Selected music and media cataloging reference materials
General
Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR2)*. 2d ed., 2002 rev., 2005 update. Canadian Library Association; Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals; American Library Association, 2005. Access via Cataloger's Desktop. http://desktop.loc.gov/signon.aspBibliographic Formats and Standards., 3 rd ed. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC, 1993-<2002> http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs). 2d ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1989 Accessible via Cataloger's Desktop.
AMG. All Music Guide, 1995- http://www.allmusic.com/ Required free registration. Also available via Cataloger's Desktop.Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers: an annotated list of useful resources. OLAC, 2003- http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/authtools.html Free access. Also available via Cataloger's Desktop.
Classification Web. Library of Congress. http://classificationweb.net/Auto/
Grove Music Online. [Subscribed electronic database; First launched in January 2001; Contains over 47,000 articles from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz] http://library.wichita.edu/colldev/databases/musicdb.htm
The Music Index Online. Harmonie Park Press. [Subscribed electronic database. A subject-author guide to music periodical literature 1978-2005] http://library.wichita.edu/colldev/databases/musicdb.htm
Weitz, Jay. Cataloger's judgment : music cataloging questions and answers from the Music OCLC Users Group newsletter. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
Scores
AACR2*. Chapter 5 (music).
M: Music and Books on Music: Library of Congress Classification. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1998. Accessible via Cataloger's Desktop; use in conjunction with Smiraglia's Shelflisting Music.
Smiraglia, Richard P. Shelflisting Music: Guidelines for Use with the Library of Congress Classification: M. 2nd ed. (MLA Technical Reports Series; v. 30). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Subject Cataloging Manuals: Classification And Shelflisting Manual, 2008 ed. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2008. (available online via Cataloger's Desktop)Weitz, Jay. Music coding and tagging : MARC 21 content designation for scores and sound recordings. 2nd ed. Belle Plaine, Minn. : Soldier Creek Press, 2001.
Sound Recordings
AACR2 *. Chapter 6 (sound recordings).
Smiraglia, Describing Music Materials. Chapter 2.
Videorecordings
AACR2 *. Chapter 7 (motion pictures and videorecordings).
Olson, Nancy B. Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials: A Manual Based on AACR2. 4th ed. Edited by Sheila S. Intner and Edward Swanson. DeKalb, Ill.: Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1998. Chapter 6 (videorecordings).
OLAC. Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9. Oct.15, 2002. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/dvd/dvdprimer0.html
*Associated LCRIs should also be consulted when applying
descriptive cataloging rules.
Manuals are updated as needed. Please, e-mail susan.matveyeva@wichita.edu with suggestions and questions.
