Katie Buehner

In Fall 2016, the University of Iowa’s School of Music launched a new thesis path for students pursing the Doctorate of Musical Arts - the recording project. Students are required to produce a 55-75 minute master recording and substantive liner notes, which is then reviewed under the same basic procedures as a classic dissertation document. Typically, completed theses are submitted to the Graduate College via ProQuest and placed in the institutional repository as open access documents. However, the recording project is designed so that the student could market the content after graduation and record works in copyright, which meant that the usual open access policy and submission of files directly to ProQuest would not be appropriate. A group of faculty and administrators in the School, the administrators and staff in the Graduate College, and several librarians from the University Libraries tackled these challenges, resulting the creation of a workflow that would be legal and sustainable, while fostering student learning and creativity. This chapter will unpack the discussions had and compromises reached during the formation of the recording thesis, examine the efficacy of the established workflow and the role that student/faculty education and outreach play in sustainability and growth, and pose questions about similar projects in other disciplines such as Theatre Arts, Dance, and English.

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A Music Librarian’s Guide to Creating Videos and Podcasts is a guide every music librarian will want to use to develop and enhance multi-media skills. The digital age has created a divide between music librarians and their patrons: traditional models of interaction have been superseded or replaced by electronic communication, and virtually all librarians have felt the ensuing decline of their users’ information-seeking skills. Music librarians can now be proactive in reaching out to patrons digitally with videos and podcasts, since editing technologies for both platforms have become inexpensive and easy to use. A Music Librarian’s Guide to Creating Videos and Podcasts Katie Buehner and Andrew Justice give music librarians the step-by-step instructions for creating their own content in both Mac and PC platforms. This ready reference on videos should find home in every library and also many personal collections.