No. 129 May-June 2002 ISSN 0580-289-X President’S Report MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BOARD of DIRECTORS

MMLLAA NEWSLETTER Closing the Lid on Las Vegas

No. 129 May-June 2002 ISSN 0580-289-X President’s Report MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James P. Cassaro, that of the Board Ofﬁcers MLA President and the entire JAMES P. CASSARO, President membership to University of Pittsburgh y the time you all read this, the Laura Gayle for all LAURA DANKNER, MLA Board will have finished its her hard work on our behalf, and wish Vice President/President-Elect B spring meeting in Madison, Wis- her all the best in her well-deserved Loyola University, New Orleans consin, 7-10 June. For the past two retirement from service to the Associa- LAURA GAYLE GREEN, years the Board has met here at the tion. Treasurer /Executive Secretary office of our management services Efforts continue on the Associa- University of Missouri — Kansas City provider, A-R Editions, Inc., our gra- tion’s development front as well. In MICHAEL COLBY, Recording Secretary cious and hospitable hosts. Pat Wall, addition to the establishment of the University of California, Davis Jim Zychowicz and Matt Grzybowski, Michael Ochs Endowment Fund for along with other Notes, Carol June Members-at-Large 2001-2003 A-R staff, provide Bradley, recently NEIL HUGHES us with an atmos- Carol June Bradley, retired from the University of Georgia phere conducive to Music Library of recently retired from ELISABETH REBMAN working efficiently the University of Colorado College and effectively. the University of Buffalo, has Who could ask for approached the MICHAEL ROGAN Tufts University anything more? Buffalo, has Board to establish Our new fiscal approached the Board an annual award year budget com- to establish an annual of $1,000 that sup- Members-at-Large 2002-2004 pleted, reports ports research in JOSEPH BOONIN from special offi- award that supports the history of New York Public Library/Performing Arts cers, editors and research in the history music librarian- VIRGINIA DANIELSON committee chairs of music librarianship. ship. The Board is Harvard University discussed, I can enthusiastic to add ALAN GREEN confidently state this award to the Ohio State University that the Associa- others offered by tion will have another good year, one MLA, and, pending final arrangements, based on solid financial ground and will give the first award at the 2004 informed decisions. annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Design by WGraphics, Baltimore. There is, of course, much to tell I informed the membership at our the membership. Limitations of time business meeting in Las Vegas con- MLA NEWSLETTER and space allow me only to highlight a cerning the status of recouping monies Linda Hartig, Editor few. Soon an announcement will be diverted from MLA accounts. While The Newsletter is published four times a year: Sep- made of a new Treasurer/Executive this process has taken longer than tember-October, November-December, March-April, Secretary (T/Ex) to succeed Laura expected, I hope to report to you all and May-June, by the Music Library Association, c/o Gayle Green. The search committee, very soon on what has been accom- A-R Editions, Inc.; 8551 Research Way, Suite 180; Middleton, WI 53562, and is issued to its members chaired by Paula Matthews, will con- plished by our legal counsel on behalf free of charge. duct their interviews during the Board of the Association. The purpose of the Newsletter is to keep the meeting and make a recommendation Some new projects have surfaced. membership of the Association abreast of events, for appointment before the close of These include the establishment of a ideas, and trends related to music librarianship. All communications and articles are welcome. Address the meeting. We have several good long-range strategic plan to ensure the correspondence to: candidates, any of whom would serve longevity of the US RILM Office. This Stephen Mantz the Association well. It is uplifting to plan will address many issues, includ- Music Librarian see how committed our members are ing fundraising activities, to keep this Davidson College to the future of our Association, offer- important project moving forward. In P.O. Box 7200 Davidson, NC 28035 ing their time and effort to ensure its addition, our Resource Sharing and [email protected] longevity. A new T/Ex of course Collection Development Committee, means we must say goodbye to the along with members of the Society of The deadline for submitting copy to the editor for present incumbent, Laura Gayle American Music, will form a joint com- issue number 130 (September-October 2002) is 9 August 2002. Submissions are preferred via e-mail, Green, whose tremendous fortitude mittee to compile a new edition of The but paper copy (double spaced) via USPS accom- helped steer us through very turbulent Resources of American Music History panied by 3.5” disk containing text files in waters over the past several years. I (RAMH). Microsoft Word is acceptable. offer my personal thanks, along with continued on page four

