Overview

This volume is designed to introduce the principles of music classification to beginning music catalogers, as well as to non-specialist catalogers, and those who only occasionally deal with music materials. It will surely relieve the stress level for general catalogers by providing practical guidelines as well as clarifying and explaining the most commonly used classification systems in the United States - the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), the Library of Congress Classification (LCC), and the Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR).

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Turning to DDC, McKnight provides a well-written chapter outlining the history, advantages and pitfalls of the system...But, the heart of the manual...is the account of the LCC M (Music) schedule...McKnight picks his examples well, writes with clarity, and suggests improvements to the system... Music Reference Services Quarterly ...a particularly welcome addition to the limited existing literature relating to this system. McKnight writes in a clear, unfussy style, which combined with a clear structure of paragraph headings, makes his prose eminently readable...recommended as a concise introduction to music classification. Library Review Easy to understand and straight-forward...While this book is for the beginning and less-experienced music cataloger, even the more seasoned music cataloger should find it of interest...A welcome addition to any music cataloger's reference shelf. Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS)

Turning to DDC, McKnight provides a well-written chapter outlining the history, advantages and pitfalls of the system...But, the heart of the manual...is the account of the LCC M (Music) schedule...McKnight picks his examples well, writes with clarity, and suggests improvements to the system... Music Reference Services Quarterly ...a particularly welcome addition to the limited existing literature relating to this system. McKnight writes in a clear, unfussy style, which combined with a clear structure of paragraph headings, makes his prose eminently readable...recommended as a concise introduction to music classification. Library Review Easy to understand and straight-forward...While this book is for the beginning and less-experienced music cataloger, even the more seasoned music cataloger should find it of interest...A welcome addition to any music cataloger's reference shelf. Library Resources and Technical Services

Turning to DDC, McKnight provides a well-written chapter outlining the history, advantages and pitfalls of the system...But, the heart of the manual...is the account of the LCC M (Music) schedule...McKnight picks his examples well, writes with clarity, and suggests improvements to the system... Music Reference Services Quarterly ...a particularly welcome addition to the limited existing literature relating to this system. McKnight writes in a clear, unfussy style, which combined with a clear structure of paragraph headings, makes his prose eminently readable...recommended as a concise introduction to music classification. Library Review Easy to understand and straight-forward...While this book is for the beginning and less-experienced music cataloger, even the more seasoned music cataloger should find it of interest...A welcome addition to any music cataloger's reference shelf. Library Resources & Technical Services

Author Information

Mark McKnight is Associate Head of the Music Library at the University of North Texas and teaches courses in music cataloguing for the UNT School of Library and Information Science.

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