Just Tell Me What You Want

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2017 Georgia Library Conference

October 6, 2017

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Just Tell Me What You WantCollection Format Preference of Music Faculty

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Presented by

A. Carey HuddlestunResearch, Instruction, and Metadata Librarian/Assistant Professor

[email protected]

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O V E R V I E W


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O V E R V I E W

Do We Need to Keep A l l Th is Stuf f?


“PAL Boxes 01” by Carey Huddlestun licensed under

CC BY-NC 4.0

“PAL Boxes 02” by Carey Huddlestun licensed under

CC BY-NC 4.0

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O V E R V I E W

Do We Need to Keep A l l Th is Stuf f?


“Even More PAL Boxes” by Carey Huddlestun licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

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O V E R V I E W

More and Better Mus ic Scores Ava i lab le Onl ine?


https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/program/digital-media/baerenreiter-study-score-

reader-app/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glory-to-god-

hymnal/id677359265?mt=8

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O V E R V I E W

Based on a Study by Joe Clark, Kent State University


Clark, J. C. (2013). Format Preferences of Performing Arts Students. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39297-307. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2013.02.005

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S U R V E Y


• what format and type material faculty wanted the library to purchase

• what material format music faculty used and how often they used it

• what material format music faculty preferred using

Sought to Discover

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S U R V E Y


• Online Survey of Music Faculty

• Twenty-two of Seventy-eight Possible Completed Survey

• 28% Completion Rate

• Twenty Questions

• Collection Format Purchase Priority Ranking

• Format Use Frequency & Preference

Details

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S U R V E Y


• Books – print / e-books

• Audio – physical CDs / streaming

• Scores – print / e-scores

• Journals – print / online

• Reference – print / online

• Video – DVDs / streaming

Six Material Types

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S U R V E Y


Purchase Priority

What should be the purchase priority of the Performing Arts Library? Rank the following material in order of purchase priority with 1 being the highest priority material and 12 being the lowest priority material.

e-books

online audio databases

online journal databases

online reference database

online music score databases

online video databases

CDs

DVDs

print books

print academic journals

print reference

print music scores

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S U R V E Y


2-3 times a week 2-3 times a month 2-3 times a semester 2-3 times a year never

In your role as music teaching faculty how often do you use print books?

Frequency of Use & Format Preference

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2-3 times a week 2-3 times a month 2-3 times a semester 2-3 times a year never

In your role as music teaching faculty how often do you use e-books?


S U R V E Y

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S U R V E Y


I prefer print books I prefer e-books

Do you prefer using print books or e-books? (select one)


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Music Material Collection Priority Ranking

12

34

56

78

910

11 11

0

2

4

6

8

10

12


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. . . how often do you use books?


16

3

2

1

0

3

3

2

6

8

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2-3 times a week

2-3 times a month

2-3 times a semester

2-3 times a year

never

e-books print

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What is your format preference for books?


68%

32%

print books e-books

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. . . how often do you use music (audio)?


4

4

4

6

4

18

4

0

0

0

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2-3 times a week

2-3 times a month


2-3 times a year

never

streaming CDs

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What is your format preference for music (audio)?


14%

86%

CDs web-based music

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. . . how often do you use music (score)?

18

3

1

0

0

10

5

2

3

2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2-3 times a week

2-3 times a month


2-3 times a year

never

e-scores print


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What is your format preference for music (scores)?


77%

23%

print music scores e-scores

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. . . how often do you use journals?


0

5

5

7

5

3

3

8

3

5

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2-3 times a week

2-3 times a month


2-3 times a year

never

web-based print

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What is your format preference for journals?


14%

86%

print journals web-based journals

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. . . how often do you use reference material?


5

4

5

7

1

6

7

4

5

0

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2-3 times a week

2-3 times a month


2-3 times a year

never

web-based print

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What is your format preference for reference material?


14%

86%

print reference web-based reference

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. . . how often do you use video?

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2

7

8

5

11

7

1

1

2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2-3 times a week

2-3 times a month


2-3 times a year

never

streaming DVDs


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What is your format preference for video material?


14%

86%

DVDs web-based video

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F O R F U R T H E R S T U D Y


• Why print book and print score preference

• Source of online material they use

• Recommendations of useful online databases

• Comparison of these results with Joe Clark’s 2013 results

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C O N C L U S I O N S


Collections

• Keep purchasing books and score in print form

• Research available of e-scores / online score databases

• Re-evaluate our collection policy of music CDs

Holdings

• Evaluate and weed our current holdings of music CDs

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Contact Information

A. Carey [email protected]

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Education

Just Tell Me What You Want