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.