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MLA Announces New Board Members

Alan Karass, Publicity Officer publications including Notes, ACRL Boonin, Inc., and as Sales Director and News, and the American Music special Library Consultant for Alexander issue of the BBC Music Magazine. Broude, Inc. Mr. Boonin has also Michael Colby is the Music served as Music Cataloger for the New he Music Library Association elec- Librarian at the University of Califor- York Public Library. Mr. Boonin T tion results were announced at nia, Davis. Mr. Colby has previously earned a B.A. in Music History from its 2002 national meeting in Las served as Head Cataloger and Music the University of Pennsylvania and an Vegas, Nevada. Laura Dankner Cataloger at the San Francisco Public M.L.S. from the Drexel Institute of (Loyola University) was Library and Music Cataloger Technology (Drexel University). He elected vice at Bowling Green State also studied with Pierre Monteux at president/president-elect, University. He earned a Ecole Monteux in Hancock, Maine. Michael Colby (University B. Musc. (cum laude) Mr. Boonin is an active member of of California, Davis) was from the University of the Music Library Association and elected recording secretary Portland, an M.A. in Music IAML, and had been an active member and the new members-at-large History from San Francisco State of the Music Publishers’ Association. are Joseph Boonin (New York University and an M.L.I.S. from the He has served as a board member for Public Library for the Perform- University of California, Berkeley. both MPA and MLA. Mr. Boonin’s pub- ing Arts), Virginia Danielson (Harvard Mr. Colby has served as a member lications include The Ordering and University) and Alan Green (Ohio of the MLA Bibliographic Control Supply of Sheet Music (Broude, 1968), State University). Committee, Subject Access Subcom- An Index to the Solo Songs of Robert Laura Dankner was on the mittee (1988-; Chair, 1998- ), Search Franz (Boonin, 1970), Music Price library faculty and head of the Loyola Committee for Newsletter Editor Indexes in Notes (with George R. Hill, University music library for twenty (2001-), Nominating Committee (Chair, 1979-1987) and numerous reviews in years. Currently on leave of absence 1999; 1995), Member-at-Large (1997- Library Journal (1962-1969) and Notes from that institution, she expects to 99), Music Thesaurus Project Task (1980-1996). become Associate Professor Emeritus Force (Chair, 1996-1997), RaPS, Online Virginia Danielson is the as of January 2003. Ms. Dankner has Reference Services Subcommittee Richard F. French Librarian of the taught music appreciation, music bibli- (1995-1997), Working Group on Ter- Music Library and the Curator of the ography and American music at minology in 20th Century Music Archive of World Music at Harvard Brooklyn College and at Loyola Uni- (Chair, 1993-1997), Ad Hoc Committee University. She previously served as versity. She is currently a lecturer in to Study Roundtables of the MLA Keeper of the Isham Memorial Library music at Southeastern Louisiana Uni- (1993-94), Local Arrangements Com- at Harvard. Ms. Danielson holds a B.A. versity. She received undergraduate mittee (1993), Working Group on from Lawrence University, and an and graduate degrees in voice and Electronic Music (1990-92). He has M.A. and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology music education from Ithaca College, also served as website editor (1997-), from the University of Illinois. and Brooklyn College of the City Uni- Newsletter editor (1992-1996) and Ms. Danielson has been active in versity of New York and an M.L S. Vice-Chair/Chair (1987-1989) for the the Association for Recorded Sound degree from the University of Albany, MLA/Northern California Chapter. Mr. Collections (ARSC), International Asso- New York. Colby is an active member of continued on page four Ms. Danker has served the Music ALA/ALCTS, MOUG and the American Library Association as Placement Offi- Musicological Society. He has pub- cer, Chair of the Education and Devel- lished articles in Notes and Cataloging opment Committees, and Member- and Classification Quarterly as well as Contents: at-Large on the MLA Board of Direc- reviews in Notes, Library Journal, the Roundtable Reports...... 