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What's New | CAPC | Conferences | Newsletters | Useful Websites | Search | Home Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers: An Annotated List of Useful Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally compiled by Subcommittee on Authority Tools Cataloging Policy Committee OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. Robert Bratton, editor: 2003- Content last revised: January 2, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Introduction || Resource Maintenance || Contributors and Compilers ANNOTATED RESOURCES Subject Index || Author Index || Title Index Resources not Included -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION This list is designed to bring together, in one place, descriptions of information sources that are useful when developing authorized headings to support audiovisual and music catalog records. Work began on this project in 1999, and the list was first released in 2001. Before we embarked on this project, we investigated what similar tools might already exist. After all, there is no point in reinventing the wheel! We did not find much. One valuable resource we did find was put together by the Working Group on Popular Music Sources, under the aegis of the Music Library Association Bibliographic Control Committee. Between 1991 and 1993, they compiled an annotated guide to resources used in cataloging various genres of popular music. Though it has not been updated, it is still very useful. It is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/tech_s/mla/wgpms/wgpms.htm. Our goal in putting together this list of resources is to highlight some of the tools that we find useful when creating authority records. We ask practitioners to contribute annotations, or short reviews, to explain why they think a particular tool is useful for authority work. Each entry also includes a suggested way of citing the work in authority records. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who helped make this list possible. The OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) provided the forum for discussion about the list and electronic space for it on the OLAC website. CAPC appointed the Subcommittee on Authority Tools whose job it was to organize and compile the original list. Sue Neumeister deserves considerable appreciation for graciously providing the HTML mark-up. Of course there would be no list without the valuable contributions of titles and annotations given by AV catalogers. These folks deserve many thanks for their time and effort. Subcommittee on Authority Tools David Procházka, Co-Chair Iris Wolley, Co-Chair Robert Bratton Ann Caldwell Robert B. Freeborn
