Shab, sheet music collection project, 3/27/2014

Today I cataloged 42 more cards of drawer 3 of the sheet music collection project.  Unusual problems this week included not being sure where to put a title with the word "SERIES" in front of it.  Originally, I thought (like the other volunteer who has worked on this drawer) that it belongs in the other title field.  However, I did notice the spreadsheet has a field just for series, so now I'm not sure.  For now I put them under series and highlighted them in red (if incorrect, please let me know).  The German foreign language cards are also proving challenging because I'm not sure which words to capitalize since Google Translate cannot help with that much being that they're not uniquely used words.  I'm also unsure if another title that says something like "military march" is really an other title or should be in one of the note fields.  I had another card say (vocal edition) and this I'm also unsure where to put (highlighted in red for review).  Same for "galop de concert."  For now I put them in the note fields but please let me know if they should be moved. 

Shab, sheet music collection project, 2/20/2014

Today I managed to input 53 more cards of drawer 4 of the sheet music collection project.  Progress was considerably slower this week due to several challenges: more foreign language music that required some Googling to make certain I wasn't putting any information in the wrong fields, as well as some new problems.  One card had no date or anything in the date field so I wasn't sure if I should leave it blank or put "n.d." (which is what I ended up doing).  Another card had the title "Sir" in the name field (like Sir Edmund Hillary).  I remember from library school that titles and designations like Mister, Junior, Senior, etc. are not supposed to be cataloged but I wasn't sure if this qualified or not (Jeanette, if you want to check, I highlighted this word in red for you on the spreadsheet).  Some of the publisher fields have some descriptive information in the field ("exclusive agent for", etc.) and I'm not entirely sure where, if anywhere, it belongs on the spreadsheet.  For now I'm cataloging all that information exactly as I see it on the card.  And I had one instance this week of an English and a foreign language title so wasn't sure if the foreign language title qualifies as an alternate title to be put in the other title field, but that's what I have done for now.  Jeanette, please let me know if this is correct. 

Herrera Metadata Project - Michelle Godfrey, March 19, 2014

Today I worked on MSS160-b4-f01 and was finally able to complete the remaining items in this jumbo folder. I also got to review previously completed items and go back to correct a few of my typos. Fortunately, there were no problems wrapping up of this project.

All good things come to an end and I have had a wonderful time volunteering here. I learned so much and will truly miss having this experience. It makes me happy and thankful to have been a small part in such a great place.

Best regards,
Michelle

Shab, sheet music collection project, 3/13/2014

Today I managed to input the data from 55 more cards of drawer 4 of the sheet music collection project.  I have no particularly difficult problems; however, I do want to mention that since the volunteer trained by Jeanette started this drawer, there may be some discrepancies by what information I put in what field (concerning the note and instrumentation fields) as opposed to the volunteer who worked on this spreadsheet before me because Cecilia is the one who got me started on this project.  Jeanette, if you have any questions about this, feel free to ask since it's a little complicated to explain it in a blog post.  Otherwise, mostly it was as routine as usual.  I did have one peculiar instance where there were two names separated by a forward slash (/) in the name field.  I tried to research this to see why it was like this but since it was a more obscure song, I couldn't figure it out - as such, I just put the names in exactly the way they were listed on the card in the name field.  Please let me know if there's a problem with this. 

Shab, sheet music collection project, 3/6/2014

Today I managed to finish cataloging the remaining cards in drawer 3 of the sheet music collection project and have now moved on to the next drawer.  Most of the information is routine, though I did have to deal with many more spelling discrepancies in drawer 3 - mostly, I just google the names to get the correct spellings and use those to save anyone the trouble of having the keep checking the hard copy sheet music upstairs.  Otherwise, I didn't notice any particularly unusual problems.  I did have one strange card where there was just a name in the area where the publication information is usually listed (not a person who self-published, but just a name typed next to the publishing company).  I tried to research and figure out who this person might be so as to add the information to the correct field but I couldn't find anything because this is a fairly obscure song.  As such, I decided to just leave that information out of the spreadsheet.  Otherwise, everything else seemed fairly routine as always, no foreign language cards to deal with today.