International Music Scores Library Project / Petrucci Library
We at the IMSLP believe that music should be something that is easily accessible for everyone. For this purpose we have created a music library to provide music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access. by Erinn Batykefer The International Music Scores Library Project (IMSLP) was created in 2006 by Edward W. Guo....
The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Hip-Hop on L.O.C.K Workshops
The Library as Incubator Project is delighted to partner with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and guest blogger Emily Fear to showcase a new digital literacy initiative at CLP called The Labs. For this installment, we take a closer look at a special Labs program that partners with local outreach group Hip-Hop on L.O.C.K., but don’t miss Emily’s...
Iowa City Public Library’s Local Music Project
We’re always interested in exploring new and exciting service models that can help libraries connect their patrons with the arts and artists in their areas. Needless to say, the Iowa City Public Library’s Local Music Project is a game-changer, and we’re delighted to feature it here on the Library as Incubator Project website. Many thanks...
Streaming Radio from UNC’s Southern Folklife Collection
The Southern Folklife Collection (SFC), located in University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Wilson Library, is an archive of southern folk music, oral tradition and popular culture. According to the website, the Southern Folklife Collection “is especially rich in materials documenting the emergence of old-time, country-western, hillbilly, bluegrass, blues, gospel, Cajun and zydeco musics.” The collection contains...
Awards for Artists from the Association for Manitoba Archives
Did you know you can win an award for creating art, music, and other creative work inspired by what you find in the archives? In Manitoba, you can. The mission of the Association for Manitoba Archives ”is to preserve the heritage of the people and institutions of the Province of Manitoba.” Since 2005, the AMA has given awards to artists...
Call for Submissions: Creating & Collecting Local Content at the Library
We believe the library is a place to connect and create. If I’ve learned anything as we continually research for this Project, it’s that libraries are transforming. The idea of a library as a warehouse for books alone just isn’t relevant anymore, and as we talk with librarians and artists about how the libraries in...
Featuring: Josh Lane
We are pleased to feature Milwaukee guitarist Josh Lane on the Library as Incubator Project website. Josh is pursuing a graduate degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is currently involved in a research project about the Avante Garde Coffeehouse, a historic music venue in Milwaukee. Look for a series of posts about...
National Jukebox: An online library of music
On the site, we’ve featured multiple online galleries and collections for artists and librarians looking for easy ways to find images. So far, these online collections have largely focused on images of visual art or writing. What about artists looking for audio or video of inspiring music or performances? Our hope is to begin including...
Tiny Library Concerts at the Collegiate School
The Library as Incubator Project is pleased to feature Tiny Library Concerts, submitted by Allen Chamberlain, librarian at the Reed-Gumenick Library at the Collegiate School, a private K-12 school in Richmond, Virginia. Tiny Library Concerts seems to be a prime example of how students and school librarians can work together to create creative and popular arts programming...
Check out the “Catalogue of Curiosities” from P&W
The January issue of Poets & Writers is chock full of things that inspire. Here at the Library as Incubator Project, we are all about highlighting the myriad ways that libraries – their buildings, their people, and their materials – can inspire writers and artists of all kinds. We’re not talking at this moment about...
Featuring: Lost in the Stacks
The Library as Incubator Project heard about librarian-singer Rita Meade through a Twitter contact and immediately contacted her to learn more about her and the band she performs with, Lost in the Stacks. Rita kindly answered our questions in this interview. - Laura Please tell us a little bit about yourself (education, work, background, etc.)...
BOOKLESS: A library transformed
The books have been removed from Madison’s Central Library, and the shelves taken down. The computers have moved to a temporary location, and the book drop is sealed shut. As Madison Public Library prepares for the renovation of the old Central building into a beautiful new library space, the old building sits empty. What to...
