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Music Recordings Classification Systems

Music Recordings Classification Systems. LIS 7110 Humanities Information Services and Resources Wayne State University Charles Page. Typical Music Collections. Public or small college collections Private collections Orchestra collections

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Music Recordings Classification Systems

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  1. Music Recordings Classification Systems LIS 7110 Humanities Information Services and Resources Wayne State University Charles Page

  2. Typical Music Collections • Public or small college collections • Private collections • Orchestra collections • Larger NASM (National Association of Schools of Music) collections • Conservatory collections

  3. Music Recordings Classification Systems • Browsable • Library of Congress/Dewey altered systems • ANSCR ( Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings) • Michigan State University’s classification • Non-browsable • Accession

  4. Typical Classification Problems

  5. Library of Congress/Dewey Altered Classifications • Most recognizable • LC uses “M” class • Same as scores • Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis • LC call number – M1045 .H62 • This can be extended as needed • Dewey could use an altered system similar to the fiction classification in smaller libraries • CD Classical Hindemith • This can be extended as needed (McKnight, 2002) East Lansing Public Library http://opac.elpl.org/search/X

  6. LC and Dewey altered classification M 1045 .H62 K8 CD Classical Hindemith

  7. Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths • Browsable • Score and Recording classification match in LC • Familiar and easy to use • Weaknesses • Only works for small collections • Extended call numbers could become difficult • Dewey system is not precise

  8. Michigan State University Classification • MSU devised their own system • Initial figure = format • LP = Long playing record • ST = Stereo record • CD, VHS, DVD, etc. • Second figure = production number • Usually truncated • CD 2894 = Mercury Living Presence compact disc 289 434 397-2 • If 2 or more recordings began with the same production numbers an alphabetic designator could be added • CD 2894 A, CD 2894 B, etc. (M. B. Junttonen, personal communication, October 26, 2009) Michigan State University http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/search/X

  9. MSU classification CD 2894

  10. Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths • Somewhat browsable • Keeps series together • Allows misplaced discs to be placed with empty cases in an easier fashion • Weaknesses • Browsing is not easy • Collection must be shifted periodically • Looks like accession but is not

  11. ANSCR • Similar in look to LC classification • Includes genre, musicians, title and production number • Initial figure = Genre letter • ES = symphonic music • GP = solo piano music • Second figure = First 4 letters of surname, title or topic • HIND = Paul Hindemith • DAVI = Miles Davis

  12. ANSCR (continued) • Third figure = Initial letters of first 3 words in the title or first 3 letters of a single word title • SMT = Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber • 3 = Symphony No. 3 (This exception is used when a work’s title is generic) • Fourth figure = First letter of the major performer’s first name and the last 2 digits of the production number • K72 = Rafael Kubelick , Mercury Living Presence CD 289 434 397-2

  13. ANSCR (continued) • Basic Rule • A music recording should be classified by the first piece represented unless it takes up less than 1/6 of the entire duration. • An exception will be made if the most prominent piece is not first. (McKnight, 2002)

  14. ANSCR Classification ES HIND SMT K72 Lansing Community College http://fish.lcc.edu/

  15. Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths • Completely browsable • Very little need for extension • Weaknesses • Needs cross referencing • Takes more cataloging time

  16. Accession • Defined as ,”…increase by something added”(Webster’s new universal unabridged dictionary, 1983, p.11) • Most common system in larger college and conservatory libraries • Simple system numbering forward as recordings are acquired and cataloged • CD 1 = first CD cataloged • CD 19,365 will be followed by CD 19,366 University of Michigan http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Search/Advanced

  17. Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths • Easy to catalog • Weaknesses • Non-browsable

  18. Conclusion • All music collections are different • Clientele • Size • Genres • Decisions should be made about: • Open or closed stacks • Storage space • Organization • Cataloging work

  19. References McKnight, M. (2002). Music classification systems. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Webster’s new universal unabridged dictionary (2nd ed.). (1983). New York: Simon & Schuster.

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