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January 31, 2006
CSBs to be available free!
Cataloging Service Bulletin will be available free of charge as pdf files for issues published after 1 January 2006. Here's the notice that appeared at the CDS website:
The following publications will be available as free PDF files beginning with issues published after January 1, 2006:
Cataloging Service Bulletin
Updates to Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
Updates to Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings
Updates to CONSER Editing Guide
Updates to CONSER Cataloging Manual
Updates to MARC 21 format documentation
As always, the traditional paper publications will continue to be available by paid subscription.
Based on our experiences offering PDF versions of these selected publications throughout 2006, CDS may decide to offer additional titles in PDF format. We based these decisions on the results of the Cataloging Documentation Survey that CDS conducted this past summer and on production and business models.
In the months to come, www.loc.gov/cds will post updated information about accessing the PDF versions as they become available.
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January 30, 2006
Delius Birthday and Festival
Happy Birthday Frederick Delius, on January 29th!
The Delius Society has just released details about registering for the 2006 Annual General Meeting, which will be held in Bradford in conjunction with the 'Delius Inspired' Festival featuring Tasmin Little. The festival is part of a larger event named "Illuminate," celebrating Yorkshire culture in five cities including Bradford, Delius's birthplace. The complete concert program is available at Tasmin's website. For those of us who can't make it to the Festival, BBC Radio 3 will provide broadcasts of the concerts from Bradford (3-8 July) either as live events or deferred relay.
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January 27, 2006
RDA Update
Just a reminder that the draft of Part I of Resource Description and Access is available for public view at the JSC webpage. Chapter 3 of Part I is now available as well, but without the list of general/specific material designations (GMD/SMDs). More information, including an FAQ is available.
There is a discussion list to informally discuss RDA. To subscribe to the RDA-L discussion list (Resource Description and Access):
Send an e-mail to the following address:
LISTSERV@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
In the body of the message:
Subscribe RDA-L Firstname Lastname
Questions? Contact Mary
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Reports from 2006 ALA Midwinter
I've posted some reports on the TS "Reports" webpage from the recent ALA Midwinter meeting in San Antonio. There are reports on the progress of RDA (Resource Description and Access), the PCC Participants' Meeting, Authority Control in the Online Environment Interest Group, and the Cataloging & Classification Research Discussion Group. Yet to be posted (hopefully next week) are reports from the OLAC membership & Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) meetings and the portion of the Subject Analysis Committee I attended.
The Alexander Street Press booth was abuzz with their new "African American Song" product, which will also be shown at MLA in a month. The exhibits were full of cool new products and services (such as digital labeling for AV products)--way too many to list here!
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Happy 250th!
January 27 is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday. Here's one Mozart website to get you started: The Mozart Project features a biography, list of compositions, essays, annotated bibliography and links.
More Mozart:
The British Library has mounted a virtual exhibit of Mozart's Musical Diary. You can even turn the pages in
the manuscript, and audio clips enhance the experience.
And for those needing something fun to do on a Friday, check out this: you can put together a model of Mozart's piano! All it takes is some card stock, hobby knife and probably, lots of patience :)
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January 26, 2006
MLK Concert
From the Brief:
In spirit: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Sunday, February 5, jazz singer Bruce Henry will join the U's African Music Ensemble and a cappella group 7 DAYS in the Ted Mann Concert Hall on the Twin Cities campus to celebrate the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The free concert, "From Every Voice," will begin at 4 p.m. On Monday, February 6, King's son, Martin Luther King III, will present "My Father's Dream, My Mission" at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of Coffman Union. King will address hallmarks of his father's vision such as the fight against poverty and speak about his plans to implement his father's ideas in today's society. Tickets are $15 ($10 for U students) and are available at the Coffman Information Desk; call 612-624-INFO to learn more.
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January 17, 2006
New shelves in the Music Library
From Tuesday's Monday Memo:
Thanks to Sharon Folk and Dave Ashley, complicated audio-visual shelving units were erected in the Music School just in time for us to fill them before Spring semester begins. Dave's crew worked extremely diligently together and appeared to be tireless. These folks have courtesy down to a fine art as well. In alphabetical order let me praise crew members John Barkman, Damien Hanson, Sarah Klein, Dave Olsen, Philip Rooney, and Mike Tabor. Many thanks to all.
-- Al Lathrop, Music Library
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January 11, 2006
Bill on TV!!
Well, you can hear him, at least! The voice of Bill Pederson, former music processor, will be heard this weekend on the new Expedia commercial! He reports it will add a "classical" sound to the distinctive jingle...
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January 5, 2006
Music Scores Recon Project Update
We have completed the first pass through the scores identified for this project!! That means we have a grand total of 8454 scores cataloged during this project (December 2004-December 2005). We have a bit of clean-up to do, and some more scores to track down (those checked out, not on shelf, etc.) in the coming months, so the final number will likely be closer to the initially-estimated 9000 scores.
Click here to see the current chart of progress posted on the Technical Services Special Formats webpage. Many thanks to all who worked on this project: Kristi, Mary, Marie, Heath, Scott, and anyone I'm forgetting...
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