mumt-621: music information acquisition, preservation, and retrieval brian mcmillan, music liaison...
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MUMT-621: Music Information Acquisition, Preservation, and Retrieval
Brian McMillan, Music Liaison Librarian
Marvin Duchow Music Library
January 15, 2014
Access to library resources
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/connect
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/connect/ezproxy-faq/
Request/Recall
Check both of the catalogues as well as eBook publisher sites:
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/ebooks#McGill
e.g. Springer, Safari, Wiley
(Some titles are purchased but not yet available through the catalogue.)
eBook access
Interlibrary loan
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/otherloans
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/music/av
Hardware resources at the Library
Video cameras, tripods and swivel heads
Laptops with music software, for example:
• Final Cut• Finale, Sibelius• Pro Tools• Logic
Microphones and accessories
N.B. Reserve in advance
Hardware resources at the Library
Music information acquisition, preservation, and retrieval …
What librarians have been doing for centuries
Controlled vocabulary
Standardized headings / tagging-like function
Examples:
• Uniform Titles
• Name Authority Headings
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Uniform titles
Musical works pose challenges for searchers:
Multiple identifiers for a single work:
• opus numbers vs. thematic catalogue numbers
• translated titles (different editions)
• alternate/popular titles
• generic titles
= need to standardize titles of works
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Name authority headings
http://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F/?func=find-a&find_code=WAU&request=john+adams
Examples:
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Music
http://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F/?func=find-a&find_code=WSU&request=Information+storage+and+retrieval+systems+Music
Music -- Data processing
http://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F/?func=find-a&find_code=WSU&request=music+data+processing
Subject headings
Resource Description and Access
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/FAQ#WhatisRDA
RDA
Thematic catalogues
Barlow & Morgenstern
http://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F/?func=find-a&find_code=WRD&request=Barlow+Morgenstern
Electronic dictionary of musical themes
http://www.multimedialibrary.com/barlow/index.asp
THANK YOU For assistance, contact a member of the Music Library staff.