Audio & Moving Image (AMI)

Provides guidelines for metadata specific to audio and moving image (AMI) materials described in the Metadata Management System (MMS)

Table of contents

1. Guidelines
   1. Identifier
   2. Type of Resource
   3. Name
   4. Genre
   5. Language
   6. Physical Description
      1. Form
      2. Extent
   7. Subject
      1. Title
2. See Also

Guidelines

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Identifier

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• Add AMI-related identifiers where applicable:
  • AMI Identifier
  • AMI Other ID
  • AMI Primary Identifier
  • AMI Project
  • Barcode
  • Capture Original Filename
  • CMS Collection Identifier
  • CMS Identifier

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Type of Resource

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• Use sound recording for all audio
• Use moving image for all moving image

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Name

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• If the source MARC record contains an added entry for the title of the work (NameTitle) depicted in the recording, ensure the name component is added as a Name element with the appropriate Role
  • A NameTitle can be identified by the presence of 2 as an indicator in a MARC 700 or MARC 730 field
  • E.g. Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- is a Name element in the item record with the Role composer
• Do not indicate any Name element as Primary for collaborative works
  • See the exception for moving image works in the relevant content standard for bibliographic materials, RDA 6.27.1.3

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Genre

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• Add Genre based on the Genre (AMI) 🔒 tab of the Genre + Form + Extent 🔒 spreadsheet

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Language

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• Language is required for AMI with linguistic content

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Physical Description

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Form

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• Add Form based on the Form (AMI) 🔒 tab of the Genre + Form + Extent 🔒 spreadsheet

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Extent

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• Use Extent to describe the transfer master
  • For analog media, the transfer master is the analog format that was digitized
    • In some cases, this may be the archival original
    • In other cases, the archival original may have been transferred to another analog format that was subsequently digitized
  • For born-digital media, the transfer master is the archival original
  • For examples, see the Extent Examples (AMI) 🔒 tab of the Genre + Form + Extent 🔒 spreadsheet

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Subject

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Title

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• If the source MARC record contains an added entry for the title of the work (NameTitle) depicted in the recording, ensure it is added as a Title subelement of Subject
  • A NameTitle can be identified by the presence of 2 as an indicator in a MARC 700 or MARC 730 field
  • E.g. Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat (Opera) is a Title Subject in the item record

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See Also

• Audio & Moving Image (AMI) for guidelines pertaining to the ingest of AMI into MMS
• AMI Metadata Overview for documentation of metadata requirements and controlled vocabulary from the Library’s Media Preservation units