Re: [MCN-L] side project
A belated addendum to this thread (and by the way I would also whole-heartedly recommend Discogs, although in my experience its coverage of classical records is well behind that of, say, privately pressed folk LPs or 7" singles on Wifflefist): take a look at this post from Europeana's Valentine Charles, "Extending the Europeana Data Model for richer descriptions of sounds materials" http://pro.europeana.eu/blogpost/extending-edm-for-richer-descriptions-sounds. It's hard-core stuff but a very interesting discussion of the levels of complexity in sound recordings, and how to represent them as cultural heritage objects and digital representations. I think this evening I'll map Discogs' schema to the EDM Profile for Sounds... All the best, Jeremy Jeremy Ottevanger Technical Web Manager Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Bryan Kennedy Sent: 20 February 2015 20:05 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] side project I'd put in a vote for using Discogs - http://www.discogs.com I've cataloged about 1500 of my personal vinyl collection on there and found it to be quite a huge improvement over my own local database efforts. The biggest advantage of Discogs is the ability to avoid data entry that's already been done. When I want to catalog a new record, all I have to do was search any of the identifying details on the physical record and low and behold, there was a rigorously crowd edited record with linked data on all the details of the record. I just needed to mark it as "in my collection." I can only speak for some genres (punk, rock, r&b, and reggae) but the number of existing entires for records is surprisingly good. I'm not sure if this is the case for opera. Even if your record isn't in the database, Discogs provides you an excellent data structure to enter your own information. And you get some warm fuzzies for contributing information to a public database that other will benefit from. Discogs is run by a private company, but they've been around for several years now. You can export all of your data in csv files, which I regularly do, just in case they up and disappear. You can review their contribution rules and structures here: http://www.discogs.com/help/doc/submission-guidelines-release I'd be curious what some more professional collection folks think of this approach. My experience is more as a personal record collector [nerd]. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Matt Wheeler wrote: > Good afternoon-- > > Someone recently asked me to get involved with her efforts to catalog > her father's collection of opera on vinyl, which will eventually be digitized. > > Does anyone know of: > > >1. a metadata schema suited to musicology >2. a controlled vocabulary for same > > Many thanks in advance. > __ > > Matt Wheeler, > Photography Archives, > Penobscot Marine Museum > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 > Searsport, Maine 04974 > > ___ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > - This email message has been delivered safely and archived online by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com - ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] side project
This is really interesting- I recently inherited my grandfather's record player and record collection, and I've started a wee blog (www.listeningtomyelders.wordpress.com) about it. His records are mostly big band/swing and some comedy, and I've been looking for a good way to keep some data about it. It was going to be one of my weekend projects. I think I'll give Discogs a whirl and maybe report back on that. As a collections person, it's always fun to try out new programs. Cheers, Tracey Tracey Berg-Fulton Collections Database Associate Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 berg-fult...@cmoa.org 412.622.6509 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Bryan Kennedy Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 3:05 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] side project I'd put in a vote for using Discogs - http://www.discogs.com I've cataloged about 1500 of my personal vinyl collection on there and found it to be quite a huge improvement over my own local database efforts. The biggest advantage of Discogs is the ability to avoid data entry that's already been done. When I want to catalog a new record, all I have to do was search any of the identifying details on the physical record and low and behold, there was a rigorously crowd edited record with linked data on all the details of the record. I just needed to mark it as "in my collection." I can only speak for some genres (punk, rock, r&b, and reggae) but the number of existing entires for records is surprisingly good. I'm not sure if this is the case for opera. Even if your record isn't in the database, Discogs provides you an excellent data structure to enter your own information. And you get some warm fuzzies for contributing information to a public database that other will benefit from. Discogs is run by a private company, but they've been around for several years now. You can export all of your data in csv files, which I regularly do, just in case they up and disappear. You can review their contribution rules and structures here: http://www.discogs.com/help/doc/submission-guidelines-release I'd be curious what some more professional collection folks think of this approach. My experience is more as a personal record collector [nerd]. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Matt Wheeler wrote: > Good afternoon-- > > Someone recently asked me to get involved with her efforts to catalog > her father's collection of opera on vinyl, which will eventually be digitized. > > Does anyone know of: > > >1. a metadata schema suited to musicology >2. a controlled vocabulary for same > > Many thanks in advance. > __ > > Matt Wheeler, > Photography Archives, > Penobscot Marine Museum > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 > Searsport, Maine 04974 > > ___ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] side project
I'd put in a vote for using Discogs - http://www.discogs.com I've cataloged about 1500 of my personal vinyl collection on there and found it to be quite a huge improvement over my own local database efforts. The biggest advantage of Discogs is the ability to avoid data entry that's already been done. When I want to catalog a new record, all I have to do was search any of the identifying details on the physical record and low and behold, there was a rigorously crowd edited record with linked data on all the details of the record. I just needed to mark it as "in my collection." I can only speak for some genres (punk, rock, r&b, and reggae) but the number of existing entires for records is surprisingly good. I'm not sure if this is the case for opera. Even if your record isn't in the database, Discogs provides you an excellent data structure to enter your own information. And you get some warm fuzzies for contributing information to a public database that other will benefit from. Discogs is run by a private company, but they've been around for several years now. You can export all of your data in csv files, which I regularly do, just in case they up and disappear. You can review their contribution rules and structures here: http://www.discogs.com/help/doc/submission-guidelines-release I'd be curious what some more professional collection folks think of this approach. My experience is more as a personal record collector [nerd]. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Matt Wheeler wrote: > Good afternoon-- > > Someone recently asked me to get involved with her efforts to catalog her > father's collection of opera on vinyl, which will eventually be digitized. > > Does anyone know of: > > >1. a metadata schema suited to musicology >2. a controlled vocabulary for same > > Many thanks in advance. > __ > > Matt Wheeler, > Photography Archives, > Penobscot Marine Museum > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 > Searsport, Maine 04974 > > ___ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] side project
Matt, You might want to contact Darwin Scott, Music Librarian at Princeton: https://library.princeton.edu/staff/dfscott Diane On 2/20/15 2:06 PM, "Matt Wheeler" wrote: >Good afternoon-- > >Someone recently asked me to get involved with her efforts to catalog her >father's collection of opera on vinyl, which will eventually be digitized. > >Does anyone know of: > > > 1. a metadata schema suited to musicology > 2. a controlled vocabulary for same > >Many thanks in advance. >__ > >Matt Wheeler, >Photography Archives, >Penobscot Marine Museum >Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 >5 Church Street, PO Box 498 >Searsport, Maine 04974 >___ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] side project
Good afternoon-- Someone recently asked me to get involved with her efforts to catalog her father's collection of opera on vinyl, which will eventually be digitized. Does anyone know of: 1. a metadata schema suited to musicology 2. a controlled vocabulary for same Many thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
