Announcing the availability of a new training package...
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The Comprehensive Guide to Music Librarianship
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An Essential Guide for Music Librarians
Comprehensive
If you are working in a music library or would like to learn more about
music librarianship, please visit http://www.aber.ac.uk/olu/music to find
out more about 'The Comprehensive Guide to Music Librarianship'. This
unique two-volume training package accompanied by a CD-Rom covers
everything the music librarian needs to know, from introductory to advanced
level, about musical formats, information retrieval, cataloguing, indexing,
printed and electronic reference sources, acquisition, copyright and legal
issues.
Flexible
The Guide is designed to be used flexibly, either for reference, or as a
self-study training package. Its layout and design uses open learning
techniques and includes self-assessment exercises and key readings. The
interactive CD-Rom provides ready access to music websites, activities to
help you use the internet, detailed explanations of printed and recorded
musical formats and a useful review of information sources for the music
librarian.
Developed by Experts
The Guide was written by music librarianship specialist Ian Ledsham MA
(Cantab & Sheffield), FRCO (Dip.ChM), ARCM. and the CD-Rom was designed by
John Nelson BA of the Open Learning Unit. It has been supported with
funding from the Higher Education Funding Council of Wales, The University
of Wales, Aberystwyth, the Music Libraries Trust and the Britten Pears
Foundation.
No Travelling!
The Comprehensive Guide to Music Librarianship is available now priced at
180 pounds plus postage (less than the price of a one-day seminar in London
and
non of the hassle of travelling). Orders for this new training package have
already been received from libraries in the UK and abroad, including
Sweden. For
further details and an order form see our web site.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/olu/music or email [log in to unmask]
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Ms. Susan Mends
Development Officer for MSc ILS by distance learning
Department of Information and Library Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth
SY23 3AS
tel: (01970) 622165
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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