Just Tell Me What You Want Collection Format Preference of Music Faculty

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2 2016 Southeast Music Library Annual Conference October 21, Decisions Decisions by David Sugden is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 2

3 03 Presented by A. Carey Huddlestun Metadata Librarian/Assistant Professor 3

4 04 OVERVIEW Setting h t t p : / / w w w. k e n n e s a w. e d u / m a p s / 4

5 05 OVERVIEW Do We Need to Keep All This Stuff? PAL Boxes 01 by Carey Huddlestun licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 PAL Boxes 02 by Carey Huddlestun licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 5

6 06 OVERVIEW Do We Need to Keep All This Stuff? Even More PAL Boxes by Carey Huddlestun licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 6

7 07 OVERVIEW More and Better Music Scores Available Online? /digital-media/baerenreiter-study-scorereader-app/ glory-to-godhymnal/id ?mt=8 7

8 08 OVERVIEW Based on a Study by Joe Clark, Kent State University Clark, J. C. (2013). Format Preferences of Performing Arts Students. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, doi: /j.acalib

9 09 SURVEY Sought to Discover what format and type material faculty wanted the library to purchase what material format music faculty used and how often they used it what material format music faculty preferred using 9

10 10 Online Survey of Music Faculty SURVEY Details Twenty-two of Seventy-eight Possible Completed Survey 28% Completion Rate Twenty Questions Collection Format Purchase Priority Ranking Format Use Frequency & Preference 10

11 11 SURVEY Six Material Types Books print / e-books Audio physical CDs / streaming Scores print / e-scores Journals print / online Reference print / online Video DVDs / streaming 11

12 12 SURVEY Purchase Priority What should be the purchase priority of the Performing Arts Library? Rank the following material in order of purchase priority with 1 being the highest priority material and 12 being the lowest priority material. e-books online audio databases online journal databases online reference database online music score databases online video databases CDs DVDs print books print academic journals print reference print music scores 12

13 13 SURVEY Frequency of Use & Format Preference In your role as music teaching faculty how often do you use print books? 2-3 times a week 2-3 times a month 2-3 times a semester 2-3 times a year never 13

14 14 SURVEY Frequency of Use & Format Preference In your role as music teaching faculty how often do you use e-books? 2-3 times a week 2-3 times a month 2-3 times a semester 2-3 times a year never 14

15 15 SURVEY Frequency of Use & Format Preference Do you prefer using print books or e-books? (select one) I prefer print books I prefer e-books 15

16 Music Material Collection Priority Ranking

17 17... how often do you use books? never times a year times a semester times a month times a week e-books print 17

18 18 What is your format preference for books? 32% 68% print books e-books 18

19 19... how often do you use music (audio)? never times a year times a semester times a month times a week streaming CDs 19

20 20 What is your format preference for music (audio)? 14% 86% CDs web-based music 20

21 21... how often do you use music (score)? never times a year times a semester times a month times a week e-scores print 21

22 22 What is your format preference for music (scores)? 23% 77% print music scores e-scores 22

23 23... how often do you use journals? never times a year times a semester times a month times a week web-based print 23

24 24 What is your format preference for journals? 14% 86% print journals web-based journals 24

25 25... how often do you use reference material? never times a year times a semester times a month times a week web-based print 25

26 26 What is your format preference for reference material? 14% 86% print reference web-based reference 26

27 27... how often do you use video? never times a year times a semester times a month times a week streaming DVDs 27

28 28 What is your format preference for video material? 14% 86% DVDs web-based video 28

29 29 FOR FURTHER STUDY Why print book and print score preference Source of online material they use Recommendations of useful online databases Comparison of these results with Joe Clark s 2013 results 29

30 30 CONCLUSIONS Collections Keep purchasing books and score in print form Research available of e-scores / online score databases Re-evaluate our collection policy of music CDs Holdings Evaluate and weed our current holdings of music CDs 30

31 31 Contact Information A. Carey Huddlestun 31

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