American Music Librarianship: A Research and Information Guide

ISBN-13: 9780415972918 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 398 str.

Carol June Bradley

Opis

Written by one of the foremost historians of music librarianship in the US, this authoritative bibliography of music librarianship reflects the great diversity of the literature of music librarianship in America. The literature of American music librarianship has been around since the nineteenth century when public libraries began to keep records of player-piano concerts, significant donations of books and music, and suggestions for housing music. Throughout the twentieth century American periodicals printed more and more articles on topics within music studies and eventually specialized books designed to aid the music librarian began to be published. This comprehensive, annotated bibliography includes: items of historical interest; descriptions of individual collections; catalogues of collections; descriptions of specific library functions; record-related subjects; bibliographies designed for music library use; literature from Canada and Britain relevant to US library ...

Recenzje

"Recommended for music library reference shelves and library education collections." -- Library Journal
"Bradley lists articles published up to 2003 about libraries, individual collections, concert notices, and other material relevant to American music librarianship. In its comprehensiveness, the bibliography reveals an extensive literature that may be unknown to many librarians." -- Reference & Research Book News
"In its comprehensiveness, the bibliography reveals an extensive literature that may be unknown to many librarians." -- Reference & Research Book News
"This work is a comprehensive bibliography of sources on music librarianship in the United States. The work is well-indexed and cross-referenced. American Music Librarianship: A Research and Information Guide will be useful to all music librarians, library and information science schools, and academic libraries that serve library education programs." -- American Reference Books Annual

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgment 1. Collection Development and Management 2. Cataloguing and Classification 3. Administration 4. General Studies 5. Librarians 6. Libraries 7. Education for Music Librarianship 8. Professional Organizations Author index Subject/Name index

O autorze

Carol June Bradley