JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC LIBRARIES ARCHIVES A ND DOCUMENTATION CENTRES (AUSTRALIAN BRANCH)
VOLUME18 N02 NOVEMBER 1989 VOLUME18 N02 NOVEMBER 1989
CONTENTS Editorial J. Bourne...... 1 The University of Melbourne Library Music Collections: Music Branch Library and the Grainger Museum RE. Smith...... 3 Monash University Music Library H. Goring...... 13 La Trobe University Library Music Collection R. Polya...... 14 Victorian College of the Arts College Library...... 17 Victorian Music Library C. Vincent...... 19 Courses in Music Librarianship at Monash R Harvey...... 21 State Library of Victoria Art, Musk a..,d Performing Arts Library...... 24 Nunawadirig Library and Information Service M. Hallam...... 25 Substantial Acquisitions for 1989...... 27 Notes and :\fews...... 29 Books, Music, Sound Recordings Received/Notified...... 31 Copyright Amendment Act 1989 R. Polya...... 33
Continua is published half-yearly in May and November by the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, Australian Branch, and is distributed to all members of the Association as part of their membership. Annual membership rates are $35.00 for personal members and $55.00 for institutional members. These subscriptions automatically include subscription to Fontes Artis Musicae. Foreign subscription to Continua only is $8.50 for personal members and $14.50 for institutional members. Membership enquiries should be directed to the '°'""~robv•.r Contributions on any aspect of music librarianship or sotmd archives to be considered for publication should be forwarded to the editors. ISS:N 0310-6802
EDITORS: Mary O'Mara Gordon Abbott Architecture/Music Library Barr Smith Library University of Queensland University of Adelaide ST LUCIA 4067 ADELAIDE 5000 (07) 3773501 (08) 2285489
The editors would like to thank Jacqueline Bourne for her significant contribution to the compilation of this issue of Continua. IAML AUSTRALIAN BRANCH
President: Mary O'Mara Architecture/Music Library University of Queensland ST LUCIA. QLD. 4067
Vice-Presidents : Jennifer Wildy Wigmore Music Library University of Western Australia NEDLANDS. W.A. 6009
Gordon Abbott Barr Smith Library University of Adelaide ADELAIDE. S.A. 5000
Secretary: Laurel Garlick State Library Queensland William Street BRISBANE. QLD. 4000
Treasurer: Denise Vassella Central Library University of Queensland ST LUCIA. QLD. 4067
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
New South Wales : Paul Bentley Dennis Wolanski Library and Archives of the Performing Arts G.P.0. Box 4274 SYDNEY. N.S.W. 2001
Queensland : David Barkla Librarian Queensland Conservatoriurn of Music P.O. Box28 NORTHQUAY. QLD. 4000
South Australia : Gordon Abbott Barr Smith Library University of Adelaide ADELAIDE. S.A. 5000
Victoria : Jacqueline Bourne Librarian, Department of Music Monash University CLAYTON. VIC. 3000
Western Australia : Julie Ham Central Music Library Alexander Library Building Perth Cultural Centre PERTH. W .A. 6000 EDITORIAL
Jacqueline Bourne
This Victorian issue of Continua surveys the music collections in Victoria.
Tertiary collections included are the Music Branch Library, University of Melbourne; Music Library, Monash University; Nonbook Materials Section, La Trobe University Library; and the Victorian College of the Arts Library. The Grainger Museum Collection is included with the University of Melbourne Collection.
Public library collections include the Art, Music and Performing Arts Library, State Library of Victoria and the Nunawading Library and Information Service Music Collection, the music library in the Public Libraries Subject Specialisation Scheme.
The Victorian Music Library, previously called the Victorian Educational Music Library is also included, and makes the claim of having the largest collection of scores and parts available for loan to the general public in Australia.
The prospect of the 1996 Olympic Games being held in Melbourne has given impetus to the City of Melbourne. Plans to develop and beautify the surrounds of the Yarra River have resulted in a new site for our Museum on the south bank. The original plans for redevelopment of the State Library were abandoned, and new plans for refurbishment have recently been released. The project will be completed after the Museum has vacated it's space, hopefully before 1996.
The current wave of amalgamations in Higher Education Institutions has resulted in the Victorian College of the Arts now being affiliated with the University of Melbourne with the prospect of future amalgamation. It is proposed that the Swinburne Film and Television School and the Art Faculty at Prahran Campus of Victorian College will amalgamate with the Victorian of the Arts and share the same site. The anticipated increase in the of students will mean that new buildings will be erected, one of which is a new library. The complex is to be part of the 'Arts City' development south of the Yarra.
As with the NSW Division of IAML, the establishment of a central music lending library is seen as highly desirable, but is beyond the vision of our policy makers at the present in this current climate of budget cutbacks. In Victoria, such a library could be established in 'Arts City', and the issue is one which will be raised by the Victorian Division of IAML during the 1990s.
In Victoria we note the disturbing trend in overseas appointments of Heads of Music Divisions in National and Quasi-National Libraries, where library experience has not been part of the key selection criteria.
We hope the trend is not followed in Australia, and some concern was expressed in Victoria, after a recent appointment to a key position, that library qualifications are not always regarded as mandatory for management positions in specialist music libraries.
We are also concerned with the trend toward non-specialists in our State Library, where the use of generalist librarians to staff the Art, Music and Performing Arts Library has increased in recent times.
During 1990, the Victorian Division will be endeavouring to ensure that this specialist library will be directed by a librarian, in particular that a qualified music librarian should be employed along with support staff, and also that appropriate qualifications are seen as mandatory in selection criteria for future appointments in the Music Division.
It is seen as important to have a Music Librarian with adequate training and knowledge to provide a proper service to library users, who can also represent the State Library in National forums. The success of IAML depends on contributions from such a person.
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2 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE LIBRARY MUSIC COLLECTIONS: MUSIC BRANCH LIBRARY AND THE GRAINGER MUSEUM
Robyn E. Smith Curator of Music at The University of Melbourne
THE MUSIC BRANCH LIBRARY
Brief history of the library Melbourne University Music Library is one of the largest music libraries of its kind in Australia. Established in about 1908, it has an interesting history. Professor Marshall-Hall was appointed to the first Chair in Music in 1891, but it was not until 1908 that an Englishman, Mr. A.E.J. Lee, presented £1,000 to the Professor "to use as he saw fit for orchestral work." This money was used to form the nucleus of the Lady Northcote Permanent Orchestra Trust. Orchestral music was purchased, and thus the nucleus of the Library was formed. While music has moved forward in Victoria, and the Music Library here has played a very important part in its progress, it is interesting to note that in 1933 Sir James Barrett, then Deputy Chancellor, stated in an address that the Music Library "now contains 670 orchestral works, and 780 chamber works ... and no less than 58 orchestral instruments." In 1940 Sir James again stated, when speaking of the Library: "all that is now wanted in that direction is a fireproof library as some of the contents are irreplaceable... the Library is crowded out and difficult to handle because of the mass of musical works." The Library has changed its location many times. One of its more noteworthy homes in the Faculty of Music was a small downstairs lending library, commonly called "the dungeon". It was in there, during one of its periodical floodings, that after much searching for the cause, the official explanation was given "that flooding occurs when the Maribyrnong rises'. Surely this alone makes the Music Library unique.
