CDL: Building your library's music collection? (response 2)

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:36:32 -0400 To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu

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Subject: Building your library's music collection?
From: Pamela Bristah <pbristah_at_wellesley.edu>

The Music Library Association, in conjunction with ALA, published a 
buying guide for exactly this situation, A Basic Music Library, 3rd 
edition (ALA, 1997).

The recording-specific info in BML3 is now dated, but the repertoire cited
for classical music and the artists cited for pop, jazz, and world music
are still valid, and provide a good start.

Entries are prioritized, with those marked with two asterisks being the
most essential, and those marked with one asterisk being a little more
comprehensive.

You could also look at online options such as collections offered by
Alexander Street Press-- Classical Music Library, Contemporary World 
Music (i.e., global pop), and others-- and Naxos Music Library 
(classical) and Naxos Music Library Jazz.

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Pamela Bristah, Music Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street,
Wellesley MA 02481
phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbristah_at_wellesley.edu