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New OCLC Music Toolkit for generating faceted music data

The Music Library Association’s Vocabularies Subcommittee is pleased to announce the availability of a new OCLC tool for automated generation of faceted terms based on Library of Congress Subject Headings for music and related coded data in MARC bibliographic records. The Music Toolkit, developed by Gary Strawn (of Authority Toolkit fame), is an OCLC macro that incorporates a program written by Strawn which analyzes existing bibliographic data and generates corresponding faceted terms from the Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT), Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT), and Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT), as well as other faceted metadata such as dates and geographic place names. The Toolkit output is then evaluated and adjusted as necessary by the cataloger, who is responsible for correct application of LC faceted terms and their corresponding MARC fields and, if desired, OCLC WorldCat master record replacement. This tool streamlines the retrospective

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Best Practices for Using LCMPT and LCGFT–new versions now available

The CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee is pleased to announce the release of updated versions of the documents Best Practices for Using LCMPT and Best Practices for Using LCGFT for Music Resources. These versions do not contain substantive changes to intellectual content, but they do accomplish the following: Updating MARC coding in the examples to reflect the latest practices Updating factual information (particularly in footnotes and the top-level term hierarchies) Harmonizing version identification (i.e., numbering) between the documents Harmonizing description of the revision history between the documents Other miscellaneous editorial fixes Both documents are now available at generic URLs, with previous versions of both documents also listed on this page on the CMC website. Feedback and suggestions for revisions to these documents can be directed to the incoming Chair of the Vocabularies Subcommittee, Rebecca Belford (rebecca_belford@brown.edu). Cheers, Casey Mullin Outgoing Chair, Vocabularies Subcommittee

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New LCGFT and LCMPT terms in 2017

2017 was another banner year for faceted vocabularies for music! The following LCGFT music terms have been established or revised in 2017 (in order of approval): Cowboy songs                                        gf2015026744 Freak folk (Music)                                  gf2016026016 Ghazals (Music)                                      gf2015026106 Jukebox musicals                                   gf2017026030 Konkoma                                                gf2017026029 Kwaya                                                     gf2015026100 Lo-fi (Rock music)                                   gf2016026013 Palos (Music)                                          gf2015026102 Post-rock music                                     gf2017026021 Shavuot music                                        gf2014027193 Skate punk music                                   gf2016026015 Sukkot music                                          gf2014027192 Twist songs                                            gf2017026023 Musical texts                                            gf2017026002 Hymns                                                    gf2014026872 (revision) Hymns texts                                           gf2017026006 Music                                                      gf2014026952 (revision) Popular music                                        gf2014027009 (revision) Popular music lyrics                               gf2017026003 Rap lyrics                                                gf2017026007 Rock lyrics                                              gf2017026008 Sacred music texts                                 gf2017026004 Song texts                                              gf2017026005 Songs                                                      gf2014027103 (revision) Opera

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ALCTS White Paper on Faceted Vocabularies

Colleagues, Please excuse duplication. This announcement is being distributed to several lists. Please share with your colleagues. ====== The ALCTS CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee announces the approval and release of a white paper, “A Brave New (Faceted) World: Towards Full Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies.” The full text of the white paper can be downloaded from the ALA Institutional Repository (ALAIR). Prepared by the Working Group on Full Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies, ALCTS/CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee, Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation, this document summarizes the development of faceted vocabularies by the Library of Congress in collaboration with the ALCTS CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee and several specialized cataloging communities. It contains suggestions and recommendations for next steps aimed at full-scale current and retrospective implementation of faceted vocabulary terms in bibliographic and authority metadata. The vocabularies described in this document are the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), the Library of Congress Medium

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Best Practices for Using LCMPT–new version now available

