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----- Original Message ----- From: "digest Peter Hirsch" <[log in to unmask]> > <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. The term used during the "78 era" which may or may not be applicable to modern multi-track recordings, including overdubbing, is "ledgers." Steven C. Barr