[Asis-l] Online Music Librarianship Course Offered Fall 2017

[Julien, Heidi]

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Do you have master's students interested in Music Librarianship? Please consider recommending this asynchronous online 3-credit course, being offered in fall 2017.
Course Title: Music Librarianship I, LIS 588
Instructor: Kevin Michki, Music Librarian - Reed Library; Adjunct Instructor - Musicology - School of Music, The State University of New York at Fredonia (http://www.fredonia.edu/music/faculty/bios/michki.asp), Kevin.Michki at fredonia.edu<mailto:Kevin.Michki at fredonia.edu>
Welcome to the world of Music Librarianship! This online course is a detailed introduction to that world, and to the many and varied things that music librarians do on a daily basis. It is also meant to be a primer on how to become a music librarian, whether at the university level, in a public library, working with a musical organization such as a symphony orchestra, or many other scenarios.
The course begins with an overview of the history and literature of music librarianship and music libraries, and will cover the following broad topic areas:
*          the materials of the music library: their selection, acquisition, and physical treatment; collection development and maintenance
*          the cataloging, classification, and subject analysis of music, books about music, sound recordings, and related formats
*          online resources and digital collections, including research databases and streaming audio-visual resources
*          public services in the music library, including reference, library instruction, circulation, reserves, and outreach such as exhibits and concert series
*          music library facilities, including audio-visual equipment, renovation, growth planning and space utilization
*          music library administration, including the music library's relationship to a larger institution, budgets and statistics, personnel management, funding and donor development
*          careers in music librarianship and opportunities for professional development
A music librarian needs to have a broad musical background, as well as training in librarianship, to be able to assist students, faculty and other patrons with their needs in a music library setting. According to the Music Library Association, training in music should be at least the equivalent of substantial undergraduate study in music, and should also include a background in the humanities, as well as a working knowledge of German and one other Romance language.
Though this course has traditionally been offered to students enrolled simultaneously in the University at Buffalo MS in Information and Library Science and MA in Music degrees, it is our hope that this course will appeal to a wider online audience. Preferred prerequisites: University at Buffalo LIS 571, MUS 618, or equivalents. Enrollment in the course is by permission of the instructor (Kevin.Michki at fredonia.edu<mailto:Kevin.Michki at fredonia.edu>). Once permission is granted, students apply here: http://gse.buffalo.edu/nonmatric/grad/fall.

Sincerely,

Heidi Julien
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Heidi Julien, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Library and Information Studies
Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo
526 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Ph: 716-645-1474 Fax: 716-645-3775
Email: heidijul at buffalo.edu<mailto:heidijul at buffalo.edu>
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