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Information seeking behaviors
in the music library
Kirstin DouganUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMusic Library Association Annual MeetingDallas, TX | February 16, 2012
What would patrons do?
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Music Performance
Music Education
Music History/Musicology
Composition/Theory
Ethnomusicology
Music minor
Other
1st-2nd year undergrads
(20%)
3rd-year and above
undergrads(39%)
Graduate students
(39%)
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0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
Audio or visual recordings?
Music scores?
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Look for specific performance
44% Rarely
37% Sometimes (primarily performers & music education students)
11% Frequently (primarily graduate students)
8% Never
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Performer 96%
Ensemble 87%
Conductor 66%
What factors are important to them?
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Specific edition/version of score
Frequently
Sometimes or rarely
Never
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Classical Music Library 44%
No 34%
DRAM 22%
I don't know 11%
Smithsonian Global Sound 9%
Jazz Music Library 4%
We pay for it but do they use it?
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Popular non-library sources
YouTube 95%
iTunes 72%
IMSLP 65%
Library Music Source 42%
CPDL 28%
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Providence Public Library
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“I know the library has a specific edition of a different score, but I cannot find it when I use the online catalog.”
“It brings up items that are completely irrelevant to my
search.”
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“It's easier to just bypass the catalogs and just go hunting
around for what you're looking for.”
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“Sometimes, if not all information in the catalog is present; then I'll
double-check with Amazon or another source to see if this is the
CD I want.”
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Amazon, Wikipedia, and YouTube more popular with upper class students and
grad students.
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Work smarter, not harder.
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80% of students who stated that a
librarian has never come to one of
their classes get frustrated with
searching.
No info lit = bad
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Librarians rank as the number one help source (78%) over
asking another student (39%)
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Grad students are least likely to
ask librarians for help
The Library of Virginia
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What does it mean?
• Need for better tools and good metadata.
• Need for better instruction/PR
• Need to understand the differences between majors and stages
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Planned future studies
• Observational use studies
• Easy Search and catalog transaction log studies