1. Digital Libraries as Access- Point to Music Culture Scott Simon, Ph.D. School of Library and Information Science University of South Florida

2. 2 Background □PhD in Interdisciplinary Information Science from the University of North Texas □Dual background in Information Technologies and Music Studies □Music Librarian at North Texas Libraries □Doctoral Research Fellow for the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TXCDK) □Information Architect for the Library of Texas Project □Systems Manager for the UNT PeopleSoft portal product supporting 40,000+ users

3. 3 Library Services □Libraries provide: □Digital music collections □Archived music traditions □Web-based music services □Human mediators Examples: US Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch- digital.html http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch- digital.html UNESCO World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/ http://www.wdl.org/en/

4. 4 Why it Matters? □Music is being stored, distributed, and retrieved more than ever before. Digital Music Libraries help: □Music consumers □Music educators □Music composers □Music performers □Music librarians □No “entry fee”

5. 5 Challenges & Opportunities □Licensing restrictions vs. open access □Digital Rights Management (DRM) □New technologies vs. limited budgets □Streaming vs. downloading □Consumer expectations □Music Information Retrieval (MIR) □Need a “google” for music

6. 6 Music Information Retrieval □Current Music Information Retrieval systems □Music locator systems □Search and locate music using meta-data □Analytic/production systems □Search and analyze music using inherent characteristics of music □Music samples (“incipits”) □Computational representations

7. 7 Music Information Retrieval

8. 8 MIR Architecture

9. 9 MIR Research □A Multi-Dimensional Entropy Model of Jazz Improvisation for Music Information Retrieval □Measured information in jazz lead-sheets □Explored entropy as a mechanism for retrieval □Combined with a case study of an advanced jazz improvisation course Stefan Karlsson, Tom Warrington, Ed Soph, Marchel Ivery Melodic Entropy (HME) Harmonic Entropy (HHE) Rhythmic Entropy (HRE)

10. 10 Future Directions □Consumer expectations are being driven by the Web: □Digital Libraries will need to continue to innovate in order to keep up □Digital libraries will need to keep sight that they are a “public service” □Digital libraries will need to continue to collaborate and share resources internationally

11. 11 Contact Info □Scott J. Simon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science, CIS 2031 Phone: 813-974-3521 Fax: 813-974-6840 □Email: ssimon@cas.usf.edussimon@cas.usf.edu □Web: http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~ssimonhttp://shell.cas.usf.edu/~ssimon