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Summary:

Many Pathways for Discovery is a manual for metadata practitioners learning music cataloging for the first time, as well as a ready reference tool for more experienced practitioners. It is intended to serve as a companion guide to general music cataloging instruction, focusing on what has traditionally been considered the more advanced skillset of "subject analysis." It provides guidance for answering the "W-questions" about music content: What is it? (genre/form); What is it for, or, How is it performed? (medium of performance); Who is it by and Who is it for? (demographic aspects); When was it created? (chronological aspects); Where was it created? (geographic aspects) This book is primarily geared toward a metadata environment based on MARC 21 encoding and on vocabularies developed by the Library of Congress, namely, the Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (LCMPT), the Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), and the Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT). Comparisons to legacy practices involving Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are included. Additional chapters address encoding of faceted descriptors in Linked Data environments, and on discovery possibilities for end users. A bibliography of foundational and supplemental resources is provided.

Table of Contents:

• Describing music for solo instruments and instrumental ensembles
• Describing music for solo voices, vocal ensembles, and voices in combination with instruments
• Describing popular and folk/traditional music
• Describing content type aspects of music resources
• Emerging standards : linked data, BIBFRAME, and the Performed Music Ontology / Casey A. Mullin and Kevin Kishimoto
• Epilogue : possibilities for user discovery of music resources via faceted data / Casey A. Mullin and Kevin Kishimoto.

Author/Creator:

Mullin, Casey A., 1981- , author

Contributors:

Kishimoto, Kevin Seiji, 1972- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Many pathways for discovery: describing music resources using faceted vocabularies [by Mullin, C.A.]

Related Series:

Music Library Association technical reports and monographs in music librarianship series; v. 41

Subjects:

Cataloging of music — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cataloging of sound recordings — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medium of performance thesaurus for music, Library of Congress — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre/form terms, Library of Congress — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Subject headings — Music — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Subject headings, Library of Congress — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cataloging of music

Cataloging of sound recordings

Medium of performance thesaurus for music, Library of Congress

Genre/form terms, Library of Congress

Subject headings — Music

Subject headings

Subject headings, Library of Congress

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

viii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

ML111 .M72 2024

ISBNs:

9780895799111 (print, paperback)
0895799111 (print, paperback)
9780895799128 (online, electronic book) [Invalid]
089579912X (online, electronic book) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1428722925