Details of the collection 1-srYrmPrlu known as the Conservatorium Library, we are now a branch of the In addition to monographs, serials, periodicals and collected also housed the Faculty collection of scores, sheet music, ,w,-hc,ch·~ instruments as well as a choral and orchestral library which for many years has supplied performance material for symphony concerts throughout Australia.
Our books cover the following sections:
General reference (including dictionaries, encyclopedia, catalogues); biography; opera and ballet; history; ethnomusicology; harmony and counterpoint; form and analysis; composition; electronic music; orchestration; acoustics; conducting; instruments; miscellaneous (including essays etc.); aesthetics; education; voice and speech; ear training and sight reading; school music books.
3 Music covers the following range:
Piano solos; piano four hands etc.; two pianos; organ; violin; viola; cello; bass; flute; oboe; clarinet; bassoon; horn; trumpet; trombone; tuba; percussion; harp; recorder; trios; quartets; quintets etc.; vocal including solos, duets, solfeggi etc.; miniature scores; full scores; opera vocal scores; choral vocal scores; electronic and contemporary music; elementary teaching materials for the piano and violin; school songs and albums; school cantatas; part songs.
Reference material includes a significant number of collected editions and historical sets. Those not held elsewhere in Melbourne libraries include The Antico Editions; Archives de maftres de /'argue des xv1e, XVIJe et xvme siec/es; Publications of the Biblioteca Central, Barcelona; Chefs d 'oeuvres c/assiques de I' opera franr;ais; I classici musicali Italiani; Concen tus musicus; Documenta musicologica; Handschriften-faksimiles; Early romantic opera; the collected works of Johann Joseph Fux, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Sergey Prokofiev, Johann Strauss Sr. and of Carl Maria von Weber; Institute of medieval music. Publications - facsimiles; and the Repertoire des manuscrits medievaux. Important special collections are the Cantigas de Sancta Maria. Manuscript T.LL of the Biblioteca de San Lorenzo de! Escorial (13th century). Facsimile: no. 1366 of 2000 published for the Patrimonio Nacional (Madrid, 1979); The Michael Tippett Australian Archive; Australian music programs, 1853 to the present day; and the collection of 78 rpm gramophone records.
Selection policy Our broad selection policy is to acquire and maintain a collection of library materials in both print and non-print formats which will support the immediate and future teaching, research and performance needs of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Music. The priority areas have been the building up of monographs, scores, sound recordings and collected editions. It is our policy to buy material for each instrument every year, with contemporary scores receiving high consideration. As new subjects are introduced, a new grant of money becomes available to meet student needs, as in the case of Music Therapy (1978), Music Analysis (1986) and The 1890s (1987).
Cataloguing practices Most of our material is on ABN. The classification schemes are the Dewey Decimal Classification (19th edition, with the 20th edition gradually being introduced) for monographs; broad instrumental and genre groupings for music performance material, placed on shelves in alphabetical order by composer; and alphabetical by title for the periodical collection. The audio- visual collection is catalogued but not classified, and material has a running accession number. Collected editions and historical sets are listed by author, title and series in one alphabetical sequence. Services provided l. Interlibrary loans are available to staff and postgraduate students. If a book or journal is not available at the University of Melbourne Library, it is possible to obtain it on interlibrary loan from another library. 2. Photocopying facilities are provided in the Music Branch Library. Photocopiers can only be operated by Resource Cards which can be purchased in the basement of the Baillieu Library. 3. Lending is available to enrolled students of the University of Melbourne including the Institute of Education music students, staff and approved borrowers. Approved borrower status is open to past graduates of the University and other persons on application to the Branch Librarian, in the first instance. Staff and students from other Victorian universities may also borrow under the CAVAL Reciprocal Borrower's Scheme. Music and books on the open shelves, unless otherwise marked, may be borrowed for 1 week (undergraduate students) or 1 month (staff and postgraduate students). Undergraduate texts, when in demand, may be restricted to 7 day or overnight loan. 4. Audio equipment. Turntables, cassette decks and compact disc players with stereo headphones are available for use within the Music Branch Library. Instructions for their use are listed beside each unit. 5. Computerised information retrieval. The Baillieu Library offers a computerised literature search service for students and staff of the University of Melbourne. Searches can be conducted on databases offered through American DIALOG and ORBIT systems and the French TELESYSTEMES- QUESTEL. There is also access to the Australian AUSINET network and OZLINE.
Users served The Music Branch Library serves the needs of all University and Institute staff and students and is open to members of the general public.
Staffing Library staff consist of the Curator of music, the Librarian, the Branch Assistant and the Junior Branch Assistant.
Physical layout/plan The attached plan shows the layout of the various parts of the collection. The Library has seating for thlrtyfive readers and in addition twelve turntables and fourteen carrels for personal listening and study.
Address and hours The Music Branch Library is situated in the Baillieu Library - 3rd floor. Our address is Bai!lieu Library, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC., 3052. Our hours of opening are: Semesters 1 and 2 9.00am - 6.00pm Mon/Wed/Fri. 9.00am - 7.00pm Tues/Thurs. Last three weeks of winter recess 9.00am - 5.00pm Mon - Fri. Admission period 9.00am - 5.00pm Mon - Fri.
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JANUARY, 1989 ( Pf.<11) THE GRAINGER MUSEUM
Brief history of the Museum Originally called the "Music Museum and Grainger Museum" and later the "Grainger Museum", the building was constructed for Percy Grainger between 1935 and 1938. It was officially opened in 1938. The museum project had developed for some years in Grainger's mind and he intended it to be a bequest to the city of his birth. His ideals for the collection were to preserve and exhibit music and other items that stressed "the creative side of music." · The Museum contains not only a large quantity of material from Grainger's own life, but . m.uch material concerning his musical contemporaries, particularly the lesser-known ones. After many initial hindrances, such as the use of the building for storage and other purposes during and after World War II, the exhibits were finally consolidated during Grainger's last visit to Australia in 1956. During the 1960s the Museum was open to the public on a regular basis for the first time, and in 1966 became the setting for concerts of new and little-known music. In 1989 the Grainger Museum became a branch of The University of Melbourne Library.
