Robert Freeborn

Music and AV Cataloging Librarian
Associate Librarian

Office Address

E010 Paterno
Office Phone
814-954-0059
Departmental Phone
814-865-1858 (department)
814-863-7293 (fax)
rbf6@psu.edu

Education History

Masters of Music, Music History and Literature - Kansas State University - 1991
BA, Music - Washburn University - 1989

Publications

Planning, implementing, and assessing a CD reclassification project, Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 2017

Many fingers in the pie: Improving master records in the OCLC database: The enhance program, Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 2010

Mergers in Acquisitions: Implementing FastCat Processes in Academic Libraries, Libraries Unlimited, 2003

Confronting the dark side of the beat: A guide to creating a heavy metal music collection, Music Reference Services Quarterly, 2002

The reorganization of monographic cataloging processes at Penn State University Libraries, Library Collections, Acquisition and Technical Services, 2002

Cataloging non-music sound recordings, Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 2001

Cataloging MP3s: the Sound of Things to Come?, MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 2000

Retrospective Conversion Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials at Penn State University's Education Library., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 2000

Cataloging of the Weird: Further Examples for the 3D Perplexed., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 1999

Other Publications

Chapters

Planning, Implementing, and Assessing a CD Reclassification Project, Assessment of Cataloging and Metadata Services, 2018

Cataloging non-music sound recordings, 2013

Managing a Multiplicity of Standards: Hybrid Approaches to Traditional and Digital Cataloging, 2011

Many Fingers in the Pie: Improving Master Records in the OCLC Database: the Enhance Program, Cooperative Cataloging: Shared Effort for the Benefit of All., 2010

And They Lived Happily Ever After: Findings from the Penn State University Libraries' AV Workflow Process Improvement Team, Teams in Library Technical Services, 2006

Book/Film/Article Reviews

Rez Metal: Inside the Navajo Nation Heavy Metal Scene by Ashkan Soltani Stone and Natale A. Zappia, Notes, 2022

Henry Cow: The World is a Problem by Benjamin Piekut, Notes, 2021

Music Description and Access: Solving the Puzzle of Cataloging, Library Resources & Technical Services, 2018

Exploring Digital Libraries: Foundations, Practice, Prospects, Library Resources & Technical Services, 2014

Directions in Music Cataloging, Library Resources & Technical Services, 2012

Others

Best Practices for Cataloging Objects Using RDA and MARC 21, 2020

RDA Vocabularies for a Twenty-First Century Data Environment., Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 2012

A selective discography of Scandinavian heavy metal music, Notes, 2010

Songs for Cassavetes., Educational Media Reviews Online, 2003

Pleasure and Pain., Educational Media Reviews Online, 2003

Our Nation: a Korean Punk Rock Community., Educational Media Reviews Online, 2002

Andre's Lives., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 2000

Two Thousand Years: the History of Christianity., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 2000

5 Orchestral Pieces by Arnold Schoenberg., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 1999

Bread Day., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 1999

God's Rock: Building a Business., MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 1999