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Seminario IAML Italia
Bibliocom, Roma, 28 Ottobre 2004
Che cos’è Classical Music Library
Testimonials
"Classical Music Library has impressed everyone since we started our
subscription. A great idea
marvelously realized, it adds a new dimension to our electronic
holdings.“
Chris Kretz, Instructor/Reference Librarian, Dowling College
“I am happy to be able to offer so much music 24/7 to our students who at
present are not allowed to check out CDs. This really adds to the
repertoire they have available to them.”
Sarah Dorsey, Music Librarian, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro School of Music
PRESS COMMENTS
"This excellent listening tool should complement libraries' music collections [. . .] it should serve
as an excellent resource for libraries that support music programs. Highly recommended."
CHOICE Magazine
"This product could be the future for access to sound recordings and will be
welcomed by many users. Libraries where Internet access to sound recordings
could provide a good solution will want to investigate this product."
Library Journal
"Eminently searchable and browseable…The track offerings are extensive. Familiar
and exotic labels blend in an impressive and remarkable list…Within seconds on
the site you can be up and listening to a splendid array of tracks and complete
works."
The Charleston Advisor
"It had to happen and it finally did: A company has introduced a streaming service
for libraries that delivers music to patrons via the Internet."
American Libraries
Music has been stored on many media types.
The key is to make it easy to find and listen
1880s - Cylinder recorders
1900s - Disc (78 rpm)
Alexander Graham Bell
1920s - First wire recorders envisaged the telephone
transmitting
concerts
to recorders (Germany)
1930s - First experiments with
stereo recording,
first 'tape'
people
home
1948 - First 33 rpm LP, First (mono)
openat
reel
tape recorders appear in USA
1950s - 45 rpm 7" record appears, Multi-channel tape recorders (up to 5 channels)
1950s - First Stereo LPs
1960s - First eight-channel recorders appear
1964 - Cassette is licensed by Philips
1960s - 16 and 24 channel tape recorders appear, Open reel video recorders (b/w)
1970s - First digital recorders
appear,
Home video
formats (VHS/Beta)
Bell’s
prophecy
materializes
music CDs,
is streamed
over based sound (Apple)
1980s - Multi-channel digitalas
recording
DAT, Computer
the Internet
1990s - Computer-based digital recording,
Minidisc
2000s – Online access to vast databases of recordings
Listening on demand is simple. The key
is how to find what you want…
Value added by online music databases
• Remote access
– Libraries can reach audiences previously not served
– Recordings are pushed out to where the users are
• Support for multiple users: no recording is ever ‘checked out’
• Static URLs
– Faculty can incorporate links to recordings in their online teaching
materials
• Audio Reserves
– Faculty can easily assemble playlists for their classes in folders
• Multiple performances of works by various great artists
• Search benefits, eg. works composed on a certain date, or violin
music from a particular period
• Centralised metadata storage and administration to ensure consistency
and provide immediate updates to metadata/structure
Searching: find music written on a particular date
When searching for ‘1913’ the
year of ‘The Right of Spring’,
the user is returned many
composers who wrote in that
year – all through the
metadata. These are very
interesting associations for
users!
Users can assemble their own ‘playlists’ and faculty
can assemble ‘playlists’ of listening for coursework
The user can select their own
‘playlists’ or the faculty can
put together themes
Some examples of ‘playlists’
Playlists are available for
Course Listening in
institutions, and sections
feature Female composers or
any other feature which needs
to be highlighted
Complete works of a composer are
arranged by date of composition…
Beethoven’s works composed
in any year can be highlighted
…or arranged by Genre
The Concerti are arranged in
order, with multiple versions
displayed when required
Summary
• Metadata and its taxonomy is the foundation of usability
• The user is able to find (search and browse), sort and access particular
recordings according to key criteria
• Recordings are related in the structure of the system to provide a
multi-language platform for authority data and reference materials.
These can be accessed metadata via multiple formats
(MARC21XML, XML, HTML etc.) on demand
• The vast number of recordings are made accessible – the value of the
‘content’ is increased
Grazie per l’attenzione
• [email protected]
• www.classical.com