Details of the collection The collections of the Grainger Museum comprise the following: Objects - Musical instruments, china, clothing and other items, largely on display. Visual materiai - Paintings (including works by Tom Roberts and Rupert Bunny), drawings, sketches and photographs. Many art-works and photographs are on display. Music - Many manuscripts by Grainger and other composers (such as Delius), and published music of Grainger and others. Recordings - Gramophone recordings of music of Grainger and others, old recordings of folksingers, tapes and piano rolls. Correspondence - A vast quantity of letters of Percy and Ella Grainger and their many associates, including letters of Edvard Grieg and Frederick Delius. Articles and essays - Written by Grainger. Also personal documents and business papers. Publications - Approximately 1,300 books from Grainger's library, journals, pamphlets, programmes of Grainger's concerts and press cuttings. Special collections - Including archival records of the Royal Victorian Liedertafel, G.W.L. Marshall-Hall and Alberto Zelman Material held in storage
7 may be inspected in the Research room by application to Museum staff.
Selection policy Our broad selection policy is to select and maintain material which throws light upon the processes of musical composition during the period in which Australia has been prominent in music - from about 1880 to the present day. It was Grainger's aim to collect manuscripts, musical sketches, letters, articles, mementos, portraits, photographs etc. by and of those English-speaking Scandinavian composers that seemed to Grainger the most gifted and progressive. Grainger felt very strongly that musical culture in all parts of the world suffered from the lack of cosmopolitan and universalist outlook on music. Thus one of his aims was to collect a vast mass of significant and beautiful folk music, primitive music, and Asian and African art-musics. He tried to reclaim the larger and more exacting masterpieces of 20th century "Nordic" composers (British, Irish, American, Canadian, Australasian, Dutch and Scandinavian), and to equip the Museum with publications, manuscripts, gramophone records and other material conducive to the study of the above- mentioned neglected musics.
Cataloguing practices Monographs are classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System (19th edition), with Dewey 20 Music Schedules adopted for selected problem areas only, these being interfiled with existing stock. Recorded music is arranged by running numbers. Compact disc entries follow those for 45s and 78s. Tunes, melodies and arrangements are listed alphabetically by title. The subject file is arranged alphabetically according to broad subject headings (instrumental and genre groupings). The Historical Disc Catalogue is arranged alphabetically by composer in two series: the 10" disc (Bl-1); and the 12" disc (Bl-10"/1). Contemporary music is arranged alphabetically under the following four broad areas: Recordings for friends and acquaintances of Grainger; Grainger subject entries; Australian music; and the Keith Humble collection. For clarity of listing, Catalogue 1 follows Dr. T.C. Slattery's division of Grainger's work into "Original compositions and folksong settings" and "Arrangements of other composers' music." The material is grouped according to type: published music, manuscript, photostat copies of manuscripts and so on. The letter prefix MG has been given to all music in the Percy Grainger Music Collection, to distinguish the music from the other categories of material in the Grainger Collection. The letter prefix and the number of the group appear before a diagonal stroke. Numbers after the stroke indicate titles, arrangements, editions and items. The colon is used to separate off the numbering of individual parts in a set, or groups of sketches or miscellaneous items. The Supplementary list to Catalogue 1 deals with music that has come into the Grainger Museum since the 1970s, and uses the same system as Catalogue 1, but is preceded by the prefix SL 1.
8 Items in Catalogue 2, which is Grainger's collection of music by other composers, also uses the letter prefix MG, but in this case the letter C has been added to indicate that it is written by composers other than Grainger himself. The more specific designations D, F, J, Q, R or Shave been used for items in the sub-collections given to Grainger by Mrs Dahl, Winifred Francis, John Grainger, Aunty Jack, Hamilton Russell and Antonio Sawyer respectively. Material in this catalogue is further classified according to type: published music, manuscripts, photoprints, popular music, or chamber music published by the Society for Publication of American Music. This is indicated by the numbers 1 to 5 adjacent to the letter prefix. The collections of Australian composers have their own classification system. For example, in the Marshall-Hall collection, the letter prefix M-H has been given to all material to distinguish this collection from others held in the Grainger Museum. The material before the oblique stroke indicates the class of material (theatre works, orchestral works, chamber music etc.). Numbers after the stroke indicate titles, arrangements, editions and items. The colon is used to separate off the numbering of individual parts in a set, or groups of sketches or miscellaneous items.
Services provided 1. Guided tours are provided for school groups, accompanied by 2 teachers, and limited to a maximum of 25 students; and for postgraduate and adult groups, with a minimum requirement of 1 week prior notification. 2. Copies may be made in the categories of cassette tapes, photocopies, photographs, slides and microfilms. Prices for such services are available on application. 3. Permission may be granted on written application for a film company or television crew to enter the Grainger Museum to film general or specific items in the Museum. The application should set out precisely, the dates, times and material which the applicant wishes to film. 4. Research. Researchers who are unable to visit the Grainger Museum and carry out their own research may employ the services of a research assistant for this purpose. 5. Audiovisual facilities. Researchers requesting copies in any of the forms of cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes or videotapes will have such services provided as long as copyright clearance is obtained. Prices for such services are available on application.
Users served The Grainger Museum provides services to Faculty staff and students, to scholars and the general public.
Staffing Museum staff consist of the Assistant Curator and the Library Assistant.
Physical The Museum consists of a foyer, which contains a display from the Royal Victorian Liedertafel collection; several glass display cases containing a box once belonging to Franz Liszt and items about Leon Caron; Bunny's
9 sketch portrait of Percy Grainger, a bronze bust figure of G.W.L. Marshall-Hall, and a bronze bust of Cyril Scott. The Front Gallery-North-London Room is a recreation of Grainger's music room at Chelsea, London, 1909-1914. The Front Gallery-South contains a tablet with "The aims of the Grainger Museum"; instruments including Grainger's childhood piano, one of the oldest Broadwood pianos, a "Butterfly" piano tuned in 6ths , a square piano, a "Parlor Grand" piano, and three harmoniums; paintings by Tom Roberts, Rupert Bunny and Ella Grainger; and various portraits, landscapes and photographs. The South Gallery contains items of clothing worn by Cyril Scott, Roger Quilter, H. Balfour Gardiner, Percy and Ella Grainger; various marimbas and Swiss handbells; other paintings and furnishings; and one of Grainger's "free music" machines, the "reed-box tone tool." The South-East Gallery is designed to show Grainger's interest in the cultures of many countries. A detailed guide for the musical instruments is available on loan. Two of Grainger's three "free music" machines, the "sliding-pipe (free music) invention" and the "kangaroo pouch" machine, are on display in the South-East Gallery. The rest of the area is occupied by furnishings and tablets relating to Grainger's parents and relatives, to folk-song activities in England and Denmark, and about the third "free music" machine. The Research Room contains the Grainger Library of books, various posters of Percy Grainger, and two of Grainger's grand pianos, including an electrically powered Duo-Art player piano used by Grainger in his early "free music" experiments. (see attached plan).
