Meeting 2

Hi All,

From yesterday's meeting we have all been assigned a music library to visit and a list of questions to be asked before next week's meeting which will be held in Group Study Room A (GSR-A) on level 2 of the library from 12 to 1pm next Tuesday.

Please contact your library before your visit to ensure that there will be someone available to answer the questions.

The list of questions are as follows:
- What is the annual budget for the reference collection?
- What was the initial set-up budget for the reference collection?
- What is the definition of reference material rather than material for the general collection that the institution uses?
- Is there a policy on donations?
- How much do material do they get from government donations?
- How do you find/review resources for the reference collection?
- How much do faculty/staff input into recommendations for reference materials?
- Is there a policy on government publications and are they included in the reference collections (e.g. publications from the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.)
- What is the weeding policy of the library/collection?

I would suspect that not every library will have answers or be prepared to answer all of the questions on this list.

Please feel free to amend these questions and distribute the updated list of questions to everyone vis email or the blog.

Below is the list of which person is assigned to visit which library:
Fintan - UCD music collection
Daniel Murray - Trinity
Peter & Lindsay - Irish Traditional Music Archives
Daniel Earls - Contemporary Music Centre
John - Na Piobairi Uilleann
Justin - Ilac Music Library
John - Comhaltas Ceoltairi Eireann

Fintan