Category Archives: Libraries and librarians

My first music library conference – April 2024

Posted on 3 May 2024 by Frank Norman

Last month I attended the IAML UK & Ireland Annual Study Weekend (ASW).  IAML is the International Association of Music Libraries, and this is an event run each year by the UK & Ireland branch. This was the first time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sourcing music – a Making Music webinar

Posted on 19 March 2024 by Frank Norman

I recently attended a webinar about sourcing sheet music, organised by Making Music. There were more than 100 attendees, mostly from amateur orchestras and choirs, all eager to learn about the best and most cost-effective ways to procure musical scores … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Switching to a new library world

Posted on 18 March 2024 by Frank Norman

Between leaving school and going to university I spent a year working as a library assistant in a public library service; not a branch library but the headquarters of the service. The Library HQ had a large reserve stock, supplementing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Library day in the life, Spring 2022 (part 2)

Posted on 22 April 2022 by Frank Norman

This post is an account of what I did at work for four days in Mar/Apr 2022. The idea is to give an impression of the range of tasks I engage in during my work as librarian at the Francis … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Library day in the life, Spring 2022 (part 1)

Posted on 22 April 2022 by Frank Norman

This post is an account of what I did at work for four days in Feb 2022. The idea is to give an impression of the range of tasks I engage in during my work as librarian at the Francis … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Library day in the life 2018

Posted on 25 September 2018 by Frank Norman

This post is an account of what I did at work each day from Monday 17 September 2018 through to Friday 21 September 2018. The idea is to give an impression of the range of tasks I engage in. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Open access deposits to Europe PubMed Central – building skills

Posted on 19 September 2018 by Frank Norman

Blogpost by Kate Beeby and Frank Norman. Our funders’ open access policies mandate deposit of all primary research articles into Europe PubMed Central (ePMC). We opt for the Gold (immediate Open Access) route when we can, but if the publisher … Continue reading →

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Elegy for a building

Posted on 27 June 2018 by Frank Norman

The building is still there, holding its head high, but it’s fatally wounded. It is plain to see that it won’t be with us for much longer. NIMR, Mill Hill – with its iconic copper green roof visible across north … Continue reading →

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Librarygeddon

Posted on 30 September 2016 by Frank Norman

The Library, the collection When it’s done right it is a wonderful thing. The collection dedicated to meeting a specific need: carefully selected, sensibly arranged, appropriately indexed, comprehensive in its coverage and range of formats. It is precisely calibrated to meet a … Continue reading →

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Changing horizons

Posted on 8 September 2016 by Frank Norman

Much years. So change. Sniff.  I have left the place where I worked for the past (almost) 27 years and I have started in a new place of work.

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