Address and hours The Grainger Museum, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkviile, VIC., 3052. Hours of opening to the public are 10.00am - 4.00pm Monday to Friday.
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A librarian from the Main Library with an interest in music, Ken Hom, later to become the State Librarian, built up a small collection of. books in the Main Library. Then in 1965, when the first Professor of Music, Professor Trevor Jones was appointed, the work of selection and ordering music scores and recordings for the Department was taken over by him. In 1966 a Music Librarian, Juliet Lewis, was appointed and several rooms on the floor were to house the collection. From then on, the collection of scores and recordings (books were located in the Main Library) developed rapidly. Professor Jones was assisted by Michael Brimer (late Professor of Music at Melbourne University), and more recently, Laughton Harris. As well as building a collection of Western music, special emphasis was placed on the establishment of a non-Western recorded music collection, which has since grown to become one of the best of its kind in Australia. Today, in addition to the non-Western collection, the Music Library boasts a fine collection of scores, mainly study editions and sound recordings. Collected editions and facsimiles form a major part of this collection. A specially tailored system for non-Western sound materials has been built up since the appointment of the first Sound Archivist, Dr Jill Stubington in 1978. The first step was to put the information on cards. With the installation of a computer in 1987 this information was adapted to suit the data structure of In Magic, which was bought for this purpose. A strategy for the computerisation of the sound recordings was devised, and divided into two stages for implementation : the first stage involves the entry of discographic information (including location of performance and ethnicity of performer), while the second involves the entry of stylistic information. Since May of this year the scores have been catalogued online to the national database (ABN). About 50% of this is original cataloguing. Staffing 1 full-time Music Librarian, 1 full-time Library Assistant, 1 part-time Archivist. Address Monash University Music Library, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168. Ph. (03) 565 3236 Hours 9.00am - 5.30pm Monday and Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday *******~* 13 LATROBE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MUSIC COLLECTION Rosemary Pol ya Non-book Materials Librarian In 1974 the Library at La Trobe University, began purchasing scores and recordings in preparation for the commencement of music teaching at the University in 1975. The music collection formed the nucleus of the Audiovisual Services Section along with microfilm and various other audiovisual formats. The Section was subsequently renamed the Nonbook Materials Section. Selection A major portion of the collection has been selected by the Library staff. The Music Department requests more specialised materials corresponding to their research interests. In particular, input by the Music Department has led to particularly strong holdings with respect to jazz, medieval and twentieth century music in addition to the regular classical fare which of course includes standard collected editions. Most of the material is purchased. The Ron Waddlington bequest is used to expand the recorded jazz collection. The collection The music score and recording collections make up a major portion of the Nonbook Materials Section collection. As of 1989 the number of titles held were as follows: Music audio-discs 6290 (8000 discs) Music audio-tapes 116 Compact discs 260 Music audio cassettes 104 Music video recordings 25 Scores 12000 Scores on microfilm 38 The Music Department at La Trobe University's Bundoora campus also holds uncatalogued performance tapes and the Education Curriculum Laboratory Library in the School of Education has approximately 75 music discs and cassettes for student-teacher use. In addition to this, the Carlton campus (formerly the Lincoln Institute) has a further 1500 uncatalogued sound recordings which were purchased to support therapy courses for that campus. Music monographs and periodicals are not housed in the Nonbook Materials Section; they are located in the respective book and periodical sections. Music reference books are located in the general reference section. There are approximately 8500 music monographs and 75 serial titles in the Borchardt Library. 14 The area It is somewhat difficult to separate music out completely from the general NBM space distribution because some areas have a dual purpose. The NBM Section has moved four times since its inception because its space needs and growth rate have been underestimated. The third move involved a doubling of the area and in the fourth and last move a 300% increase was obtained. After three years at the present location, space problems are apparent. The current overall space is 550 square metres; of this the distribution for music purposes is roughly as follows: Score stacks (open access) 50 sq. m. 2 listening rooms 26 sq. m. Audiovisual listening room 133 sq. m. Software storage (closed access) 25 sq. m. Work space 45 sq. m. Cataloguing From 1974-75 when the instant music library of some 3000 scores and 3500 recordings was assembled there was insufficient staff to produce catalogue cards. A print-out in composer order was the sole access point for users. From 1980 to 1985 catalogue cards were produced and from 1985 new acquisitions could be accessed by the OPAC terminal only. Theoretically, all the music collection may be accessed by computer; however there are problems with pre- 1980 acquisitions. Music is catalogued according to AACR2. Records are given an accession number only, i.e. PD 1234 / \ phonodisc accession Scores are designated folio, quarto or miniature and by a Cutter number assigned to them; then by a suffix to the Cutter number denoting a title, a musical form or instrument. e.g. 1. QUA G318 po quartoI Gershwin \ "' Porgy and Bess e.g. 2. FOL I sr \2~ folio Schubert coll. works vol. no. e.g. 3. MIN B862 co. p. 1 Bntten\ concerto\ \.~ piano number 1 The URlCA computer system is used. Access problems are experienced because the was designed for general use rather than specific music needs. The 15 notes field, which contains information about the contents of a recording or score set, is not readily searchable. Nevertheless access has been improved considerably with this system. Staffing Present staffing consists of a 0.5 Librarian, 1 Library Technician and casual staff for 40 hours per week for week day, evening and weekend shifts. Staffing levels will be reviewed at the end of 1989. User Services Although the collections may be accessed through the computer or by annually-produced computer printouts for scores, vinyl and compact discs, there are difficulties inherent in music libraries experienced by users when trying to locate a particular piece of music. To alleviate this, items required for classes are located, and placed on reserve for students. Handouts for various aspects of the music collection are gradually being produced. A reader education programme is in place. Enquiries Most enquiries are reiated to undergraduate courses. Requests are forwarded by the general reference desk or received by telephone or in person in the NBM office. Reference inquiries have doubled since the Section has moved to a more accessible part of the Library. T'ne Section currently handles about 10,000 enquiries per year of which only a portion relate to music. Loans Apart from overnight and reserve loans, scores are not usually handled by the Nonbook Materials Section. They are borrowed via a computerised loans system at the front of the Library. All loans for music recordings are made from the NBM desk. There were 3800 issues in 1988. Listening facilities are available to all library users; however, borrowing privileges are restricted to those users who are studying or teaching music. Hours of opening During the academic year, the Section is open from 8.45am to 8.00pm Monday to Thursday, 8.45am to 6.00pm on Friday and 1.00pm to 5.