Music Browse Guides by Research Area

Selected Bibliography and Literature Lists

Bradley, Carol June.  American Music Librarianship.  New York : Greenwood Press, 1990. 
     ML111 B77 1990

Bryant, E.T.  Music Librarianship: A Practical Guide.  Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
     1985.

Elliot, Paula.  Careers in Music Librarianship II.  Lanham, MD. : Scarecrow Press : Music
     Library Association, 2004.  ML111 .C33 2004

Fling, Robert Michael.  Library Acquisition of Music.  Lanham, MD. : Scarecrow Press :
    Music Library Association, 2004.  ML111 .F48 2004

Gamble, Betsy.  Music Cataloging Decisions : As Issued By The Music Section, Special
    Materials Cataloging Division, Library of Congress in the Music Cataloging Bulletin, through
    December 1991.  Canton, MA : Music Library Association, 1992. Z694.15 A56 M87x 1992

Geary, Gregg S., Laura M. Snyder, and Kathleen A. Abromeit.  Music Library Instruction.
    Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004. ML111 .G42 2004

Girsberger, Russ.  A Manual for the Performance Library.  Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press,
    2006. ML111 .G57 2006

Girsberger, Russ & Laurie Lake.  The Music Performance Library : A Practical Guide for
    Orchestra, Band, and Opera Librarians.  Galesville, MD : Meredith Music Publications,
    2011.     ML111 .G57x 2011

Gottlieb, Jane. Collection Assessment in Music Libraries. Canton, Mass. : Music Library
     Association, 1993.    ML111 C59 1994

Griscom, Richard & Amanda Maple.  Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century. Lanham,
    Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.  ML111 .M756 2000

Mann, Alfred.  Modern Music Librarianship: Essays in Honor of Ruth Watanabe.  Stuyvesant,
    N.Y. : Pendragon Press, 1989.    ML111 M65 1989

Marrow, Jean and Amanda Maple. Guide to Writing Collection Development Policies for
    Music. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press : Music Library Association, 2001.
    ML111 .M36 2001

Music Library Association. Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings. 
    Chicago : American Library Association, 1997.  ML113 B3 1997

Olson, Nancy B., Robert L. Bothmann, and Jessica J. Schomberg
    Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials: A Manual Based on
    AACR2 and MARC 21.  Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2008.  
    Z695.66 .O43 2008

Sheehy, Carolyn A. Managing Performing Arts Collections in Academic and Public Libraries.
    Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.   Z688 P38 M36 1994

Smiraglia, Richard P. Bibliographic Control of Music, 1897-2000. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow
    Press, 2006.  ML111 .S596 2006

Smiraglia, Richard P.  Describing Music Materials: A Manual for Descriptive Cataloging of
    Printed and Recorded Music, Music Videos, and Archival Music Collections.  Lake Crystal,
    Minn. : Soldier Creek Press, 1997.   ML111 .S633 1997

Smiraglia, Richard P.  Music Cataloging : The Bibliographic Control of Printed and Recorded
    Music in Libraries.   Englewood, CO : Libraries Unlimited, 1989.  ML111 S635 1989

Smiraglia, Richard P.  Shelflisting Music : Guidelines for Use With The Library of Congress
    Classification, M.  Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press : Music Library Association, 2008.
    ML111 .S64 2008