National Library of Australia


Access


QUESTION 6.
Does your library make all music formats available on interlibrary loan?


INTERLIBRARY LOAN AVAILABILITY         Yes/No    Comments 
Canberra School of Music, Institute    No
 of the Arts
National Film & Sound Archive                    Most of the formats held are
                                                 of preservation status and    
                                                 are not available for loan.   
                                                 Clients, however, may         
                                                 request copies (dubs) and     
                                                 subject to copyright being    
                                                 cleared and payment of a fee  
                                                 for service, the copies are   
                                                 supplied,  NFSA may, in the   
                                                 future, consider ILL as a     
                                                 service.                      
                                                 Note: non reference           
                                                 monographs are available      
                                                 through ILL                   
National Library of Australia          Yes       As long as the title is not a
                                                 legal deposit sole copy item,
                                                 rare, fragile or extremely
                                                 valuable.  MSS are not for loan
University of Newcastle,                         CD's and LPs are not sent     
Conservatorium Library                           Other materials at the        
                                                 discretion of the librarian   
National Institute of Dramatic Art     No        Only print formats            
 (NIDA) Library
Charles Sturt University               Yes
Southern Cross University              No
University of Sydney Library           No        Recordings are not lent
Sydney Conservatorium of Music         No        Books and scores are lent.    
 Library                                         However recordings (CDs and   
                                                 vinyls), videos, film , archive
                                                 material and rare music are not
                                                 lent.
University of Wollongong               Yes       Some rare items not for loan
ABC Print Music Library                Yes                                 
Australian Music Centre                No        LPs not loaned, nor original
                                                 manuscripts
Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera   Yes                                 
 House
State Library of New South Wales       No        No material is loaned from the
                                                 Mitchell Library (this includes
                                                 sheet music and manuscripts).
                                                 CDs are not loaned. Sound and 
                                                 video recordings are loaned in NSW
                                                 only. Books and scores from the
                                                 General Reference Library are
                                                 available for loan. 
Northern Territory University          No        Do not ILL LPs                
University of Queensland,              Yes       Sound recordings on a restricted
 Architecture/Music Library                      basis - normally to academic
                                                 libraries only for research.
Queensland Conservatorium of Music,    No        We do not lend CDs or LPs. We do
 Griffith University                             not lend orchestral scores and
                                                 parts and choral sets, plus the
                                                 usual books, scores and journal  
                                                 articles.
Queensland Performing Arts Trust       Yes       This is a very small library for 
                                                 Trust staff and all of the music
                                                 results from performances here
                                                 produced by the Trust; the
                                                 arrangements are for a specific
                                                 performance.
State Library of Queensland, Music               Manuscripts are not lent.     
 Library                                         Monuments of music (complete  
                                                 works etc) are not usually lent.
                                                 Some sheet music is not lent.
Performing Arts Collection of South    No        We are not a library. Our
 Australia                                       collection collects the ephemera
                                                 and realia of all performing arts.
State Library of South Australia       No        Preservation material (of which
                                                 which most of this material is)
                                                 not generally available on
                                                 interlibrary loan.
Flinders Street School of Music        No        We do not lend sound recordings
                                                 and periodicals.
Music Library, S.A. Dept of            Yes       Informal ILL with Adelaide.   
 Education & Children's Services                 Occasional interstate ILL.
State Library of Tasmania              No        Loans are restricted to within the
                                                 network of Public libraries in 
                                                 Tasmania. Not available for
                                                 interstate loan.
University of Melbourne, Music         No        Not available on ILL: collected
 Library                                         editions, monuments, historical sets,
                                                 audio-visual formats and      
                                                 reference works; manuscripts and
                                                 other archival materials not 
                                                 available for ILL, nor
                                                 unpublished theses.           
University of Melbourne, Education               All but reference and periodicals.
 Resource Centre                                 Local borrowers only for
                                                 audio-visual material.
University of Melbourne, School of     Yes                                 
 Early Childhood Studies,                                                    
University of Melbourne, Grainger      N/A                                 
 Museum
Monash University Library              No        Microfilm/fiche, videos, theses
                                                 theses, collected works,      
                                                 orchestral sets are not       
                                                 available for loan.            
Victorian College of the Arts          No        Sound recordings not normally
 Library                                         available. Orchestral sets only by
                                                 special arrangement.         
State Library of Victoria              No        Monographs currently available.
University of Western Australia        No        Sound recordings are not      
                                                 available for loan.
State Music Library, Western           No        Sound recordings are not      
 Australia                                       available for interlibrary loan,
                                                 with the exception of a small
                                                 range of classical and jazz
                                                 cassettes.           
Edith Cowan University Library         No        Recorded music is not         
                                                 generally made available for  
                                                 interlibrary loan             