5 tors. She is also active in the Interna- Kurt Weill Newsletter and 52ndstreet tional Association of Music Libraries Jazz.com. Calendar...... 5 United States branch, currently serving Joseph Boonin is Head of the Members’ Publications ...... 6 as a member of that Board. She is the Circulating Recorded Sound and Transitions ...... 9 author, with Grace Lichtenstein, of Image Collection at the New York Musical Gumbo, a History of Louisiana Public Library for the Performing Arts. On the Cover: The harpsichord belongs Music published by W. W. Norton. He previously served in the music to Dr. Paul Hesselink of UNLV. He was the She is also the author of numerous publishing industry as President of tour guide for the organ crawl. articles and reviews for a variety of Jerona Music Corporation and Joseph Photo by Gerald Szymanski.

M L A Newsletter • No. 129 3 New Board New Editor Named for MLA Newsletter Alan Karass, Publicity Officer continued from page three ciation of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA), the Music Library At its annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Music Library Association Association, the Society for Ethnomusi- announced the appointment of Stephen Mantz as editor of its newsletter. He cology, and the American Musicologi- will assume his post on July 1, 2002, succeeding Linda Hartig, Technical Ser- cal Society. She is the author of vices Librarian at Carroll College. numerous articles on Arabic song, Stephen Mantz has served as Music Librarian at Davidson College since female singers and Muslim devotional 1994, coming there as their first full-time professional music librarian. Prior to music including “New Nightingales of that, he served as a paraprofessional in the music library at the University of the Nile: Popular Music in Egypt Since North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a B.M. in Music Education from Miami the 1970s” in Popular Music 15 (Octo- University (Miami, Ohio), an M.A. in Musicology and an M.S.L.S. from the Uni- ber 1996) and “Min al-Mashayikh: A versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. View of Egyptian Music Tradition” in Mr. Mantz is the current chair of MLA’s Outreach Subcommittee, and serves Asian Music (Autumn 1990-Winter on the Education Committee. He has also served on the Information Sharing 1991), “The Qur’an and the Qasidah: Subcommittee and was editor of the “Email Digest” column in the MLA Newslet- Aspects of the Popularity of the Reper- ter from 1997-2002. Mr. Mantz’s publications include “Music Business and Law” tory Sung by Umm Kulthum” in Asian in Music Reference and Research Materials, 5th ed., by Vincent Duckles and Music (Autumn-Winter 1987) and “Cul- Ida Reed (New York: Schirmer Books, 1997) and articles in Breve Notes, the tural authenticity in Egyptian musical newsletter of the Southeast Chapter of MLA (SEMLA). He is currently serving as expression: The repertory of the the Secretary/Treasurer of SEMLA. Mashayikh” Pacific Review of Ethno- If you have questions about or submissions for the newsletter, please con- musicology (Vol. 5, 1989). Ms. Daniel- tact Mr. Mantz at [email protected]. son has written music and book reviews for Notes, Asian Music and Ethnomusicology. She is a co-editor of The Middle East, a volume in the Gar- President’s Report land Encyclopedia of World Music. continued from page two Her 1997 book, The Voice of Egypt: At its fall meeting, the Board will finish the planning and budget for our Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song and upcoming meeting in Austin, Texas (February 9-16, 2003). Along with the efforts Egyptian Society in the 20th Century, of the Local Arrangements Committee, chaired by “The Hunter,” (David, that is), won the Alan Merriam Prize for the program chair Ken Calkins, and our convention managers, Gordon Rowley and outstanding English monograph in the Annie Thompson, I know the program will be strong, the social activities sumptu- field of ethnomusicology. ous, and the accommodations gracious. A good time will be had by all! Alan Green is Head, Ohio State By now, you all should have received your annual renewal forms. If not, University Music & Dance Library. He please contact our business office to rectify the matter! I entreat you to send them has also served as Assistant Head, and back as soon as possible to ensure inclusion in our Membership Handbook. as Music Librarian for the Thunder Bay In closing, I urge you all to attend the upcoming IAML meeting in Berkeley, Symphony