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Software, E-Resource Dataset of the U.S. ISMN public archive database U.S. ISMN public archive / United States ISMN public archive

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Title

  • Dataset of the U.S. ISMN public archive database

Other Title

  • U.S. ISMN public archive
  • United States ISMN public archive

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • U.S. ISMN Agency

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2024.

Headings

  • -  Music--United States--Bibliographies--Catalogs

Genre

  • Data sets
  • Catalogs

Notes

  • -  The dataset is presented in multiple structured formats. A CSV file containins all data pulled from each of the database's XML files. The CSV columns were created to maintain the relationships and hierarchies of repeated and nested elements within the XML. Repeated elements are differentiated with a number in square brackets in the column header, and modifying attributes "type" are added in parenthesis. The first column "000_filename" contains the original names of the XML files, and serves as a primary key connecting the CSV to the XML files. Due to flattening the hierarchical XML structure to a CSV, some data, including additional element attributes, may not be represented in the CSV. The XML contains the complete and original data and is packaged in a ZIP file containing 12,557 XML files that were the underlying data for the web presentation database. These files contain the MODS (https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/) bibliographic record wrapped in METS (https://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/). Some URLs in the data may direct to legacy presentations that have been deprecated.
  • -  Description from the original database: This U.S ISMN Public Archive makes available information about all items registered by publishers with the U.S. ISMN Agency (https://www.loc.gov/ismn/). As such, the U.S. ISMN Public Archive documents the use of ISMN in music publishing in the U.S. The archive includes newly published music as well as backlist items. The fully indexed Archive can be searched using standard parameters useful in the music publishing industry, in retail, in libraries, and in general music research. Of special interest to libraries is the availability of data for each title in the MARC format (as MARCXML) as well as MODS and METS. ISMN are assigned to music publishers in the United States by the U.S. ISMN Agency, hosted in the Music Division of the Library of Congress. As publishers register individual scores, data is gathered about each item of music receiving a number. The U.S. ISMN Public Archive is comprised of this publisher-provided information which is re-purposed into records of value to librarians and the general public, as well as to publishers and retailers. Use of the 13-digit ISMN is strictly governed by the International ISMN Agency, located in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. is one member-country of this international organization.
  • -  Title from README file, viewed July 26, 2024

Medium

  • 1 online resource (datasets)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML120.U5

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024562030

Online Format

  • compressed data

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S. Ismn Agency. Dataset of the U.S. ISMN public archive database. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2024. Software, E-Resource. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024562030/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & U.S. Ismn Agency. (2024) Dataset of the U.S. ISMN public archive database. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. [Software, E-Resource] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024562030/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S. Ismn Agency. Dataset of the U.S. ISMN public archive database. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2024. Software, E-Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024562030/>.