Music Libraries in Japan during the 1960s the time for a seed to germinate? / Haruyo Miyazaki
.-- Basel: : Kassel und Bärenreiter-Verlag, , 2021
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Fontes Artis Musicae -- Vol. 68, núm.3,July-September. 2021, p. 233-243
This study aims to explore the factors at play in how music libraries in Japan developed during the 1960s and formed associations of music libraries, such as the Music Library Association of Japan in 1971 and the IAML Japanese Branch in 1979. Even though the information circumstances and roles of information professionals have changed drastically since the 1960s, it is worthwhile to learn and reflect on what our predecessors have done. An interview survey was conducted with people who played an important role in collection development for their libraries. The author considered how the governmental policy of higher education to establish graduate schools indirectly influenced library management. It was found that the requirements for graduate school foundation led each library to enrich its collection through adequate selection of resources by faculty members. The growth of libraries encouraged library staff to focus on proper collection organisation.