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Seminar in Music Librarianship (L631) : Select Bibliography

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General and collective works

Blotner, Linda Solow. "Music Libraries of Tomorrow: Virtual or Concrete, Harmony or Discord?" In Music, Libraries, and the Academy: Essays in Honor of Lenore Coral. Ed. by James P. Cassaro, 67-79. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2007

Bryant, Eric. Music librarianship: A practical guide. 2d ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1985. ML111 .B91 1985. Emphasis on British practices.

Byrne, Frank P. A practical guide to the music library : Its function, organization & maintenance. Cleveland : Ludwig Music, 1987. ML111.B95. Focus on performance collections.

Coover, James. "Materials of a music library." Manual of music librarianship, pp.1-16. Ed. Carol June Bradley. Ann Arbor: Music Library Assoc., 1966. ML111.M95.

Davidson, Mary Wallace. "American music libraries and librarianship: Challenges for the nineties." Notes 50 (September 1993): 13-22. ML27.U5M8

________. "Academic Music Librarianship: 'Back to the Future'?" In Music, Libraries, and the Academy: Essays in Honor of Lenore Coral. Ed. by James P. Cassaro, 119-27. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2007.

Directory of music research libraries. Répertoire international des sources musicales, Series C. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1970-1985. REF ML12.B5. Vol. 1. Canada and the United States; vol. 2. Thirteen European Countries; vol. 3. Spain, France, Italy, Portugal; vol. 4. Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand; vol. 5. Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia.

Jones, Malcolm. Music librarianship. London: Clive Bingley, 1979. ML111.J66. British emphasis.

LeBlanc, Albert. Organizing the instrumental music library. Evanston, IL : Instrumentalist Co., 1974. RC ML111.L445

Ledsham, Ian. The comprehensive guide to music librarianship : a self-study guide for music librarians. Aberystwyth : University of Wales, 2000.

Libraries, history, diplomacy, and the performing arts: Essays in honor of Carleton Sprague Smith. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1991. ML55 .S66 L5

McClellan, William. "Judging music Libraries." College and research libraries (July 1978): 281-286. RC & SLIS Z671 .C6. Surveys members of MLA and of AMS for perceptions of excellence of music libraries in the US.

McColvin, Lionel, and Harold Reeves. Music libraries, their organization and contents, with a bibliography of music and musical literature. Completely rewritten, rev. and extended by Jack Dove. London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. ML111 .M13. Emphasizes British practices.

McLane, Alexander. "Music as information." Annual review of information science and technology 31 (1996): 225-62. SLIS Z699.A1A7

Manual of music librarianship. Ed. Carol June Bradley. Ann Arbor: Music Library Assoc., 1966. ML111.M95. Collection of articles, now somewhat dated, on various aspects of music Librarianship.

Modern music librarianship: Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

Music librarianship at the turn of the century. Ed. Richard Griscom. MLA Technical Reports no. 27. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2000. First published as special issue of Notes 56/3 (March 2000). ML27.U5M8

Music librarianship in America. Ed. Michael Ochs. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ., Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, 1991. ML111.M945 1991. Also published in Harvard Library Bulletin 2 (spring 1991). RC Z733.H33

Music librarianship in the UK : fifty years of the British Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries. Ed. by Richard Turbet. Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2002.

Music libraries and librarianship. Ed. Vincent Duckles. Library trends 7/4 (April, 1960: special issue). SLIS Z671.L674

Music Library Association ; National Assocation of Schools of Music. Local assessment of music libraries and information Services: The present and the future. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc. ; Reston, VA: NASM, 1994. ML111 .L4

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. S.v. "Libraries."

Phillips, Don. A selected bibliography of music librarianship. Occasional papers: University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library Science, 113. Urbana, IL : University of Illinois, GSLS, 1974. REF ML128.M76P55

Reader in music librarianship. Ed. Carol June Bradley. Washington: Microcard Editions, 1973. REF ML111.B816. Articles on various aspects of music librarianship.

Rebman, Elisabeth. "Music." The humanities and the library. 2nd edition. Ed. Nena Couch and Nancy Allen. Chicago: ALA, 1993. pp.132-210. SLIS Reserve Z675 .H86 H85 1993.

Redfern, Brian. Organizing music in libraries. London : Bingley, 1966. ML111.R315

Resources of American music history : A directory of source materials from Colonial times to World War II. Ed. D. W. Krummel. Urbana : Univ. of Illinois Press, 1981. REF ML120.U5R47

Stevenson, Gordon. "Music librarianship in the United States." Advances in librarianship 11 (1981). SLIS Z674 .A24

Talja, Sanna. Music, culture, and the library : an analysis of discourses. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2001.

Thompson, Pamela, and Malcolm Lewis. Access to music : music libraries and archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland : current themes and a realistic vision for the future. N.p.: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, United Kingdom and Ireland Branch, 2003. Frontlog 5696253

Wagstaff, John. Music librarianship: A bibliography of principles and practice. Brookfield, VT : Scolar Press, in preparation.

Watanabe, Ruth. "American music libraries and music librarianship: An overview in the eighties." Notes 38 (December 1981): 239-256. ML27.U5M8

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Journals in music librarianship

ARSC journal . New York: Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives, 1970- . ML1.A8493

Brio : Journal of the United Kingdom branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, 1964- . ML5.B857. Regular features include: Annual listing of "Some recent articles on music librarianship," and annual listing of "Music bibliographies" of the preceding year.

Fontes artis musicae. Kassel: Bärenreiter, for the International Association of Music Libraries..., 1954- . ML5.F68

IASA Journal. Canberra, Australia: International Association of Sound Archives, 1993- . ML5.P362. Continues Phonographic Bulletin.

MLA Newsletter. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc., 1969- . ML27.U5M78

Music cataloging bulletin. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc., 1970- . Shelved in Music Technical Services.

Music reference services quarterly. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 1992- . ML1.M832

Notes: The quarterly journal of the Music Library Association. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc., 1943- ML27 .U5M8. Regular features include "Index to Music Necrology," "New Music Periodicals," "Music Publishers' Catalogues," "Music Price Indexes," and numerous reviews of new music books and scores.

Phonographic Bulletin. Review of the International Association of Sound Archives. Utrecht: IASA, 1971-1993. ML5 .P36. Continued by IASA Journal.

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History of music libraries and librarians

Anderson, Gillian B. "Putting the experience of the world at the nation's command: Music at the Library of Congress, 1800-1917." Journal of the American Musicological Society 42/1 (Spring 1989): 108-49. ML1.A51J8

Bradley, Carol June. American music librarianship: A biographical and historical survey. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. ML111.B8115

________. Music collections in American libraries: A chronology. Detroit studies in music bibliography, 46. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1981. REF ML118.D48 v.46. A chronicle of founding of collections.

________. "The Music Library Association: The founding generation and its work." Notes 37 (June 1981): 763-822. ML27.U5M8

________. "Notes of some pioneers: America's first music librarians." Notes 43 (December 1986): 272-291. ML27.U5M8

Campana, Deborah. "Music libraries supporting comprehensive schools of music." Fontes artis musicae 48 (2001): 353-61.

Coover, James. "American music librarianship: The formative years and the first generation." Fontes artis musicae 17 (September 1970): 109-119. ML5.F68

Fairtile, Linda, and Karen Burke. "Music collections in American public libraries." Fontes artis musicae 48 (2001): 327-41.

Hassen, Marjorie. "The early development of American music libraries serving academic departments of music." Fontes artis musicae 48 (2001): 342-52.

Krummel, Donald W. "Music Libraries." Encyclopedia of library history, pp. 442-44. Ed. By Wayne A. Wiegand and Donald G. Davis, jr. New York : Garland, 1992. RC Z721.E54 1994

________. "Twenty years of Notes: A retrospect." Notes 21 (1963-64): 56-82. ML27.U5M8

________. "The second twenty years of Notes: A retrospective recast." Notes 41 (1982): 7-30. ML27.U5M8

Lichtenwanger, William. "When Notes was young: 1945-1960." Notes 39 (1982): 7-30. ML27.U5M8

Miller, Philip. "Music Library Association: Notes from an early observer." Modern music librarianship: Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp. 119-22. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

________ and F. C. Campbell. "How the Music Division of the New York Public Library grew." Notes 35 (March 1979): 537-555; 38 (1981): 14-41. ML27.U5M8

Morroni, June. "The Music Library Association." Fontes artis musicae 18 (1971): 5-18. ML5.F68

________. "The Music Library Association, 1931-1961." University of Chicago thesis, 1968. ML25.4 .M98 M8

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Education/qualifications for music librarianship

Careers in music librarianship. Comp. By Carol Tatian. MLA Technical Reports, 18. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc., 1990. ML111.C33

Careers in music librarianship II : Traditions and transitions. Ed. Paula Elliot, Linda Blair. MLA technical reports, 29. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2004.

Deetman, Huib and Don L. Roberts. "Statement on qualifications for music librarians." Fontes artis musicae 29 (1982): 66-67. ML5.F68

Kinkeldey, Otto. "Training for music librarianship: Aims and opportunities." A.L.A. bulletin 31 (1937): 459-63; reprinted in Reader in music librarianship. Ed. By Carol June Bradley. Washington: Microcard Editions, 1973. REF ML111.B816. < /P>

Marley, Judith L. "Education for music librarianship within the United States : content analysis of selected documents and structured interviews with selected practitioners." PhD diss., University of Pittsburgh, 2001.

________. "Education for music librarianship within the United States : needs and opinions of recent graduate/practitioners." Fontes artis musicae 49 (2002): 139-72.

Morrow, Jean. "Education for music librarianship." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 655-661. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Music Library Association, Committee on Professional Education. "Qualifications of a music librarian." Fontes artis musicae 21 (1974): 139-143. ML5.F68. Also published in College music symposium 15 (1975): 168-69; and American music teacher (April-May, 1975).

Oates, Jennifer. "Music librarianship education : Problems and solutions." Music reference services quarterly 8, no. 3 (2004): 1-24.

Ochs, Michael. "A taxonomy of qualifications for music librarianship: The cognitive domain." Notes 33 (September 1976): 27-44. ML27.U5M8

Roberts, Don L. "Education for music librarians in the United States and Canada." Fontes artis musicae 32 (1985): 59-62. ML5.F68

Watanabe, Ruth. "Some personal observations on the training of music librarians (by way of reminiscences)." Libraries, history, diplomacy, and the performing arts: Essays in honor of Carleton Sprague Smith, pp.101-112. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1991. ML55.S66 L5

Weichlein, William. "Training for music librarianship." Fontes artis musicae 18 (1971): 28-30. ML5.F68

Young, J. Bradford. "Education for music librarianship." Notes 40 (March 1984): 510-528. ML27.U5M8

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Acquisitions and collection development

Basart, Ann. "Criteria for weeding books in a university music library." Notes 36/4 (June 1980): 819-836. ML27.U5M8. Results of a survey of patterns of use of books in the UC-Berkeley Music Library.

A basic music library : Essential scores and sound recordings. Comp. By the Music Library Assoc., Elizabeth Davis, coordinating editor. 3rd ed. Chicago : American Library Assoc., 1997. REF ML113 .B3 1997.

Bottle, Robert W. and William W. Chase. "Some characteristics of the literature of music and musicology." Special libraries 63 (1972): 469-76.

Brown, Peter B. Ordering & claiming music materials: Tips from a dealer. Beverly Hills: Theodore Front, 1981. ML111.B88

Collecting popular music. Ed. by Tim LaBorie. Special issue of Drexel library quarterly 19/1 (winter 1983). ML111 .C64

Collection assessment in music libraries. Ed. by Jane Gottlieb. MLA Technical Reports, 22. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1994. ML111.C65

Connolly, Bruce. "CD collection development: Sources and tools." Library Journal 114 (15 May 1989): 36-42. RC & SLIS Z671.L6

Coover, James. "Choosing what not to preserve." Music librarianship in America, pp.25-36. Ed. Michael Ochs. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, 1991. ML111.M945 1991

Coscarelli, William F. and Anna H. Perrault. "Music collections in ARL libraries: a report of a survey at Louisiana State University." Collection management 16 (1992): 13-59. SLIS Z703.4.D4

Dawson, H. P. and B. R. Marks. "The ordering and supply of sheet music." Brio 2 (1965): 8-10. ML5.B857. Reprinted in Reader in music librarianship, pp.232-33. REF ML111.B816

Diamond, Harold. "The literature of musical analysis : an approach for collection development." Choice 27 (Mar. 1990): 1097-99+. Bibliographic essay.

Diodato, Virgil and Fran Smith. "Obsolescence of music literature." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 44/2 (March 1993): 101-112. SLIS CD1 .A51

Elliker, Calvin. "Trends in the price of music monographs and scores as reflected in Notes." Notes. ML27.U5M8. An annual survey beginning 1994 that appears in the December issue of Notes.

Epstein, Dena. "On collecting materials for local music histories." Notes 24 (1967): 18-21. ML27.U5M8

Fling, R. Michael. Library acquisition of music : A basic manual. Music Library Association basic manual series, 4. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2004.

________. "Tips on acquiring music." Notes 63 (December 2006): 279-88.

Front, Theodore (firm). Blanket/approval plan for European and American music scores. Van Nuys, CA : T. Front, 199-?. Also at http://books.tfront.com/music/approval.htm. Describes blanket/approval program offered by Theodore Front Musical Litera ture.

Green, Rebecca. "The use of music and its literature over time." Notes 35 (1979): 42-56. ML27.U5M8

Griscom, Richard. "Periodical use in a music library." Serials librarian 7 (1983): 35-52. RC Z692.S5S47. A citation study of journals in IU dissertations 1975-80.

Guide to written collection policy statements : ALCTS. Edited by Joanne S. Anderson. Collection management and development guides, no. 7. Chicago : American Library Association, 1996.

Harrassowitz, Otto (firm). European music scores approval plan and form selections program Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1999. Describes approval program offered by Otto Harrassowitz. Revised periodically. Also available at Harrassowitz web site: ww w.harrassowitz.de/sp/emsapp.htm.

Hathaway, Edward W. "Developing a state archive of local musical materials." Notes 45 (1989): 483-94. ML27.U5M8

Hill, George Roy, et al. Collected editions, historical series and sets, and monuments of music. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press, 1997. REF ML113.H65 1997

Hoffmann, Frank W. The development of library collections of sound recordings. New York : Marcel Decker, 1979. ML111.5 .H57

Keller, Michael. "Music." Selection of library materials in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, pp.139-62. Ed. Patricia McClung. Chicago: American Library Association, 1985. RC Z689 .S354 1985. A general survey of music selection tools.

Krummel, Donald W. "Observations on library acquisitions of music." Notes 23 (1966): 5-16. ML27.U5M8

________. "Musical editions : A basic collection." Choice 13 (April 1976): 177-95.

Kunselman, Joan, Peggy Daub, and Marion Taylor. "Toward describing and assessing the national music collection." Notes 43 (September 1986): 7-13. ML27.U5M8

Kuyper-Rushing, Lois. "Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A dissertation citation study." College and research libraries 60 (1999): 153-63. RC Z671.C6

Lein, Edward. "Suggestions for formulating collection development policy statements for music score collections in academic libraries." Collection management 9 (1987): 69-101. SLIS Z703.6.D4

Longyear, Rey M. "Article citations and 'obsolescence' in musicological journals." Notes 33 (1977): 563-71. ML27.U5M8

Luttmann, Stephen. "Selection of music materials." In Selecting materials for library collections, ed. by Audrey Fenner, 11-25. The acquisitions librarian, 31/33. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004.

McGrath, William, and Nancy Nuzzo. "'Existing collection strength' and shelflist count correlations in RLG's conspectus for music." College and research libraries 52 (Mar. 1991): 194-203.

Maple, Amanda, and Jean Morrow. Guide to writing collection development policies for music. Music Library Association technical reports ; no. 26. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, and Music Library Association, 2001. ML111 .M36

Mendel, Donna, Roslyn Dlugin Mylroie, and Judith Lynn Stern. "The role of reviewing media in the selection of classical recordings." Collection management 18 (1993): 71-88. SLIS Z703.6 .D4

Rorick, William C. "Discometrics : a system for acquiring scores and sound recordings." Library journal 112 (Nov. 15, 1987): 45-47. Describes a statistically-based technique for ascertaining demand for classical music based on analysis of "Index to record reviews" column in Notes.

Seaberg, Anna. Music selection resources on the WWW. URL: http://www.halcyon.com/aseaberg/. Linked through the MLA Clearinghouse home page.

Sinclair, Bryan T. "Building a better jazz recording collection on compact disc : a guide to current discography." Collection building 19/2 (2000): 70-75

Stevenson, Gordon. "The practical record selector : A "plaine and easie" introduction." Library journal (May 1, 1963). Reprinted in Reader in music librarianship. Washington, DC : Microcard Editions Books, 1973. pp. 270-73.

Studwell, William E., and H. Stephen Wright. "Collection development for academic music libraries: Two viewpoints. A Music Researcher's View; A Music Librarian's View." Collection management 12/3-4 (1990): 91-99. SLIS Z703.6 .D4

Watanabe, Ruth. "Copy and microtext in the music library." Manual of music librarianship, pp.107-14. Ed. Carol June Bradley. Ann Arbor: Music Library Association, 1966. ML111.M95

World music in music libraries. Ed. Carl Rahkonen. MLA Technical Reports, 24. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1994. ML111.W92

Zager, Daniel. "Collection development and management." Notes 56/3 (2000): 567-573. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century

________. "Essential partners in collection development: Vendors and music librarians." Notes 63 (March 2007): 565-75.

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Conservation and preservation

Benedikz, Benedikt S. "Conservation: A personal viewpoint." Modern music librarianship : Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.137-41. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

Carli, Alice. Binding and care of printed music. Music Library Association basic manuals series, 2. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow ; Music Library Assoc., 2003.

Farrington, Jim. "Preventive maintenance for audio discs and tapes." Notes 48/2 (December 1991): 437-445. ML27.U5M8

Haddix, Charles. "Preservation guidelines for the storage, handling, playback, and cleaning of LPs, CDs, and audio tapes." Music Reference Services Quarterly 1/1 (1992): 77-87.

Honea, Ted. "Conservation and preservation." Modern music librarianship: Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.143-58. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

________. "Music: A binding challenge." The new library scene 4/3 (June 1985): 1,8-10. RC Z671 .N433

________. "Preservation at the Sibley Music Library of the Eastman School of Music." Notes 53 (1996): 381-402. ML27.U5M8

Knowing the score: Preserving collections of music. Compiled by Mark Roosa & Jane Gottlieb. MLA technical reports, 23. Canton, MA: Music Library Association, 1994. ML111 .K59

McWilliams, Jerry. The preservation and restoration of sound recordings. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1979. TS2301 .P3 M22

Nelson-Strauss, Brenda. "Preservation policies and priorities for recorded sound collections." Notes 48/2 (December 1991): 425-436. ML27.U5M8

Northeast Document Conservation Center. Preservation of library and archival materials: A manual. 3rd ed. Ed. Sherelyn Ogden. Andover, MA : Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. Music Library office.

Shepherd, John. "Preservation." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 574-580. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Sommer, Susan T. "Knowing the score: Preserving collections of music." Fontes Artis Musicae 41/3 (July-Sept. 1994): 256-260. ML5.F68

Tibbits, Edie. "Binding conventions for music materials." Library resources and technical services 40/1 (1996): 33-40. SLIS & RC Z671 .L662

Warren, Richard. "Storage of sound recordings." ARSC journal 24/2 (1993): 130-175. ML1.A8493. Gives specific recommendations for all media. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography covering all aspects of library/archive planning.

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Reference and bibliographic instruction

Basart, Ann. "Music reference desiderata." Cum notis variorum 66-67, 69 (1982-83). ML111.C85

Brockman, William S. "A cornerstone of musical scholarship: Grove's dictionary of music and musicians." Distinguished classics of reference publishing, pp. 117-28. Ed. James Rettig. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992. RC Z1035.1.D57 1992

Coover, James B. Music lexicography : including a study of lacunae in music lexicography and a bibliography of music dictionaries. 3rd ed. Carlisle, PA: Carlisle Books, 1971. REF ML128.D5C72 1971

________. "Reference bibliography in the music library." Library trends 8 (1960): 519-28.

Crabtree, Philip D. and Donald H. Foster. Sourcebook for research in music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. REF ML113.C88 1993

Druesedow, John E. jr. Library research guide to music. Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1982. REF ML111 .D78. Emphasis on needs of undergraduates.

________. "Reference sources." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 611-619. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Duckles, Vincent H. Music reference and research materials : An annotated bibliography. 5th ed. By Ida Reed. New York : Schirmer Books, 1997. REF ML113.D83 1997

________. "Some observations of music lexicography." College music symposium 11 (1971): 115-22. ML1.C69

Duffy, Michael J. IV. "Selected research and writings on instruction for music librarians : An annotated bibliography." Music reference services quarterly 8, no. 3 (2004): 37-61.

Elmer, Minnie. "The music catalog as a reference tool." Library trends 8 (1960): 529-38. SLIS Z671.L674

Geary, Gregg S. Music library instruction / by Gregg S. Geary, Laura M. Snyder, Kathleen Abromeit ; ed. Deborah Campana. MLA basic manual series, 3. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2004.

Germer, Mark. "Whither bibliographic instruction for musicians." Notes 52 (1996): 754-60. ML27.U5M8

Gottlieb, Jane. "Reference service for performing musicians: Understanding and meeting their needs (In music school or conservatory libraries)." Reference services in the humanities, pp. 47-59. Ed. Judy Reynolds. Reference librarian, 47. New Yor k : Haworth Press, 1994. RC Z675.H86R44 1994

Keller, Michael, and Lawrence Carol. "Music literature indexes in review. . . ." Notes 36 (March 1980): 375-600. ML27.U5M8

Lasocki, David. "Music reference as a calling: An essay." Notes 56/4 (June 2000): 879-893.

________. "Reference." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 605-610. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

"Library reference service: An unrecognized crisis." The journal of academic librarianship 13/2 (May 1987): 69-80. RC & SLIS Z671 .J85

Maple, Amanda, Beth Christensen, and Kathleen Abromeit. "Information literacy for undergraduate music students: A conceptual framework." Notes 52 (1996): 754-60. ML27.U5M8

Marco, Guy A. and Sharon Paugh Ferris. Information on music: A handbook of reference sources in European languages. Littleton, CO : Libraries Unlimited, 1975-84. 3 vols. REF ML113.M321

Marley, Judith L. "Bibliographic and user instruction within music libraries: An overview of teaching methodologies." Music reference services quarterly 6/3 (1998): 33-44.

Moran, W. R. "Discography: Rules and goals." Recorded sound 66-67 (April-June 1977): 677-81. ML32.G7R3

Music Library Association, Reference and Public Service Committee, Subcommittee on Bibliographic Standards for Reference Works. "Music Library Association guidelines for the preparation of music reference works." Notes 50 (1994): 1329-1338. ML27.U5M8

Smolian, Steveen. "Standards for the review of discographic works." ARSC Journal 7/3 (1976): 47-55. ML1.A8493

Troutman, Leslie. "User education." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 620-627. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Vellucci, Sherry. "Down the yellow brick road: What should we teach about Internet resources?" Fontes artis musicae 43 (1996): 315-24. ML5.F68

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Audio in libraries

Almquist, Sharon G. Sound recordings and the library. University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Occasional Papers, 179. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1987. RC Z671.I29 no.179. History of sound recordings & their use in libraries.

Brooks, Tim. "The artifacts of recording history: Creators, users, losers, keepers." ARSC Journal 11 (1979): 18-28. ML1.A8493

Churchwell, Cynthia. "Internet accessible resources containing information about sound recordings." ARSC journal 27 (1996): 171-87. ML1.A8493

Colby, Edward E. "Sound recordings in the music library, with special reference to record archives." Library trends, 8 (1960): 556-65. SLIS Z671.L674

Cooper, David Edwin. International bibliography of discographies. Littleton, CO : Libraries Unlimited, 1975. REF ML113.C776I6

DuBois, Henry J. "No room at the inn: Media collections and university libraries." College and research libraries news (October 1987): 531-536. SLIS Z675 .U5 A84

Dunn, Jon and Constance Mayer. "VARIATIONS: A digital music library system at Indiana University." 1999. http://www.music.indiana.edu/variations/VARIATIONS-DL99.pdf

Eick, Barbara, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, and Richard Warren, Jr. "A discotopology primer." ARSC journal 13/1 (1981): 4-19. ML1.A8493

Farrington, Jim. "Preventive maintenance for audio discs and tapes." Notes 48/2 (December 1991): 437-445. ML27.U5M8

Flanagan, Cathleen C. "The use of commercial sound recordings in scholarly research." ARSC Journal 11 (1979): 3-17. ML1 .A8493

Garofalo, Reebee. "From music publishing to MP3: Music and industry in the twentieth century." American music 17/3 (fall 1999): 318-53. ML1.A497. Focus on the evolution of the recording industry.

Gray, Michael. "Discography: Its prospects and problems." Notes 35 (March 1979): 578-592. ML27.U5M8

Greckel, Wilbert. "A study of selected college and university recordings libraries." Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, 1969. MZ1 .G789

Haddix, Charles. "Preservation guidelines for the storage, handling, playback, and cleaning of LPs, CDs, and audio tapes." Music Reference Services Quarterly 1/1 (1992): 77-87.

Hall, David. "Discography: A chronological survey." Modern music librarianship : Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.173-84. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

Hoffmann, Frank W. The development of library collections of sound recordings. New York: Marcel Decker, 1979. ML111.5 .H57. A how-to guide for non-specialist library school students.

Krasilowsky, M. William. "Problems in the relationship between the record industry and librarians of recorded sound." Performing arts review 1 (1970): 559-83. ML63.P43

McWilliams, Jerry. The preservation and restoration of sound recordings. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1979. TS2301 .P3 M22

Maple, Amanda, and Tona Henderson. "Prelude to a digital music library at the Pennsylvania State University : Networking audio for academic library users." Library resources & technical services 44/4 (October 2000): 190-95.

Moore, Tom. "Sound recordings." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 635-640. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Nelson-Strauss, Brenda. "Preservation policies and priorities for recorded sound collections." Notes 48/2 (December 1991): 425-436. ML27.U5M8

Planning and caring for library audio facilities. Ed. By James Cassaro. MLA technical reports, 17. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1989. ML111.M97 no.17

Stevenson, Gordon. "Discography: Scientific, analytical, historical and systematic." Library trends 21 (July 1972): 101-135. RC & SLIS Z671.L674

Thomas, David H. Archival information processing for sound recordings : The design of a database for the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. MLA technical reports, 21. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc., 1992.

Trends in archival and reference collections of recorded sound. Ed. Gordon Stevenson. Library Trends 21/1 (July, 1972: special issue). ML111.5 .T794

Warren, Richard. "Storage of sound recordings." ARSC journal 24/2 (1993): 130-175. ML1.A8493. Gives specific recommendations for all media. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography covering all aspects of library/archive planning.

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Cataloging and classification

Bradley, Carol June. The Dickinson classification: A cataloguing and classification manual for music. Carlisle, PA : Carlisle Books, 1968. REF ML111.B812

Burbank, Richard & Barbara D. Henigman. "Music symbols and online catalogs: A survey of vendors and an assessment of retrieval capabilities." Information technology and libraries 11 (1992): 203-09. RC & SLIS Z678.9.A1I53

Cassaro, James P. "Music cataloging and the future." Fontes artis musicae 41 (1994): 245-50. ML5.F68

Cataloging sheet music: Guidelines for use with AACR2 and the MARC format. Prepared by the Working Group on Sheet Music Cataloging Guidelines, Bibliographic Control Committee, Music Library Association; compiled and edited by Lois Schultz and Sarah Shaw. Music Library Association Technical Reports, no. 28. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press and the Music Library Association, 2003.

Cazeaux, Isabelle. "The International Code for cataloging music." Fontes artis musicae 10 (1963): 20-29. ML5.F68. Reprinted in Reader in music librarianship, pp. 163-71. REF ML111.B816

Cipolla, Wilma Reid. "Music subject headings." Library resources and technical services 18 (1974): 387-97. SLIS & RC Z671.L662

"Classification of music and literature on music." Fontes artis musicae 15 (1968): 83-102. ML5.F68

Crear, M. A. "Elements of a statistical approach to the question of authorship in music." Computers and the humanities 19 (1985): 175-82. RC Z699.5.H92C7

Cunningham, Virginia. "The Library of Congress classed catalog for music." Reader in music librarianship, pp. 177-79. Ed. Carol June Bradley. Washington: Microcard Editions, 1973. REF ML111.B816.

Davidson, Mary Wallace. Libraries and their catalogs. 1992. Unpublished. MUS Personal reserve

Elliker, Calvin. "Classification schemes for scores: Analysis of structural levels." Notes 50 (1994): 1269-1320. ML27.U5M8

Elmer, Minnie. "Classification, cataloging, indexing." Notes: Supplement for members 25 (1957): 23-28. ML27.U5M8. Reprinted in Reader in music librarianship, pp. 148-55. REF ML111.B816

Goldthwait, Scott. "Classification problems in bibliographies of literature about music." Library quarterly 18 (1948): 255-63. RC & SLIS Z671.L66

Harden, Jean. "How is music cataloging different from book cataloging?" MOUG newsletter 74 (Nov. 1999): 6-10.

Hemmasi, Harriette. Music subject headings, compiled from Library of Congress Subject Headings. 2nd ed. Lake Crystal, MN : Soldier Creek Press, 1998. REF ML111.H36

________. "The music thesaurus: Function and foundations." Notes 50 (1994): 875-82. ML27.U5M8

International Association of Music Libraries, Working Group on the Core Bibliographic Record for Music. "The core bibliographic record for music and sound recordings." Fontes artis musicae 45 (1998): 139-51. ML5.F68

Jung, Karen. "Online systems and the music backlog: Highway to efficiency, or roadway to ruin?" Music reference services quarterly 3 (1994): 63-76.

Kaufman, Judith. Recordings of non-Western music: Subject and added entry access. MLA technical reports, 5. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1977. REF ML111.M97 no.5

Kinkeldey, Otto. "American music catalogs." Library journal 40 (1915): 574-78. RC Z671.L6

Krohn, Ernst C. "On classifying sheet music." Notes 26 (1970): 473-78. ML27.U5M8

Krummel, Donald W. "The origins of modern music classification." Festschrift Albi Rosenthal, pp. 181-98. Tutzing : H. Schneider, 1984. ML3797.1.F47

Line, Maurice B. "A classification for music scores on historical principles." Libri 12 (1962-63): 352-63. SLIS Z671.L69

McKnight, Mark. Music classification systems. Music Library Association basic manual series, 1. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Macleod, Judy, and Kim Lloyd. "A study of music cataloging backlogs." Library resources & technical services 38/1 (January 1994): 7-15.

Music cataloging bulletin. Canton, MA : Music Library Association, 1970- . Monthly. Shelved in Music Library Technical Services.

Music Library Assoc., Music Thesaurus Project Working Group. "Improved access to music: A report of the MLA Music Thesaurus Project Working Group." Notes 45 (1989): 714-21. ML27.U5M8

Music OCLC Users' Group. The Music OCLC Users Group presents The best of MOUG : A list of Library of Congress name authority records for music titles of major composers. 7th ed. Comp. By Judy Weidow. Austin, TX : MOUG, 2000. Shelved in Technical Services.

Myers, Jane A. "Music: Special characteristics for indexing and cataloguing." The indexer 19 (1995): 269-74. RC Z695.I38

Ostrove, Geraldine. "Headings and Subdivisions for Musical Works: Patterns to Express Medium of Performance." In Music, Libraries, and the Academy: Essays in Honor of Lenore Coral. Ed. by James P. Cassaro, 143-83. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2007.

Papakhian, A. Ralph. "Cataloging." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 581-590. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

________. "The frequency of personal name headings in the Indiana University Music Library card catalogs." Library resources and technical services 29 (1985): 273-85. RC & SLIS Z671.L662

Pethes, Ivan. "The classification of music and literature of music." Fontes artis musicae 15 (1968): 83-102. ML5.F68

Redfern, Brian. "Dinosaurs to crush files: Computer catalogues, classification and other barriers to library use." Brio 21/1 (spring/summer 1984): 4-8. ML5.B857

________. Organising music in libraries. Vol. 1, Arrangement and classification. London : Bingley ; Hamden, CT : Linnet Books, 1978.

Saheb-Ettaba, Caroline and Roger B. McFarland. ANSCR: The alpha-numeric system for classification of recordings. Williamsport, PA : Bro-Dart Publs., 1969. RC Z697.P545S13

Schiodt, Nanna and Patrick Mills. "The bibliographic control of printed music." International cataloguing and bibliographic control 8/2 (1979): 18-24. SLIS Z693.A15I61

Seibert, Donald. The MARC music format: From inception to publication. MLA technical reports, 13. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1982. ML111.M97 no.13

________. SLACC: The partial use of the shelf-list as classed catalog. MLA technical reports, 1. Ann Arbor : Music Library Assoc., 1973. ML111.M97

Shaw, Sarah, and Lauralee Shiere. Sheet music cataloging and processing: A manual prepared for the Brown University Library Title II-C Sheet Music Cataloging Project. MLA technical reports, 15. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1984. ML111.M97 no.15

Smiraglia, Richard P. Cataloging music : A manual for use with AACR2. 2nd ed. Lake Crystal, MN : Soldier Creek Press, 1986. ML111.S63

________. Music cataloging : The bibliographical control of printed and recorded music in libraries. Englewood, CO : Libraries Unlimited, 1989. ML111.S635

________. Shelflisting music : Guidelines for use with the Library of Congress classification: M. MLA technical reports, 9. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc., 1981. ML111.M97 no.9

________. "Theoretical considerations in the bibliographic control of music materials in libraries." Cataloging and classification quarterly 5 (1985): 1-16. SLIS Z693.A15 C35

________. "Uniform titles and music: An exercise in collocating works." Cataloging and classification quarterly 9 (1989): 97-114. SLIS Z693.A15 C35

________ and A. Ralph Papakhian. "Music in the OCLC online union catalog: A review." Notes 38 (December 1981). ML27.U5M8. Statistical analysis of music in the database.

Sweeney, Russell and John Clews. Dewey decimal classification: proposed revision of 780 music. Albany, NY : Fortress Press, 1989. REF Z696.D72M874

Thomas, David H. and Richard P. Smiraglia. "Beyond the score." Notes 54 (1998): 649-66. ML27.U5M8

Vellucci, Sherry L. Bibliographic relationships in music catalogs. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 1997. ML111 .V46

________. "Music metadata." Metadata applications and management, pp. 37-65. Ed. by G. E. Gorman and Daniel G. Dorner. International yearbook of library and information management, 2003/2004. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2004.

________. "Uniform titles as linking devices." Cataloging and classification quarterly 12 (1990): 35-62. SLIS Z693.A15 C35

Weitz, Jay. Music coding and tagging: MARC content designation for scores and sound recordings. Lake Crystal, MN : Soldier Creek Press, 1990. Shelved in Technical Services.

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Copyright

Baskerville, David. "Music copyright." Music Business Handbook & Career Guide, 6th ed., pp.78-107. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Pubs., 1995. REF ML3795 .B33 1995

Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright, fair use, and the challenge for universities: Promoting the progress of higher education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Z649 .F35 C74

________ and Dawn Adams, Copyright law for the digital library: a bibliography. Version: 12 September 2003. http://dml.indiana.edu/pdf/V2_Bibliog_Version_091203.pdf

________. "The expiration of copyright protection: Survey and analysis of U.S. copyright law for identifying the public domain." Prepared for the furtherance of the Digital Music Library Project. http://dml.indiana.edu/pdf/dml-copyright-duration-report.pdf

Davidson, Mary Wallace. "Copyright." In Music librarianship at the turn of the century, 36-42. Music Library Association technical reports, 27. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2000. ML111 .M944. Also in Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 598-604. ML27.U5M8. Special issue.

Garrett, John R. Toward a copyright management system for digital libraries. Salem, MA: Copyright Clearance Center, 1991. KF3030.1 .G239 1991

Jensen, Mary Brandt. Does your project have a copyright problem? A decision-making guide for librarians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996. KF3020 .Z9J45

Jones, Steve. "Music and copyright in the USA." Music and copyright, pp.67-85. Ed. by Simon Frith. Edinburgh law and society series. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993. KF3035 .M68.

Krasilovsky, M. William and Sidney Shemel. This business of music : the definitive guide to the music industry. 8th ed. New York: Billboard Books, 2000. Includes chapters on "Copyright in sound recordings," pp. 71-80; and "Copyright law in the United States," pp. 95-116.

