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- RILM via FirstSearch
- This presentation focuses on the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) search interface. RILM is an online music bibliography. Through screenshots of the interface and instructions, the presentation highlights different features of RILM's database and how to get the most accurate results based on your search topic. This presentation was given at the Music Library Association Conference on February 12, 2004,
- Good, Fast, and Cheap: The Pioneering Reference Chat Service at the University of North Texas
- This presentation is about the Online Reference Help Desk utilized by the University of North Texas. It includes information on the history of the service and how it works, as well as facts about the Help Desk's performance since origination. This presentation was given at the Music Library Association Conference on February 13, 2003.
- Evolving, Not Extinct: Music Reference in the 21st Century
- This is a personal narrative about the impact of ever-evolving technology used in libraries, particularly music libraries. The author - a librarian - highlights the strengths of using different types of technologies in libraries and also problems that they could cause. The author urges caution when considering the adaptation of particular technologies.
- Serge Jaroff and the Don Cossack Choir: the State of Research in the 21st Century
- This poster displays information about Serge Jaroff’s Don Cossack Choir, which was founded at a Turkish concentration camp in 1921, but went on to perform around the world. The poster highlights information about Serge Jaroff, his choir, and their fans. The poster was presented at the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter's Spring Conference on April 11, 2015.
- "The Smoking Gun": Evidence that Vladimir Ussachevsky used Chinese Timbres as the Basis for his Electronic Music
- This paper was originally presented by Carl Rahkonen at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) Conference on April 3, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This paper includes details about Vladimir Ussachevsky, a pioneer in the proliferation of electronic music. It also contains biographical information about Ussachevsky, as well as his archival materials. The author attempts to prove that Ussachevsky used Chinese Timbres as the basis for his electronic music.
- Serge Jaroff and His Don Cossack Choir: Two Rare Scores at the University of North Texas Music Library
- This narrative gives details on Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir, which first began in a Turkish concentration camp in 1921. The author highlights the how the choir's music has personally affected her, while also giving details about the history of the choir and how the group went on to tour around the world. This document also gives the information that the University of North Texas Music Library maintains two rare Jaroff scores.
- Abstract for the AMS Southwest Chapter’s April 11, 2015 Spring Conference
- This is an abstract for a presentation that was given at the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter's Spring Conference on April 11th, 2015. The presentation was given alongside a poster display. This abstract highlights Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir, which was founded at a Turkish concentration camp in 1921, and went on to perform around the world. This abstract gives details on the history of the choir and the type of concerts that Jaroff gave. In addition, it explains the lack of scholarly attention that Jaroff and his choir have received.
- Thinking Outside the Box: Finding Publishing Opportunities in Unexpected Places
- This is a slideshow that focuses on different places that writers can publish their work. It highlights how you can find ways to publish work in unexpected places. This presentation was given at the Music Library Association Conference in Atlanta from February 26th - March 2nd of 2014.
- Schoenberg's Punk Rocker: The Radical Transformations of Dika Newlin
- This article focuses on Dika Newlin (1923-2006), an eccentric individual who was a musical prodigy in her early life and deemed a teenaged protégé of Arnold Schoenberg. Dika took an interest in punk rock later in life, and even joined a punk rock band. The author seeks to understand Dika's transition from protégé to punk rocker by describing some of her various phases as scholar, pianist, composer, and militant iconoclast. This paper was presented at the Music Library Association Conference in Denton, TX, on October 3, 2014.
- Talkin' to Texans and Other Americans: Music Oral History Project Perspectives: The Founding of the Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association
- This narrative centers on the start of the Texas chapter of the Music Library Association. The author gives the history and events that led up to the creation of the chapter, highlighting individuals that played a large role. This document played a part in a presentation given on behalf of the Oral History Committee at the national meeting of the Music Library Association in Dallas, Texas in 2012.
- Bay Area Community Colleges Information Competency Assessment Project (ICAP)
- This presentation details a "collaborative project among community college librarians in the San Francisco Bay Area to develop and field-test an information competency assessment instrument. This competency assessment instrument would "assess community college students' proficiency with information competency skills. This presentation was given as part of the Music Library Association Conference on February 23, 2006.
- A Hidden Collection of LPs: Cataloging with Connexion and MarcEdit
- This presentation provides an overview of a pilot program cataloging LPs with Connexion and MarcEdit. Slides include presentation notes. Presented at the 2016 Music OCLC (MOUG) Annual Conference.
- Cataloging Sheet Music in the Church or Synagogue Library
- This presentation provides an overview of the challenges faced in cataloging sheet music by both academic and congregational libraries.
- Texas Catholic Missions Travel Guide
- This presentation describes the use of The Portal to Texas History in the classroom through a lesson plan creating a journey through Spanish Missions in Texas.
