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Track sheets and session notes are if you will the terms of art for the documents you are describing. aa On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:42 PM, digest Peter Hirsch wrote: > I'm hoping that those of you cataloging archival collections (as > opposed to > processing and creating finding aids) may be able to help me out. > > I just posted this over on MLA-L and then realized that maybe it is at > least as logically targeted at sound archivists as to music librarians. > Sorry for any duplication. > > - Peter Hirsch > > > We have an important collection of papers generated by a record > producer. > There is some correspondence and other papers, but the huge bulk of the > collection are files devoted to recording sessions and each of these > contains a log that lists takes, personnel, etc. We try to affix > appropriate 655 Form/Genre headings to our records and our two primary > thesauri for these headings are LCSH and the Art and Architecture > Thesaurus > (AAT) form the Getty Foundation. Neither of these have yielded a term > that > seems to fit. AAT has "logbooks" but the usage note seems to indicate > that > these are more likely to be found in a nautical setting than in a > recording > studio. > > Since these are the primary reason that we imagine most researchers > will > benefit from consulting these papers, it would be nice to have a term > for > them more focused than something like "business records". > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter Hirsch > NYPL >