student engagement through programming in the music
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH PROGRAMMING IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY
Jennifer Cheney Laski
Music Librarian
Elizabeth City State University
ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
ECSU
� HBCU
� Smallest campus in the UNC system
� Declining enrollment and budget constraints
� Fall 2015, 1585 enrollment
� NC Promise Tuition Plan
Visual & Performing Arts
� Comprised of Graphic Design & Music
� Performance
� Education
� Music Business
� Music Engineering and Technology
� NASM accreditation in 2007
� 36 music students currently
THE MUSIC LIBRARY
Approx. 2000 cataloged scores and monographs245 Cataloged CDs & DVDs
Estimated 750 items uncataloged
LIBRARY AS PLACE
Academic Support
Tech Support
Everything Else
Cultural Hub
ECSU Music
Library
LISTENING PARTY #1
�Kendrick Lamar
� National Library Week, April 2016
� Music driven conversation:� The music itself
� The artist
� Social/Cultural connections
LISTENING PARTY #1
� 3 participants attended
� Music Department rehearsal conflict
� Poor Marketing
� Great response
� Request for more programs
LISTENING PARTY #2
� Beyoncé's Lemonade
� Partnered with the music faculty
� 20 participants� Visual aspect
� Timed during the 2nd week of school
� Posters were up before school started
� Student Listserv
� Music driven conversation:� Music and Sampling
� Social/Cultural connections
LISTENING PARTY #2
� Beyoncé's Lemonade
� Partnered with the music faculty
� 20 participants� Visual aspect
� Timed during the 2nd week of school
� Posters were up before school started
� Student Listserv
� Music driven conversation:� Music and Sampling
� Social/Cultural connections
LISTENING SEMINAR #3
� Hamilton: An American Musical
� Recital Attendance
� 9 participants
� Music driven conversation:� Music and Sampling
� Social/Cultural connections
� Politics
� Historical connections to the present
� Faculty Feedback� Students are talking about the session in class!!
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
� Several inquiries about the next one!
� Time consuming
� Cost effective
� ACRL IL Frames addressed:� Information Has Value
� Research as Inquiry
� Scholarship as Conversation
HOW TO DO IT IN YOUR LIBRARY
� Choose music� Consider student recognition
� What will bring student’s to your event?
� Keep Fair Use restrictions in mind
� Choose a date� Work with your faculty (recital attendance, music appreciation extra credit).
� Inform your target audience & use word of mouth
� Prep for discussion� What do you feel comfortable discussing with students?
� Put on your musicology glasses – you have the training
� Length of discussion