New reference title

The Music Library recently acquired a new title in the reference collection:

Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Guide to Researching & Writing about Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Call no. MUR 3797.H537 2009

Podcast by Raymond Bisha on Joseph Bertolozzi's Bridge Music

Raymond Bisha posted a podcast on the Naxos Blog featuring an interview with Joseph Bertolozzi and recorded excerpts from Bridge Music, Bertolozzi's composition played on New York's Mid-Hudson Bridge.

Raya Garbousova poster session is posted online

Lynne Thomas and I have launched the online version of our poster session on the Raya Garbousova collection (held by the Rare Books & Special Collections Department of the Northern Illinois University Libraries). You can see the online poster here. The online presence for our poster is part of a blog for the poster session presenters at the 2009 Music Library Association conference in Chicago.

Music Library Interim Schedule

Beginning last Monday, May 11 and continuing through Friday, June 5, the Music Library will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 12 p.m., closed from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m., and open from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The Music Library will be closed on Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day. During the week of June 8, the Music Library will be open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.

WorldCat is tracking the copyright status of books

The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) started a project to keep track of the copyright status of books in WorldCat. You can read more about that here.

Public Domain Orchestral Parts to be Avaliable Online

The Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) has begun a new project to make orchestral parts in the public domain widely available. You can read about it here.

New book on the art of teaching

The Music Library just received a new, highly promoted book on the subject. It is:

Booth, Eric. The Music Teaching Artist's Bible: Becoming a Virtuoso Educator. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Call no. MUX MT1 .B6835 2009.