Fine Arts Library News

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

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Fine Arts Computer Lab Gets Big Facelift!

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Encyclopedia of Popular Music Online TRIAL

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Baylor Libraries currently has trial access to Encyclopedia of Popular Music Online until January 30th.

Baylor's Annual Sacred Harp Sing

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Baylor's Annual Sacred Harp Sing is Feb. 7, from 9am-3pm at the Great Hall of Truett Theological Seminary.

Updates to Alexander Street Press Performing Arts Databases

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

New additions to the performing arts databases available through the Baylor Libraries.

Updates to Alexander Street Press Performing Arts Databases

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Updates for a number of performing arts databases available through the Baylor Libraries.

Opera in Video Comes to Baylor

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Baylor Libraries add the new Opera in Video resource to it's tool belt.

Internet Symphony Project with Tan Dun

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

YouTube commisions Tan Dun to compose an Internet Symphony. Audition materials available now.

Crouch Library Welcomes Two New Staff Members

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

We're pleased to welcome new Crouch staffers Mandi Marshall and Alex Shiu to our team.

TRIAL ACCESS to Opera in Video

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Baylor currently has a trial subscription to Opera in Video, a streaming video database that will contain approximately 250 important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.

ARTstor Updates

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

New images added to the World Architecture Collection, Images for Academic Publishing Collection, Islamic Art and Architecture Collection, and new images from Mellink Archive, and Larry Qualls Archive. For complete updates, visit: http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/announcements.shtml

Updates to Alexander Street Press Streaming Databases

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Several of the ASP streaming databases expanded recently. See full story for details

DRAM Streaming Music Service Updates

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

DRAM recently added new albums from three labels. See below for more updates.

Grove Art Online now part of Oxford Art Online

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Through Oxford Art Online, you are now able to cross search and browse a suite of valuable art reference publications simultaneously with Grove Art Online: The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics,and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Grove Music Online now part of the new Oxford Music Online

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Grove Music Online has changed to Oxford Music Online, including a change in the URL, the overall search interface, and the content searched. Details regarding these changes are provided below. Note that one of the enhancements with this new product is built-in connections between Oxford Music Online and other music resources to which we subscribe: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature; Digital Recordings in American Music (DRAM); NAXOS Music Library; and Classical Music Library (to be implemented).

Concert in the Garden, 5/1/08, 11:15am-12:30pm

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Bring your lunch or grab some coffee and come enjoy various brass ensembles from the School of Music.

Dallas Morning News Story on Baylor's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sunday, March 23, 2008

UPDATES: Contemporary World Music

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600

987 new tracks from INEDIT, Blue Flame Records; Tahitian music from Manuiti Records, and didjeridu recordings from Playasound.

UPDATES: American Song

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600

400 new tracks from Arhoolie Records, King/Starday Records (includes some American popular hits from the `60s), and County Records (bluegrass)

UPDATES: Classical Scores Library

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600

104 new scores added to the CSL database

Libraries embrace new technology to reach students

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

The Crouch Fine Arts Library recently added new databases to its live streaming music service. With a total of eight databases, students can access hundreds of thousands of tracks from a variety of genres.

New Resource: IPASource.com

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Baylor adds the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.

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Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

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Updates to Audio Streaming and Online Score Databases

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

American Song, Contemporary World Music, and Classical Scores Library increase offerings.

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Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

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