Section IV, Chapter FZFf

Cataloging Sound Recordings

1. INTRODUCTION

Apply AACR2, chapters 5 and 25, as well as LC Rules Interpretations and Bibliographic Formats & Standards. Assign subject headings from LC Subject Headings or from its distillation, Music Subject Headings, as well as Cataloging Service Bulletin. Call numbers are textual.

NOTE: For these and other music reference sources see Music Reference Sources in Section I, Chapter F.

2. EDITING COPY OR CREATING RECORDS

2.1 Fixed fields

Refer to Bibliographic Formats & Standards for required fixed field elements.

2.2 Variable fields

• 007 This field appears in OCLC records and when a record is transferred into Sirsi it is translated into the fixed fields
• 024 UPC number
• 028 Sound recording issue number(s)
• 041 Languages of sung text and printed accompanying materials
• 1XX In most cases the composer of the work
• 240 Uniform title

... the particular title by which a work is to be identified for cataloging purposes when the work has appeared under varying titles. The purpose of the uniform title is to bring together records for a work entered under ... variant titles.

• 245 Title of the work as it appears on the item
• 246 Varying forms of the title
• 250 Edition statement
• 260 Place, name of publisher, and date of publication
• 300 Physical description. In most cases this will be “sound disc(s).” We still do receive the occasional “sound cassette(s).”
• 4XX Series statements.
• 5XX Note fields as found in AACR2, chapter 6.7
• 511 Note field listing all the performers on a given recording
• 6XX Subject headings usually describe the type of musical composition


• 700 Name added entries for librettists, translators, editors, etc. or Name/Title added entries for composer(s) and composition(s) found in the 245 and/or in the 505 but not listed in the 1XX or 240
• 710 Corporate added entries for names of performing organizations
• 740 Title added entries for titles not appearing in the 245 or 246
• 8XX Name/Series added entries

Prepared by: Keith Chapman

Last updated: August 3, 2007

Index terms: Sound recording cataloging.