Rhea, As sound recordings cataloger in Lilian Voudouri Library, I am currently using both latin and non-latin scripts in the records I submit to OCLC (this is still pilot, the workflow doesn't get very fast, indeed). Although records can be exported as Unicode, it is not the same when validating a record in OCLC and updating holdings (thus submitting it to Worldcat), where the record needs to be MARC-8 compatible. I am coping from the OCLC guide about international cataloging ( http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/international/): *Verify MARC-8 characters* *Tip:* If non-Latin characters that you need (other than Bengali, Devanagari, Tamil, and Thai) are not in any MARC-8 approved character sets for MARC 21 cataloging: - Enter the character in the record, export the record to your local system using Unicode export format, and then remove the character before processing the record in WorldCat. Or - Enter the name of the character within square brackets, using the Unicode standard if available, (for example, enter *[schwa]*), or for CJK characters, enter the reading of the character (for example, enter *[yin]*). For reference, see, for example, the Unicode charts Web page, which has a name index, at < http://www.unicode.org/charts/ >. Since the greek tonos is not a MARC-8 character, I need to exclude it before submitting to WorldCat. Otherwise I would have to name it in square brackets, which I don't consider that functional. As about parallel fields, I am using them for 100, 245, 246, and 260. You can check the following examples: #180691325 #173470900 Sincerely -- Ilias Kyriazis Fulbright Alumnus - Music Librarian Lilian Voudouri Music Library of Greece Megaron Concert Hall Vas. Sofias & Kokkali 115 21 Athens GREECE tel.: +30-210-7282556 fax: +30-210-7259196 mail: ikyriazis [at] megaron [dot] gr URL: http://www.mmb.org.gr