Today I cataloged 93 more cards of drawer 6 of the sheet music collection project. The only new question that's come up is in reference to the cards for rows 1120-1122. I think these cards are for the same collection of musical pieces so there's a main title in the title field and also a title for each movement(?), if that's what it's called. I'm not sure if I cataloged these cards correctly in the title field so could you please check to see if it's correct. I'm also uncertain about whether to put the main title (Americana) in the series field. Normally, I don't do this unless the card says "Series" (and then lists the name of the series). I didn't do it here because it's possible this isn't an actual series, more like a 3-part piece of music with each part cataloged on a separate card. Jeanette, please me know your thoughts on this. Otherwise everything was routine. Thanks!
Friday, July 31, 2015
Friday, July 24, 2015
Shab, sheet music collection project, 7/24/2105
Today I managed to catalog 46 more cards of the sheet music collection project in drawer 6. Jeanette, whenever you have time, could you please check the following rows/cells to see if they're correctly done (I've highlighted the fields in red).
Row 1020, the title field (245) (not sure about this, I mentioned it in my last blog post too about how titles that say they're covers in brackets should be cataloged)
Row 1034, the publisher field (I couldn't remember if we decided to omit the "distributed by" information from now on?)
Row 1046, the first note field (500) - does this belong in a note field, too? I already put German in the language field (the card said "German and English" on it)
Everything else was routine. Thanks for your help!
Row 1020, the title field (245) (not sure about this, I mentioned it in my last blog post too about how titles that say they're covers in brackets should be cataloged)
Row 1034, the publisher field (I couldn't remember if we decided to omit the "distributed by" information from now on?)
Row 1046, the first note field (500) - does this belong in a note field, too? I already put German in the language field (the card said "German and English" on it)
Everything else was routine. Thanks for your help!
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
cataloging images
Today I completed organizing images into separate folders. This is a really fun and exciting way of getting hands-on experience in cataloging and metadata. So far all is well!
Saturday, April 25, 2015
cataloging
Today I continued with the historical images; making sure they are available online. However, I need to call HPL on Monday so I can refresh my memory on the issue of adding zeros to the image names. Other than that I feel I've done a good job.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Shab, sheet music collection project, 4/24/2015
Today I cataloged 88 more cards of drawer 6 of the sheet music collection project. Could you please check rows 923-925: I'm not sure about the 245 field in row 923, if that really belongs in there. For row 924, the card said "Songs, German" which I put in the instrumentation field but I also added the language (German) to the 546 field so I hope this is correct. Row 925's card mentions that one of the publishers was gleaned from the back cover - I'm not sure if this would go in the publisher field (260) itself or would be moved to, for example, a note field. I don't think it goes in the publisher field but for now I've left it there.
Row 978's card has the words "Potpourri [cover]" next to the title field. I think this is a song title from the opera "Ermine" but I'm not entirely sure where this goes because Ermine was in the title field or where to mention the note that it's a cover song. For now, because of the word "[cover]" I've put it in a note field. The last thing I was unsure of was the title for the card for row 1007 - it reads "Lucrezia borgia, [after] Donizetti." I'm not sure about the "[after] Donizetti" part though I'm pretty certain this is not part of the title of the music. But I'm not sure where (if anywhere) on the spreadsheet those words need to be put.
Thanks for all your help!
Row 978's card has the words "Potpourri [cover]" next to the title field. I think this is a song title from the opera "Ermine" but I'm not entirely sure where this goes because Ermine was in the title field or where to mention the note that it's a cover song. For now, because of the word "[cover]" I've put it in a note field. The last thing I was unsure of was the title for the card for row 1007 - it reads "Lucrezia borgia, [after] Donizetti." I'm not sure about the "[after] Donizetti" part though I'm pretty certain this is not part of the title of the music. But I'm not sure where (if anywhere) on the spreadsheet those words need to be put.
Thanks for all your help!
Friday, April 17, 2015
Shab, sheet music collection project, 4/17/2015
Today I cataloged 84 more cards of drawer 6 of the sheet music collection project. The only question I have is about row 838 - Jeanette, could you please look at this card (yellow sticky on it); it seemed to have some notes in there which I'm not sure where they belong (and there are only two note fields on the spreadsheet so I couldn't put them all in there). There's a note there that begins with "Issued with..." which I'm uncertain about what that means or where (if anywhere) it should go on the sheet. Next to it are more page numbers and the physical description. I've seen "issued with" on the cards at least once before but I'm not very clear at this point what that means or if it's supposed to be cataloged anywhere on the sheet except the notes fields. Please let me know if you have any thoughts on this and thanks.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Shab, sheet music collection project, 4/03/2015
Today I cataloged 75 more cards of drawer 6 of the sheet music collection project. Here are some issues I had. The card for row 765 needs the note (500) field checked. It said "With variations for two performers on the pianoforte, op. 32" in the title field (next to the title). I don't think it belongs with the title but I have put "op.___" in the title field before so I'm not sure about that.
The card for row 786 raises two questions, one about the 100/composer field (the name on the card is Mrs. Mary K. Hutchinson) and the note field (transcription by this same name). I remember from cataloging how titles such as Mr., Mrs., etc. do not belong in the statement of responsibility fields but I've left it in for now in case this is how the artist was famously known, like it was part of her professional artist name (like "Prince" or "Madonna", etc.). I tried Googling the name to get info if that's the case but I couldn't find anything. Most likely, the "Mrs." ought to be taken out? Jeanette, please let me know your thoughts on this and also if there's a particular field, other than the note field, where transcriber names go? (I think you'd told me earlier the note field is fine but I can't remember so please confirm this because I don't believe transcribers go in the statement of responsibility fields).
Row 788, it says (as it said on the card) "At head of title: The Sting". (The Sting is the movie this piece of music was composed for). I'm not sure what "at head of title" means but for now I've put it in the note field. Please let me know if this is incorrect.
Finally, the dates for row 822 are strangely noted. It says on the card "1863 [1865 on back cover]." I put "[1865 on back cover]" in the note field and put "1863, [1865]" in the publication date and leader date fields. I'm not sure if this is correct or whether "[1865 on back cover]" should be in a note field so please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
The card for row 786 raises two questions, one about the 100/composer field (the name on the card is Mrs. Mary K. Hutchinson) and the note field (transcription by this same name). I remember from cataloging how titles such as Mr., Mrs., etc. do not belong in the statement of responsibility fields but I've left it in for now in case this is how the artist was famously known, like it was part of her professional artist name (like "Prince" or "Madonna", etc.). I tried Googling the name to get info if that's the case but I couldn't find anything. Most likely, the "Mrs." ought to be taken out? Jeanette, please let me know your thoughts on this and also if there's a particular field, other than the note field, where transcriber names go? (I think you'd told me earlier the note field is fine but I can't remember so please confirm this because I don't believe transcribers go in the statement of responsibility fields).
Row 788, it says (as it said on the card) "At head of title: The Sting". (The Sting is the movie this piece of music was composed for). I'm not sure what "at head of title" means but for now I've put it in the note field. Please let me know if this is incorrect.
Finally, the dates for row 822 are strangely noted. It says on the card "1863 [1865 on back cover]." I put "[1865 on back cover]" in the note field and put "1863, [1865]" in the publication date and leader date fields. I'm not sure if this is correct or whether "[1865 on back cover]" should be in a note field so please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
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