SAH Commons | Nara Newcomer | Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/naranewcomer/activity/ Activity feed for Nara Newcomer. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:43:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 4d46a5aab631f33b892ec69ae92bf5bb Nara Newcomer replied to the topic Interacting with vendors in the discussion MLA/TLA Annual Meeting 2021 https://hcommons.org/groups/music-library-association-2021/forum/topic/interacting-with-vendors/#post-31989 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 20:31:53 -0400 The ability to make appointments and to try out electronic resources (maybe short trial period logins, like some vendors already distributed in the past) are important. Also useful would be time window (s) with an open room (like Zoom, but whatever platform) where I could drop in for discussion with vendors but also having colleagues in the room -…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2cebd3e87e2d07da3069e62ac6fabe6 Nara Newcomer deposited The Secret Lives of Musicians: Implications for Library Design https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633375/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:02:42 -0500 Presentation at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting, February 23, 2019.

Music librarians seek to design facilities that meet user needs. Therefore, we need to know what those needs are. Many of us make informed guesses, but how much do we actually know about what patrons really do in music libraries? We’ll answer these questions with d…[Read more]

]]> 0 d893c8e75104c34e2c7e0aa77466b142 Nara Newcomer deposited Common Threads: Music Information Literacy as Community Practice https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633374/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:56:01 -0500 Presentation at Music Library Association Annual Meeting, February 21, 2019. Discussion of instruction-related intersections between technical services and public services, including aspects of the catalog and teaching through search strategy and music discovery

]]> 0 08f36f8b7815a4bf19afd6fde0d279d9 Nara Newcomer deposited Music Discovery Requirements 2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1607783/ Fri, 04 May 2018 21:55:13 -0400 In January 2018, the Music Library Association released the Music Discovery Requirements 2 (MDR2) freely online. The MDR2 explores “discovery needs specific to and especially important for music materials, particularly scores and recordings.” We recommend it to everyone creating or configuring discovery systems that will include music, inc…[Read more]

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