Limited hours this Wednesday

In observance of Veteran’s Day, we will be open only from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on this upcoming Wednesday, November 11. We’ll return to normal hours on Thursday.

And to celebrate Veteran’s Day, consider listening to some patriotic music!

2009 Record and Book Sale

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The Record and Book Sale will be on December 11 from 9:30 am – 9:00 pm. We’re departing from the two-day format we’ve had in past years in favor of having one long day in which we hope people will be able to fulfill all of their record-shopping dreams.

As ever, the sale will be in the Pallister Conference Room on the first floor of Jerome Library on the Bowling Green State University campus. See our directions page for information on how to get here and where to park. There are a limited number of metered parking spots in the lot on the North side of the building; most of these take quarters only.

We’ll have all the usual formats at unbeatable prices:

Off campus payment by cash or check.
BGSU students, faculty, and staff may also charge on their BG1 Card.

Call the Music Library for more information: 419.372.2307. We hope to see you there!

OhioLINK Services unavailable this Saturday, 10/3/09

All OhioLINK Services will be unavailable this Saturday, October 3. Please see the main library news for more details.

CMA AnnouncesNew Streaming Web Page for Faculty Artist Series Concerts

The College of Musical Arts has introduced a streaming site for viewing their Faculty Artist Series online:

In conjunction with the Dean’s Office, Public Events Office and Recording Services, a new streaming page has been added to the college’s Web site, which will allow another way to enjoy the Faculty Artist Series concerts held in Bryan Recital Hall.

It would be wonderful if you could attend the FAS events in Bryan Recital Hall, but if you can’t make it to the actual event, there is now an option.

Direct your favorite browser at concert time to: www.bgsu.edu/music/about/bryan/watch.html

Make sure you have the current version of Flash Player installed.

This week will feature Charles Saenz and Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Reserve reminder and Naxos playlists

For those of you teaching classes, don’t forget that this semester, you should send your reserve requests to Susannah Cleveland. We are in the process of filling Morgan Rich’s position and will let you know who that is as soon as we do.

Also, if you are interested in creating playlists for your class in Naxos Music Library, let us know. We have detailed instructions we can give you, and we’re also happy to walk you through the process of setting them up.

New DRAM tutorial available

If you’ve been interested in listening to music on DRAM (formerly called the Database of Recorded American Music), but haven’t been quite sure how to get started, check out our new DRAM tutorial. The guide was created by John Cook, a former ML/SRA employee who did his Kent library school practicum here this summer.

Naxos adds Van Cliburn competition recordings

From Naxos:

We at Naxos have some exciting news! We’d like to officially welcome into the Naxos Music Library, the Van Cliburn competition recordings!

The recordings from the 2009 preliminary rounds are already available in the NML, with the complete competition being uploaded daily! We’re also pleased to announce that all of the semi-finals, will also be uploaded!

You can hear the winners’ recordings by searching these catalog numbers:

Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medalists
Nobuyuki Tsujii: VCF090523D
Haochen Zhang: VCF090525F

You can hear the all of the other full length recordings inside the Naxos Music Library, as well as purchase them at our download store, ClassicsOnline.com.

Visit our “Listen Online” page to connect to Naxos and hear the recordings.

Celebrate Hip-Hop Appreciation Week

We’re currently in the midst of the fourth annual Hip-Hop Appreciation Week – May 14 – May 21. See the full story at mtv.com.

We have lots of hip-hop materials here in the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archves to help you celebrate. To find them, do a subject search in the BGSU’s online catalog for the terms, “Rap (Music).” After you get the results of this search, click on the “Limit & Sort Search” button to limit to books, recordings, periodicals, etc. Also, be sure to checkout our Rap & Hip Hop research guide for some places to get started in your research.