Brief MARC Records for Sheet Music (Score)

Use template briefbib17: Sheet music brief bib record

The REQUIRED FIELDS are AUTHOR, TITLE, IMPRINT and DESCRIPTION. MUSIC or PLATE NUMBER; ISBN; LCCN; and EDITION are required if present. These templates make actual MARC records BUT you do NOT need to put in the subfield codes.

ISBN/ISSN: 10- or 13-digit number without hyphens. (REQUIRED if on item). DO NOT ENTER NONE or N/A. DO NOT USE THIS FIELD FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN ISBN. Never, ever, enter an ISBN that is already in the database. LC Card #: 10 digits adding zeroes between year and rest of number to make up 10 digits (i.e. 2008001234). (REQUIRED if on item). LCCNs before 2000 are only 8 digit numbers (i.e. 99000123)

Music or Plate#: Enter as on item. (REQUIRED if on item). Author: Last name, First name. IMPORTANT! USE AUTHORIZED FORM OF NAME, (REQUIRED unless main entry is under the title). Enter editors or the first of multiple authors in the ALT AUTHOR field.

Title: Title: subtitle. (REQUIRED) You can enter the initial articles. The system will automatically create the correct MARC indicator and enter the “skip” code in the bibliographic record grid. DO NOT INCLUDE STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY as it will become part of the title.

Edition: Enter edition statement if on item. (OPTIONAL)

Imprint: Place of Publication : Publisher, Date. (REQUIRED). Description: Enter the number of physical units using one of the following terms: score; miniature score; vocal score; piano score; chorus score; or [instrument] part followed by paging in ( ); give dimensions (i.e. 1 vocal score (35p.) ; 28 cm.) (REQUIRED) Note: Enter note(s) as appropriate, such as “For chorus and orchestra” or “Words in English and Italian” (OPTIONAL) Subject: Enter subject for form or type of music. The subdivision “—Scores” is in the template insert in front of this or remove the hyphens before saving the brief bib record. (OPTIONAL). You do not need to use subfield codes, just use dashes. (i.e. Sonatas – Scores.)

Alt Author: Add entry for editor. (REQUIRED IF MAIN ENTRY IS UNDER TITLE). USE AUTHORIZED FORM OF NAME. Add Title: An additional title can be entered if you think patrons or staff might access the music by a different title. DO NOT ENTER INITIAL ARTICLES IN THIS FIELD in this field as the system does not supply a “skip” code here.