University of Oregon Libraries Historic Sheet Music Collection

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University of Oregon LibrariesHistoric Sheet
Music Collection

• PNWMLA, Victoria, BC
• April 25, 2008
• Rebecca Belford
• Leslie Bennett

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http//boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/sheetmusic/ind
ex.html
Historic Sheet Music Collection
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Whats in the digital collection

• 146 items and growing
• Public domain only
• Items not digitized elsewhere

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Whats in the digital collection

• Organized into themes
• Oregon Music (71 items)
• By Oregonians or about Oregon
• From the Oregon Collection (UO Special
  Collections University Archives) and the Music
  Services collection
• Women Composers (37 and growing)
• From the Music Services Collection

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Origins
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Workflow

• Selection
• Preparation
• Scanning
• Rehousing
• Upload
• Metadata

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Technical details

• Public site JPEG images in CONTENTdm compound
  objects
• UO Server JPEG and archival TIFF
• Digitization specifications
• Tiff file, Photoshop CS2, Scanned at 600dpi,
  Adobe RGB 1998, Scanner Epson 10000xl

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Metadata

• CONTENTdm ? Dublin Core
• Sheet Music Consortium recommendations for OAI
  harvesting
• Many thanks to UW for posting Pacific Northwest
  Sheet Music data dictionary online

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Collection Metadata

• Public fields with controlled vocab
• Composer, lyricist, arranger, topic
• LCNAF/LCSH where possible
• Conscious omissions
• Generous notes field

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Collection Highlights

• Oregon music
• Women Composers
• Fun extra content
• http//boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/sheetmusic/ind
  ex.html

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Oregon Music
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,231
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,174
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http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,283
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Women Composers
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,819
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,781
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Extras
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,218
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http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,463
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Steamships
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,353
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,105
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Collection Display
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http//boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/index.html
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http//boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/sheetmusic/ind
ex.html
Collection Main Page
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(just for our collection!)
http//boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/sheetmusic/toc
.php?CISOROOT/sheetmusicdbsheetmusicnickssubj
ectitleViewAllTopics
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http//boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/sheetmusic,111
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Document Description
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Comparing collections Portland Rose Festival
Sheet music cover with 1939 photo of Portland
Rose Queens from the Historical Photographs
Collection
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Access to Non-Digitized Sheet Music Currently

• Print index
• Access database with limited fields from print
  index and an addition 6,000 item database of new
  additions (26,000 total)
• Local use only

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Access to Non-Digitized Sheet Music Future Plans

• Online searchable database for all items
• MS Access ? xml ? xml? MySQL?
• IssuesAccess db
• Nonstandardized fields
• Limited fields filled in
• Cleanup/additional information?

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Questions for you

• Any suggestions for online database conversion
  welcome
• Linking to sheet music in other (your?)
  collections
• Ok from our digital collection?
• Ok from our database (eventually)?
• To item? Collection? Somewhere else?
• To audio?

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Questions for us?
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Rebecca Belford Music Librarian Knight
Library University of Oregon rbelford_at_uoregon.edu
541-346-1850 Leslie Bennett Head, Music
Services Dept. Knight Library University of
Oregon lbennett_at_uoregon.edu 541-346-1930
Collection main page http//boundless.uoregon.edu
/digcol/sheetmusic/index.html