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Article: An Internet primer for music librarians: tools, sources, current awareness.
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- September 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 Music Library Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In "Electronic Information and Applications in Musicology and Music Theory" Mary K. Duggan observes that "the impact of electronic information goes beyond research on music and writings about music to the processes of creating, notating, printing, performing, and recording music."(1) Recognizing the importance of network resources, Duggan discusses various means of electronic communication--electronic mail, discussion lists and journals--as well as databases of digitally encoded music notation and sound. Since the publication of her article, network resources have grown at a phenomenal rate. New electronic journals are created seemingly each week; discussion groups are ...