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L O U I S V I L L E . E D U
Sharing Our Special Collections with the World:
an IMSLP Digitizing Project
By
James Procell, Music Librarian
University of Louisville
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What is IMSLP and the Petrucci Music Library?
• Stands for International Music Score Library Project
• Address: http://www.imslp.org
• Project to create online library of public domain music scores, based on the wiki principle.
• Launched Feb. 16, 2006.
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How many works are in IMSLP?
• 218,000 scores • 21,000 recordings
• 60,000+ works by 7,800+ composers
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Why IMSLP?
• Most widely-used PD score site.
• Google rankings.
• It is simple!
• IMSLP hosts a very large number of scores from other music libraries, including the Library of Congress.
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12-month IMSLP Site Statistics
• 40,866,144 visitors
• 298,055,702 page views
• 271,565,207 files downloaded
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How to contribute
• Similar to Wikipedia
• Anyone can contribute digitized scores in PDF format.
• Anyone can edit pages on the site.
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What do you need?
• Scanner (preferably an overhead book scanner.)
• We use a Konica Minolta PS5000C scanner.
• Adobe Photoshop.
• Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Server space
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Ricasoli Collection• Private music library of the
Ricasoli families of Florence, Italy.
• Consists of more than 400 manuscripts and early prints by well-known composers, as well as lesser-known Florentine composers.
• Assembled between 1750 and 1860.
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Ricasoli Collection• Purchased between 1985 and 1987
by the University of Louisville, under the guidance of Robert Lamar Weaver.
• The collection has been microfilmed, as well as entered into the RISM A/II database.
• Approximately 40% of the collection has been added to IMSLP in 2012.
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Getting Started• Each score is scanned by student
worker and saved to server.
• Files are scanned as color photos at 300dpi, then saved as TIFF files using Adobe Photoshop.
• Student worker crops and cleans images.
• I combine scanned files to create a single PDF using Adobe Acrobat.
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After scanning• Score is cataloged in OCLC.
• Digitized score is added to IMSLP.
• Link to score in IMSLP is added locally the 856 field of the bibliographic record.
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Results of Digitization• ILL requests can be filled by providing
link to IMSLP.
• More than 15,000 page scanned so far.
• More than 18,000 downloads of scores from this collection so far this year on IMSLP.
• Increased access to our library’s unique collections.
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Strategy 3: Enhance access to materials held by the LibrariesObjective: Assess user experience relative to current search
and discovery toolsObjective: Implement appropriate tools and technologies
related to collection use and access
Strategy 4: Emphasize the Libraries’ unique research collections
Objective: Add to and enhance Digital Collections Objective: Acquire, preserve and provide access to new
collectionsObjective: Actively promote awareness and use of the
collections.
2012-2020 University Libraries Strategic Plan
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Future Plans• Continue scanning Ricasoli
collection and adding files to IMSLP. Projected completion date is early 2014.
• Actively seek to scan and add additional special collections to IMSLP.
• Create digital Ricasoli Collection website.