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Although systematic efforts have been taken to develop and organize music collections in libraries for many years, documentation is scant and scattered. This retrospective of literature pertaining to the bibliographic control of music in libraries includes full citations for works dealing with the organization, classification, description, and provision of catalog access to printed and recorded music. Beyond understanding the origins of current practice, earlier literature provides a basis on which to formulate theoretical paradigms, which can be tested and used to articulate principles. This project illuminates both the history and future of the profession. A select bibliography of about 1,000 periodical and monographic citations relevant to the organization of music in libraries makes up the heart of this text. A brief introduction to facilitate use of the bibliography explains the coverage and arrangement in detail. An additional essay provides the historical and philosophical context of relevant literature and frames the agenda of research suggested by the findings of this project. Author, title, and topical indexes are included.

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Music and other librarians will find this list useful to identify the literature of music cataloging during the twentieth century. Arba, vol. 38 (2007) ...Smiraglia has filled a surprising gap in the literature of music librarianship. In the process, he has brought back to contemporary consciousness both the practical experience and the theoretical scholarship of a century of music librarians. It could not be more timely...To my knowledge, there has been no comparable full-length bibliography devoted to the bibliographic control of music...[a] solid and valuable contribution to the literature of music librarianship, one that fulfills the wider goal of the chronological bibliography... Library Resources and Technical Services, Vol. 51, No. 1 (January 2007) Smiraglia and Young's book does a good job of bringing together many useful references concerning an important area of music library work. The introductory historical survey and analytical essay is certainly worth having; and through its chronological arrangement the book serves as a reminder of the work of those library professionals, great and small, who have contributed to the music library landscape. Fontes Artis Musicae

Music and other librarians will find this list useful to identify the literature of music cataloging during the twentieth century. American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007) ...Smiraglia has filled a surprising gap in the literature of music librarianship. In the process, he has brought back to contemporary consciousness both the practical experience and the theoretical scholarship of a century of music librarians. It could not be more timely...To my knowledge, there has been no comparable full-length bibliography devoted to the bibliographic control of music...[a] solid and valuable contribution to the literature of music librarianship, one that fulfills the wider goal of the chronological bibliography... Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS), Vol. 51, No. 1 (January 2007) Smiraglia and Young's book does a good job of bringing together many useful references concerning an important area of music library work. The introductory historical survey and analytical essay is certainly worth having; and through its chronological arrangement the book serves as a reminder of the work of those library professionals, great and small, who have contributed to the music library landscape. Fontes Artis Musicae

Music and other librarians will find this list useful to identify the literature of music cataloging during the twentieth century. American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007) ...Smiraglia has filled a surprising gap in the literature of music librarianship. In the process, he has brought back to contemporary consciousness both the practical experience and the theoretical scholarship of a century of music librarians. It could not be more timely...To my knowledge, there has been no comparable full-length bibliography devoted to the bibliographic control of music...[a] solid and valuable contribution to the literature of music librarianship, one that fulfills the wider goal of the chronological bibliography... Library Resources & Technical Services, Vol. 51, No. 1 (January 2007) Smiraglia and Young's book does a good job of bringing together many useful references concerning an important area of music library work. The introductory historical survey and analytical essay is certainly worth having; and through its chronological arrangement the book serves as a reminder of the work of those library professionals, great and small, who have contributed to the music library landscape. Fontes Artis Musicae

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"Richard P. Smiraglia is Professor at Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University. He is the author of The Nature of ""A Work"": Implications for the Organization of Knowledge (Scarecrow, 2001). J. Bradford Young is the music technical services librarian for the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of A Thematic Catalog of the Works of Robert Valentine (Scarecrow, 1994)."

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