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The Library is open from 9.00am to 5.00pm during the summer vacation. The future A review of the audiovisual/non-book materials sections of the three campus libraries at Abbotsford, Carlton and Bundoora will commence shortly. The result of the survey and the effects of various amalgamation proposals will determine the future direction and development of the music collection. ********* 16 VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS COLLEGE LIBRARY The Victorian College of the Arts was established as a College of Advanced Education in 1973. The foundation school of the College was the former National Gallery of Victoria Art School. The School of Music enrolled students in 1974 and offered a 3 year Diploma of Arts in music performance. In subsequent years Schools of Dance and Drama and a secondary school were established. The College's music courses now extend to postgraduate studies and the present enrolment is about 300 music students. Total College enrolment is 700 plus 160 secondary students in music and dance. The College is affiliated with the University of Melbourne and discussions on amalgamation are expected to take place. It is likely that the College will cease to exist as a separate tertiary education institution in 1991. The Library collection The was established in late 1973 and has a collection of 26,000 9000 sound recordings, 34,500 scores (including orchestral, music and ensemble performance sets), 140 videocassettes and subscribes to 375 periodical ti fies. -The collection is specialised covering the fine and performing arts wii:h additional collections in literature, languages, philosophy a..r1.d history. Full statistical information is provided in the annual Colleges and University statistical supplement published with the September issue of Australian Academic and Research Libraries. Collection development The Music Collection is particularly strong in solo repertoire for orchestral instruments, keyboard and voice. Well developed chamber music and orchestral music collections have national bibliographic significance. The collection concentrates on Western concert music with only a limited coverage of non-Western music mainly covered in monographs and sound recordings. Choral music and organ music are not collected for performance but may be acquired if the repertoire is significant in music history. Cataloguing practices Music monographs are classified using Dewey and scores are classified by the British Catalogue of Music classification. Descriptive cataloguing is in accordance with AACR 2. In 1987, the College joined the Australian Bibliographic Network and all monograph cataloguing takes place through this national network. During 1988, the cataloguing, circulation and public access catalogue modules in the MATLAS network were implemented. This network is based at RMIT and the participant in the network besides this College is the Victorian College of Pharmacy. (Some participation by the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture will take place during 1989 only). The network uses the GEAC computer system. 17 Information services A full range of academic library information services is offered although on- line searching of periodical indexing data bases is undertaken by arrangement at other city academic libraries. The Library lends on inter-library loan. However, orchestral sets are not available except by special arrangement. Listening and video viewing facilities are available in the College Library. Users The Library serves a student population of 700 and 60 senior secondary school students. Over 200 academic staff are associated with the College including a large number of part-time and sessional staff. Individual lessons are offered to all music students. Staff The Library has a total staff of six. As in all small academic libraries each position involves professional and non-professional duties. There is a strong service orientation within the Library and the professional staff are expected to participate fully in the educational activities of the College. Address and hours Library, Victorian College of the Arts, 234 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC., 3004. Tel: (03) 616 9342 9.00am - 6.00pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday. 9.00am - 7.00pm Thursday. ********* 18 VICTORIAN MUSIC LIBRARY Christine Vincent Librarian The Victorian Music Library is situated in the pleasant surroundings of Camberwell High School on the comer of Prospect Hill Rd and Byron St, Canterbury. It aims to foster and encourage the playing of music throughout the community. The resources of the library comprise one of the largest collections of scores and parts available for loan to the general public in Australia, with holdings of 12,000 catalogued scores and parts. The collection includes: Solo works for strings, woodwind and brass Chamber works including duos, trios, quartets, and trio sonatas for strings, wind and brass String orchestra music Full orchestra music, including miniature scores Wind band music Stage band music Recorder music Wind and string ensembles in combination Choral music - single and multiple copies for duos, trios, quartets and unison songs. The Library caters for such unusual combinations of chamber music as violin and harp, flute and double bass or cello quintets. The Library also includes as part of community activities: Display of concert activities in the community Notices of instruments for sale Listings of adult and youth orchestras Listing of chamber groups and players interested in chamber music Advice on setting up of new groups Organising of concerts Advice on choice of music File on music teachers available in every suburb. Cataloguing practices The British Catalogue of Music Classification is used. Users served The membership of the library includes individuals, schools, and community music organisations (local and interstate). A postal service is offered for country, interstate and overseas borrowers. 19 Annual subscription is $45 for schools and organisations and $20 for individuals. Address and hours Victorian Music Library, c/ o Camberwell High School, Prospect Hill Road, Canterbury, VIC 3126 8.30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Catalogues available for purchase 1. String chamber catalogue $4.00 2. String orchestra catalogue $7.50 3. Orchestra catalogue $6.00 4. Wind band catalogue $4.00 5. Brass wind catalogue $4.00 6. Solo and orchestra catalogue $4.00 7. Piano, wind/string catalogue $4.00 8. Woodwind chamber catalogue $4.00 ********* Australia-wide Library Supplies a Speciality * Records and Cassettes Classical, pop, jazz, folk, country and western, easy-listening, children's, spoken word. * Classical sheet music * Vocal scores * Pocket scores TARANTELLA 783 Pacific Highway, Gordon. NSW. 2072 Phone: !02) 498 3711 20 COURSES IN MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIP AT MONASH Ross Harvey From 1990 it will be possible to undertake study in music librarianship at Monash University's Graduate School of Librarianship, Records and Information Management. The School will offer several ways of doing this: 1. By pursuing a specialisation in music librarianship within the School's first professional library qualification, its Master of Arts. This is available to music graduates without library qualifications; 2. To take the course 'Issues in Music Librarianship' plus another music course or courses, as part of the Diploma of Librarianship qualification. This is available to music graduates with a professional library qualification; 3. To take the course 'Issues in Music Librarianship' plus another music course or courses, and to present a thesis in the area of music librarianship, as part of the Master of Librarianship qualification. This is available to music graduates with a professional library qualification; 4. To take the subject 'Issues in Music Librarianship' as a 'Not for Degree' course. The key to these is the new course 'Issues in Music Librarianship'. This was developed to meet a small but constant demand for attention to be paid to the special requirements of the provision of music in Australian libraries. This demand was indirectly expressed through the difficulties locating librarians with music librarianship skills when positions requiring such skills were advertised. The expertise and interest of a current staff member at the Graduate School, Ross Harvey, and the Music Department's interest in encouraging employment opportunities for its graduates have been combined to develop and offer this course. 