Other - Online Discussion Group


QUESTION 8.
Would your library find it useful to have access to an Australian online discussion group on the subject of music available through AARNet?


APPENDIX I contains contact information for all libraries listed, including email addresses.

INTEREST IN ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP                              Yes/No

Canberra School of Music, Institute of the Arts Yes National Film & Sound Archive Yes National Library of Australia Yes University of Newcastle, Conservatorium Library Yes National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Library Yes Charles Sturt University Yes Southern Cross University Yes University of Sydney Library Yes Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library Yes University of Wollongong Yes ABC Print Music Library (when have access) Yes Australian Music Centre Yes Denis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House Yes State Library of New South Wales Yes Northern Territory University - University of Queensland, Architecture/Music Library Yes Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University Yes Queensland Performing Arts Trust No State Library of Queensland, Music Library Yes Performing Arts Collection of South Australia No State Library of South Australia Yes Flinders Street School of Music Yes Music Library, S.A. Dept of Education & Children's Services Yes State Library of Tasmania No University of Melbourne, Music Library Yes University of Melbourne, Education Resource Centre No University of Melbourne, School of Early Childhood Studies No University of Melbourne, Grainger Museum, No Monash University Library Yes Victorian College of the Arts Library (when have access) Yes State Library of Victoria Yes University of Western Australia Yes State Music Library, Western Australia Yes Edith Cowan University Library Yes


QUESTION 7.
Are there particular subject areas or types of music which you would identify as gaps in the distributed national collection of Australian libraries?


The following subject areas and types of music were listed by respondents to the survey. The number of libraries mentioning these areas is indicated in the right hand column.


	 

GAPS IN THE DISTRIBUTED NATIONAL COLLECTION FOR MUSIC No. of Libraries

Yes, but not identified 10 Asian music 1 Australian music 1 Australian music and associated research materials 1 Australian sheet music 1 Collected editions 1 Early 20th century French choral music 1 Early music 2 Ethnomusicology 2 European music outside mainstream countries 1 Jazz 1 Manuscript materials in major repertoire areas 1 Manuscripts and papers of Australian musicians and composers 1 Medieval music 1 Music education 1 Popular music 1 Popular rock, especially Australian 1 Rock and other music which reflects youth culture 1 Traditional music 1


QUESTION 14.
What issues would you seek to have addressed at a national forum on music?

The following issues were identified by respondents to the survey. The number of libraries interested in these issues is indicated in the right hand column.


ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED AT NATIONAL FORUM ON MUSIC              No. of Libraries  

ABN/NBD Related Issues; 18 Bibliographic control and related issues 11 Database Related Issues (Non-NBD); 6 DNC Related Issues; 6 Collection Development Issues; 5 Copyright Related Issues; 5 Document Delivery/ILL Related Issues; 5 Retrospective Conversion Issues; 5 Performance collections and related issues 5 NLA Music Bibliographic, Reference Service; 3 Sound recordings 3 Conspectus Related Issues; 2 National Facilities Issues; 2 Preservation Related Issues; 2 Cooperation from the industry 2 Access Issues; 1 Analysis of sound recorded works; 1 Relationship between academic study of music and performance 1 study - effect for music libraries Use of WWW to access information about individual libraries. 1 Strategies for interdisciplinary areas 1 Funding 1 Development of specialist music librarianship skills 1


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