Orchestra (Ontario). Mr. CA, August 4-9, 2002. This is a chance to interact with our international col- Green earned a B.Mus. in Music Com- leagues and to demonstrate the accomplishments of American music librarian- position and Music Education from the ship. I hope to see many of you there. As always, please do not hesitate to University of Cincinnati College-Con- contact me if you have questions or concerns. Your input is vital. servatory of Music, an M.A. in Music History and an M.L.S. from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Pipeline: Research in Music Librarian- vices Quarterly 8, no. 1 (April 2002), Buffalo. ship,” for the MLA Newsletter (1993- “Taking Note: Assessing the Perfor- Mr. Green has served on the MLA 1997). His publications include Allen mance of Reference Service in Acade- Reference and Public Service Commit- Sapp: A Bio-bibliography (Greenwood mic Music Libraries.” Notes 58 tee (1996-2001), the Subcommittee on Press, 1996), American Art Music in (September 2001) (With Beth Chris- Reference Performance (Chair, 1996- the Twentieth Century: An Assessment tensen and Mary Du Mont), “The RILM 2001; Member, 1992-1996) and the Sta- of the Basic Information Sources (ERIC Project: Charting the Seas of Modern tistics Subcommittee (1995-1999). He is Document Reproduction Service, Musicological Literature.” College Music also an active member of the Interna- 1992), “Keeping up with the Times: Symposium 40 (2000), “Allen Sapp.” tional Association of Music Libraries Evaluating Currency of Indexing, Lan- New Grove Dictionary of Music and and the Music OCLC Users Group. Mr. guage Coverage, and Subject Area Musicians, 2nd ed., as well as book Green served as Column Editor of Coverage in the Three Music Periodical reviews in Fontes Artis Musicae and “Members’ Publications” and “In the Index Databases.” Music Reference Ser- Notes.

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inexpensive source for the standard librarian, duplication of materials, and Small Academic repertoire is CD Sheet Music from access to equipment. At Washburn, the Presser. Many faculty teaching general music listening library was open 20 Libraries Roundtable listening courses to non-majors like to hours per week, while the main library Betty Woerner , Reed College use popular music, since the audience was open 80 hours per week. The is more familiar with it. This requires library was the most convenient loca- some buying in tion for most people. Alan Karass (College of the Holy the popular area. There was no coor- Cross) presented a discussion on Also, a good way dination of collection budget issues in the acquisition of to see what’s “Building Collections development non-curricular materials: “Building col- being used is to to support the between the library lections to support the curriculum, or look at LPs Curriculum, or to and the department, to expand the scope of the collection: which are resulting in duplica- making and justifying our choices”. In checked out and Expand the Scope tion of some items order to have a well-balanced collec- buy CDs of those of the Collection: and great holes in tion, librarians are often in the position titles. other areas. There of having scanty resources to cover Dean Corwin was also a duplica- vast areas that are not currently being (Washburn Uni- Making and Justfiying tion of equipment taught in our institutions. Alan came versity) presented Our Choices” that ate up unneces- up with the following method for a discussion on sary amounts of deciding which non-curricular items to how to handle a money for purchase include: 1) Have a suggestion book in collection which and upkeep. the library lobby; 2) Follow main- is divided between the music depart- When coming into such a situa- stream trends and include “hot” topics; ment and the library: “Here, there, and tion, the foremost issue is usually insti- 3) When major anniversaries come everywhere—managing collections tutional history. Faculty and around, as the Purcell year, buy divided between a library and a administration will want to keep the resources for that area; 4) Look at department.” Washburn University is a status quo unless convinced otherwise. inter-library loan requests and items municipal university in Topeka, Another issue is space. Where would borrowed from consortial partners—if Kansas, partially funded by the city consolidated collections fit? Another an item was borrowed at least twice, and partially by the state. Dean named problem is staffing. Is there money the library should buy it; 5) Fringe four scenarios for music collections: a available to hire student workers or