'Issues in Music Librarianship' will examine the theoretical basis of music provision in libraries, particularly in the light of changes in the field and in areas requiring further development. Special reference will be made to Australian libraries. The course aims to identify and evaluate particular issues or problems in music provision in libraries, and to develop possible strategies to address them. It will be taught during one semester, in twelve seminars each of two hours. It will be taught by staff in the School with assistance from Music Department staff, the Music Librarian at Monash University, and guest lecturers, under the supervision of Ross Harvey. The seminars will cover the topics listed below. Any comments and advice on the course's content will be welcomed. 21 The topics are: The Australian context; overview of Australian issues. Australian holdings of music. Location and adequacy of holdings; Conspectus. The music trade. Australian music printing and publishing; international trends; copyright. Acquiring music. Purchase or hire; sources of supply. Bibliographic control. Indexing; ABN; local, national and international sources of cataloguing data; music cataloguing problems. Preservation. Special problems of sound recordings, digital formats, printed music, manuscript collections. Reference services. Online databases; CDROM; lacunae in Australian reference works. Resource sharing. Interlibrary loan; the place of ABN; cooperative listing and loan schemes. Sound recordings. New formats; acquisition; housing and preservation; bibliographic control; equipment choice; purchase, maintenance. Special collections. Special requirements of musical instruments and paper-based archives. Music in particular kinds of libraries. Music services in a particular kind of library (for example, public, academic) will be examined, the choice each year depending on the interests of the students in the class. The Graduate School of Librarianship, Records, and Information Management at Monash aims to improve understanding of the purposes and problems of libraries and information agencies through study and research. The School has a particular interest in promoting research and one way it does this is by encouraging its students to build on the subject major of their first degree. Its first professional librarianship qualification, the M.A., emphasises subject specialisation in first year courses, in the thesis, and in the choice of electives in the second year. For a music graduate the course of study for the M.A. could be: First year: compulsory coursework, with an emphasis where possible on music; fieldwork in a music library. Second year: one compulsory course; the course 'Issues in Music Librarianship'; one elective course chosen from courses in music offered the Music Department at Masters level or from courses in 22 librarianship offered by the Graduate School of Librarianship; a thesis in the areas of music librarianship. The resulting qualification is one which is accredited by the Australian Library and Information Association as entitling holders to professional membership, and which has a significant music librarianship component. The Diploma of Librarianship requires six courses to be taken and has no thesis requirement. A possible course of study for a music specialisation could be: the course 'Issues in Music Librarianship' one course from the Music Department's M.A. offerings three courses chosen from those offered by the Graduate School of Librarianship, Records, and Information Management. The Master of Librarianship normally requires four courses and a thesis, and a possible course of study for a music specialisation could be: a compulsory course on research methods the course 'Issues in Music Librarianship' one course from the Music Department's M.A. offerings one course chosen from those offered by the Graduate School of Librarianship, Records, and Information and Management a thesis in the area of music librarianship or a related topic. Courses available from the Music Department would be subject to the student's ability to satisfy the normal Music Department prerequisites for entry to its courses. Please address any inquiries about the course to: Dr Ross Harvey Graduate School of Librarianship, Records, and Information Management Monash University Clayton VIC 3168 Telephone: (03) 565 2959 ********* 23 STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA ART, MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY The music collection of the State Library of Victoria is one of the major national collections, with a breadth of approach towards a wide user group ranging from music educators and professional musicians to the general enquirer. The relevant music sections of the State Library of Victoria: Selection Policy were reprinted with permission in Continua, Vol. 15, No. 2, November 1986. Those extracts outline the collection building emphases for reference works, monographs, serials, scores, sound recordings, ephemera, manuscripts, opera, sacred music, instrumental music and popular music. Service Reference service, facilities to play sound recordings in conventional and compact disc format, 12 listening carrels, 2 sound-proofed rooms, one with a piano. Staffing The service point is staffed predominantly by generalist professional librarians, 1 library technician with a specialist Arts Librarian available for advice and consultation. An Arts Support position is used to provide in depth work experience for the generalist staff. Address and hours The Queen's Hall State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Telephone 669 9834 (Reference Desk) 669 9846 (Arts Librarian) Monday l.00pm-6.00pm Tuesday-Sunday 10.00am-6.00pm ************* 24 NUNAWADING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE MUSIC COLLECTION Marian Hallam Central Reference Librarian Introduction In 1966 Nunawading Public Library (now Nunawading Library and Information Service) was assigned by the Municipal Interlibrary Committee (MINTERLIB) to collect music in depth as its special subject. This scheme operated among Melbourne public libraries for several years, but only a few continue this practice today. Collection The collection consists of five major groups: 1. Monographs - materials on the history, theory, principles and teaching of music; general works on orchestral, chamber and vocal music; works on individual musical instruments or families of instruments; biographical and critical material on composers, performers, conductors, etc. 2. Periodicals - generalist titles appealing to the music lover, e.g. Gramophone; specialised titles for informal students and amateur performers, e.g. Guitar Player. 3. Printed music- vocal scores covering well-known operas, operettas, oratorios, musicals and rock operas; miniature scores of standard orchestral and selected chamber music works; albums and song collections; sheet music including works written or arranged for specific instruments; tutors for students of specific instruments. Emphasis is given to vocal and miniature scores. 