Making Beautiful Music (Metadata) Together Chris Long, University of Colorado Boulder Presented at the ALCTS CaMMS Copy Cataloging Interest Group Meeting June 24, 2017

Metadata Services Department’s DNA Value rich catalog records Cross-training is the norm Embrace challenges

Campus Cataloging Partnerships Norlin Library Maps Library Music School of Education Classics Department Special Collections & Archives Government Information

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Bonjack

A Nice Duet Music Library Norlin Library Metadata Services Music cataloging expertise Limited staff time for retrocon projects Norlin Library Metadata Services Available and capable Little music cataloging knowledge

Project Challenges Physical access to the items Quality of data on the shelf list cards

Resetting Expectations Sometimes the cookie cutter doesn’t cut the mustard Recognize our limitations we’re catalogers who can catalog music, not music catalogers incomplete information is better than incorrect information Seeing colleagues as customers

Challenges of Change Change is always accompanied by pain, for everyone some embrace it quickly, others more slowly slow embracers may end up being important contributors Don’t forget the “why”

Mindsets of Change People experience discomfort – they’re taken outside their comfort zone. Some people experience more discomfort than others. People feel alone – they often think they’ll be left out on an island with no help People feel that they need to give something up – they focus on what they’re losing rather than what they might gain People have to see that the benefits outweigh the change

Thank you! Chris Long, Associate Professor Head of Monographic and Special Materials Cataloging University of Colorado Boulder chris.long@colorado.edu