The development of science and technology has provided necessary conditions for the all-round development and effective use of the audiovisual materials available at college.

Research on audio-video materials management system in colleges and universities;

It can catalogue audio-video materials with the metadata;configure the system module with the association of the computer software.

The publication of audiovisual materials has entered a matured period, the interactions between its market needs and publication,such as quantity and quality,has evident influence on library s acquisition work.

Combined with the actual working experience of the author, this paper concisely illustrates the resources development, utilization and management of audiovisual materials in institutions of higher learning as well as the solutions to the existing problems.

On the basis of the analysis of such three aspects as the current situation of information dissemination and manage-ment,particularly music materials and the advantages of IT application in management mode,the paper comes into conclu-sion that the management trend of musical materials in universities is to implement IT application in management.

Introduces the source of description information of musical audiorecording and some problems that should be attention when we catalogue musical audiorecording.