SEMLA Preconference Workshop
Music Acquisitions and Collection Development
Oct. 9, 2008
Instructors:
Holling Smith-Borne
Director, Wilson Music Library
Vanderbilt University
holling.j.smith-borne@vanderbilt.edu
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Joyce Clinkscales
Head, Heilbrun Music and Media Library
Emory University
libjm01@emory.edu
With thanks to Marci Cohen and Michael Fling
Resource List
Major Vendors
Baker & Taylor, Inc.
(800) 775-1800
btinfo@btol.com
http://btol.com/
Bel Canto Society (videorecordings)
http://www.belcantosociety.org/store/index.php
Broude Brothers Limited (scores only; publisher has own line of scholarly score editions)
P.O. Box 547 Whiteoaks Rd.
Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: (413) 458-8131
Fax: (413) 458-5242
broude@sover.net
DVD Planet (videorecordings)
16672 Beach Blvd., Suite L
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Phone: (800) 624-3078
Fax: (714) 892-8369
http://www.dvdplanet.com
orders@dvdplanet.com
Educational Music Service (scores; specializes in score orchestral literature)
33 Elkay Drive
Chester, NY 10918
Phone: (845) 469-5790
Fax: (845) 469-5817
http://www.emsmusic.com
sales@emsmusic.com
Facets Multi-Media (videorecordings)
1517 West Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: (800) 331-6197
Fax: (773) 929-5437
http://www.facets.org
sales@facets.org
Films for the Humanities and Sciences (videorecordings)
200 American Metro Blvd., Suite 124
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Phone: 800-257-5126 or 609-671-1000
Fax: 800-FAX-ON-US (800-329-6687)
http://www.films.com
Hutchins & Rea/Symmes Music (scores)
12 Perimeter Park Dr., Suite 110
Atlanta GA 30341
Phone: (770) 455-3130
(800) 753-BACH
Fax: (770) 455-1492
questions@hutchinsandrea.com
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. (scores only)
2480 Industrial Blvd.
Paoli PA 19301
Phone: (800) 345-6296
Fax: (800) 260-1482
http://www.jwpepper.com/
Kultur (videorecordings)
195 Highway 36
West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1304
Phone: (732) 229-2343
Fax: (732) 229-0066
info@kultur.com
http://www.kulturfilms.com/
Luck’s Music Library (scores; specializes in orchestral literature)
PO Box 71397
Madison Hieghts, MI 48071
Phone: (248) 583-1820
Fax: (248) 583-1114
http://www.lucksmusic.net
sales@lucksmusic.net
Music Hunter Distributing Company
25-58 34th Street, Suite 2
Astoria, NY 11103-4902
Jay Sonin
(718) 777-1949
musichunter@nyc.rr.com
Music Library Service Company (recordings only)
313 Campbell Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: (800) 849-2323
Fax: (910) 762-8701
info@mlscmusic.com
http://mlscmusic.com/
Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.
16122 Cohasset St.
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Phone: (818) 994-1902
Fax: (818) 994-0419
music@tfront.com
http://www.tfront.com/
Tower Records (recordings and videorecordings)
800-275-8693
http://www.tower.com
Video Artists International and VAI Audio (recordings and videorecordings)
109 Wheeler Ave
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Phone: (800) 477-7146
Fax: (914) 769-5407
http://www.vai-music.com
inquiries@vaimusic.com
Sources for Out-of-Print music books
Abebooks (formerly known as Advanced Book Exchange)
http://www.abebooks.com
AddAll Used and Out-of-Print
http://www.addall.com/Used
Alibris
http://www.alibris.com
Bibliofind
http://www.bibliofind.com
Bookfinder
www.bookfinder.com
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com (used)
Sources for Out-of-Print music recordings
Alibris
http://www.alibris.com
Berkshire Record Outlet
http://www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com
BuyUsed.co.uk
http://www.2ndhand.org.uk
GEMM: Global Electronic Music Marketplace
http://www.gemm.com
GEMMvideos
http://www.gemmvideos.com
Mikrokosmos.com (LPs, and 78 rpm)
http://www.mikrokosmos.com
Major record labels
(five multinational companies control more than 80% of the world’s recorded music production. All market their own labels and distribute recordings of smaller companies as well. 3 of the 5 (BMG, Sony, Universal) maintain full online catalogs of the products they distribute and visitors to their web sites can shop online).
