Robb Mullins | 10 Oct 20:03
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looking for 'issues' ideas related to creating a digital print music collection

Hi,
 
Thanks for everyone's ideas and advice in the past.  These listservs are a great source for ideas.  I end
up researching my way back to ideas that people gave me from these sites.
 
I'm working on another project for a library fundamentals class.
 
The topic?  Collection development.
 
For music.
 
I have a library.  I'm purchasing materials with grant money to create one distinct music collection.

Possible directions...
How to organize it?  How it is represented?
Who will use it and how?
What is the collection itself?  ie Digital?
Anything with metadata?  What metadata does a digitized print music collection use?
Database concerns?
Any special subject languages or subject classification and headings? Esp if there is a difference
between traditional print and digitized materials.
Any special concerns for authority control, esp going from print to digital?
Any special concerns with quality, esp with digital collections and digitized print music?
Any concerns for the future with a digitized print music collection?  You create it... What should I be
concerned about in the future?
 
What I need now are issues related to this music grant collection and its creation.  
 
What I'd really be interested in is someone who has done this and all the things they were thinking about. 
Or maybe I'm looking for a website or case study about collection development, but creating a special,
unique collection to add to a library, probably not general collection development policy.
 
I'm in the very early planning stages on this project.  I'm thinking I may go with saying I have a grant, I'm
purchasing an existing print music collection, and then I want to digitize it and make that
digitized/print music collection available.  What issues should I be thinking about related to those
above?  Has anyone out there done this?  
 
Copyright comes to mind, but it's not quite so closely related to the topics above.  I think I may just avoid
that whole area and say my collection is all public domain material.  I think that should solve any
copyright concerns.
 
Any ideas or advice is appreciated.  Even one idea I would be thrilled with.  That one idea might be just
what I'm looking for, that one "right" angle for me.
 
Thanks,
RM


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