Fogler Library, University of Maine - Library newsletter for faculty

FOGLER LIBRARY NEWS SERVICE
Publicizing events, collections, acquisitions and services at UMaine's library
-- Wednesday, January 20 , 2010--

SUMMARY
1. Services
            A. Library Workshop Series
2. News/Announcements/Events
             A. Fogler Librarian Guests on Live Radio
3. Collections
            A. Naxos Music Library

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1.   SERVICES
            A. LIBRARY WORKSHOP SERIES
The schedule for the spring series of library workshops is now available at: <http://www.library.umaine.edu/newmedia>
This semester's sessions include Adobe Suite and EndNote training as well as classes on avoiding plagiarism and searching the invisible Web. For more information contact Gretchen Gfeller at <gretchen.gfeller@umit.maine.edu> or call 581-1696.

2.  NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS
            A. FOGLER LIBRARIAN GUESTS ON LIVE RADIO
"Ask a Librarian" will take on a new meaning on February 4th when Fogler Business Librarian Stephen Fadel is one of the guests on "Doing Business" <http://www.umext.maine.edu/Waldo/Radio/ > a radio show hosted by Associate Extension Professor Jane Haskell on station WERU < http://weru.org/ > The topic of the live call-in show will be market research. Fadel will be joined by other guests from the local business community.

3. COLLECTIONS
            A. NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY
Fogler Library is pleased to provide access to Naxos Music Library [NML], the world's largest online classical music library offering streaming access to more than 39,000 CDs with more than 562,000 tracks. Link from <http://www.library.umaine.edu/indexesdb/Indexes.asp>

NML offers the catalogs of more than 50 classical, jazz and world music labels, including BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Vanguard Classics, VOX, and Naxos. World music content is provided by ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others; and there is also jazz, film music, nostalgia, classic and contemporary rock content. Other resources offered by NML include synopses of over 700 operas, a pronunciation guide for composer and artist names and a glossary of musical terms. Search by composer, work and label; keyword search; or an advanced search engine with up to 10 combined search criteria. Music and recordings are streaming and may not be copied or downloaded. NML is updated monthly with approximately 500 new CDs. Users can create private playlists by clicking on the Playlist tab, then clicking on Sign-up to create a playlist account. Playlists can be accessed via a free iPhone app as well as the NML web site.

University of Maine faculty may create and edit public playlists, which will be accessible to all University of Maine users on the NML site under the “Playlist” tab. For more information about faculty login, or other questions, contact Nancy Lewis <nancy.lewis@umit.maine.edu> or 581-3613).

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