ISMN
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ISMN


R.R. Bowker has begun to issue International Standard Music Numbers (ISMN) for sheet music. "The U.S. ISMN Agency is responsible for the assignment of the ISMN Publisher Prefix to publishers of printed music with a residence or office in the U.S. and are publishing titles within the U.S." This will make it easier to find copy cataloging for these items and speed up the processing.




- Niso Teleconference
There will be a free NISO teleconference covering the recent ISO meeting. Recordings of past teleconferences are also available. Please join us on Monday, June 14, from 3-4 p.m. (eastern) for a free teleconference where NISO Managing Director, Todd Carpenter,...

- In Harmony Sheet Music Cataloging Tool
The Indiana University Digital Library Program has released the IN Harmony Sheet Music Cataloging Tool.This tool has been designed to assist libraries, archives, museums, and individual collectors describe their sheet music collections in a robust and...

- Music Tekslink
The Feb. issue of Southwestern Musician, in the Elementary Division column, has a description of the TEKSLink Project and an invitation to participate. If any Texas school librarians and their music teacher want to team-up just let me know. If you are...

- Oai
OAI seems to be such a useful and widespread tool. Here is another exapmle:The Sheet Music Consortium is a group of libraries working toward the goal of building an open collection of digitized sheet music using the Open Archives Initiative:Protocol for...

- Copystupid
Another example of a company not knowing their own best interests.My wife is leading a sight-reading session at the AOSA National Conference. Music teachers come and play through the music she has selected. They get a feel for the difficulty and the sound....



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