Friday, 30 June 2017

Educationalist Phil Race - Assessment, Learning and Teaching

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Education students here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will have heard their teaching staff talk about respected educationalist Phi...

Yee-Ha! new Koha Library System for the Whittaker on Wednesday

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The Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will be CLOSED WEDS 5 JULY 2017 for the changeover from our old library s...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017

RefMe becomes Cite This For Me (but doesn't work for me)

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Do you use bibliographic referencing ("citation") software?  We do! We've tried various brands.  Many students fell in love wi...
Friday, 23 June 2017

The International Journal of Traditional Arts "promotes a broad-ranging understanding of the relevance of traditional arts in contemporary social life"

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IJTA - new, online, free! This is a new scholarly e-journal coming from the Music Department at Newcastle University.  Edited by Dr Simon...
Thursday, 22 June 2017

What Goes on in a Music Cataloguer's Head?

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This week, the library was gifted a copy of The Scottish Orpheus edited by Adam Hamilton.  As with any donations, the first question we a...
Monday, 19 June 2017

Paul McCartney turns 75 (a tribute by German music librarian Katharina Jerusalem)

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Fresh on the grapevine ... via our professional association, the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML), a tribute to Paul McCa...
Friday, 16 June 2017

Can't I Just Photocopy the Part? Music Copyright Can and Can't Do's in the UK

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Copyright guidelines courtesy of CILIP So you've lost your viola part?  That could be a problem! You cannot just copy another one fr...

Thoughts about a Pile of Old Music - The Long Tail of Research

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Read Karen's musings about a pile of old pop music that she found the other day!  The Long Tail of Research

Yes, Whittaker Library is open all summer ...

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Library Summer Hours From today (Friday 16th June 2017), we operate summer hours:  9-5 Monday-Friday, but closed at the weekend. ...
Friday, 9 June 2017

Why is it always somebody else? Don't shoot the piano player

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Today's the day everyone has to return their library books and music here at the Whittaker Library.  (Why is it always someone else...
Monday, 5 June 2017

Fiddler of Strathspey Festival, Grantown

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Fiddler of Strathspey Festival 23-25 June 2017 Details of a fiddle festival - lots of fiddling events, recitals, sessions, workshops, m...

Do you Teach the Accordion?

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New in the library, the gift of a book - An International Overview of Accordion Pedagogy .  It was edited and published this year by Claudio...

When Good Research Goes Viral, by Diane Rasmussen Neal

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Via Mendeley, we've heard of this really useful chapter about using social media to extend the reach of your research. And here's a ...
Thursday, 1 June 2017

The Dewar Arts Awards

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We were surprised and delighted to read the success stories of the recipients of recent Dewar Arts Awards, particularly since RCS students a...

Resource of the Month: International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance

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International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Every month we profile one of our best e-resources.  This one is a full-text database co...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Now available on DT+ Eric Bentley at 100: On Brecht, Theatre, Politics and Writing

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An interview with Bertolt Brecht's closest collaborator "Digital Theatre Plus is proud to announce the release of an e...

About Being an Opera Singer: Hanna-Liisa Kirchin at Grange Park Opera

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Grange Park Opera is in Guildford, quite a long way from Glasgow!  Tweeting as @GrangeParkOpera, their byline promises "Exceptional op...
Monday, 22 May 2017

A new database for British musical festival repertoire, 1695-1940

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MUSICAL FESTIVALS DATABASE This announcement has just been shared with music librarians world-wide.  If you're interested in the histo...
Friday, 19 May 2017

Imagine Your References Sorted and Cited - How Good Would That Feel?

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"Please Use the Harvard Style ..." What do you need for your essay? Have you been recommended to use the Harvard style of ref...
Thursday, 18 May 2017

A Contemporary Finnish Symphonist: Fridrich Bruk

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We received a complementary CD from composer Fridrich Bruk earlier this week, showcasing four of his symphonies (nos. 13-16).  Look out for ...