Colleagues, The MLA Vocabularies Subcommittee is pleased to offer a new version of the document Best Practices for Using LCMPT. In addition to a number of minor formatting and stylistic updates, the following new content is incorporated: Guidance for use of the new 382 subfields $r and $t Expanded guidance on “bi-level” medium statements Expanded guidance on partial medium statements Clarification on polychoral situations As always, feedback and questions can be directed to me (casey@mullingroup.com). Additionally, the new revision will be briefly discussed at the VS business meeting and at the CMC Town Hall at MLA Orlando. I wish to thank the VS task group who prepared this revision, amidst a shifting landscape of MARC format updates and evolving practices with faceted vocabularies. Cheers, Casey Mullin

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Vocabularies Subcommittee 2017 Business Meeting Agenda

The agenda for the Vocabularies Subcommittee 2017 Business Meeting during the Orlando Annual Meeting is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MJM6hP4HZFbkFhbHBTNmZ4YWs/view?usp=sharing The meeting is open to all. We hope to see you there! Cheers, Casey Mullin, VS Chair

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OCLC Search & Discovery Task Force Report available

[This message is being cross-posted widely. Please excuse duplication] Colleagues, Shortly after the 2015 annual meetings of the Music Library Association and the Music OCLC Users Group in Denver, MLA President Michael Rogan and (then) MOUG Chair Bruce Evans empaneled a joint task force with the following charge: “Investigate OCLC’s WorldCat Discovery Services to determine if it will be sufficient to meet the needs of music users. If the Task Force determines that WorldCat Discovery Services is not sufficient, it will recommend a course of action to petition OCLC to continue to provide the FirstSearch interface for WorldCat after December 31, 2015. It will also recommend a course of action to petition OCLC for specific improvements to WorldCat Discovery Services to meet the needs of music users.” The Joint MLA/MOUG OCLC Search and Discovery Task Force submitted its report to both Boards in May 2016. With only very minor revisions,

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Best Practices for Using LCMPT (newly revised and expanded!!)

Colleagues, I’m pleased to announce the release of the expanded, revised 2016 edition of the document Best Practices for Using LCMPT. Based on feedback from the community and over a year of collective experience applying LCMPT terms in cataloging since the release of the vocabulary, this revision is considerably more robust than the original “provisional” version of the document. Detailed guidance is now present for the following areas: 382 subfields e and v Continuo Electronics Operas and other dramatic works Percussion Separately-manifested parts The terms “singer” and “voice” The terms “string orchestra” and “bowed string ensemble” There are also significantly more examples in this revised version. And content has been harmonized with the parallel document Best Practices for Using LCGFT for Music Resources. I would like to heartily thank the working group within the Vocabularies Subcommittee who painstakingly prepared this revision, as well as numerous other CMC members who offered feedback during

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ALA Midwinter 2016 SAC Notes

Notes from the meetings of the Subject Analysis Committee and its Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation are available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MJM6hP4HZFaW1HU1AtcW1sSTA/view?usp=sharing Casey Mullin Chair, Vocabularies Subcommittee

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Vocabularies Subcommittee 2016 business meeting agenda

The agenda for the Vocabularies Subcommittee meeting at MLA’s 2016 Cincinnati annual meeting is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MJM6hP4HZFNXRoN2hCWXZac1E/view?usp=sharing All are welcome to attend the meeting. Please join us! Casey Mullin Chair, Vocabularies Subcommittee

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Two new MLA LCGFT resources available

The MLA Cataloging and Metadata Committee is pleased to announce the availability of two new resources for users of the new terms for music resources in the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT): 1) MLA Best Practices for Using LCGFT for Music Resources (version 1.0). This resource is intended to help catalogers apply LCGFT music terms in the interim period between the release of the terms and the publication of best practices for LCGFT in the forthcoming Library of Congress genre/form terms manual. It will be updated on an ongoing basis until the aforementioned manual is available. Suggested additions or questions may be directed to the Chair of the MLA-CMC, Vocabularies Subcommittee (Casey Mullin, casey@mullingroup.com) or the Chair of MLA-CMC (Beth Iseminger, beth.iseminger@gmail.com). 2) A hierarchical view of music terms in LCGFT. By popular request, this document shows all of the currently-available LCGFT music terms in one

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