[PW] book for performance library

[Lois Fundis]

Someone last week was asking for recommendations for
materials for a new performance library.

I was just looking through the new catalog for
Scarecrow Press (http://www.scarecrowpress.com) and
saw a listing for _A Manual for the Performance
Library_, by Russ Girsberger, ISBN 0-8108-5871-1,
$45.00 (U.S.) in paper, due out this month, October
2006. It seems to be largely about cataloging music,
but it might be helpful. 

The blurb on the individual website for the book*
says:

"The performance librarian is the person responsible
for managing, maintaining, and organizing the
resources of a performance library. This personnel can
now benefit from A Manual for the Performance Library,
a guide for organizing and operating a library of
music performance materials.

"Music for performance has different needs than music
for study. It must be easy to read and understand, and
it must be formatted so as not to impede the
musician's efforts to interpret the notes into musical
sound. This book outlines, step-by-step, the ways of
acquiring, processing, cataloging, and preparing music
for performance. While focusing primarily on music for
large ensembles, like orchestra and chorus, author
Russ Girsberger also includes concepts that apply to
wind, jazz, and chamber ensembles. The material is
logically organized, detailing information on
purchasing or renting music; cataloging and processing
scores; numbering, marking, binding and shelving
parts; and preparing and distributing the music for
rehearsal or performance. Additional duties, such as
describing necessary information on preparing concert
programs and audition lists, and caring for and
preserving the library's holdings are also covered.
The manual concludes with a glossary, an annotated
bibliography, and an appendix, which features sample
forms for cataloging and circulating the library's
materials."

*This is at
http://www.scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0810858711
or http://tinyurl.com/ykcn9v

Hope this helps.

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Lois Fundis lfundis at weir.net or lfundis at verizon.net