Table of Contents

Part 1 Foreword to the Second Edition Part 2 Introduction Part 3 The Shelflisting Process: A Flowchart Analysis Part 4 Work Number Tables Part 5 Distinguishing Elements and Translations Part 6 Guidelines for Shelflisting Music Materials Part 7 Glossary Part 8 The Library of Congress Music Shelflist Part 9 Flowcharts

About the Author

Richard P. Smiraglia is a professor at Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University. He is the author of Bibliographic Control of Music (Scarecrow Press, 2006), and The Nature of "A Work": Implications for the Organization of Knowledge (Scarecrow Press, 2001).

Reviews

...the title is recommended as a key tool for music collections using LC classification....this new version is really a bargain that music cataloging practitioners will rely on constantly.
*Library Journal*

Now that it is newly re-issued, it is certain to replace the dog-eared copies of the first edition, not to mention the tattered homemade cheat sheets, found in music cataloguing departments everywhere. It is a how-to manual whose only aim is to provide cataloguers with a carefully distilled summary of the various instructions for creating music score call numbers. In this it succeeds admirably. I expect this publication will remain in print for some time.
*CAML Review*

An excellent overview of the topic.... Brief and to the point...an easy-to-read and well-organized manner.... A useful reference tool for all catalogers.
*Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association*

An indispensible supplement for those libraries classifying music under Library of Congress principles....Another useful tool in helping the music cataloger to most efficiently and effectively classify music materials belonging in the M schedule.
*Technical Services Quarterly*

Overall, the book offers a thorough look at the shelflisting process.... Shelflisting Music is an essential volume for those dealing with the cataloging and classification of music materials, as well as library school students desiring a specialized investigation of the shelflisting process for music materials.
*Technicalities*