We’ve Got the Beat: Music Advisory in Public Libraries
Presented by Penni Speets, Pete Lewandoski
March 17, 4:15-5:15
Check out the list of resources:
And the annotated list along with online resources:
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything.”
― Plato
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music."
―Kurt Vonnegut, Man Without a Country
The trend is toward switching from a physical to a digital environment in the distribution of music. Pandora, Cloud and Google music are all examples.
A good question to ask a patron searching for music he likes is, “What did you last listen to that you liked? Why did you like it?”
Know what staff like and are listening to—they can be a resource. Staff should all know how music is organized, the genres the library has, and how these genres are classified.
Play music in the library and vary the genres to encourage conversations about music.
All Music, www.allmusic.com, organizes music by genre.
For collection development use Billboard, www.billboard.com. It is always up to date.
Gramophone, http://www.gramophone.co.uk/ is a good source for information about classical music.
Public Radio, http://www.npr.org/programs/ features programs that provide both music and information, including:
American Routes, http://americanroutes.wwno.org/ broadcasts from New Orleans very week and features a variety of American genres of music.
Kent District Library provides personalized picks for music.:
The library has also created core recommendations: If you like_____, try______.:
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