Jonathan's role in the library
As Sound Archives Librarian for Stanford's Archive of Recorded Sound, I am principally responsible for creating access to the Archive's vast collection, through cataloging of archival materials and the development of online discovery tools.
I am also responsible for Public Services for the Archive and digitizing collection materials for patrons.
Professional activities
Music Library Association (MLA)
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Selected publications
“ ‘Some Quite Nice Little Tunes’: An Overview of the Preparation and Recording of ‘Incipits’ for the Britten Thematic Catalogue”, Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 67, no. 2 (December 2010): 249-62.
“Documenting Young Britten: An Overview of the Cataloguing and Technical Solutions Developed During the First Phase of the Britten Thematic Catalogue Project”, Brio 46, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 2009): 25-36.
More about Jonathan
Born and raised in St.Albans, England, I moved to the USA in 2009. Before coming to Stanford I was the Technical Support Officer for the Britten Thematic Catalogue Project, a forthcoming digital resource currently under development at the Britten-Pears Foundation that will detail all of the Benjamin Britten's works online. My work for the project notably included the documentation and analysis of approximately 1150 original manuscript sources that constitute the 735 works Britten wrote between the ages of 5-18, most of which have never received any form of scholarly assessment.
You can find out more about me at jonathanmanton.org and also be sure to follow me on Twitter.