areas like cognitive psychology, library branch in the music depart- full-time staff, especially for evenings mythology, philosophy, art history, ment, a music library in the library, a and weekends? All of these will affect and African-American studies should non-library music collection in the the level of service. Often, the impetus also be represented in the collection. It department, or collections in both the to change comes via a building pro- is reasonable to seek support from the library and the department. These four ject, changes in administration, major Music and other departments and the scenarios lead to a great range of gift, or some other outside influence. library to fill in these subject areas. 6) hours of operation, location, consoli- Any of these can offer an opportunity Other candidates for purchase might dation of formats, availability of mate- to lobby for change in the music also be award winners from AMS, rials for circulation, bibliographic library. SMT, etc., if prices are reasonable. access, availability of a professional For score purchases, it is advised to work with the music faculty for sug- gestions for ensemble pieces, etc. It is also a good idea to have recordings of Calendar any scores purchased. Approval plans, when used in small colleges, can eat 4-9 August 2002 up your budget and may also lead to International Association of Music Libraries, duplication of pieces. When new faculty are hired, check with them on Archives and Documentation Centres, special interests and buy in those Berkeley, CA areas. When confronted with aggressive faculty who monopolize funds at 9 August 2002 the expense of those who are less Deadline for MLA Newsletter issue #130 aggressive, have them rate their lists and take the top 15 or so. A good,

M L A Newsletter • No. 129 5 Members’ Publications 2002 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Please send citations for items published or premiered in the past calendar year to the column editor, Sarah Dorsey, Recorded Sound via e-mail or snail mail at the address below. The deadline for submissions for issue 130 is August 5, 2002. Please follow the citation style employed below. Research

Sarah Dorsey The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is Music Librarian pleased to announce the winners of the 2002 ARSC School of Music UNCG Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound P.O. Box 26167 Research, awarded this year during its annual conference Greensboro, NC 27402-6167 in Santa Barbara, California. [email protected] Begun in 1991, the awards are given to authors of books, articles or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes the ARTICLES contributions of these individuals and aims to encourage others to emulate their high standards and to promote Bayne, Pauline S. (University of Tennessee). readership of their work. The 2002 ARSC Awards honor (with Chris Hodge) “Digital Audio Reserves: A Collabora- books published during 2001. tive Project at the University of Tennessee.” Journal of Inter- library Loan, Document Delivery and Information Supply 11, Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music no. 4 (December 2001): 25-36. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: the Early Years, 1903-1940, by Gary Giddins (Little, Brown & Company) Bewley, John (SUNY at Buffalo). “Online Access to the Cataloging of the American Organ Best Research in Recorded Folk or Ethnic Music Archives.” The Tracker 46, no. 1 (January 2002): 10-13. Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in Chinese Jazz Age, by Andrew F. Jones (Duke University Kuyper-Rushing, Lois (Louisiana State University). Press) “Music Libraries: Centralization versus Decentralization.” College and Research Libraries 63, no. 2 (March 2002): 139- Best Research in Recorded Country Music 149. Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928-1942, by Cary Ginell and Kevin Coffey (Greenwood Press)

Publications Awards Committee Best Research in Recorded Classical Music Best Discography: Witold Lutoslawski: A Bio-Bibliogra- Call for Nominations phy, by Stanislaw Bedkowski and Stanislaw Hrabia (Greenwood Press)

