards for Romanization to create character mappings that “de‐transliterate” specified MARC fields. The creation of Cyril raises both linguistic and technical issues, which are thoroughly examined. Concludes by considering the implications for cataloging and authority control standards, as we move to a multilingual, multi‐script bibliographic environment.

Citation

Jacobs, J.W., Summers, E. and Ankersen, E. (2004), "Cyril: expanding the horizons of MARC21", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830410524459