For more than 6 years SALS has used the Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR) for assigning call numbers. This system allows for a unique call number for every piece of music in your collection. At the November 20, 2006 Technical Services meeting, a change was presented that will work better with new bibliographic call number procedure that began on November 15, 2006.
What is ANSCR?
ANSCR uses 4 terms to describe music.Â
Term one: ANSCR category to group related recordings
Term two: 4 consecutive letters of a name or word to arrange recordings within a category
Term three: First letters of first three key words or a title or of one word of a title to identify the work or album title
Term four: First letter of performer’s surname followed by commercial record number to make the class number unique.
These terms are represented in the bibliographic record as follows:
CD MR BECK SC B 99
Call number prefix: CD or RC
Term one: MR – rock music
Term two: BECK – musicians name
Term three: SC – title of album (Sea Change)
Term four: B 99 – musicians surname plus commercial record number
These terms are represented in the item record as follows:
Call number prefix: CD (RC) and Term one
Call number cutter: Term two
Call number suffix: Terms three and four
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PROPOSAL:
Modify ANSCR to include a translation of the music category code and spell out album titles. Publisher numbers will be omitted.Â
Call number prefix: CD or RC
Term one: Music category (up to 12 characters)
Term two: Musician’s name (4 characters)
Term three: Up to 7 letters to identify the work or album title.
Term one: ANSCR categories translated
Opera
Choral
Vocal
Orchestral
Ballet music
Concertos
Symphonies
Chamber
Guitar
Organ
Piano
Strings
Violin
Wind
Percussion
Band music
Musicals
Soundtrack
Pop
Country
Gospel
Jazz
Rock
R&B
Folk
World (followed by 3 letters representing the country)
Holiday
Variety
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Children’s music:
J
J Holiday
Examples:
CD ROCK BECK SEACHAN– Beck’s Sea Change on CD
CD J MOZART – Mozart for babies on CD
CD FOLK PETE NOEASY – Peter, Paul and Mary No easy walk to freedom on CD
CD WORLD COLL TRANCE – Various artists – Trance planet on CD.
These terms are represented in the item record as follows:
Call number prefix: CD (RC) and Term one
Call number cutter: Term two and three
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ACTION NEEDED:
Your opinion counts. Please let SALS know what you think about the proposed call number change by leaving a comment. I will get the discussion going by leaving comments that were brought up at the meeting.
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