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Issues with Special Characters in Some Records Retrieved from Z39.50 source

Symptom
  • User's export file imported from Z39.50 showed hex values for apostrophes (') when viewed in MarcEdit  but appeared fine in Connexion client 
  • The Unicode version of apostrophes, quotes, and other special characters usually occurs when text is pasted into a record from a web page or other alternate source.
Applies to
  • Records imported from Z39.50 Cataloging that show hex values
Resolution

Edit the record in WorldCat to fix the Unicode version of the character that does not display properly

Additional information

 

Page ID
27972