[IUG] Re: degree symbol

["Douglas King" <KingDP1 at gwm dot sc dot edu>]

Thanks, Rich. That one looks good in the OPAC, but so does Row 8, Column
2 in MARC-8 Plus!, so I wasn't sure which of the two is the preferred
one. I'll start using the one you suggest. Thanks again! Doug


On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Rich Aldred wrote:

> At 03:50 PM 2/2/2007, Douglas King wrote:
> >Does anyone know the correct diacritic for degree symbols in 255
fields
> >for cartographic materials? I've managed to find the correct symobls
for
> >minutes and seconds, but I don't know what's the correct diacritic
for
> >degree symbols. There seems to be several to choose from, but I'm
trying
> >to find the BEST one. Anybody got any ideas? Doug
> 
> I would use the one in Row 1, Column B, in the MARC-8 Plus! box. 
Whether
> it's the correct one, I can't say.  It looks correct in the OPAC.



Douglas King
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