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Job Hunt Rhetoric: The Conversation Behind The Successful Search, Sheridan Stormes, Gordon Theil Dec 2009

Job Hunt Rhetoric: The Conversation Behind The Successful Search, Sheridan Stormes, Gordon Theil

Sheridan Stormes

This chapter analyzes several job postings. In addition. it presents several groups of questions that help to clarify candidates' and employers' intentions during the interview process. The combination of informative written materials and informed conversation can contribute to a positive outcome for all concerned

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Iso Classical Pronunciation Guide 1992 & 1993, Sheridan Stormes Nov 2009

Iso Classical Pronunciation Guide 1992 & 1993, Sheridan Stormes

Sheridan Stormes

Pronunciation guides used by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra staff to insure accurate pronunciation of composer’s and performer’s names as well as those of certain compositions.

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Libguides Reflections And Best Practices, Scott Pfitzinger, Sheridan Stormes Oct 2009

Libguides Reflections And Best Practices, Scott Pfitzinger, Sheridan Stormes

Sheridan Stormes

The presentation described the history and development of LibGuide technology from 2007 to September, 2009. It included live demonstrations of existing LibGuides at Butler University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Wisconsin, Madision, to showcase the flexibility and user-friendliness of LibGuides and illustrate how they can be used to improve library services and information literacy instruction.

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The Amazing J. Lawrence Cook Of Tennessee, Alan H. Wallace Oct 2009

The Amazing J. Lawrence Cook Of Tennessee, Alan H. Wallace

Alan H. Wallace

From the SEMLA report of the conference: Alan Wallace of the University of Tennessee gave a presentation on "The Amazing J. Lawrence Cook of Tennessee" that encouraged attendees to broaden their thoughts on the nature of artistic creation and recorded music. J. Lawrence Cook was a composer and arranger who throughout the course of his life created between 15,000 to 20,000 piano rolls for player pianos. Wallace discussed how the piano roll was the most common medium for recording and replaying music in an era before the widespread use of the phonograph and argued that the jazz music Cook cut …

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Digital Audio In The Library, Richard Griscom Sep 2009

Digital Audio In The Library, Richard Griscom

Richard Griscom

An incomplete draft of a book intended to serve as a guide and reference for librarians who are responsible for implementing digital audio services in their libraries. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1, "Digital Audio Technology," covers the fundamentals of recorded sound and digital audio, including a description of digital audio formats, how digital audio is delivered to the listener, and how digital audio is created. Part 2, "Digital Audio in the Library," covers digitizing local collections, providing streaming audio reserves, and using digital audio to preserve analog recordings.

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In Search Of The Information Commons Model In Arts Libraries: Bibliography, Margaret D. Ericson Mar 2009

In Search Of The Information Commons Model In Arts Libraries: Bibliography, Margaret D. Ericson

Margaret D. Ericson

Recommended resources for the study of the information commons model in art and music libraries.

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In Search Of The Information Commons Model In Arts Libraries: A Library Travelogue And Discussion, Margaret D. Ericson, Janette Blackburn Mar 2009

In Search Of The Information Commons Model In Arts Libraries: A Library Travelogue And Discussion, Margaret D. Ericson, Janette Blackburn

Margaret D. Ericson

This presentation offers a new model for art and music libraries spaces using the precepts of the information commons.

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I Will Bless The Lord (With Piano Reduction), Keith Rowley Jan 2009

I Will Bless The Lord (With Piano Reduction), Keith Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Anthem for SSAATTBB A Cappella Choir with piano reduction for rehearsals.

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I Will Bless The Lord - Mixed Choir, Keith Rowley Jan 2009

I Will Bless The Lord - Mixed Choir, Keith Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Anthem for SSAATTBB A Cappella choir with words from Psalm 34:1-2.

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Documenting Young Britten: An Overview Of The Cataloguing And Technical Solutions Developed During The First Phase Of The Britten Thematic Catalogue Project, Jonathan Manton Dec 2008

Documenting Young Britten: An Overview Of The Cataloguing And Technical Solutions Developed During The First Phase Of The Britten Thematic Catalogue Project, Jonathan Manton

Jonathan Manton

The Britten Thematic Catalogue Project, currently underway at the Britten-Pears Foundation, aims to produce a fully integrated online resource presenting, for the first time, a complete chronological listing of Britten’s entire output both published and unpublished, including all juvenilia. Of the estimated 1,200 works to be included in the catalogue, approximately 735 constitute the composer’s juvenilia, the documenting and analysis of which has been the core aim of the project’s first stage over the past three years. The article outlines the bespoke technical and cataloguing solutions developed during this initial stage to deal with many of the challenges presented as a result of developing …

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Sounds Of Christmas - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley Dec 2008