bibliography for cataloging music

SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING
SOURCES FOR MUSIC CATALOGING
CLASSIFICATION
SHELFLISTING
SUBJECT HEADINGS
CLASSED CATALOGS
MARC FORMAT FOR MUSIC

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I. SERIAL PUBLICATIONS

Music Cataloging Bulletin. Canton, Mass., Music Library Association. monthly.: Contains LC Class M revisions, LC's AACR2 rule interpretations (prior to their appearance in the Cataloging Service Bulletin {see below}), name authority changes, major changes to AACR2 MARC bibliographic records, music subject heading changes, etc.; N: office / S: LS periodicals/Jan. 2004-[online only]
Cataloger's Desktop. Washington, Library of Congress. Quarterly.: S: Tech Lab/N: [computer file] Office
Cataloging Service Bulletin. Washington, Library of Congress. quarterly.: Contains LC classification revisions, AACR2 rule interpretations, name authority changes, transliteration tables, etc.; N: office / S: cataloging lab/Jan. 2006 - http://www.loc.gov/cds (free)
Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter. Bloomington, Ind., Music OCLC Users Group. 1977–: "Occasional." Contains articles on tagging, work forms, use of the data base for reference, quality control of data, etc.; N: office /S: LC periodicals (scattered issues)

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II. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING

Authority Control in Music Libraries. MLA, 1990.: N: ML111 .A87 1989 (RESERVE)
Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers: <http://www.olacinc.org/capc/authtools.html>
The Best of Moug: a list of LC Name Authority Records for Music Titles of Major Composers. 2000.: N: ML111.M836 1997 (RESERVE)
Cataloging Sheet Music: Guidelines for Use with AACR2 and the MARC format.: N: ML 111.C38 2003 (OFFICE)
Cataloging Musical Moving Image Material. MLA, 1996.: N: ML111.M832 1996 (RESERVE)
Hartsock, Ralph. Notes for Music Catalogers: examples illustrating AACR2 in the Online Bibliographic Record. 1994.: N: cataloging dept.
ISBD(PM): International Standard Bibliogaphic Description for Printed Music. 1991.: S: Z695.1M95 I57 1991
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. Cataloging Distribution Service. 2d ed., 1989.: N: cataloging dept./updates: Jan. 2006- http://www.loc.gov/cds (free)
Library of Congress Name Authority Files [computer file]
Music Cataloging at Yale http://library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/musicat.htm
Music Cataloging Decisions: as issued by the Music Section, Special Materials Cataloging Division, Library of Congress.: N: cataloging dept.
Salinger, Florence. Notes for Catalogers: a Sourcebook for Use with AACR2. 1985.: N: cataloging dept.
Saye, Jerry D. Notes in the Catalog Record. ALA, 1989.: N: cataloging dept.
Smiraglia, Richard P. Describing Music Materials: a Manual for Descriptive Cataloging of Printed and Recorded Music, Music Videos, and Archival Music Collections...3rd ed. 1997.: N: (RESERVE)
_____. Music Cataloging: the Bibliographic Control of Printed and Recorded Music in Libraries. 1989.: N: ML111.S64 M8 1989 (RESERVE)
_____. Describing Music Materials: a Manual for Descriptive Cataloging Printed and Recorded Music, Music Videos, and Archival Music Collections. 3rd ed. 1997.: N: (RESERVE)
_____. Music Cataloging: the Bibliographic Control of Printed and Recorded Music in Libraries. 1989.: N: ML111.S64 M8 1989 (RESERVE)
Vellucci, Sherry L. Bibliographic Relationships in Music Catalogs. 1997: N: ML111V45 B5 (RESERVE)
Weidow, Judy. Music Cataloging policy in the general libraries. 1984.: N: ML 111.W45 M8 (RESERVE)

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III. SOURCES FOR MUSIC CATALOGING

