Hi, Paula-- On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Paula Corman <Paula.Corman@mim.org> wrote: I am cataloging a collection of several hundred CDs, each of which contains at least 12 or more songs with potentially as many different performers. A few days ago I was cataloging a 2-volume title ... Do I simply duplicate the 505 tag over and over again? This is what I did but I'm wondering if there is a better way. I reply: In our situation, if the discs are shelved as one unit, so will be paged and circulated as one unit, and the note isn't too long, we leave it as one 505, e.g.: 505 0_ Disc 1. Song title / Artist -- Song title / Artist -- Song title / Artist. Disc 2. Song title / Artist ... But as you can see, these could get really long and hard to scan if there are a lot of titles or Artist/Credits to include. There is a nice example in the Library of Congress' MOIM Music and Sound Recordings Online Manual, of breaking up the info into multiple 505 tags, just like you did. Their examples uses "v. 2" but you could substitute "disc 1," "disc 2," etc., and they use a space-semicolon-space for song titles under particular headings on multiple discs, but I think the examples could be edited nicely for, e.g.: 505 1_ Disc 1. .... ; ..... ; ..... ; ...... ; -- 505 1_ disc 2. .... ; ..... ; ..... ; ...... ; -- The MOIM examples: 505<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=mabibl505&hash=505>1# $a -- v. 2. The golden era (5 discs). Wang wang blues ; San (Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra) ; ‘Deed I do ; Stars fell on Alabama (Jack Teagarden’s Chicagoans) ; Mood indigo ; The mooche (Sonny Greer and the Duke’s Men) ; Royal garden blues ; I’m in the mood for love (Red Nichols and his Pennies) ; Come on over to my house ; Trouble in mind (Jay McShann’s Kansas City Stompers, featuring Julia Lee) -- 505<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=mabibl505&hash=505>1# $a v. 4. This modern age (5 discs). Hollywood stampede ; I’m through with love (Coleman Hawkins’ Band) ; Oh, lady be good (Billy Butterfield’s Orchestra) ; In the dark (Bobby Sherwood’s Orchestra) ; Jumpin’ at Capitol (The King Cole Trio) ; Love for sale (Benny Carter’s Orchestra) ; Moten swing ; On the sunny side of the street (Jay McShann’s Kansas City Stompers) ; Balboa bash (Stan Kenton’s Orchestra) ; Our Monday date (Eddie Miller’s Orchestra) I hope this is helpful! Cheerio, Heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park heather_hernandez@nps.gov 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/library-collections.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg