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Item Open Access Total Health for Music Librarians(2016-10-21) Hursh, DavidSlides and script for this presentation are provided. SEMLA stands for the Southeast Chapter of the Music Librarian Association.Item Open Access The Detail Behind Web-Scale: Selecting and Configuring Web-Scale Discovery Tools to Meet Music Information Retrieval Needs.(2011-08-30) Newcomer, Nara L.Web-scale discovery tools are rapidly gaining popularity as a purported "one-stop search" for discovering library information. Music, particularly printed music and recordings, presents unique information retrieval needs. This article identifies, explores, and makes recommendations regarding key music-related aspects to consider when selecting and implementing a discovery tool, considering scope, metadata, and interface.Item Open Access The Definition of the Work Entity for Pieces of Recorded Sound(2015-10) Holden, ChristopherThe traditional work-instance model differentiates between the intellectual content of a work and the semantic content of its material instantiations. Most scholarship on musical works has concentrated on classical music within the Western canon, and little attention has been paid to other genres of music. This article explores what would constitute an effective work-instance model applicable to sound recordings of non-classical music, examines the shortcomings of the standard work-instance model, and offers new perspectives on the idea of the musical work by integrating the views of philosophers and musicologists, suggesting an interdisciplinary approach to the knowledge organization of musical works. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly on 23 Oct 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01639374.2015.1057886.Item Open Access What Do Patrons Really Do in Music Libraries? An Ethnographic Approach to Improving Library Services(2013-06-10) Hursh, David; Avenarius, ChristineImproving services is what librarians are all about. Of course, doing that requires them to first determine what needs improving, a process that typically involves activities such as number-gathering (e.g., circulation statistics and gate counts), face-to-face patron interviews, surveys, and observation, all of which individually have shortcomings. If the source of the data is reliable, number-gathering is a highly-accurate evaluation method. Unfortunately, this method cannot be used to address all inquiries, and it lacks the human element that brings life to research. Face-to-face interviews and surveys may introduce the human element, but can be misleading because people often say one thing and do another. Likewise, observation introduces the human element, but it does so in a limited way when carried out in the traditional fashion, which centers on defining the behaviors on which observers will focus their attention (Zweizig 1996, 118). Doing this, however, means that any number of other behaviors, knowledge of which could prove useful to improving services, will be ignored. Though admittedly more challenging and time consuming, adopting an ethnographic approach to evaluating library services results in a more complete and accurate picture than is possible with traditional library evaluation methods.Item Open Access Back to Basics: International Collection Development on a Shoestring(East Carolina University, 2009) Newcomer, Nara L.This article explores collection development for small libraries facing an extremely restricted budget, with an additional focus on international school libraries. Drawing on the author’s experience as a professional consultant for Oasis International School, Ankara, Turkey, this case study provides collection development advice, tips for librarians interested in volunteering or international travel, and a literature review. The article shows how an extremely restricted budget and the complexities of an international environment need not prevent libraries from taking steps towards improving their collection. Strategies include: seeking targeted donations from publishers, granting organizations, individuals, and others; intelligently exploiting non-targeted donations; utilizing volunteers; carefully balancing preservation and access; and implementing a basic inventory/circulation system.Item Open Access Good Medicine and Good Music: The Virtual Life of Mrs. Joe Person at East Carolina University(East Carolina University, 2004) Hursh, DavidTells about a digital exhibit celebrating the life of North Carolina patent medicine entrepreneur and folk musician Alice Person.