Ralph Hartsock, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, and Andrew Justice University of North Texas

1. Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes about Those in Music Ralph Hartsock, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, and Andrew Justice University of North Texas University of North Texas, Gateway Center, Denton, Texas August 16, 2013

2. Panelists: • Ralph Hartsock, Senior Music Catalog Librarian, University of North Texas LibrariesRalph.Hartsock@unt.edu • Daniel Alemneh, Digital Curation Coordinator, University of North Texas LibrariesDaniel.Alemneh@unt.edu • Andrew Justice, Associate Head Music Librarian, University of North Texas LibrariesAndrew.Justice@unt.edu

3. Outline: • Background • ETD at UNT • Music ETDs • Evolution: from physical recording to streaming audio • Organization and Access • Metadata and Cataloguing • Format and Integration • Emerging Trends • Summary and Conclusion

4. Background: • The University of North Texas (UNT) began accepting theses and dissertations in electronic format in 1999. • UNT is one of the first three American universities (or early adopters) of what was to become the ETD movement in higher education • The UNT Libraries have been playing an active role in supporting the UNT ETD program by integrating ETDs into the existing digital resources.

5. Music ETDs • Although different disciplines have different ETD structures and requirements, the UNT digital library infrastructure supports aggregating a variety of digital formats. • DMA students required to provide digital copies of their DMA recitals • Over the past year, the UNT Libraries have put forth great effort in making ETDs more accessible by : • Integrating associated parts (such as music recitals) • Providing additional methods of access (in multiple formats)

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7. College of Music Recordings at UNT 2008-present: Born-Digital Files 1990-2008: CDs 1980-1990: R-DATs 1950-1980: Reel-to-Reel Tapes Metadata Modified Dublin Core LCSH Subject Headings & Uniform Titles College of Music Programs Accessible to UNT Community

8. Isness versus Aboutness • Music has Isness in the Subjects • Sonatas • Symphonies • Concertos • Trios • Books about Music and other topics denote aboutness • Sonata (as a form) • Symphony (as a form) • Opera (as a genre) Symphony: no. 40, G minor, K.V. 550, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791 The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven, by Richard James Will

9. Symphony no. 3, but whose? • Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. • Preferred TitleSymphonies, no. 3, op. 55, E♭ major • Composer Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. • Preferred Title Symphonies, no. 3, op. 90, F major • Composer Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. • Preferred Title Symphonies, no. 3

10. RDA/FRBR versus BibFrames • RDA / FRBR • Work • Expression • Manifestation • Item • Bibliographic Framework (BibFrames) • Creative Work • Instance • Authority • Annotation Currently in MaRC Similar to Dublin core

11. Cataloging versus Digital Projects Objectives • Cataloging • Metadata for international audience • Unification of all metadata, PDF files, recordings • Linkage between various files, audio or text • Digital Projects • Metadata for each item, including recordings • Access to the PDF files • Access to Recordings • Local usage of audio files

14. Score, in RDA MaRC

15. Score with public view of Metadata

16. MARC field highlighted when mouse hovers over recordings

17. Metadata in Public View

18. Linked Metadata in Public View, Recording Data

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