Network data base: OCLC, WLN, RLIN, etc.
Music, Books on Music and Sound Recordings (formerly Music and Phonorecords). 1953-1989.: N: catalog dept.
Library of Congress Music Catalog Index. 1990-: N: catalog dept.
Library of Congress Shelflist. Microform ed., Class M.: N: catalog dept.
National Union Catalog: Pre-1956 Imprints. London, Mansell, 1968-81.: S: NUC collection
New York Public Library. Dictionary of the Music Collection,.Boston. G.K. Hall, 1964-65. Supplement, 1966. 1973.: N: REF ML 136.N5 N4 & suppl.
_____. Bibliographic Guide to Music. Boston, G.K. Hall, 1976-: N: REF ML 136.N5 N42
Olmstead, Elizabeth H. Music Library Association Catalog of Cards for Printed Music, 1953-1972. 1974.: N: catalog dept. / S: NUC collection

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IV. CLASSIFICATION

Library of Congress Classification. Class M: Music. 1999.: N: card cat. / S: cataloging lab.
Bindman, Fred. "Classification of Music Material," in Proceedings of the Institute on Library of Congress Music Cataloging Policies and Procedures (Ann Arbor, Music Library Association, 1975), p. 63-72.: N: ML 111 I 47 (RESERVE)
Classification Web. Cataloging Distribution Service. [computer file]: N: Cataloging Office
Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 20. Forest Press, 1996.: S: cataloging lab.
In Celebration of Revised 780: Music in the Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 20. Music Library Association. 1990.: N: (RESERVE)
McKnight, Mark. Music Classification Systems. Scarecrow Press, 2002. (Music Library Association. Basic Manual Series, No. 1)

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V. SHELFLISTING

Jaakola, Helvi, S. "Shelflisting of Musical Materials," Proceedings ... Library of Congress Institute. p. 73-80: N: REF ML 111 K78 / S: LS reserve
Smiraglia, Richard P. Shelflisting Music; Guidelines for Use with the Library of Congress Classification: M. Philadelphia, Music Library Association, 1981.: N: ML 111 S64 (RESERVE) / S: LS reserve

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VI. SUBJECT HEADINGS

Library of Congress Subject Heading List (current edition).: S: cataloging lab.
Free-Floating subdivisions: an alphabetical list. Library of Congress.
Kaufman, Judith. Recordings of Non-Western Music: Subject and Added Entry Access. Ann Arbor, Music Library Association, 1977.: N: ML 111 K39 (RESERVE) / S: LS reserve
Kaufman, Judith. Library of Congress Subject Headings for Recordings of Western Non-Classical Music. [s.l.] Music Library Assocation, 1983.: N: ML 111 K38 L5 (RESERVE) / S: LS reserve
Library of Congress Subject Heading Authority File [computer file]
Music Subject Headings, compiled from Library of Congress Subject Headings by Harriette Hemmasi. Soldier Creek Press, 1998.: N: office
Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings. (Library of Congress). 1996-.: N: cataloging dept./S:LS reserve/Updates: Jan. 2006 - http://www.loc.gov/cds (free)

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VII. CLASSED CATALOGS

Cunningham, Virginia. "The Library of Congress Classed Catalog for Music," Reader in Music Librarianship (Microcard Editions Books, 1973), p. 177-179.: N: ML 111 R39 (RESERVE) / S: LS reserve
Seibert, Donald. SLACC: The Partial Use of the Shelf-List as Classed Catalog. Ann Arbor, Music Library Association, 1973.: N: ML 111 S45 S5 (RESERVE) / S: LS reserve

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VIII. MARC FORMAT FOR MUSIC

Format Integration and its Effect on the USMARC Bibliographic Format. 1995.
Seibert, Donald. The MARC Music Format: from inception to publication. 1982.: N: ML111 S45 M3 (RESERVE)
Weitz, Jay. Music coding and tagging : MARC content designation for scores and sound recordings. 2001.: N: Off. ML111.W457 M8/S: LS reserve

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