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Cataloging Sound Recordings with RDA
Credits:
Sound Recordings Cataloging Workshop / Jay Weitz
(Online Audiovisual Catalogers Conference 2012)
RDA Basics: Sound Recordings /Kathy Glennan (2011)
RDA: Special Formats Training / Jim Soe Nyun (UC San
Diego) (2013)
Best Practices for Music Cataloging using RDA and
MARC 21 (Feb. 2013 Draft) / Music Library Association
Sound Recordings: Type Code
Type j: Musical Sound Recording
Type i: Nonmusical Sound Recording
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Nonmusical sounds (e.g., speech)
Sound effects
Bird calls and animal sounds
Physical exercise recordings (e.g., aerobic workouts) that
consist of spoken, SHOUTED, sung or chanted instructions
over musical accompaniment
– Stories read over incidental music accompaniment
– Plays with incidental music
Preferred Source of Information
2.2.2.4 Other Resources
..use as the preferred source, as applicable:
Either
a) a label with a title that is permanently printed on or
affixed to the resource (e.g., a label on an audio CD, or a
model); this instruction does not apply to labels on
accompanying textual material or a container
or
b) embedded metadata in textual form that contains a
title (e.g., metadata embedded in an MP3 audio file).
Title
• Transcribe the title as it appears on the source of
information
• Make a note on the source from which the title
proper is taken if it is not one of these sources:
– Title page, etc.
– Title frame or title screen of a resource consisting
of moving images
• In other words, always give a source of title note
Example
Statement of Responsibility
“A creator is a person,
family, or corporate body
responsible for the
creation of a work.”
Performers are no longer
considered creators.
Sound Recordings: Dates
Dates of first commercial availability (publication) of
some of the major audio media:
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LP discs: 1948
Pre-recorded reel-to-reel audio tapes: 1954
Pre-recorded audio cassettes: 1965
Audio compact discs: 1982
Streaming audio: 1999
DVD-Audio discs: 2000
Playaway devices: 2005
Sound Recordings: Dates
• Dates earlier than those
on the previous slide
cannot be a proper date
of publication for that
audio medium
• Earlier dates may
represent such
bibliographic events as
date of sound capture,
release date in a different
audio medium, etc.
Sound Recordings: Dates
Different Bibliographic “Events”
– Original capture
– Release as a recording
– Release in a new recording medium
– Copyrights of design or accompanying material
Sound Recordings: Dates
• Copyright date – date associated with a claim
of protection under copyright or a similar
regime.
• Copyright dates include phonogram dates
℗1983
phonogram 1993
Extent for Physical Items
• AACR2 = “sound disc”
• RDA = “audio disc”
1 audio disc
• RDA option – use term preferred by the cataloging
agency
1 compact disc OR 1 CD
• For online audio resources
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Sound Characteristics
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Type of recording
Recording medium
Playing speed
Groove characteristic
Track configuration
Tape configuration
Configuration of playback channels
Special playback characteristics
Sound Characteristics
Type of Recording:
– Analog
– Digital
Recording Medium: the type of medium used to
record sound on an audio carrier
– Magnetic
– optical
Sound Characteristics
Playing speed: speed at which an audio carrier must
be operated to produce the sound intended
– 33 1/3 rpm
– 78 rpm
– 44 rpm
For a digital disc, record the playing speed in metres
per second (m/s)
– 1.4 m/s
Sound Characteristics
• For an analog tape, record the playing speed in
centimetres per second (cm/s)
– 4.75 cm/s
• Alternative: for an analog tape, record the playing
speed in inches per second (ips)
• For an online sound file (e.g., streaming audio),
record the transmission speed if it can be readily
ascertainable. Record the speed in kilobytes per
second (kbps)
– 32 kbps
Sound Characteristics
Groove characteristic: the groove width of an analog
disc or the groove pitch of an analog cylinder
Analog disc:
– Coarse groove
– Microgroove
Analog cylinder:
– Fine
– Standard
Sound Characteristics
Track configuration: record the track
configuration for sound-track films
– Centre track
– Edge track
Tape configuration: the number of tracks on an
audiotape
– 8 track
Sound Characteristics
Configuration of Playback Channels
The number of sound channels used to make a
recording
mono
stereo
quadraphonic
surround
Sound Characteristics
Special playback characteristics
An equalization system, noise reduction system, etc.
used in making an audio recording
Dolby
CCIR standard
CX encoded
Digital File Characteristics
Encoding format – a schema, standard, etc. used to encode
the digital content of a resource. Audio encoding formats:
CD audio
DAISY
DVD audio
MP3
RealAudio
SACD
WAV
Content Types
“categorization reflecting the fundamental form of
communication in which the content is expressed and
the human sense through which it is intended to be
perceived.”
– Performed music
– Sounds
– Spoken word
Carrier Types
Audio cartridge
– A cartridge containing an audio tape
Audio cylinder
– A roller-shaped object on
which sound waves are incised
or indented in a continuous
circular groove. Includes wax
cylinders, wire cylinders, etc.
Carrier Types
Audio disc
– A disc on which sound
waves, recorded as
modulations, pulses,
etc., are incised or
indented in a continuous
spiral groove
Carrier Types
Audio Roll
– A roll of paper on which musical notes are
presented by perforations, designed to
mechanically reproduce the music when used in a
player piano, player organ, etc. Includes piano
rolls, etc.
Carrier Types
Online resource (audio file)
– Electronic audio resources
Sound Track Reel
– An open reel holding a length of
film on which sound is recorded
Identifier for the Manifestation
MLA recommendation:
If feasible, record all standard identifiers present
on the item:
– ISMN
– UPC
– EAN
– Issue number
– Matrix number
Authorized Access Point for a Musical Work
Make additions to the preferred title as necessary:
• Medium of performance
• Key
• Numeric designation
• Other distinguishing characteristic