Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century

by Richard Griscom (Editor), Amanda Maple (Editor)

Overview

Fourteen authors explore the recent past, the present, and the future of music librarianship through an examination of topics of importance to the profession: collection development, preservation, cataloging, technology, copyright, reference, reference sources, user education, music publishing, sound recordings, the antiquarian music market, archives, and education for music librarianship. First published in the quarterly journal Notes, these essays reflect the views of today's professionals at the fin de siècle. The set of essays is framed by a foreword and afterword by editor Richard Griscom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810838666
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/28/2000
Series:	Music Library Association Technical Reports , #27
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Richard Griscom is music librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a former executive secretary of the Music Library Association and served as editor of Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association from 1997 to 2000C.

Editorial Reviews

Aspiring librarians, budding professionals, and old hand alike would do well to read and digest the messages in this book.

Library & Information Science Research

Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century may well become a required textbook...It will be a useful introduction for all new music librarians, and a valuable refresher for those who have worked in the field for many years. The resources and insights proffered here could take music librarianship well into the next century.

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

This snapshot will be of tremendous value to historical researchers tracing the evolution of music librarianship...The essays vividly convey the issues, concerns, and occasionally the hopes of music librarians as they approached the new millennium.

Literature and Culture

In this one volume collection of essays, specialists in the field review past developments, assess progress to date, and present a focus for present and future responsibilities and challenges. It is a concise, invigorating discussion by committed and engaged participants who share a passion for their subject...This is an important and timely book, which should be an essential purchase for all music libraries and academic libraries, and required reading for music librarians and anyone contemplating a career as a music librarian.

Collection Management

Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century may well become a required textbook...It will be a useful introduction for all new music librarians, and a valuable refresher for those who have worked in the field for many years. The resources and insights proffered here could take music librarianship well into the next century.--Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

In this one volume collection of essays, specialists in the field review past developments, assess progress to date, and present a focus for present and future responsibilities and challenges. It is a concise, invigorating discussion by committed and engaged participants who share a passion for their subject...This is an important and timely book, which should be an essential purchase for all music libraries and academic libraries, and required reading for music librarians and anyone contemplating a career as a music librarian.--Collection Management

This volume is a welcome extension of the on-going dialogue in the world of music librarianship...it deserves wide promotion and readership, espousing as it does so passionately some very fundamental values in Western culture.--Australian Library Journal

From the Publisher

Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century may well become a required textbook...It will be a useful introduction for all new music librarians, and a valuable refresher for those who have worked in the field for many years. The resources and insights proffered here could take music librarianship well into the next century.

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Aspiring librarians, budding professionals, and old hand alike would do well to read and digest the messages in this book.

Library and Information Science Research

Think spiral curriculum. Beginning with the general, this guide discusses collection development policies within a music context (recordings, scores, editions, etc.). Next a hodgepodge of existing music collection development policy examples (St. Olaf College, Hartt School, and others) is worked into a sample policy. And finally, the specific a complete policy from the Middlebury College Music Library, VT, written by Jerry McBride. Maple (music librarian, Pennsylvania State Univ.) and Morrow (director of libraries, New England Conservatory of Music and professor at Simmons Coll., Boston) hope the Guide "will serve as a practical aid to music selectors writing or revising collection policies." And indeed, it will. Intended as a supplement to the American Library Associations's Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements, the Guide's focus upon music collection development policies is unique. Its concise and thorough treatment of this often neglected document will be a welcome addition to the neophyte as well as the veteran. Recommended for large public, academic, and music libraries. Janet Brewer, Murray State Univ. Lib., KY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

A supplement to the American Library Association's , designed to assist librarians, both music specialists and generalists, who are responsible for writing collection development policies for academic, conservatory, and public libraries. Offers a checklist for writing a collection development policy, an outline of elements with examples from actual collections, and an example of a complete collection development policy. Maple is a music librarian at Pennsylvania State University. Morrow is director of libraries at the New England Conservatory of Music. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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