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Friday, 2nd April 2010

Project Complete! Refurbishment of Music Room at Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia

From a Philadelphia Inquirer Article:

With almost $500,000 from the city and private sources, highly detailed plasterwork was redone, new lighting was fabricated, and more sophisticated computers and listening stations were installed. The entire room - the city's only full-scale music library not part of a school - was reorganized to give the public greater access to reference books, recordings, music scores, and more.

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The renovation was small, but the preamble to a much greater one. With the downturn in the economy and the threat of 11 branch closings that resulted only in some curtailed hours, the library had put its vast Central Library expansion on hiatus. But leaders now feel confident enough to predict that a shovel will go in the ground this year.

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Reordering the collection, which is still in progress, is slightly more complex than reorganizing your CDs.

"We have probably between 300,000 and half a million total pieces," says Steve Landstreet, head of the Free Library's music department.

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...the department is still aiming at growth, much of it digital. Landstreet wants to acquire more computer power - notation software for composers, for instance.

That kind of function dovetails with a larger library mission that library president and director Siobhan A. Reardon is working into the program for the new building. New spaces for "content creation" are planned - stations where composers can realize their music in podcasts, where authors can meet to talk about their work, and where animators can work.

Much More in the Complete Article

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer


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