Keeping the score: outreach services and collaboration for academic music libraries in financially straitened times

Q4 Environmental Science

Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology Pub Date : 2015-07-29 DOI:10.1108/LM-06-2014-0063

Petros A Kostagiolas, Χαρίλαος Λαβράνος, Κωνσταντίνα Μαρτζούκου, Ιωσήφ Παπαδάτος, Petros A Kostagiolas, Konstantina Martzoukou, Charilaos Lavranos, J. Papadatos

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the role of academic music libraries in financially straitened times. The academic music library aims to cover the information needs of the academic community; yet the unique nature of music information also allows academic libraries to develop services for a broad spectrum of different user groups. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical analysis is supported by empirical evidence from a nationwide survey in Greece. The survey was carried out from July to September 2013 and presents results from interviews with the directors of all academic music libraries in Greece. Findings – The results suggest that the period of economic crisis is also a period of challenges and innovation for music libraries which calls them to redefine policies and priorities, and further consider the needs and expectations of wider audiences, i.e. musicians outside the academic community. The financial downturn can be seen as an opportunity for restructuring the academic music ...

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保持分数:外联服务和合作的学术音乐图书馆在财政困难时期

目的-本文的目的是研究学术音乐图书馆在财政困难时期的作用。学术音乐图书馆旨在满足学术界的信息需求;然而，音乐信息的独特性质也允许学术图书馆为广泛的不同用户群体开发服务。设计/方法/方法-理论分析得到了希腊全国调查的经验证据的支持。该调查于2013年7月至9月进行，并提供了对希腊所有学术音乐图书馆馆长的采访结果。研究结果-结果表明，经济危机时期也是音乐图书馆面临挑战和创新的时期，这要求他们重新定义政策和优先事项，并进一步考虑更广泛的受众(即学术界以外的音乐家)的需求和期望。金融危机可以被看作是重组学术音乐的机会。

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