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Item Conscious Editing at University of Houston Libraries(2022-11-07) Martin, Leonard, Jr.; Liu, XipingUniversity of Houston Resource Description Librarians Leo Martin and Xiping Liu will discuss the formation of the UH Conscious Editing Working Group (UH-CEWG) with technical services staff from four separate University of Houston System libraries, as well as share their group's approach to discussing and remediating harmful terms within their shared cataloging environment, Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE.Item Ghost in the MARChine: Pseudonymity and Anonymity Usage in Electronica Music Sound Recordings(2021-11-19) Martin, Leonard, Jr.This presentation principally discusses pseudonymity and anonymity usage by agents in the Name Authority File (NAF), with a focus on electronica music producers throughout the 2010s. Part 1 discusses the concept of genre, navigating taxonomies, and the development of microgenres as a cultural phenomenon, as well as common challenges with metadata description of works with electronic instruments. Part 2 discusses constructing name authority records for anonymous or pseudonymous persons based on the Library of Congress and Participants of Cooperative Cataloging FAQ document. Case-studies of various electronic music, electronica music and microgenre sound recordings reflect the topics covered in the presentation.Item The Library Catalog, Cataloging, & Catalogers: Demystifying Technical Service Work in Libraries(2023-04-03) Martin, Leonard, Jr.This UH Libraries Edubreak seeks to demystify the visible and invisible labor of the resource description (i.e., cataloging) functional area, provide information on navigating the library catalog, and discuss the complexity of work required to populate and maintain the catalog. Lastly, this Edubreak will invite attendees to ask questions about our functional areas' foundational role in the everyday operations of this UH Main Campus, the UH System, as well as other cataloging shops throughout the profession.Item Microgenres: Memory, Community, and Preserving the Present(2021-02-22) Martin, Leonard, Jr.This presentation will give a brief overview of microgenres as a cultural phenomenon, and challenges that catalogers and their institutions encounter with acquiring, cataloging, and circulating these materials. Three case-studies will be presented: Chopped and Screwed (Music), Vaporwave music, and Ambient music (Electronica). Each case study will provide background on its respective microgenre; its cultural significance; and issues/lessons-learned from acquiring, cataloging, and circulating microgenre sound recordings.Item Resource Sharing with Born Digital Music Materials(2024-02-16) Martin, Leonard, Jr.; Nichols, MaurineThis lighting talk presentation discusses how UH Libraries' Acquisitions and Resource Sharing (ARS) and Resource Management and Metadata (RMM) departments collaborated on the acquisitions and description of a digital born music resources. This presentation discusses the challenges and successes of acquiring and describing a digital born music score, a documentary film issued as a USB thumb drive, and a sound recording issued as a CD with a digital download code. The presentation concludes by discussing controlled digital lending (CDL) opportunities on the horizon at UH Libraries.Item Wickett Crickett and Houston G-Funk(2022-02-08) Martin, Leonard, Jr.By the early 1990’s gangsta rap music had saturated American airwaves, television, film and fashion. During this period G-funk, a fusion genre of gangsta rap music and funk music, also made headway throughout the U.S. By the mid-1990s, musicians and record labels outside of California began producing their own regionally influenced G-funk works. Houston’s own MC Wickett Crickett (Darrell Veal, 1959-2015) released his only record, “Where U from/Can I hit it,” in 1996. This EP features a G-funk remix of Crickett’s H-town anthem, “Where U from,” featuring a Parliament Funkadelic inspired bassline from studio bass guitarist Dirtt. The DJ Screw Sound Recordings Collection at the University of Houston contains a transcription disc of Crickett’s 1996 albums’ A-side. This lightning talk provides a brief background of Houston hip-hop in the 1990s, gangsta rap and G-funk influence on hip-hop culture, and insight on describing/cataloging transcription discs and remixed works.