1. Alan Asher University of Florida
A Model for Patron Driven Acquisition of Print Music Scores: From Conception to Reality
Alan Asher
University of Florida

2. Harrassowitz Book Profile
Philosophy of Music
Aesthetics
Musicology
Contemporary Composers
Theory and Composition
Ethnomusicology
Music Instruction and Study
Opera, Operetta and their Histories
Musical and its History
Concert Music and its History

3. Harrassowitz Score Profile
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS
Supply well known and prominent composers
as well as less well known and established composers
as well as emerging composers with little performance or recording
Music for 1 Instrument
Music for 2-10 Instruments (Chamber)
Orchestral Music for More than 10 Instrumentalists
Vocal Music including Solo voice with keyboard accompaniment
Choral
Stage Works including Operas, Operettas, Incidental Music, Ballets, Musicals
Challenge 3

4. Expansion of Profile
The Profile for scores was initially limited to contemporary scores
Spring 2016: Profile was expanded to include scores from all earlier musical eras

5. Score Formats Expanded in Spring 2016 profile to include:
Spiral bound scores
Large format (over 37 cm)
Holograph reproductions of scores if normal print edition unavailable

6. Geographic Regions Covered in PDA Score Profile
All of Europe
USA
Canada
Japan
Australia
Israel
Excluded: Latin America (scores and books for this region are collected by the UF Latin American and Caribbean Collection)

7. Monograph Catalog Record

8. Score Catalog Record

10. PDA Request Form

11. Materials Displaying in Online Catalog by Type and Language
Books: 1966
Scores: 5407
Total number of titles: 7373
Books by Language
English: 264
German: 1597
Other Languages: 77 (Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, French)

12. BUDGET Most expensive book: $163.51 Most expensive score: $145.74
Expenditures from September, 2015 to September 2016:
Total titles purchased: 91 titles
53 Books at $3460
Avg. cost per book: $65.00
38 Scores at $1740
Avg. cost per score: $46.00
Total for this period: $5200
Avg. cost for all titles: $65.00

13. Reception and Assessment
78% of the purchases have been initiated by music faculty
18% of purchases initiated by graduate students
Approx. 3% purchases initiated by undergraduates
Marketing will target undergraduate students
Reception and Assessment

14. Essential Members of Library Team
Trey Shelton: Interim Chair of Acquisitions Department
Aimee Barrett: Print and Media
Jason Heckathorn: Print and Media

15. Key Partners at Harrassowitz
Justin Clarke: Regional Sales for North America
Monica Krieg: Director of Book Services- Germany
Regina Lichti: Head, Approval Plan Services- Germany
Key Partners at Harrassowitz

16. ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS LIBRARY
ALAN ASHER
MUSIC LIBRARIAN
ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA