Tag Archives: e-resources

Exploring online music resources

Posted on 12 February 2021 by AP

Cambridge University Libraries have over the past year worked very hard on extending access to online resources. If you are a keen follower of the eresources blog you will already have a fairly good idea of the fantastic content that … Continue reading →

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Online notated music collections

Posted on 6 November 2020 by AP

Welcoming our new students in a predominantly online environment in October was quite an unusual and for many also an unsettling experience. Now that we are entering a new stage of COVID-19 lockdown MusiCB3 will briefly reflect on how our … Continue reading →

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The week in music

Posted on 2 March 2018 by mj263

March has truly come in like a lion, with snow either already here or threatening, and Storm Emma about to blow in. Curl up with MusiCB3, and take a look at musical anniversaries over this coming week. From semaphore to … Continue reading →

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A few of my favourite things

Posted on 30 October 2015 by AP

Every year at the beginning of term we welcome our new students to the music collections in our libraries by explaining what we have on offer. Over the past years this has involved quite a lot of walking around the … Continue reading →

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A new year begins

Posted on 3 October 2014 by viridianarcher

It’s been a busy six weeks so far, with lots to prepare in readiness for the new intake of students next week. For my part, I’ve been steadily working my way through cataloguing about 60 CDs to be added to … Continue reading →

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Ebooks for music

Posted on 12 September 2014 by AP

I still remember the days when we advertised ebooks on music subjects at the Pendlebury Library by printing out all the covers on a poster and yes, they did all fit, first on an A4 and later on an A3 … Continue reading →

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Music collections survey results

Posted on 24 February 2012 by AP

The music collections survey that took place last term has given us some interesting food for thought. The winners of the prize draw have been contacted in January and I want to say thank you again to all of you … Continue reading →

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Cambridge manuscripts and RISM Sigla

Posted on 10 February 2012 by rma29

RISM (Repertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales) has recently made an announcement about a new web site for their library sigla. RISM library sigla comprise three elements: a Country code (usually the same as used for motor vehicles), a Town code in … Continue reading →

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Music collections survey

Posted on 25 November 2011 by AP

As part of the music pilot – this is the three year project where the music collections at the University Library and Pendlebury Library of Music are managed by the same music librarians – we are, amongst other things, looking … Continue reading →

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To e or not to e?

Posted on 11 November 2011 by Clemens Gresser

In a previous post on Overnight Loans, I wrote Okay, you might be convinced by this, but you might wonder why we don’t buy more ebooks then? There wouldn’t be a need for making a physical book an ONL if … Continue reading →

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