Abstract
The author characterizes musical libraries through ‘ type and variety’ correspondence method. On account of ‘satisfying user professional information needs’, ‘special libraries’ and ‘musical libraries’ correlate as a type and a variety , correspondingly, which means that the former comprises the latter. On account of ‘collection social availability’, musical libraries are seen as a type comprising the following varieties: ‘public musical libraries’ and ‘private musical libraries’. The author rejects the idea that all special libraries make scientific libraries. Specific professional standards of musical librarians are examined in detail.
Highlights
On account of ‘collection social availability’, musical libraries are seen as a type comprising the following varieties: ‘public musical libraries’ and ‘private musical libraries’
The author rejects the idea that all special libraries make scientific libraries
Specific professional standards of musical librarians are examined in detail
Summary
I. Taneyev Research Musical Library of Petr Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow, Russia Musical libraries – what kind of librarians do they need? The author characterizes musical libraries through ‘type and variety’ correspondence method.
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