Examines the OCLC/AMIGOS collection analysis CD (CACD) and itspotential applications that can assist in the labour‐intensive processof evaluation and collection development…
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Examines the OCLC/AMIGOS collection analysis CD (CACD) and its potential applications that can assist in the labour‐intensive process of evaluation and collection development. Identifies three categories of potential uers of the qualitative and quantitative data analysis provided by the CACD. Shows that the CACD affords the opportunity for better informed decision making.
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Following a brief history of cataloguing and the MARC format this paper describes current challenges in developing suitable international formats and cataloguing rules for dealing…
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Following a brief history of cataloguing and the MARC format this paper describes current challenges in developing suitable international formats and cataloguing rules for dealing with electronic resources. Extensive references to the past and current literature provide an overview of the problems faced.
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Rice Majors and Stephen L. Mantz
This article aims to examine how next‐generation library catalogs and discovery platforms have the potential to transform the challenges inherent in finding music materials in…
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Purpose
This article aims to examine how next‐generation library catalogs and discovery platforms have the potential to transform the challenges inherent in finding music materials in library collections.
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The article discusses the characteristics of discovery platforms, the challenges of searching for music materials, and how discovery tools help users meet those challenges in new ways.
Findings
Discovery tools are particularly well suited to searching for music materials. They empower the user by providing effective tools such as facets and tags to manipulate the large, varied search results users encounter when searching for music materials.
Originality/value
The article views the features of discovery tools through the eyes of the end user searching for music materials.
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Monika Pietras and Lyn Robinson
The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of the “musical work”, and its consequences for library/information provision.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of the “musical work”, and its consequences for library/information provision.
Design/methodology/approach
Analysis of journal and monograph literature is supported by interviews with music editors, examination of documents, and self‐reflection on music cataloguing practice.
Findings
The nature of a musical work is shown to be complex, and influenced by many contextual factors. Phenomenological and ontological models can prove useful in understanding practical issues of information provision. The work of music editors has a strong relation to that of cataloguers and curators. Bibliographic models such as FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) can gain from, and contribute to, music information, through the centrality of the concept of “work”.
Research limitations/implications
The literature review is selective rather than comprehensive.
Practical implications
The study provides direct guidance for library/information practitioners in the music domain, and an insight into issues of relevance to information provision in any specialized subject.
Originality/value
The paper is a contribution to the literature on the application of philosophical and conceptual analysis to documents and bibliographic entities in specialized subject areas, and to domain analysis.
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Biographical data, including authorized name information, adds depth, richness and retrievability to bibliographic records and archival finding aids. The use of encoded archival…
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Biographical data, including authorized name information, adds depth, richness and retrievability to bibliographic records and archival finding aids. The use of encoded archival description (EAD) has enabled the description of archival collections in fine detail. EAD allows for biographical information to be coded directly into finding aids in several ways. However the process is time consuming and may result in duplication of effort and inconsistency. This article presents the Nomen XML DTD for biographical data, and puts forth the idea that its use could simplify and enhance the encoding of biographical data in EAD. The Nomen DTD provides a record structure for encoding the authorized name, variant names and biographical details of a person or a group being associated with informational items as subjects or creators. The structure of the Nomen DTD is described in relation to the MARC21 name authority format followed by a discussion of how it may be used as a means to create an authority file for EAD biographical data encoding and linking.