- Statistical Indications of Notational Style in Composers' Additions of Performance Marks in Solo Piano Scores
- This presentation provides an overview of how statistical analyses may be used to examine patterns of performance marks and notational styles, using nineteenth-century piano sonatas.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Borodin!: Documenting Performance Practice with Piano Rolls
- The presentation discusses the value and importance of preserving piano rolls.
- The Aristocratic Soprano, An Estate, and the Sanitary District of Chicago: the Collection of Florence B. Paulson
- This presentation describe the process of creating and use of binder's collections to study the musical, economic, and political culture of the geographic area, with the Florence B. Paulson collection as a case study.
- The Aristocratic Soprano, An Estate, and the Sanitary District of Chicago: the Collection of Florence B. Paulson
- This presentation includes slides and notes to describe the process of creating and use of binder's collections to study the musical, economic, and political culture of the geographic area, with the Florence B. Paulson collection as a case study.
- Binder's Collection of Music as Indicators of Local Activity, a Case Study
- This poster provides a case study of how binder's collections reveal the musical, economic, and political culture of an area through a case study using a four-volume set from Florence G. Boyer Paulson, of Chicago, which contains music collected during the 1860s and 1870s.
- Caverns and Caves Depicted in Music
- Presentation for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture. This presentation contains a brief overview of musical works about caverns.
- The Life-Changing Magic of OpenRefine: The Open-Source Art of Data Decluttering and Organizing
- Presentation for the 2017 UNT Open Access Symposium. This presentation provides an overview of a workshop on using OpenRefine to make sense of data, standardize, correct, and rearrange data elements, automate tedious editing, and prepare data for export to other platforms for a variety of uses.
- Educating Music Catalogers: The Synergy of Work and School
- Presentation for the UNT Music Library 75th Anniversary Symposium. This presentation discusses the education and training of the UNT Music Library's student workers.
- Batch Processes: Using Connexion Client, MarcEdit, and Microsoft Access
- Presentation for the 2017 Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) during the Music Library Association National Convention. This presentation discusses how to expedite the cataloging of similar items using Connexion Client, MarcEdit, and Microsoft Access.
- Marcedit and Connexion in the Audio Rapid Cataloging Project at University of North Texas
- Presentation for the 2017 Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Association. This presentaiton describes the workflow for audio rapid cataloging of a collection of LPs.
- College of Music Recordings at the University of North Texas
- Presentation for the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) 2018 Conference. This presentation describes the process of ingesting College of Music Recordings at UNT Libraries.
- A Variety of Volumes Cataloged: Cataloging And Cultural Lessons Learned
- Presentation for the 2018 Music Library Association Conference. This presentation details cataloging and cultural lessons learned by a music cataloger.
- Access Methods for Resources of Material Culture: Genres and Forms
- Presentation for the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture. This presentation focuses on access in relation to genre and form projects.
- Serge Jaroff and His Don Cossack Choir: The Refugees Who Took the World by Storm
- This article discusses the history of the Don Cossack Choir which was established and conducted by Serge Jaroff while in a Turkish internment camp in 1920. Once liberated, they concertized throughout the non-Soviet world and enjoyed long-term success. However, the choir has received little scholarly attention, much of it in Dutch and Russian research.
- Anacreon Who? How a Poem and a Tune Found Each Other to Make our National Anthem [Presentation]
- Presentation on the history of the Star Spangled Banner for the Denton (Benjamin Lyon) chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on September 6, 2019.
- Cataloging, Preservation, and Discovery of Radio Content in Music Libraries and Archives (Or, “Where’s Willis?”)
- Presentation given as part of the session "Cataloging, Preservation, and Discovery of Radio Content in Music Libraries and Archives" at the 2018 Music Library Association conference in Portland, Oregon.
- Conover 101: Intro to Willis Conover [Presentation Notes]
- Notes to accompany a presentation on the life and career of Willis Conover for the Willis Conover Centennial Symposium held virtually on December 11, 2020.
- Duke Ellington Through the Eyes and Microphone of Willis Conover [Presentation Notes]
- Notes to accompany a presentation on the friendship and collaboration between Willis Conover and Duke Ellington for the 26th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference. Due to the Covid pandemic, this conference was cancelled early in the morning before it was set to begin.
- Anacreon Who? How a Poem and a Tune Found Each Other to Make our National Anthem [Presentation Notes]
- Notes to accompany a presentation on the history of the Star Spangled Banner for the Denton (Benjamin Lyon) chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on September 6, 2019.
- Encoding the Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully & Sons with MEI [Presentation]
- Presentation given as part of the session "Music encoding use-cases in US libraries: aims, pedagogy, and workflows" at the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held virtually on July 26-30, 2021.
