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Academic Music Librarians

ey provide a detailed picture of the academic music librarian and therefore a detailed picture of what their information-seeking behaviors and needs are. These librarians have spent many years using libraries in their educational pursuits. This is especially evident when one takes into account the fact that most of them majored in musicology, an academic degree. They are at work daily in institutions of higher learning.What Do They Do?The academic music librarian wears many hats. She is a reference librarian, and an administrator; she is responsible for collection development, selection of materials, cataloging of materials, processing of materials and circulation of materials. She is also providing bibliographic instruction or user education. In addition, she may be doing her own research. In academic music libraries, excepting the largest of these, the librarian does most of the tasks listed above herself. (Coral 1990, 19)As the reference librarian, she answers questions from students, faculty and the public. As an administrator, she often supervises students and paraprofessionals working in the library. Under this function, she also does marketing for the library and may be responsible for fundraising. She selects the materials for the collection and is responsible for its maintenance. This includes weeding the collection and replacing or repairing materials as the need arises. She often catalogs the materials. Due to the nature of the materials, much may be required to get them ready to be put on the shelf in terms of packaging (Bryant 1985, 27). This is also her job. If she is not actually checking the materials out to patrons, she is responsible for the oversight of this function. This usually includes maintaining class reserves for faculty. She will usually be expected to provide user education to the students of the school and to faculty as well (Troutman 2000, 58). If this isnt enough, she will also be expecte...

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