| Series |
Music Library Association technical reports series ; volume 34
Music Library Association technical reports (Lanham, Md.) no. 34. ^A486534
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| Contents |
Why and what? -- History of cataloging -- Manifestation and item part one -- Manifestation and item part two -- Recorded information, including carriers -- Manifestation, item and carrier in MARC -- Works and expressions -- Persons and corporate bodies -- Access points -- Relationships -- Classification and subjects -- Archival description. |
| Abstract |
This is both a textbook for students and a handbook and reference source for practicing catalogers. The bulk of the book is a step-by-step guide to cataloging music materials, with dozens of examples showing images of published scores or audio recordings. Content and encoding are treated separately, using RDA and MARC21. Interspersed in the chapters on practical cataloging are short Historical Asides, essays putting particular devices or conventions into context. These essays supplement a chapter on cataloging history, which follows an introductory chapter that sets the stage for the task at hand. The book ends with a chapter by Maristella Feustle on describing and providing access to music special collections, using both archival and rare-music-cataloging standards. Aids in navigating the book include an index plus multiple lists and tables. A bibliography and a list of cataloging tools that are available online are also given. |
| General note | With a preface, two appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, examples, and six tables. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2018617550 |
| ISBN | 0895798484 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780895798480 (paperback) |
| Publisher number | TR 34 A-R Editions |
