William and Gayle Cook Music Library



Seminar in Music Librarianship (L631)

Overview of current issues in music cataloging and classification
(Papakhian/Stancu)

REQUIRED READINGS

Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office. Subject cataloging manual. Subject headings. 5th ed. Washington, D.C. : Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1996.  “Music: General H 1916.3, p. 1-9. E-reserve

McKnight, Mark. Music Classification Systems. ML111.M45 Reserves

Music Library Association. Administration Committee. Subcommittee on Automation. “Automation Requirements for Music Materials” 2000.  Online

Papakhian, A. Ralph. "Cataloging." Notes 56/3 (March 2000): 581-590.  Online (search for "papakhian and cataloging")

Svenonius, Elaine. The intellectual foundations of information organization. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,  c2000. Chapters 1-2 (p. 1-30). Online

Tillett, Barbara. “Authority Control : an Overview.” Authority Control in Music Libraries, Proceedings of the Music Library Association Preconference, March 5, 1985,  p. 4-14. Ed. by Ruth Tucker. MLA technical report no. 16. Canton, MA : Music Library Association, c1989. E-reserve

Tillett, Barbara. “What is FRBR?  A conceptual model for the bibliographic universe” 2003. Online

Vellucci, Sherry L. "Music metadata." Metadata applications and management, pp. 37-65. Ed. by G. E. Gorman and Daniel G. Dorner. International yearbook of library and information management, 2003/2004. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2004. E-reserve

OPTIONAL READINGS

Bradley, Carol June. “Classifying and cataloguing music in American libraries: a historical overview.” Cataloging & classification quarterly 35 (2003); 467-481. Online

Institute on Library of Congress Music Cataloging Policies and Procedures(1971 : Library of Congress). Proceedings of the Institute on Library of Congress Music Cataloging Policies and Procedures, January 26-27, 1971, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. / transcribed and compiled, with editorial comments by David Sommerfield. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Music Library Association, 1975. ML111 .M97 no. 3. Reserve

Seibert, Donald. The MARC music format : from inception to publication.      Philadelphia : Music Library Association, 1982. ML111 .M97 no. 13. Reserve

Simpkins, Terry. “Cataloging popular music recordings.” Cataloging & classification quarterly 31 (2001) 1-35. Online

Weitz, Jay. Cataloger's judgment : music cataloging questions and answers from the Music OCLC Users Group newsletter. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2004. ML111 .W447. Reserve

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