[Publib] cataloguueing music cds

[Burns, Megan]

To be honest, I have no idea, as I don't do any cataloguing. It can be confusing, even for staff. Most of the time I think they try to put things in the most obvious place. Beethoven would end up in classical, and probably also have titles in orchestra and symphony.

Megan 

-----Original Message-----
From: King, Jamie [mailto:Jamie.King at flr.follett.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2008 3:16 am
To: Burns, Megan; PUBLIB; Eve Nyren
Subject: RE: [Publib] cataloguueing music cds

Hi Megan,

How do you determine what goes in which of these sections?  For instance, if I wanted to go straight to the shelves and see if Beethoven's 9th was in, where would I go?  Of course, I'd hope people would check the catalog, but I think most, including myself, would attempt browsing first, and many never use the catalog or ask for help.  I wonder if such divisions hinder access at some point.

Jamie King
Cataloger
jamie.king at flr.follett.com
1340 Ridgeview Drive
McHenry, IL 60050


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Megan Burns wrote:
 
All our cds are shelved by genre and then, depending upon the size of the genre and the library, by alphabetical order.
 
The genres we use [include] 

Classical
Concerto
Instrumental
Vocal
Symphony
Ballet
Orchestra

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