BMG Entertainment
More than 200 labels including Bad Boy, BMG Label Group, RCA Label Group, and Windham Hill
http://www.bmgmusic.com
EMI Music Group
More than 70 labels including Abbey Road, Angle, Blue Note, Capitol, EMI, Mosaic, Parlophone, Reflexe, and Virgin
http://www.emigroup.com
Sony Music Entertainment (formerly CBS/Sony)
Includes Columbia Records, Epic Record Group, Legacy Recordings, Sony Classical, Sony Nashville, and Sony Wonder
http:///www.sonymusic.com
Universal Music Group
Includes Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Geffen, MCA, Mercury, Motown, Philips, Polydor, Universal Records, and Verve
http://www.umusic.com
Warner Music Group (division of Time Warner, often abbreviated WEA)
Includes Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, London-Sire Records, Rhino Entertainment Group, and Warner Bros.
http://www.wmg.com
Specialty Vendors, Labels and Catalogs
Albany
More than 100 classical labels
http://www.arkivmusic.com
Allegro
http://www.allegro-music.com
Amazon.com (for materials not found elsewhere)
Try Amazon International too at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=487250
Arkiv Music
http://www.arkivmusic.com
Azuradisc Disc Repair Center (CD resurfacing)
2885 N. Nevada St. Suite 140
Chandler AZ 85225
(480) 827-8786
BWI (vendor specializing in children’s materials for public libraries, offers standing orders for Billboard charts)
1340 Ridgeview Dr.
McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (800) 888-4478
Fax: (800) 888-6319
http://bwibooks.com/
Collectors’ Choice (reissues)
http://www.ccmusic.com
eBay.com (especially for out-of-print items)
Harmonia Mundi
More than 50 labels
http://www.harmoniamundi.com
Heartland Music (reissues, mainly classic country)
http://www.heartlandmusic.com
Koch International
http://www.kochint.com
Music for Little People (children’s music)
http://www.musicforlittlepeople.com
Naxos (classical)
http://naxos.com
Nonesuch (known for world music but also issue pop, jazz and folk)
http://nonesuch.com
Rhino (pop reissues)
http://rhino.com
Time-Life (gospel, country and pop reissues, mainly compilations)
http://www.timelife.com
Yesasia.com
(current pop music from Asia, especially Japan and Korea)
Yestermusic (reissues)
http://www.goodmusicgroup.com
Streaming Music Vendors
Classical.com
http://classical.com
Naxos
http://naxos.com
Smithsonian Global Sound
http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org
Alexander Street Press: Classical Music Library, plus world, African American, and other specialized collections
http://alexanderstreet.com/products/music.htm
Awards
Academy Awards (songs and scores from films are awarded)
http://www.oscars.org
Nominees announced in January. Awards ceremony held in February.
Grammy Awards
http://grammy.com
Nominees announced in December. Awards ceremony held in February.
Latin Grammy awards ceremony held in November.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://rockhall.com
Nominations announced in October. Inductees announced in December.
Tony Awards
http://www.tonyawards.com
Nominations announced in May. Awards ceremony held in June.
W.C. Handy Blues Awards
http://www.blues.org
Nominations announced in January. Awards ceremony held in May.
Sources for identifying core recordings
A Basic Music Library : Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, 3rd ed., Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.
Holtje, Steve, and Nancy Ann Lee, ed., MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide, Detroit: Visible Ink Press, c1998.
