Library Help for Music General Topics Exam

The Music Library is here to help you prepare for your Music General Topics Exam. We have arranged three workshop dates to cover locating books and articles on your topics and using RefWorks to manage your research citations and create bibliographies of your research. Please RSVP for one of the sessions below to vkern@uw.edu In your message, please include some of your topics for demonstration during the workshop.

Session #1
Where: Suzzallo Instruction Lab
When: Monday, October 25 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Session #2
Where: Government Publications Instruction Lab (Ground Floor Suzzallo Library)
When: Wednesday, October 27 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Session #3
Where: Suzzallo Instruction Lab
When: Friday, October 29 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

UW to Host CBDNA 2011

The College Band Directors National Association Conference will be meeting at the University of Washington March 23-26 2011. For more information please see the CBDNA Conference website.

Best of Brendel: the pianist on YouTube

"Since the 1950s, Alfred Brendel has been one of the most prolific recording and concert artists in the world. He has just been honoured with Gramophone's 2010 lifetime achievement award. These YouTube clips, chosen from some of the composers he is most closely associated with – and whom he discusses in his interview with me today – give a sense of the brilliance and clarity of his playing. He is also a published poet (One Finger Too Many and Cursing Bagels) and a prolific speaker and writer on music (Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts and On Music, Collected Essays)."

For the full story, please see The Guardian.

Online orchestra to play Sydney Opera House

"Organisers have chosen the Sydney Opera House for the next stage of the project. Musicians selected from an online audition will travel to Sydney in March next year for a week of rehearsals ahead of a performance by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas."

For the full story, please see The Australian.com.

Mark Your Calendars for Open Access Week

Issues for Authors: Copyright, Fair Use, Open Access and Archiving
Wednesday, October 20th 2-3:30 Odegaard Library Room 220

The panel will discuss the mechanics of copyright, authors’ rights, fair use of others’ works, open access and the UW's own depository for scholarly works, ResearchWorks. Other issues to be covered include how to copyright a work, when permissions are needed to use previously published works and how to maximize the audience for a work. Intended for all UW authors, this session should be especially helpful for those writing theses and dissertations.

Bring your questions - we will supply the experts.

Participants
Clark Shores, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
Tim Jewell, Director, Information Resources & Scholarly Communication, UW Libraries
Ann Lally, Head, Digital Initiatives, UW Libraries

Open Access Journal Publishing – A UW Perspective
Thursday, October 21st 3-4:30 Odegaard Library Room 220

Open access (OA) journal publishing is promoted by some as a desirable alternative to high cost subscription-based journals. Although exhibiting a number of positives in comparison to traditional subscription-based publishing, OA publishing has its own issues. This panel will bring together editors and authors associated with UW-based open access journals to discuss issues, successes, challenges and potential solutions.

Participants
Felix Chew, Professor of Radiology, UW
Peter Lape, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UW
Michael Biggins, Head of Slavic Studies, UW Libraries
Kelsey Barrett, International Studies Undergraduate, UW

Libraries and Copyright in the Digital Age: Q & A with the Experts
Monday, October 25th 10-11:30 Odegaard Library Room 220

Do you have nagging questions about copyright? Ever wondered how the Google Books Settlement and the various lawsuits will affect your work as librarians or researchers? Then this session is for you. Using a question and answer format, this panel experts who discuss recent developments in copyright law as they relate to libraries and digital access.

Ask your question before the session at https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/jwadland/113432

Participants
Carrie Russell, American Library Association, Office of Information Technology Policy
Thom Deardorff, Coordinator for Access Services/Libraries Copyright Officer, UW Libraries
Clark Shores, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Four French Horn Players Take On Lady Gaga, Queen and More

"The publicity photos make them look like either the Four Hornswomen of the Apocalypse or neon-colored aerobics instructors. They go by the stage names Freedom Barbie, Velvet Barbie, Jungle Barbie and Attila the Horn. They play arrangements of songs by Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Queen and other pop acts."

For the full story, please see the New York Times.

Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies

"Joan Sutherland, one of the most acclaimed sopranos of the 20th century, died on Sunday at her home in Switzerland, near Montreux. She was 83."

For the full story, please see the New York Times.
To celebrate the career of Joan Sutherland, listen to Music Library recordings.