Restructuring reference works through multimedia content

This presentation is based upon a case study of the New Grove Dictionary of Music online edition. Described are some editorial issues surrounding the conversion of a music dictionary from print to online, and the integration of multimedia sound examples within its text. Strategies for selecting, creating and organising aural musical examples from printed copy are outlined Also considered is the possibility of interlinking and cross-referencing individual sound examples in order to create new, aural 'maps' of the Dictionary together with the existing cross-references between article texts.