Libbey, Ted, The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, 2nd ed., New York: Workman Pub., c1999.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for artists and list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll
http://rockhall.com
Rolling Stone
The magazine regularly runs lists of greatest recordings of all time. Most recently:
“500 Greatest Albums of All Time”
December 11, 2003, Issue 937
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5938174
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“500 Greatest Songs of All Time”
December 9, 2004, Issue 963
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs
Periodicals with Music Reviews
American Record Guide (classical reviews, no advertising)
ISSN 0003-0716
BBC Music Magazine (classical)
http://www.bbcmagazines.com/music
Billboard (reports national sales, with breakdown by genre)
ISSN 0006-2510
CDHotlist: New Releases for Libraries
online only, http://cdhotlist.btol.com/
Dirty Linen (Folk and world music)
http://www.dirtylinen.com
Downbeat (Jazz and blues)
ISSN 0012-5768
Entertainment Weekly (mostly rock/pop; some country, jazz)
ISSN 1049-0434
Fanfare (classical)
ISSN 0148-9364
http://www.fanfaremag.com
Goldmine (specializes in annotated rock discographies)
ISSN 1055-2685
Gramophone (classical)
ISSN 0017-310X
http://www.gramophone.co.uk
See the Gramofile
International Record Review (classical)
http://www.recordreview.co.uk
Music Reference Services Quarterly (primarily books)
ISSN 1058-8167
New Music Monthly (rock/pop)
http://www.cmj.com/newmm
Notes - Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association (mostly classical)
ISSN 0027-4380
Rolling Stone (rock/pop)
ISSN 0035-791X
Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine
ISSN 0037-5624
The Source - The Magazine of Hip-Hop Music, Culture and Politics
ISSN 1063-2085
Spin (rock/pop)
ISSN 0886-3032
http://www.spin.com
Tempo (journal devoted to 20th-century and contemporary concert music)
ISSN 0040-2982
Vibe (hip hop)
ISSN 1070-4701
Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll (Based on poll of about 600 music critics. Results are announced in January; available online http://www.villagevoice.com)
ISSN 0042-6180
Also, look through other periodicals that your library subscribes to.
Other Online Resources
Allmusic.com, a comprehensive web site of recordings, including notation for whether a title is still in print and a weekly schedule of new releases. It has a separate search function for classical music.
Radio Disney Top 30 Countdown
http://radio.disney.go.com/music/top30.html
Music Selection Sources on the WWW Anna Seaberg (King County Library System, Washington State) maintains a helpful website with links to vendor and publisher web sites at
http://www.halcyon.com/aseaberg
Copyright Issues
U.S. Copyright Code
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives
Title 17, § 108
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108
MLA Copyright for Music Librarians
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/
Printed Directories of Print Music Publishers
Directory of Music Publishers, New York: Music Publishers’ Association of the United States; National Music Publishers’ Association; Church Music Publishers’ Association, 2001- . Annual
Entries list foreign and domestic imprints distributed by the named U.S. publishers. The directory can be downloaded at http://www.mpa.org/agency/pa;.html
Music Publishers’ International ISMN Directory, Munich: K.G. Saur: International ISMN Agency, 1995- . Directory of publishers participating in the International Standard Music Number (ISMN) program as well as those that do not; arguably the most comprehensive directory of music publishers currently available; new edition published about every 3 years.
Printed Directories of Recording Labels
BiIlboard International Buyer’s Guide, New York: Billboard Pubs., 1970- . Annual; separate listings of major and independent labels including web and e-mail addresses; also lists major “sheet music” publishers and video companies; a separate international section is arranged by country
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts, Great Barrington, MA: ABC Leisure Magazines, 1974- . Annual; separate listings of American and international recordings companies; online version at http://www.musicalamerica.com is available to paid subscribers as a searchable database.
Recording Industry Sourcebook, Los Angeles: Ascona Communications, 1990- . Annual; separate listings of major and independent labels with web and e-mail addresses.
Resources for the Care and Maintenance of Library Materials
Websites for conservation of paper-based materials
CoOL (Conservation Online): http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Technology
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/don.html (part of CoOL site)
Care, Handling, and Storage of Books (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/books.html
Websites on audio formats
Basic Inspection Techniques to Sample the Condition of Magnetic Tape
http://www.specsbros.com/whitephtml
The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/care.html
“Cylinder, Disc, and Tape Care in a Nutshell”
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html
Websites on video formats
Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide (detailed information from the Texas Commission on the Arts)
http://www.arts.state.tx.us/video/assess.asp
How to Care for Your Video
http://www.nfsa.gov.au/preservation/care_audiovisual/care_for_videos.html
Video Format Identification Guide
http://videopreservation.stanford.edu/vid_id/index.html
Maintenance Equipment
For CD & DVD repair: DiscChek Eco-Smart system by RTI
http://rtico.com/ecosmart/
For phonodisc cleaning: Nitty Gritty cleaning systems
http://www.nittygrittyinc.com/index.html
NOTES/Other resources mentioned in this workshop:
HSB 10/08/08
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