Professional paper

Subject cataloguing of music materials : current state and future trends

Tatjana Mihalić orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-4878 ; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Keča orcid.org/0000-0001-8898-2325 ; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Subject cataloguing of music materials differs from cataloguing of publications about music, or specific music materials like printed and handwritten sheet music and sound recordings. This paper discusses the practice of classification and subject indexing of music materials in the National and University Library in Zagreb. It also analyzes the most common problems encountered by music librarians in defining subject or content of musical works. The final part of the article gives an overview of new features of searching and retrieval of music which emerged with new technologies and digital music.

Keywords

music; music indexing; music subject cataloguing; Universal Decimal Classification; musical index terms – uncontrolled

Hrčak ID:

142271

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/142271

Publication date:

16.3.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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