The MLA Publications Awards Committee seeks nomi- Best History: Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Con- nations for the three awards for published works given versations, by Bruno Monsaingeon; translated by Stewart annually by the Association: the Vincent H. Duckles Spencer (Princeton University Press) Award for the best book-length bibliography or other research tool in music; the Richard S. Hill Award for the Certificate of Merit: Pietro Mascagni: A Bio-Bibliogra- best article on music librarianship or article of a music- phy, by Roger Flury (Greenwood Press) bibliographic nature; and the Eva Judd O’Meara Award for the best review published in the Association’s journal, Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Notes. or Soul Publications nominated for awards to be given in Orbison, by Colin Escott; discography by Richard 2002 must have been published during the 2001 calendar Weize (notes to Bear Family CD set) year. Nominations may be directed to any member of the Committee: Mark McKnight ([email protected]); Best Research in Recorded Jazz Deborah Campana ([email protected]); or Best History: The Miller Companion to Jazz in Leslie Troutman ([email protected]). Deadline for nomi- Canada and Canadians in Jazz, by Mark Miller (Mercury nations is July 5, 2002. Press) continued on the next page

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continued from the previous page Lifetime Achievement Award given ARSC Awards 2003 Best Discography: Brilliant Cor- to Pekka Gronow ners: A Bio-Discography of Thelonious Nominations are currently open Monk, compiled by Chris Sheridan Pekka Gronow, the manager of for the 2003 ARSC Awards for Excel- (Greenwood Press) the radio archives of the Finnish lence in Historical Recorded Sound Broadcasting Company and an Adjunct Research. Eligible publications include Certificate of Merit: Before Professor of Ethnomusicology at the any printed workbook, monograph, Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, University of Helsinki, has been article, liner notes first published 1920-1960, by Lars Bjorn with Jim researching records and writing about during 2002. The work may be on any Gallert (University of Michigan Press) them for almost 40 years. Dr. Gronow subject related to recorded sound has published several books on music including histories, discographies, Best Research in Recorded Blues and recordings in Finnish, English, and technology (such as modern tech- Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: other languages, including An Interna- niques for the preservation or repro- The Worlds of Charley Patton, by tional History of the Recording Industry duction of older recordings), and David Evans, John Fahey, Edward (with Ilpo Saunio, 1998); produced recording artist biographies in any field Komara, and Dick Spottswood (notes numerous reissues of historical Finnish of music or genre (classical, popular, to Revenant CD set) recordings; and has contributed to the rock, jazz, country, folk, spoken word, ARSC Journal, IASA Journal, Ethnomu- labels, phonographs, etc.). The work Best General Research in sicology, JEMF Quarterly, and The New should deal primarily with historical Recorded Sound Grove Dictionary of Jazz, among periods, defined as at least ten years Beyond Recall: A Record of Jewish others. One of the founders of Suomen prior to publication (e.g., pre-1991), Musical Life in Nazi Berlin, 1933- Äänitearkisto, the Finnish Institute of with the exception of works related to 1938, by Rainer E. Lotz, Horst J. P. Recorded Sound, he has also super- preservation and technology. In addi- Bergmeier, and Ejal Jakob Eisler (notes vised the publication of the 25-volume tion, a Lifetime Achievement Award to Bear Family CD set) Catalogue of Finnish Recordings. Over- will be presented to an individual in all, Dr. Gronow’s publications have recognition of his or her life’s work in Certificate of Merit: Aural History: been instrumental in documenting the published recorded sound research. Essays on Recorded Sound, ed. by history of Scandinavian recordings. The deadline for nominations is Janu- Andy Linehan (British Library, National ary 31, 2003. The Awards Committee Sound Archives) About ARSC especially welcomes information con- Founded in 1966, the Association cerning eligible foreign and small press Best Research in Record Labels for Recorded Sound Collections publications that might otherwise be or Manufacturers (http://www.arsc-audio.org) is a non- overlooked. Publishers should submit Brunswick Records: A Discography profit organization dedicated to one copy of each eligible publication; of Recordings, 1916-1931 [in 4 vol- research, study, publication, and infor- others may forward the author, title, umes], by Ross Laird (Greenwood mation exchange surrounding all publisher, and publisher’s address for Press) aspects of recordings and recorded each nominee to: sound. With members in twenty-three Certificate of Merit: Okeh Race countries, the organization is compre- Vincent Pelote, Records: The 8000 “Race” Series, by hensive in scope and reflects the inter- ARSC Awards Co-Chair Laurie