Know & Go: Deciphering Music Preferred Titles
Catalogers, increasingly given the task of cataloging music audio recordings and scores, are brought into contact with music preferred titles (AACR2 uniform titles). This Know & Go will help catalogers to better understand these access points and the RDA instructions for formulating them. Among the topics to be covered: the purpose of preferred titles; distinctive and non-distinctive music titles; when and how to add medium of performance; numeric designation of a musical work and key to preferred titles.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of preferred titles in music
- Distinguish between distinctive titles and titles consisting solely of the name of one type of composition
- Discern when to add medium of performance, numeric designation of musical work and key to a preferred title
- Understand instructions on how to add these elements to a preferred title
- Understand how to search names of musical works in OCLC.
Target Audience:
Catalogers new to cataloging music audio recordings and scores.
Prerequisites:
Experience applying RDA instructions for creating access points for nonmusical works and expressions.
Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements:
- None
- This event is open to group registration; no CEUs are available for this event.
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Session Duration:
This course consists of one 60-minute session.
Instructor: Emily Nimsakont - nimsakont@amigos.org
November 4, 2019
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm CST
Online Classroom
United States
United States
| Amigos Member | $0.00 |
| Non-member | $35.00 |