Lichtenwanger, William. "94-553 and all that: Ruminations on copyright today, yesterday, and tomorrow," Notes 35 (1979): 803-848. ML27.U5M8

________. "Music copyright law in the United States." Music publishing & collecting : Essays in honor of Donald W. Krummel, pp.69-94. Ed. David Hunter. Urbana, IL : Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 1994. ML112.M989 1994

Music and copyright. 2nd ed. Ed. by Simon Frith and Lee Marshall. New York: Routledge, 2004. Frontlog 6007202

Music Library Association. Copyright for music librarians. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/

Patterson, L. Ray. The nature of copyright: A law of users' rights. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991. KF3020 .P37 1991

Peters, Marybeth. "U.S. copyright law and performers (and users) rights." ARSC journal 27 (Fall 1996): 212-220. ML1.A8493

Roederer, Charlotte. "Copyright status of historical recordings: Protecting and promoting the public domain." ARSC journal 23/1 (Spring 1992): 30-34. ML1.A8493

Stover, Suzanne. "Copyright and fair use of sound recordings: A preliminary resource guide." ARSC journal 26/1 (Spring 1995): 72-78. ML1.A8493

________. "'Fair use' of sound recordings: A summary of existing practices and concerns." ARSC journal 21/2 (Fall 1990): 232-40. ML1.A8493. Results of a survey of U.S. ARSC members (responses from 29 institutions & 111 private collectors).

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Music bibliography, printing, publishing, editing

Basart, Ann P. "Music bibliography: The American contribution." Modern music librarianship : Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.185-92. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

Brett, Philip. "Text, context, and the early-music editor." Authenticity and early music: A symposium, pp.83-114. Ed. Nicholas Kenyon. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. ML457 .A95

Broido, Arnold. "Publishing." Dictionary of contemporary music, pp.595-98. Ed. John Vinton. New York : Dutton, 1974. REF ML100.V792

Caldwell, John. Editing early music. Early Music Series, 5. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. ML63.C34E3

Deutsch, Otto Erich. "Music and bibliographical practice." Music review 2 (1941): 253-66. ML5.M8424

The dissemination of music: Studies in the history of music publishing. Ed. Hans Lenneberg. Musicology, v.14. USA : Gordon & Breach, 1994. ML112.D577

Foundations in music bibliography. Ed. Richard D. Green. New York : Haworth Press, 1993. Papers of the Conference on Music Bibliography, Evanston 1986. Also published as Music reference services quarterly 2 (1993). ML1.M832

Grier, James. The critical editing of music : History, method, and practice. Cambridge, Eng. : Cambridge University Press, 1996. ML63.G78

Hopkinson, Claude. "Fundamentals of music bibliography." Journal of documentation 11 (1955): 119 ff. SLIS Z1007.J8

Hunter, David. "Two half-centuries of music bibliography." Notes 50/1 (September 1993): 23-38. ML27.U5M8

International Association of Music Libraries, Commission for Bibliographical Research. Guide for dating early published music. Compiled by D.W. Krummel. Hackensack, N.J.: Joseph Boonin, 1974. REF ML111.K94

King, A. Hyatt. Four hundred years of music printing. 2d ed. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968. ML112.K49

Krummel, D. W. Bibliographical handbook of American music. Urbana : Univ. of Illinois Press, 1987. REF ML120.U5K78

________. "Clarifying the musical page: The romantic Stichbild." Printing History 8/2 (1986): 26-36. LILLY Z119.P95

________. English music printing 1553-1700. London : The bibliographical Society, 1975. ML112.K75

________. "On degressive music bibliography." Notes 56/4 (June 2000): 867-78.

________. The literature of music bibliography: An account of the writings on the history of music printing & publishing. Fallen Leaf reference books in music, 21. Berkeley, CA: Fallen Leaf Press, 1992. REF ML112.K75L5

________. "Musical functions and bibliographical forms." The library 5th ser., 31 (1976): 327ff. RC Z2006.B5

________. "The Petrucci centenary." The Gazette of the Grolier Club new series 51 (2000): 99-111. Not at Indiana Univ.

________. Philadelphia music engraving and publishing 1800-1820: A study in bibliography and cultural history. University of Michigan thesis, 1958. FILM ML1074

________. "The presence of the note: Modern music publishing." Modern music librarianship: Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.41-56. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

________ and Stanley Sadie, eds. Music printing and publishing. The Norton/Grove handbooks in music. New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. REF ML112.M86. Includes two chapters bringing up to date H. Edmund Poole and D.W. Krummel's article "Printing and Publishing of Music," in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, v.15, pp.232-274. Ed. Stanley Sadie. Washington, D.C.: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1980.

LaRue, Jan. "Musical exploration: The tasks of research bibliography." Library trends 8 (1960): 510-18. RC & SLIS Z671.L674

________ and David Canata. "An ancient crisis in music bibliography: The need for incipits." Notes 50/2 (December 1993): 502-518. ML27.U5M8

Lenneberg, Hans. On the publishing and dissemination of music, 1500-1850. Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon, 2003.

Lubrano, John and Jude. "The antiquarian music market." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 641-647. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Mendel, Arthur. "The purposes and desirable characteristics of text-critical editions." Modern musical scholarship, pp.14-27. Ed. by Edward Olleson. Boston: Oriel Press, 1978. ML3797.1.M65

Music publishers' international ISMN directory. Comp. By International ISMN Agency. Munich : K. G. Saur ; Berlin : International ISMN Agency ; New Providence : Bowker, 1995- . Annual international directory of music publishers. REF ML112.M875< /P>

Music publishing and collecting : Essays in honor of Donald W. Krummel. Ed. By David Hunter. Urbana, IL : Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994. ML112.M989 1994

Music publishing in Europe 1600-1900 : Concepts and issues, bibliography. Ed. by Rudolf Rasch. Berlin : Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2005. Frontlog 6197583

Sartori, Claudio. "The bibliographer's occupation." Notes 26 (1969-70): 705 ff. ML27.U5M8

Meyer, Kathi, and Eva Judd O'Meara. "The Printing of Music 1473-1934." The Dolphin: A Journal of the Making of Books 2 (1935): 171-207. Z119.D6

Sturm, George. "Music publishing." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 628-634. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Twyman, Michael. Early lithographed music: A study based on the H. Baron Collection. London: Farrand Press, 1996. ML112.T89

Underwood, Kent. "Archival guidelines for the music publishing industry." Notes 52 (1996): 1112-18. ML27.U5M8

Walravens, Hartmut. "ISMN: The international standard music number." Fontes artis musicae 42 (1995): 164-72. ML5.F68

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Technology, and the internet

Davidson, Mary Wallace. "Trends and issues in digital technology." Fontes artis musicae 48 (2001): 398-410.