Wright (Self-published) ests and concerns of its members, Institute of Jazz Studies including historians, collectors, dealers, Rutgers State University of NJ Best Research in the Preservation archivists, discographers, and record- Newark, NJ 07102 or Reproduction of Recorded ing engineers. Through its publications [email protected] Sound and meetings, ARSC provides a forum Broadcast Transcription Discs, by for the development and dissemination David Seubert, Curator James R. Powell, Jr. (Gramophone of information in all fields and periods Performing Arts Collection Adventures) of recording and in all sound media. Davidson Library Special Collections In addition, ARSC works to encourage University of California Phonographs With Flair: A Century the preservation of historical record- Santa Barbara, CA 93106 of Style in Sound Reproduction, by ings, to promote the exchange of (805) 893-5444 Fax (805) 893-5749 Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. research and information about them, [email protected] Paul (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.) and to foster an increased awareness www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/ of the importance of recorded sound as part of any cultural heritage.

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RILM Abstracts and conference proceedings, reviews, etc.). Concert reviews, recording notes, ped- The U.S. RILM Office the U.S. RILM Office agogical manuals, etc. are included if The U.S. RILM Office was estab- they are of scholarly interest. lished in 1984 with direct annual Lenore Coral, Director, Areas of coverage encompass his- grants from the American Musicologi- US-RILM Office torical musicology, ethnomusicology, cal Society; the U.S. Branch of the instruments and voice, librarianship, International Association of Music performance practice and notation, Libraries, Archives and Documentation The Répertoire International de theory and analysis, pedagogy, liturgy, Centres; and the Music Library Associa- Littérature Musicale publishes an dance, criticism, music therapy, and tion. Office space, accounting services, ongoing database of musicological bib- interdisciplinary studies on music and postage, and the use of equipment liography, in printed, online, and CD- various other fields, including litera- have been donated ROM formats. The database is ture, dramatic arts, visual by Cornell Uni- commonly referred to as RILM arts, acoustics, aesthet- versity through Abstracts of Music Literature or RILM. ics, anthropology, the University This international bibliography of sociology, linguistics Library and the scholarly writings on music and related and semiotics, Music Depart- disciplines, in 202 languages, is classi- mathematics, philos- ment. We rely fied by topic, and includes original- ophy, physiology, heavily on the language titles; title translations in psychology, and strong collections in English; full bibliographic information; physics. The the Cornell University abstracts in English; author, journal, number of records Library to help us identify and subject indexes; and a thesaurus.1 published annually material for inclusion in RILM. has increased over the years from We find articles about music in the Sponsorship 2,532 in 1967 to some 20,000 in 2001. publications of many different disci- Established in 1966 under the joint plines that we regularly survey. Before sponsorship of the International Musi- Indexing 1984 U.S. material was collected at the cological Society and the International An additional feature of RILM International RILM Center, but owing Association of Music Libraries, Abstracts of Music Literature, particu- to the ever-increasing number of U.S. Archives, and Documentation Centers, larly valuable to scholars, is its in- publications and the workload in pub- RILM was the pilot project of the inter- depth indexing. All records are lishing RILM, the need for a separate disciplinary Bibliographic Center thoroughly indexed by the topics and office was recognized by the founding planned by the American Council of persons covered in each bibliographic organizations. Learned Societies. Since RILM’s foun- entry. A thesaurus is available as a The U.S. RILM Office today identi- dation, the City University of New guide to headwords and indexing poli- fies, collects and edits approximately York has graciously provided an insti- cies. For users of the printed version, 3,200 abstracts per year, about 1/6 of tutional context for its endeavors; there are cumulative five-year indexes. all the material published in RILM the RILM International Center is cur- Abstracts annually. The