Music Library Association Best Practices for Expression
Prerecording
Minimum description
Effective description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Entity boundary
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition
Also consider this condition to apply to any difference in Expression: medium of performance of musical content, regardless of whether or not it would be termed an arrangement, transcription, etc., per the instructions at Expression: designation of version.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Elements
- access point for expression
- authorized access point for expression
- capture information
- content type
- date of capture
- date of expression
- designation of version
- details of duration
- details of format of notated music
- duration
- form of musical notation
- form of notation
- form of tactile notation
- format of notated music
- identifier for expression
- intended audience of expression
- key of expression
- language of expression
- medium of performance of musical content
- note on capture
- place of capture
- script
- variant access point for expression
Document Date: 2024/09/21
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-dc199df2-9dc5-3b47-bb22-5fe8f40c648f