Beyond Text: Best Practices for Cataloging Music-ETDs and Associated Audio-Visual Materials

Current writings about the cataloging and access creation for ETDs has focused solely on print or text. The performing arts, and increasingly, the sciences, utilize other media that must be accounted for during cataloging. These include audio recordings of recitals, lectures, other performances. Video presentations of performances, artistic or scientific, must be cataloged and linked to the textual dissertation. This presentation will discuss issues and consideration in describing and integrating ETDs and associated contents.