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Main Author: Groom, Linda
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ554275
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  • Converting Wade-Giles Cataloging to Pinyin: The Development and Implementation of a Conversion Program for the Australian National CJK Service. Groom, Linda Bibliographic Records Cataloging Chinese Data Conversion Foreign Countries Information Processing Information Services Japanese Korean Library Automation Library Catalogs Library Technical Processes User Needs (Information) In 1996, the National Library of Australia processed over 500,000 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean USMARC records through a program that identified data in the Wade-Giles romanization scheme and converted it to the more user-friendly Pinyin scheme. Describes the program development, its use in Australia, and the feasibility of an alternate methodology for the automatic creation of Pinyin data. (Author/AEF)