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Digital Libraries as Access-Point to Music Culture

Digital Libraries as Access-Point to Music Culture. Scott Simon, Ph.D. School of Library and Information Science University of South Florida. Background. PhD in Interdisciplinary Information Science from the University of North Texas

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Digital Libraries as Access-Point to Music Culture

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  1. Digital Libraries as Access-Point to Music Culture Scott Simon, Ph.D. School of Library and Information ScienceUniversity of South Florida

  2. Background • PhD in Interdisciplinary Information Science from the University of North Texas • Dual background in Information Technologies and Music Studies • Music Librarian at North Texas Libraries • Doctoral Research Fellow for the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TXCDK) • Information Architect for the Library of Texas Project • Systems Manager for the UNT PeopleSoft portal product supporting 40,000+ users

  3. Library Services • Libraries provide: • Digital music collections • Archived music traditions • Web-based music services • Human mediators Examples: US Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html UNESCO World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/

  4. Why it Matters? • Music is being stored, distributed, and retrieved more than ever before. Digital Music Libraries help: • Music consumers • Music educators • Music composers • Music performers • Music librarians • No “entry fee”

  5. Challenges & Opportunities • Licensing restrictions vs. open access • Digital Rights Management (DRM) • New technologies vs. limited budgets • Streaming vs. downloading • Consumer expectations • Music Information Retrieval (MIR) • Need a “google” for music

  6. Music Information Retrieval • Current Music Information Retrieval systems • Music locator systems • Search and locate music using meta-data • Analytic/production systems • Search and analyze music using inherent characteristics of music • Music samples (“incipits”) • Computational representations

  7. Music Information Retrieval

  8. MIR Architecture

  9. MIR Research • A Multi-Dimensional Entropy Model of Jazz Improvisation for Music Information Retrieval • Measured information in jazz lead-sheets • Explored entropy as a mechanism for retrieval • Combined with a case study of an advanced jazz improvisation course Stefan Karlsson, Tom Warrington, Ed Soph, Marchel Ivery Melodic Entropy (HME) Harmonic Entropy (HHE) Rhythmic Entropy (HRE)

  10. Future Directions • Consumer expectations are being driven by the Web: • Digital Libraries will need to continue to innovate in order to keep up • Digital libraries will need to keep sight that they are a “public service” • Digital libraries will need to continue to collaborate and share resources internationally

  11. Contact Info • Scott J. Simon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science, CIS 2031 Phone: 813-974-3521 Fax: 813-974-6840 • Email: ssimon@cas.usf.edu • Web: http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~ssimon

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