Richard P. Smiraglia isProfessor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, past Associate Researcher with the eHumanities Group (Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam), and is currently Editor-in-chief of the journal Knowledge Organization, published by Ergon-Verlag of Würzburg, Germany. He is the author of Cultural Synergy in Information Institutions (Springer 2014), Domain Analysis for Knowledge Organization (Chandos/Elsevier 2015), The Elements of Knowledge Organization (Springer 2014), The Nature of ‘A Work’ (Scarecrow 2001), and three earlier editions of Describing Music Materials and Music Cataloging (Libraries Unlimited 1989).

We should be grateful to Smiraglia and his collaborator Jihee Beak…for undertaking the task of RDA-izing the book and realigning the rule references to conform with the RDA Toolkit as it stood at December 2015. Between them the authors have ensured that this practical ‘how-to’ manual can guide a fresh generation through the intricacies, challenges, and pleasures that constitute the art and science of music cataloguing.

Richard P. Smiraglia isProfessor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, past Associate Researcher with the eHumanities Group (Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam), and is currently Editor-in-chief of the journal Knowledge Organization, published by Ergon-Verlag of Würzburg, Germany. He is the author of Cultural Synergy in Information Institutions (Springer 2014), Domain Analysis for Knowledge Organization (Chandos/Elsevier 2015), The Elements of Knowledge Organization (Springer 2014), The Nature of ‘A Work’ (Scarecrow 2001), and three earlier editions of Describing Music Materials and Music Cataloging (Libraries Unlimited 1989).

We should be grateful to Smiraglia and his collaborator Jihee Beak…for undertaking the task of RDA-izing the book and realigning the rule references to conform with the RDA Toolkit as it stood at December 2015. Between them the authors have ensured that this practical ‘how-to’ manual can guide a fresh generation through the intricacies, challenges, and pleasures that constitute the art and science of music cataloguing.

Richard P. Smiraglia isProfessor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, past Associate Researcher with the eHumanities Group (Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam), and is currently Editor-in-chief of the journal Knowledge Organization, published by Ergon-Verlag of Würzburg, Germany. He is the author of Cultural Synergy in Information Institutions (Springer 2014), Domain Analysis for Knowledge Organization (Chandos/Elsevier 2015), The Elements of Knowledge Organization (Springer 2014), The Nature of ‘A Work’ (Scarecrow 2001), and three earlier editions of Describing Music Materials and Music Cataloging (Libraries Unlimited 1989).

We should be grateful to Smiraglia and his collaborator Jihee Beak…for undertaking the task of RDA-izing the book and realigning the rule references to conform with the RDA Toolkit as it stood at December 2015. Between them the authors have ensured that this practical ‘how-to’ manual can guide a fresh generation through the intricacies, challenges, and pleasures that constitute the art and science of music cataloguing.