A guide for catalogers in all types of libraries who work with videos
and films of musical performances and presentations. The guide addresses
the cataloging of videos and films of multifaceted performances and
presentations where music is an important component of the production
(such as ballet performances) as well as videos and films of musical
performances per se. Both descriptive cataloging, based on AACR2 and
LCRIs, and subject cataloging, based primarily on LCSH, are treated in
detail. Forty-two examples of bibliographic records appear in MARC
format. Every example includes an LC classification number, LC subject
headings, and genre terms from Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms. The
guide was a project of the Music Library Association's Working Group on
Bibliographic Control of Music Video Material, consisting of five
experienced music and audiovisual materials catalogers, with input from
numerous individuals and organizations interested in the cataloging of
moving image media and music. The Working Group was chaired by Lowell
Ashley, Principal Cataloger at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.