128 Representative Documents: Sharing Collection Data
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARIES
School of Music accreditation review
Online Resource/Electronic Access
The UGA Libraries provides access to over 540 subscription online databases for myriad of subjects and
disciplines. The majority of these databases are funded entirely or partially by the University of Georgia
Libraries a significant number are funded or partially funded by the State of Georgia and made available
to the higher education community in Georgia. Online music resources include a wide range of materials
types such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, periodical indexes, full text databases and streaming
audio. Subscriptions relevant to the School of Music and funded entirely by the UGA Library music
allocation include:
Oxford Music Online (contains Grove Dictionary of Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford
Companion to Music)
Gove Dictionary of American Music
Grove Dictionary of Music Instruments
Oxford History of Western Music
IPA Source (Phonetic transcriptions and translations of operatic arias and art song texts)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1967-present)
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
Music Index
RISM Series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600
NAXOS Music Library (NML)
American Song
Contemporary World Music
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
In addition to these music-specific resources, many of the Libraries’ online indexes and full-text
resources are cross-disciplinary in nature and frequently used in music research, such as JSTOR, Arts and
Humanities Citation Index, Humanities International, Humanities &Social Sciences Index and Films on
Demand. In addition, many online resources in subject areas such as education, psychology, history and
business are extremely useful for research in music history, education, therapy, business and
ethnomusicology.
Personnel
The UGA Libraries has a large number of highly trained and qualified librarians, classified staff, and
student assistants responsible for the development and maintenance of the music collections. The Head
of Music Collections and the Head of Music Cataloging are both librarians and hold masters’ degrees in
library science and music. The Head of the Music Collections is responsible for the acquisition of library
materials, group library instruction and individual consultation, and library promotion and outreach. The
School of Music Library supervisor holds a Ph.D. in music. In addition to teaching classes in the School of
Music he oversees the daily operations of the School of Music Library, including the supervision of a
classified staff member. This staff member works the circulation desk and oversees 4 to 5 student
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