Non Music CDs - Cataloging quick guide

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Last updated: Jun 06, 2022
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Last revision: 4/17/2021


Non-musical audio CD cataloging:

Scope of collection:

The Library Media Collection files non-music audio compact discs with recordings of spoken stories, autobiography, poetry, plays, interviews, radio shows, lectures & speeches, etc., plus natural sounds in an area separate from music audio CDs. Birdsong, whale song, coyote and wolf howls, etc., and rain, wind, traffic, or any ambient sound is considered non-musical sounds (unless a modern composer is presenting it as music).

General note:

Descriptive and subject cataloging for non-musical CDs is similar to music CDs cataloging, with the exception of these fields:

Fixed fields:

Type: i (for non-music recording)

Lang: human spoken words only; if anything else, like natural or animal sounds: zxx

Form: blank

Comp: nn (not a music recording)

AccM: accompanying material

LTxt: see chart below (or Bib Formats and Standards/MARC21)

Fmus, Part, & TrAr: check that all are coded n


LTxt codes:

a

Autobiography

b

Biography

c

Conference proceedings

d

Drama

e

Essays

f

Fiction. Novels, short stories, etc.

g

Reporting

h

History. May include historical dramas, historical poetry, etc.

i

Instruction. (How to…)

j

Language instruction

k

Comedy

l

Lectures, speeches

m

Memoirs

n

Do not use code n for sound recordings.

o

Folktales

p

Poetry

r

Rehearsals

s

Sounds: Nonmusical utterances and vocalizations like sound effects, natural sounds, and birdsong.

t

Interviews

z

Other

049 UUSF
33x fields:

336

spoken word *

2 rdacontent*

mandatory

human speech

336

sounds *

2 rdacontent*

mandatory

animal sounds, birdsong, environmental, & miscellaneous nonhuman noises

337

*audio

2 rdamedia*

mandatory


338

*audio disc

2 rdacarrier*

mandatory



050 or 090 field:

Classification will be according to the genre (literary recordings) or subject of the recording. Poetry, literature, and plays would be classified in the P's,
Animal sounds and birdsong in QL.
Etc.
Within the LMC area, CDs are shelved in the pull-out shelves next to the Class Reserve CDs.

Sierra codes to use for non-music sound CDs:

090:

LC call number

Location:

almc

Item Code 1:

18 (gift) or 17 (firm)

Item Type:

62 (CDROM) – for anything CD-shaped.

Barcode:

scan in

Remember to add 909 field: 

909 MARC field - Statistics

Physical processing:

Label is placed on lower left hand corner (preferably on the insert in the CD case).

MERRILL
LMC CD
PS
3552
.O874
B367
1995

Change Item Record Status to - a Available, and take down to Library Media Collections.