4. Reference - specialist material for specific music related queries; general material about the whole field of music; dictionaries and encyclopedias, handbooks, standard works, indexes and discographical aids. 25 5. Recorded music - it is planned to develop a collection of compact discs which will provide access to as wide a range as possible of recorded music in this format; it will complement the range of books and other music related print materials; only good quality recordings will be purchased. Selection policy Not yet available as it is currently proceeding through the Council approval process. It is expected to be available in late 1989. Cataloguing Prior to 1973 music was classified according to DDC. Since then, the McColvin Music Collection Classification scheme has been used. However, the collection may be reclassified using DDC20. Services As the collection is primarily a lending one, Inter-library loans are encouraged. The usual ILL procedures apply. Users The collection aims to serve - amateur performers; formal and informal music students; general music lovers. It does not cater for the serious music research student. Staff There is no Music Librarian, although the Central Reference Librarian has a music degree and assists in purchasing and maintaining this collection. Location and hours Nunawading Library and Information Service, 379 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading, VIC 3131 Phone (03) 872 9520 1.30pm - 8.30pm Monday and Wednesday 10.30am - 8.30pm Tuesday and Thursday 10.30am - 5.00pm Friday and Saturday ********* 26 SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS FOR 1989 Music Branch Library, University of Melbourne Among the significant acquisitions of the Music Branch Library, University of Melbourne, are the Garland series Seventeenth-century keyboard music. Sources central to the keyboard art of the Baroque edited by Alexander Silbiger (New York & London: Garland, 1987); and Renaissance music in facsimile. Sources central to the music of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, edited by Howard Mayer Brown, Frank A. D'Accone and Jessie Ann Owens (New York & London: Garland, 1988). The first, a thirty-one volume facsimile set presenting thirty-eight sources central to the keyboard art of the Baroque, contains collections of two of the period's great exponents of keyboard music, Frescobaldi and Froberger; the works of Kerl!, Poglietti, Pasquini and Weckmann; and a series of Italian, English and German anthologies. The second is a fifty-nine volume set presenting twenty-nine sources central to the music of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It provides a representative sample of the most important kinds of music books in use during the Renaissance, and as well, some of the most important manuscript sources of sacred and secular music. Other acquisitions include Jazz, blues, soul and rock: Contemporary music journals. Part 1: The new musical express & predecessors, 1946-1971; The dancing times, Oct. 1910 - Sep. 1951; The dictionary of American hymnology: first-line index (New York: University Music Editions, n.d.); and the series Unpublished Music Manuscripts from the great English collections. Part one: The Gerald Coke Handel Collection - Manuscripts of individual works (Surrey: Harvester Press Microfilm Publications Ltd., 1987). This outstanding private manuscript collection is divided into three parts: Part one covers the manuscripts of individual works; Part two covers composite volumes and selected libretti, printed music, non-musical manuscripts, pamphlets, broadsheets, programmes and catalogues; and Part three, the recently acquired Shaftesbury Manuscripts. We await the arrival of Parts two and three with great interest. Monash University Music Library The Library recently purchased a very fine collection of Australian sheet music, representing both classical and popular music from the late 19th century to the present day. With the introduction of a new M.A. course in Australian Music History, it was thought that this collection would provide an interesting and useful resource for anyone looking at the history of Australian music. 27 Selection was based on the historical and sociological, rather than the purely musicological, resulting in a collection which includes such things as: a song to honour the heroes of Mafeking, published circa 1900, "Boots", the song made famous by Peter Dawson, with words by Rudyard Kipling and music by J.P. McCall, a song published by the Bread and Cheese Australian Music Publishing Club, an amateur Melbourne publisher of the 50s, a signed copy of a piano solo by Roy Agnew dedicated to the famous Polish pianist Benno Moisewitsch called 'Dance of the wild men', and a folio of Victorian Football League Club songs ...... ********* A FAMILIAR NAME? Perhaps not. However, many music libraries throughout the world have come to know JERONA MUSIC CORPORATION and to rely on our serv·1ces. We are suppliers of printed music in al! of its varied forms to libraries, performing organizations and other institutional customers. While our reputation in Australia has up to now been limited to a number of your orchestras and other performing groups, we do supo!y academic and public libraries in North America and Europe. We regularly ship ·music from all over the world to customers all over the world. Rush ser.-ice via air mail or air freight is a roufine procedure for us. We welcome not only your orders but further inquiries about ou, services and specific problems or publications. WE SUPPLY LIBRARIES, ORCHESTRAS, WIND BANDS, CHAMBER ENSEMBLES, CHORUSES, CHURCHES, OPERA COMPANIES and other insrituriona/ cusromers. Orders from private individuals accepted only by special arrangement. Jerona's watchword is: TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND PRODUCTS OF THE HIGHEST DUALITY 81 TRINITY PLACE, HACKENSACK, N,J. 07601 U.S.A. Tel. (201) 488-0550 NOTES AND NEWS Who's Where in Music Libraries in Victoria Dr Robyn Smith has been appointed Curator-Music, The University of Melbourne, with responsibility for the Music Branch Library and the Grainger Museum. Helen Goring, previously Serials Librarian, State Library of Victoria, is now Music Librarian, Monash University, appointed in 1987. Jacqueline Bourne, previously Music Librarian, Monash University, is the Reference Librarian, Victorian College of the Arts, College Library. Christine Vincent is now the Librarian, Victorian Music Library. Georgina Binns has been appointed Cataloguing Librarian, Victorian College of the Arts, College Library. ********* The Australia Council will be moving to new premises in Darlington on 15 January 1990. Additions to the ARTSDOC file ceased in April 1988, and a consultant is evaluating the possibility of its continuation. ********* At the National Library, Australian 19th century sheet music and 19th and 20th century patriotic music is being catalogued on ABN as a special project. Completion is expected in December 1989. A report was published in the National Library's ABC News (Sep 89) on use of the OCLC database for cataloguing of music materials. This gave hit rates for monographs and serials ABN searching, OCLC searching and combined hit rates. Prue Niedorf reports that hit rates given in ABC news have improved and that searching of ANB database is a possible future project. Some concert programs have also been catalogued on ABN, using the format for monographs. ********* The NSW Conservatorium of Music Library is moving in December, 1989, to the Hunter Connection Arcade in Pitt Street. The Conservatorium in now affiliated with the University of Sydney. ********* The Sydney Opera House Library has moved temporarily to the Broadwalk Studio of the Opera House, and will return to its previous location in about 18 months. The Data*Library automation system continues to be developed. A title/author listing of current serials has almost been completed. Ordering on the system is expected to begin in November. Development of a format for performance information (mainly taken from the theatre and concert programs and press 29 clippings) is nearing completion; a sample copy of the format was tabled. Other software being used for library applications include Lotus 123, Timeline and Paradox 3. Phil Lormer has been appointed Deputy Librarian. ********* Kaye Hill is now the Librarian, Central Music Library, Perth. ********* A citation for an article which would be of interest for a new music cataloguer has come to hand. It is: KRANZ, Jack. The music uniform title: Sources for the novice cataloguer, Cataloguing and Classification Quarterly 9 (1988) : 73-80. ********* The Journal of the Phonograph Society of NSW, Vol. 6, No. 1 September 1989, has been received. As mentioned in Continua in 1987, this journal includes a reprint of an issue of The Australasian Phonograph Monthly (1925-1927), in each issue. This represents a unique opportunity for any interested libraries to acquire a virtually unavailable early Australian periodical. Membership of the Society includes a subscription to the quarterly Journal, which, apart from the reprint in each issue, contains articles which would be of considerable interest to any libraries whose interests cover sound recording history. Annual membership is $20, and subscriptions should be sent to: The Secretary Phonograph Society of NSW 18 Macklin Street PENDLE HJLL NSW 2145 30 BOOKS, MUSIC, SOUND RECORDINGS RECEIVED/NOTIFIED Directory of suppliers and lenders of audiovisual materials: a select annotated list. Compiled by ACLIS (Qld.) Audiovisual Sub-Committee. Brisbane, 1989. A$12.00 (postage included). The Directory is compiled from responses to a nation-wide questionnaire, in a field where lack of current information is acutely felt by all librarians who deal with audiovisual materials. There are three sections: abbreviated entries for quick reference with name, address, phone and fax numbers, a listing of replies from organisations concerning access conditions etc., and a listing of organisations with subject coverage. Updates are planned. Copies available from: Ms Gulcin Cribb Audio Visual Librarian University of Queensland St Lucia QLD 4067 ********* Leppard, Raymond. Authenticity in music. London: Faber Music, 1988. 