Digital preservation and access strategies for musical heritage: the Swiss RISM experience
OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives
ISSN: 1065-075X
Article publication date: 10 February 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a new web‐based cataloguing system for the global music bibliography project, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM), and discuss the implications for the manipulation and discovery of musical heritage materials.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is designed to illustrate the workflow and tools used in creating a global musical catalogue, and to present the experiences of the Swiss RISM working group in developing new tools and re‐thinking traditional music bibliography tools.
Findings
The new tools developed present a further decrease in latency between source cataloguing and availability to users by integrating both the cataloguing and exploration interfaces into a single web application.
Research limitations/implications
For music researchers, the opportunity to search and manipulate a global musical source database opens up new possibilities for data‐driven computational musicology and analysis.
Originality/value
This paper reports preliminary work in musical incipit searching in the Swiss RISM database, as well as the latest developments in integrating digital facsimile images and sound resources.
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Citation
Pugin, L., Hankinson, A. and Fujinaga, I. (2012), "Digital preservation and access strategies for musical heritage: the Swiss RISM experience", OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650751211197068
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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