Hello fellow librarian! I graduated with a B.A. in music in 2000
and with an M.L.I.S. in 2003. As such, I don't know if my answers
would fit into your pool very well, but I don't work as a music
librarian (master plan gone awry). However, I do like my job as a
bibliographic coordinator for a scientifically oriented business and
perform with local groups every now and again. Good luck and you
may want to find other classical music oriented groups or listservs
to post to such as OperaL etc. Good luck!

Des


--- In aclassicalmusicloversxanadu@yahoogroups.com, Joanna Maleski
<librarian0505@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am a graduate student studying library and information science.
I am doing a project in which I design library services to help
people who wish to learn about classical music. I am hoping all of
you can give me a hand with this project by answering a few
questions about how you inform yourselves about classical music. If
you would prefer not to post to the whole group, then please feel
free to email your answers directly to me at librarian0505@y... I
would really appreciate your help. I consider myself a "newbie" to
classical music and really want to learn all about it, and this
would be a great start!
>
> Please be as specific and detailed in your responses as possible.
We librarians love to read!
>
> 1. What is your background experience with regards to classical
music? (Instrument lessons, studied academically, etc. and for how
long?) Voice and Piano/B.A. Music/M.L.I.S.
>
> 2. How do you experience classical music? (Live performances,
radio, CDs, digital audio such as MP3s, websites, etc.)Live, Radio,
CD's (and even have some tapes) and sometimes websites.
>
> 3. How do you learn and stay informed about classical music
history, events, composers, styles, etc.? (Books, magazines, radio,
word of mouth, websites, etc.) Radio, newspaper occasionally and web.
>
> 4. Think of a time that you had a question about classical
music.
> -What steps did you take to answer your question?
Question was whether a certain singer my friend likes is singing at
the met...used website. Also have, at the moment, a tutee in music
theory. Used text and websites to prepare.
>
> -Was it easy or hard for you to find the information you needed?
What setbacks (if any) did you encounter? What did you find to be
the most helpful and why?
Both questions were time consuming but not hard.
>
> -If you had a question about classical music today, would you try
to answer it the same way or, if not, what would you do differently?
I haven't had a significant classical music question in some
time...I generally use a mix of print and online resoures.
>
> 5. Any other reflections on learning about classical music you'd
like to share?
The web is becoming a more useful resource for finding out about
classical music...not so long ago that was not the case.
>
> Thank you for taking the time to help me out! I can't wait to
hear from everyone!
>
>
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