Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
ILM9110
Module Title
MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIP
Academic Year
2009/2010
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
*Articulate critically the current professional issues in music librarianship
*Describe and justify the skills and competencies required by the staff of a music library or information service
- Identify and assess the issues affecting the management of music collections in a library or information service
*Assess and address the needs of particular user groups in the music library
*Assemble appropriate information materials to enable the critical evaluation of professional music library issues.
Brief description
This module is designed to provide an in-depth guide to the management of music services in a library setting. It aims to instill an understanding of music libraries and their functions as outlined below.
Content
The module will cover the acquisition (unit 4), bibliography, cataloguing and classification (unit 3), circulation and other aspects of music library work (unit 5), and will examine the particular nature of music services within academic, public and 'specia' libraries including Music Information Centres and music publishers' hire libraries (unit 1). It will pay particular attention to the management of music collections (unit 5), since music library work requires special training in such areas as, for example, cataloguing and conservation (unit 2, unit 3), and in catering for a wide variety of different user groups (unit 4).
Unit 1: Music Libraries: the 'whys' and 'wherefores'
Unit 2: The nature of the product
Unit 3: Information retrieval: an introduction
Unit 4: Supply and demand
Unit 5: Managing the music library: staff, stock, finance
Unit 1: Music Libraries: the 'whys' and 'wherefores'
Unit 2: The nature of the product
Unit 3: Information retrieval: an introduction
Unit 4: Supply and demand
Unit 5: Managing the music library: staff, stock, finance
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | None |
| Communication | Via both assignments, where marks will be given for clear and logical presentation. Only written communication is assessed. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Both the assignments should help develop students¿ knowledge. The module handbook also contains a logical introduction to music library work, and this should help in the learning process. |
| Information Technology | Both the assignments should help develop students¿ knowledge. The module handbook also contains a logical introduction to music library work, and this should help in the learning process. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Once the students have been through the course they should easily be able to work out whether or not music library work is right for them. |
| Problem solving | The first assignment (in particular) requires students critically to evaluate an information service, and to propose workable ways in which it can be improved. |
| Research skills | Required for successful completion of second assignment (in particular). Students will be given marks for evidence of good bibliographical searching and presentation, plus for their use of the materials they have discovered while researching the assignment. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Understanding of music¿s many formats (scores, recordings, books on, electronic resources), and the peculiar elements of music acquisition, cataloging, copyright/performing rights, classification and conservation work will come from doing this course. |
| Team work | None |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7