Audio cataloguing in the British Library Sound Archive

摘要

From May 2016 until recently, the author had the opportunity to work as an Audio Project Cataloguer in thesound archive at the British Library (BL). This exciting and engaging experience informs the outline on audiocataloguing offered here. The Sound and Moving Image catalogue (SAMI) is a unique catalogue that hasorganically grown and weathered many changes. Working on the catalogue brought into focus various non-textbased metadata challenges that will be elaborated upon. The sound archive itself is rich with collections, someof which are still waiting to be revealed. How similar collections are catalogued and how the cataloguing canrespond to various user/curatorial concerns will also be considered.