- Conover 101: Intro to Willis Conover [Presentation]
- Presentation on the life and career of Willis Conover for the Willis Conover Centennial Symposium held virtually on December 11, 2020.
- Duke Ellington Through the Eyes and Microphone of Willis Conover [Presentation]
- Presentation on the friendship and collaboration between Willis Conover and Duke Ellington for the 26th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference. Due to the Covid pandemic, this conference was cancelled early in the morning before it was set to begin.
- Encoding the Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully & Sons with MEI [Presentation Notes]
- Notes to accompany a presentation given as part of the session "Music encoding use-cases in US libraries: aims, pedagogy, and workflows" at the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held virtually on July 26-30, 2021.
- The Houston-Stockholm Pipeline: One Attorney's Passion for Duke Ellington's Music, and a Texas Treasury of Swedish Concerts [Presentation]
- Presentation on the contents and historical context of the Rhodes Baker Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library. It was presented at the 55th Annual Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference held virtually May 12-15, 2021.
- The Houston-Stockholm Pipeline: One Attorney's Passion for Duke Ellington's Music, and a Texas Treasury of Swedish Concerts [Presentation Notes]
- Notes accompanying a presentation on the contents and historical context of the Rhodes Baker Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library. It was presented at the 55th Annual Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference held virtually May 12-15, 2021.
- Music with Friends: The Role of Voice of America's Willis Conover in the Global Reach of Polish Jazz [Presentation]
- Presentation on Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's long association with Polish jazz, given at the meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held in Kraków, Poland July 14-19, 2019.
- The Legacy of Willis Conover in Hungary: Jazz Behind the Iron Curtain
- Presentation on the legacy of Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's interaction with and propagation of Hungarian jazz.
- Music with Friends: The Role of Voice of America's Willis Conover in the Global Reach of Polish Jazz [Presentation Notes]
- Notes accompanying a presentation on Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's long association with Polish jazz, given at the meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held in Kraków, Poland July 14-19, 2019.
- My Data is So Open-Refined: Make Your Data the High-Class Kind
- Presentation for a workshop on OpenRefine for the Music OCLC Users Group meeting in Norfolk, VA held on February 25-26, 2020.
- The Past Sure Is Tense: Revisiting Rock History Narratives with the John Gilliland Pop Chronicles Interviews [Presentation]
- Presentation on the interviews present in the John Gilliland Collection, and how they can inform rock music historiography. It was presented at the joint Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association and the Southwest Chapter of the American Musicology Society meeting held on September 24-26, 2020.
- The Past Sure Is Tense: Revisiting Rock History Narratives with the John Gilliland Pop Chronicles Interviews [Presentation Notes]
- Notes accompanying a presentation on the interviews present in the John Gilliland Collection, and how they can inform rock music historiography. It was presented at the joint Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association and the Southwest Chapter of the American Musicology Society meeting held on September 24-26, 2020.
- We Handle Water Music: The Crazy Water Radio Broadcast Transcription Discs at University of North Texas [Presentation]
- Presentation on the Crazy Water radio broadcasts in the UNT Music Library. This presentation was selected for the 2020 Best of Chapters presentations at the Music Library Association conference in Norfolk, VA held on February 26-March 1, 2020.
- We Handle Water Music: The Crazy Water Radio Broadcast Transcription Discs at University of North Texas [Presentation Notes]
- Notes accompanying a presentation on the Crazy Water radio broadcasts in the UNT Music Library. This presentation was selected for the 2020 Best of Chapters presentations at the Music Library Association conference in Norfolk, VA held on February 26-March 1, 2020.
- Willis Conover’s Music USA: A Continuation of East-West Jazz Connections [Presentation]
- Presentation on the historical context of Willis Conover's long-running jazz program, Music USA, on the Voice of America, for the conference Music and the Nation III: Music in Postwar Transitions at the Université de Montréal held on October 18-20, 2018 in Montreal, Canada.
- Willis Conover’s Music USA and the Continuation of East-West Jazz Connections Formed Before World War II
- Notes for a presentation on the historical context of Willis Conover's long-running jazz program, Music USA, on the Voice of America, for the conference Music and the Nation III: Music in Postwar Transitions at the Université de Montréal held on October 18-20, 2018 in Montreal, Canada.
- A World Famous, Yet Unknown, Countertenor: Basile Bolotine of Serge Jaroff’s Don Cossack Choir
- This article concerns the artistry and career of Basile Bolotine, 1895-1981, a beloved countertenor soloist in Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir. It was a world-famous a cappella Russian emigre ensemble that toured extensively all over the non-Soviet world for nearly sixty years. Bolotine had a long tenure with them, and through his recorded legacy, his music is still cherished. However, his name has remained largely unknown. This essay introduces him by name to those who have and have not yet experienced his music.