1. Introduction of New Automated Conversion Programs for Korean Materials March 2009

2. Background KOLIS-NET Special version of Z-Processor, called “ZPK” Transliterator Romanization Dictionary

3. Workflow 1. Run Z-Processor: to import and convert Korean MARC record to MARC21 record 2. Evaluate: to make any needed adjustments 3. Run Transliterator: to create paired fields for 1XX; 2XX; 490/440; 6XX except 650; 7XX; 8XX 4. Highlight: to convert extra fields, such as 5XX, 650, etc. 5. Define: to add new entry to Dictionary 6. Export: to Voyager

4. Benefits Promote cost-effective creation, sharing, and timely availability of bibliographic records Provide automatic transliteration when needed “Catalog it once and for all”

5. Current practice vs. New Program

7. Kolis-Net

8. Romanization Dictionary Has more than 88,000 entries Includes 5 columns Able to add new entry during the cataloging Expandable to accommodate New romanization systems

9. Contributors KORMARC/MARC21 CONVERSION SPECIFICATIONS Youngsim Leigh, Senior Acquisition Specialist Kay Guiles, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist TRANSLITERATOR David Bucknum, Digital Projects Coordinator ROMANIZATION DICTIONARY Elaine H. Kim, Cataloging Specialist Young Ki Lee, Senior Cataloging Specialist David Williamson, Cataloging Automation Specialist

10. Special Acknowledgements Erica Chang: University of Hawaii Seunghi Paek: Harvard University (Retired) Kyungmi Lee: (Formerly) Stony Brook University (SUNY) Sun-yoon Lee: University of Southern California Younghee Sohn: University of Chicago Young Ki Lee: Library of Congress Hee-Sook Shin: Columbia University Mikyung Kang: Harvard University Hana Kim: University of Toronto Jaeyong Chang: University of California – Berkeley Eunseung Oh: Stanford University Miree Ku: Duke University Wooseob Jeong: University of Wisconsin –Milwaukee (coordinator)

11. In The Future The Library of Congress is exploring the possibilities of: Sharing with the Korean Library Community Utilizing BFM

12. Thanks Young Ki Lee Senior Cataloging Specialist Northeast Asia Section Library of Congress