A major tenant of the workflow revision is to handle the materials as little as possible. Cataloging projects are currently underway for both CDS and LPS-formats which have been shelved, heretofore, by label name and number, and generally not cataloged except for the classical music. These projects will utilize information provided by the MUZE database, as well as OCLC copy, when available. Researchers in the Performing Arts Reading Room in Washington will ultimately be able to search the ILS, retrieve the bibliographic information, click on the URL, and access the digital repository in Culpeper for the sound, liner notes, and booklet accompanying the recording. It will also continue conventional reformatting until the digital approach has proven itself.
Digitization is for preservation and for research access.
There will be sites at cooperating research institutions with access to the digitized collections if licensing and authorization can be gained. Public access via the Internet for authorized or nonrestricted collections is envisioned. Bonnie Jo Dopp. All rights reserved. Commercial use requires permission of the author and the editor of this journal.