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| Volume VII, Issue 3 | March 2004 |
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Partnering to Promote Music Access and Education
By Marilyn Lutz |
The Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine initiated the Maine Music Box partnership with the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, a unique, nonprofit organization that collects and lends printed music to professional musicians and educational institutions, and the Bangor Public Library, which serves as the music library for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra (the oldest continuously performing community orchestra in the U.S.).
This project grew out of the University of Maine's desire to leverage its investment in information technology infrastructure by supporting access to significant public library music collections in a digital learning environment for educators, scholars and students. The partnership envisioned broadening access to music literature through digitization. As of last December, musicians, scholars, educators, students, and the general public are able to
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Title: "Curly" : March-Two-Step Composer: Charlotte Blake Publisher: Jerome H. Remick & Co Place Pub.: New York Copyright: 1907 Physical Description: 1 score (8 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm. Subjects:
Notes: Contains advertisements and short musical examples of pieces being sold by publisher. Music files: Midi |
The Maine Music Box is enhanced with software options that enable users to view a formatted score within a web page and listen to the score as a cursor follows the sound played back. The user has options to re-arrange it, transpose it, and extract it. The Maine Music Box is a resource that has the potential to change the way in which educators approach the teaching of music and to affect the way in which students learn. It is an interactive tool that enriches the learning experience. Discussions with music faculty at the University and teachers from area K-12 schools are ongoing in an effort to integrate the music digital library locally into teaching and supporting music education anywhere.
For more information, see http://mainemusicbox.library.umaine.edu/musicbox/index.asp.
Marilyn Lutz is the Director of Information Technology Planning at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library in Orono, Maine. Marilyn is also a member of the InforME and GeoLibrary Boards, and may be reached with questions by e-mailing Lutz@maine.edu or calling 207-581-1658.
