Planning is well underway.
The guidelines are intended to serve the bibliographic and information needs of the Library, as well as the interests of the wider library community. In romanizing Chinese up to the present time, individual syllables have been separated from each other, with few exceptions. They also have recommended that, in converting existing files to pinyin, Chinese syllables be aggregated or connected to conform with Chinese romanization rules. The Library is currently considering whether it will adopt this recommendation. In order to fully evaluate the effects of the change to aggregation or connection of individual syllables, we need to identify how this new practice would affect Library operations, as well as effects on the wider library community.