ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING? EDS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
EDITH SPELLERLIBRARY SYSTEMS AND USER EDUCATION [email protected]@wiilassie
COMING UP...
• Implementation
• EDS strengths and weaknesses
• Coverage
• Technical issues
• User feedback
• Impact on training
FACULTY OF MUSIC
FACULTY OF DANCE
IMPLEMENTATION
Less is more:
• Being selective when choosing Discovery Service Sources
• Default to full text available/in library
• Seamless full resource access via customlinks and LinkSource
• Leaving out a library catalogue...
QUICKSEARCH (OUR EDS)
QUICKSEARCH (OUR EDS)
PERFORMING ARTS USER SURVEYCirculated to music librarian email lists in May 2015. 7 respondents:
4 3
University Specialist HEI
5 2
EDS Summon
0 1 2 1 1Satisfaction with EDS
for Performing Arts
Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral
STRENGTHS
• Potential for interdisciplinary searching
• Searching for text-based resources
• Ease of access to full text/item
WEAKNESSES
• Searching for multimedia resources (e.g. a specific recording).
• ‘Too much stuff’ – a particular issue for dyslexic students?
• Lacks discipline-specific filters.
COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS• EBSCO databases
– RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (A&I only)– IBTD International Bibliography of Theatre and
Dance (some full text)– SPORTDiscus (full text)– Academic Search Complete
• Multi-media publishers– Alexander Street Press (audio, video, scores plus
reference materials)– Naxos Music Library and Naxos Jazz (audio)
COVERAGE OMISSIONS• ProQuest...
– IIPA International Index of Performing Arts Full Text– IIMP International Index of Music Periodicals Full
Text– Dissertations and Theses
• My iLibrary
• Smaller specialist music publishers/databases– IPASource (phonetic transcriptions of vocal music)– British Library Archival Sound Recordings– Rock’s Backpages– DRAM Database of Recorded American Music
SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES• Alexander Street Press: vanishing
customlinks/results not in full text filter
• Naxos Music Library: concern over missing recordings
• RILM: mis-categorisation of book chapter entries as periodical articles (ongoing)
• General customlink woes
USER FEEDBACK
Especially positive from dance, multi-disciplinary & distance students
e.g. 64% of final year Musical Theatre students mentioned EDS in their post-infolit feedback “wish we had it [EDS] in first year”
Beta testing feedback largely positive too: “IT’S FAST!!!” (senior admin staff)
IMPACT ON TRAINING
Why do we still cover separate resources?
• Highlight key resources that are ‘buried’ in EDS e.g. Grove (New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians)
• More focused search experience e.g. RILM/IBTD to focus on research
• Subject-specific interface e.g. Alexander Street Press...
SUBJECT-SPECIFIC INTERFACE
SEPARATE PROFILE?
Do performing arts students need their own EDS profile?
• Streamline sources being searched
• Streamline available options (e.g. discipline filter)
• Consider default sort and limiters
FURTHER READING
• Why Can't Streaming Services Get Classical Music Right?Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR Musichttp://n.pr/1RMaTPM
• IAML (International Association of Music Libraries) http://www.iaml.info/
ANY QUESTIONS?
GET IN TOUCH:
Edith SpellerLibrary Systems and User Education Manager
[email protected]@wiilassie