Downie, J. Stephen. "Music information retrieval." In Annual review of information science and technology 37. Ed. by Blaise Cronin. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2003. pp.295-340. http://music-ir.org/downie_mir_arist37.pdf

Dunn, Jon and Constance Mayer. "VARIATIONS: A digital music library system at Indiana University." 1999. http://www.music.indiana.edu/variations/VARIATIONS-DL99.pdf

Hofstetter, Fred Thomas. Multimedia literacy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. QA76.575.H645 1991

Jung, Karen. "Online systems and the music backlog: Highway to efficiency, or roadway to ruin?" Music reference services quarterly 3 (1994): 63-76. ML1.M832

Music Information Retrieval (Music-IR) organization Web site with links to conference reports, bibliography, etc.: http://music-ir.org

Music Information Retrieval Systems on the Web (links collected by MIT): http://web.media.mit.edu/~chaiwei/research/mir.html

Music Library Assoc. Subcommittee on Automation. "Automation requirements for music materials." 2000. http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/.

Rehbach, Jeffrey. "Computer technology in the music library." Modern music librarianship: Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.123-32. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

Skinner, Robert. "Microcomputers in the music library." Notes 45 (1988): 7-14. ML27.U5M8

Troutman, Leslie. "The online public access catalog and music materials: Issues for system and interface design." Advances in online public access catalogs 1 (1992): 9-37. RC Z699.35.C38A3

________. "Internet primer for music librarians: Tools, sources, current awareness." Notes 51 (1994): 63-76. ML27.U5M8

Vellucci, Sherry L. "Down the yellow brick road: What should we teach about Internet resources?" Fontes artis musicae 43/4 (Oct. 1996): 315-324. ML5.F68

Wright, H. Stephen. "Technology." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 591-97. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

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Administrative matters

Brazell, Troy V., Jr. "Comparative analysis: A minimum music materials budget for the university library." College and research libraries 32 (1971): 110-20. RC Z671.C6

Davidson, Mary Wallace. "Music library administration and organization." Modern music librarianship: Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe, pp.109-118. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

________. "Music Library Association: Report of the Self-Study Steering Committee." Notes 53 (June 1997): 1092-1105. ML27.U5M8

________. "Time-space and the music library." Notes 27 (1970): 12-18.

Fling, Robert Michael. Shelving capacity in the music library. MLA Technical Reports, 7. Philadelphia: Music Library Assoc., 1981. ML111.M97 no.7. Calculating space needs for scores and LPs.

Lasocki, David. "Writing well when you have no time: Advice for music librarians and other busy persons." Annotations: A publication of Indiana's music library 4/2 (Spring 1988): 6-13; reprinted in Cum notis variorum 123 (June 1988): 3-8. ML111.C85

Lesniaski, David. "A profile of the Music Library Association membership." Notes 56/4 (June 2000): 894-906. Local assessment of music libraries and information services: The present and the future. Canton, MA : Music Library Assoc. ; Reston, VA : National Assoc. of Schools of Music, 1994. ML111.L4

Managing performing arts collections in academic and public libraries. Ed. Carolyn A. Sheehy. Westport, CN : Greenwood Press, 1994. SLIS & RC Z688.P38 M36 1994

Metcalf, Keyes D. Planning academic and research library buildings. 2nd ed. by Philip D.Leighton & David C. Weber. Chicago: American Library Assoc., 1986. REF Z679 .M49. Considered to be the standard guide to library planning strategies.

Schultz, Lucia. "Performing rights societies in the United States." Notes 35 (March 1979): 511-536. ML27.U5M8. Describes ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.

Shoaf, R. Wayne. "Archives." Notes 53/3 (March 2000): 648-654. ML27.U5M8. Special issue on Music librarianship at the turn of the century.

Space utilization in Music Libraries. Ed. James Cassaro. MLA technical reports, 20. Canton, MA: Music Library Assoc., 1991. ML111.S77 1991

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The communities of users

Benton, Rita. "The nature of music and some implications for the university music library." Fontes artis musicae 23 (1976): 53-60. ML5.F68. How needs of music libraries and their users differ from those of general (book) collections.

Burkat, Leonard. "The challenge of music librarianship in the public library." Notes 38 (September 1981): 7-13. ML27.U5M8

Campana, Deborah. "Information flow: Written communication among music librarians." Notes (1991): 686-707. ML27.U5M8

Duckles, Vincent. "Music librarian, bibliographer, documentalist." Fontes artis musicae 12 (1965): 138-41. ML5.F68

Gerboth, Walter. "The publics of the music library." Fontes artis musicae 18 (1971): 19-21. ML5.F68

LaRue, Jan, and Jeanette B. Holland. "Biblioprotocol: With a glossary of German terms useful in music libraries." Notes 42 (September 1985): 29-35. ML27.U5M8. Tips for using music libraries abroad.

Luening, Otto. Music materials and the public library : A report to the director of the Public Library Inquiry. New York : Social Science Research Council, 1949. ML200.L9

Myers, Kurtz. "The public library and the musical community." Fontes artis musicae 16 (1969): 133-35. ML5.F68

Music and fine arts in the general library. Ed. Guy A. Marco and Wolfgang M. Freitag. Library trends 23/3 (January, 1975: special issue). SLIS Z671.L674

Samuel, Harld E. "Musicology and the music library." Library trends 25 (1977): 833-46. SLIS Z671.L674

Thompson, Annie Figueroa. "Music cataloging in academic libraries and the case for physical decentralization: A survey." Journal of academic librarianship 12 (1986): 79-83. RC Z671.J85

Watanabe, Ruth. "The scholar and the American music library." Modern music librarianship : Essays in honor of Ruth Watanabe. Ed. Alfred Mann. Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon, 1989. ML111.M65

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Selected Internet Resources

Music Library Association

Music OCLC Users Group

International Association of Music Libraries

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Selected Digital Library Web Sites

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