U.S. Office is rently housed at the CUNY Graduate National RILM Offices staffed by a volunteer director, Lenore Center, at 365 Fifth Avenue, New The publication of RILM Abstracts Coral, but the bulk of the work is done York, NY 10016-4309. RILM’s Commis- of Music Literature is made possible by by a halftime assistant and a small sion Internationale Mixte, is a body the efforts of some 60 national com- amount of student help. Over time Cor- of distinguished scholars and librari- mittees located in Europe, Asia, Africa, nell has evaluated the work of the paid ans, representing the two sponsoring and North and South America. The halftime assistant and fitted this posi- societies. committees are composed of musicolo- tion into its job classification scheme. gists and librarians based at major uni- Because we are unable to obtain Scope versity or national libraries and all the abstracts from the authors of the RILM’s broad, international cover- research institutes. Among the current publications, we utilize a group of age and concise abstracts distinguish it host institutions in addition to Cornell dedicated volunteers to write abstracts from all other music reference University are the British Library, the for items when we fail to get author resources. All scholarly works are Russian State Library, the Bibliothèque provided abstracts. included (articles, books, bibliogra- Nationale de France, the Bibliothèque In order to keep track of outstand- phies, catalogues, dissertations, Royale de Belgique, the National ing abstracts, early on we developed Festschriften, films and videos, icono- Library of Canada, and the Staatliches our own database. If an abstract is not graphies, critical commentaries to com- Institut für Musikforschung, Preussis- received from the author of the docu- plete works, ethnographic recordings, cher Kulturbesitz (Berlin). continued on the next page

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Leslie Andersen, Arts Librarian continued from the previous page asked to communicate with the boards (Visual and Performing Arts), Califor- ment after a reasonable time period of their respective organizations about nia State University, Long Beach we match unwritten abstracts to our donations to keep the office running. Bridget Boylan, Music Cataloger, volunteers, so that they do not have to The volunteer Director prepares an San Francisco Public Library burden interlibrary loan with requests. accounting statement and budget Jason Cooper, Technical Services every January projecting the costs of Librarian, The University of Montevallo Financial Support for running this operation for the forth- Brian Doherty, Head of the the U.S. Office coming fiscal year (July-June). Music Library, Arizona State University The three enabling organizations Nicole Ernst, Catalog Technician, were joined over time in supporting Conclusion Curtis Institute of Music the work of the U.S. Office by other The US-RILM Office is one of the Yale Fineman, Music Librarian scholarly music organizations whose two heaviest suppliers of abstracts and and Head of Performing Arts Library headquarters are in the United States, citations to the international RILM Reference and Circulating Collections, including the Society for Ethnomusi- effort. We are able to continue to do The University of Maryland cology, the Society for Music Theory, this work thanks to the generosity of Steven Glanzmann, Catalog the Society for American Music (for- the scholarly music community in the Technician, Curtis Institute of Music merly the Sonneck Society), and the United States and to the willingness of David Guion, Music Cataloger, College Music Society. Each society our hard-working staff and volunteers The University of North Carolina at making a regular annual contribution across the country. These efforts, com- Greensboro is invited to send a representative to bined with those of RILM offices Kevin Medows, Music Cataloger, the Oversight Committee, currently around the globe, have provided the Northwestern University chaired by Dan Zager, the Music information which makes RILM once Bob Terrio, Music Librarian, Library Association representative. This of the most outstanding tools for musi- Westminster Choir College committee is charged with hearing a cal research available today. Jennifer Watson, Cataloging report from the director of the U.S. Supervisor, Follett Audiovisual Office and making certain that the 1 The material on the International Office is Resources office is doing its job in an appropriate adapted from information on their website way. These representatives are then and is used with their permission.