80pp. A$19.95 ISBN 0 571 10088 0. (Supplied by Penguin Books Australia Ltd.) This book concerns the popular topic of authenticity in performing 'early music' by a modern day pioneer in this field. The author analyses works by Monteverdi, Handel and Gluck to illustrate his belief that performers need to be informed about performance practice to communicate the composer's intent to audiences. ********* Mellers, Wilfrid. Music in a new found land: themes and developments in the history of American music. London: Faber and Faber, 1987. 544pp. A$29.95 ISBN O 571 14724 0 (Supplied by Penguin Books Australia Ltd.) The original edition of this book (1964) has been out of print for some years. This edition is a reprint of the original, with an extended new foreword outlining subsequent developments. ********* Glass, Philip. Opera on the beach: Philip Glass on his new world of music theatre. London: Faber and Faber, 1988. 222pp. A$24.99 ISBN 0 571 14800 X (Supplied by Penguin Books Australia Ltd.) 31 In this autobiography, Philip Glass discusses his career, from his apprenticeship with Nadia Boulanger through the birth of 'minimalist' music to his rise to fame as one of the foremost American composers of his generation. There are extended accounts of his operas Einstein on the beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten, which offer insights into his ideas about contemporary music theatre. ********* The songs of Henry Lawson. Compiled by Chris Kempster. Ringwood, Vic.: Viking O'Neal (Penguin Books Australia), 1989. 224pp. A$29.99 ISBN O 670 90233 0 (Supplied by Penguin Books Australia Ltd.) This volume contains settings of many Henry Lawson poems, together with poem texts, and illustrations from Lawson's life and times. Prefatory material includes an introduction by Manning Clark, commentary on Lawson's life and poetry, and bibliographical references. ********* Landscapes: music for piano and strings by Peter Sculthorpe. [Sound recording] [Sydney?]: MBS Records, 1989. (MBS 16 CD) Works included on this compact disc are Requiem (solo cello), Djilile and Moun ta ins (solo piano), Tailitnama song (cello and piano), Landscape II (violin, viola, cello and amplified piano), and Four little pieces (piano duet). Performers are David Pereira (cello), Geoffrey Toyer, David Bollard, and Peter Sculthorpe (piano), and the Seymour Group. ********* HARRASSOW1TZ ESTABLISHED ,an BOOKSELLERS&SUBSCRJPIION AGENTS OUR MUSIC OcPARTHENT WELCOMES: Library orders for MUSIC SCORES and BOOKS Library sronding orders for MUSIC SERIES and SETS Library subscriptions for MUSIC JOURNALS from oil European .:.ountries. Title inquiries and requests for information oboui such services os our EUROPEAN '.1USIC SCORES APPROVAL PLAN, our EUROPEAN MUSIC CATALOGUE and our HARAASSOWITZ BOOK DIGEST (Section MUSIC & DANCE BOOKS) should be directed to: Otto Horrcssowitz P.O. Box 2929 D-6200 Wiesbaden Wes1 Germany Telex: 04186135 32 COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT 1989 Rosemary Polya The Copyright Amendment Act 1989 has been passed, however regulations associated with the Act have yet to be made public. The provisions for off-air copying by educational institutions is of major significance. Details about copying fees are awaited. The new provision relating to audiovisual fair dealing (Section 103C) is of particular interest to music libraries. Unfortunately the Act does not include provisions regulating purchased audiovisual items that was brought to the attention of the draftsman by Australian Library and Information Association, and the universities and colleges. The lot of music educators has not been made easier by the Amendement Act. Copying of purchased sound recordings for the purposes of teaching, preservation and interlibrary loan is, with a few minor exceptions, not permitted. Whilst the public has a limited right to copy (Section 135ZZM), librarians are largely prohibited from educational audio copying unless the recipient of the copy is intellectually handicapped. Only one institution is permitted to copy for collection preservation purposes namely the Australian Archives. The vulnerability of valuable and unique collections of sound recordings in major Australian libraries has been overlooked. Copying for preservation may only be made by them if: a) the item is damaged already or b) the library could prove that there is no commercially available source. A heavy onus is therefore on the library to search the seemingly infinite number of suppliers both here and overseas. A formidable task to undertake. The extension of the fair dealing prov1s10n for audiovisual items for the purpose of research is to be welcomed in principle. On the other hand since most music libraries do not lend their vinyl disc recordings for conservation reasons, students and scholars will not necessarily be better off. Because of this situation, librarians are not permitted to act in their traditional role as intermediaries in the information process and custodians of sources of knowledge which in the case of recordings must be safeguarded for future generations. For example, a Western Australian music scholar, upon finding that the only known location in Australia for a sound recording is in one of the eastern states is unable to request the holding library to make a copy. He/ she may however fly east and make a copy of that recording. This is surely an absurdity which could be easily remedied if the copyright owners - or their agents - licensed major music libraries to make copies of their recorded music collections for research and study purposes in order to preserve the quality of the original collection. 33 The Act makes provision for printed music copying in the following ways: a) Section 135ZH allows for the copying of published editions by educational institutions. b) A reasonable portion of printed music may be copied under the multiple copying provisions for educational institutions in section 135ZL. The amending Act in section 135ZL permits the copying of the whole or part of a work (including a musical work) provided the requirements of licence fees to the relevant collecting society and educational purpose are met. However, it is important not to rend these provisions subject to section 135ZL (2) which limits the scope of the permission. It is prohibited to make copies of a whole (or more than a reasonable portion) of a published edition unless copies of the work cannot be obtained within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price. For example a Schubert song published in an edition could be copied in its entirety under section 135ZL (1). The same song published separately as sheet music could not be copied in its entirety unless it came within the proviso to section 135ZL (2). As a result, the new situation is not ideal, but amending the Act will no doubt be of some benefit to those involved in music education. The Copyright Amendment Act has resolved some restrictions faced by music students, academics and librarians. However, the emphasis in the Copyright Act will continue when the amending Act is in force to be on the print component rather than sound. Unfortunately the provisions for previously purchased audiovisual items remain inadequate for educational purposes. BRIDGE, Susan. A teacher's guide to copyright. Sydney : Australian Copyright Council, 1989. (I would like to acknowledge the assistance of Peter Johnston, Solicitor, La Trobe University.)