Item Detail
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Talja, Sanna
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Music, culture, and the library : an analysis of discourses
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Book
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Lanham, Md.
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2001
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Scarecrow Press
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vi, 238 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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081084026X (cloth : alk. paper)
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Music libraries--Finland--Helsinki--Use studies.
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Music Libraries; Musical Culture; Music Analysis
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ML 111 .T34 M813 2001
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Talja, Sanna. Music, Culture, and the Library: An Analysis of Discourses. Lanham; Maryland; and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2001.
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An attempt to explain the differences of user expectations regarding music libraries by connecting them to historical changes of cultural perception of the humanities. Comprehension of linguistics and sociological research methodology is recommended.
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Author interviewed music library users and non-users in Helsinki, Finland and analyzed their responses, comparing them to the views of professional librarians from official music library policy statements. To represent current broad trends, cultural discussions in daily newspapers were considered. Historical changes were mapped through official texts on national cultural policy, radio's music policy, professional musician/composer writings, and critical newspaper reviews of performances.
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The book is organized into an introduction, five chapters, a conclusion, and a three-part appendix: User Interviews, References, and Index. The introduction is necessary to understand the intentions of the study, and each chapter addresses questions raised in the introduction. Each chapter is subdivided into boldface headings highlighting main ideas and ends with a thorough notes section. The User Interview section addresses study's methodology and provides the questions asked during interviews. The References section is alphabetically ordered by name, consisting of both Finnish and English entries, with complete bibliographic information. The Index compiles all topics mentioned-- alphabetically integrated--and provides a page number.
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The author acknowledges the similarities/differences in the attitudes and standards of professional librarians between Finnish and Anglo-American institutions, and directs readers to studies which specifically address this discrepancy.
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It is utterly necessary to read the introduction in order to reasonably understand the scope of the book; the preface is not adequate. Sample is not representative: population interviewed consists of only 28 subjects in 2 libraries. Does not state the language interviews were conducted in, which raises issues of translation when transcripts are quoted within text. Author does not standardize terms used in study, which leads to apparently conflicting and confusing definitions.
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Hartel, Jenna. The Library Quarterly 74 (July 2004): 393-96.http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/422787
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BYU Mus Ref
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4413