Browsing by Author/Contributor "Newcomer, Nara L."

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  • Discovery Interfaces and Music: Summon 

    Newcomer, Nara L. (2013-03-02)
    Presentation given at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting on March 2, 2013 in San Jose, California. This presentation examines the Serials Solutions “Summon” product as a discovery interface for music. It was part ...

  • Discovery Systems I: Challenges and Needs for Music Discovery 

    Newcomer, Nara L. (2013-08-16)
    “Discovery” has become a library buzzword but it refers to a traditional concept: enabling users to find library information and materials. Today, the discovery environment is changing rapidly both within libraries and ...

  • Music Discovery Requirements in Action 

    Newcomer, Nara L.; Harvey, Jessica; Lorimer, Nancy; Sasser, Patricia; Holden, Christopher (2016-03-04)
    Music Library Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, March 4, 2016. (presentation)

  • Music Discovery Requirements: A Guide to Optimizing Interfaces 

    Newcomer, Nara L.; Belford, Rebecca; Kulczak, Deb; Szeto, Kimmy; Matthews, Jennifer; Shaw, Misti (Ortus Musikverlag, 2013-07)
    This is an English language version of the German language article cited below. “Discovery” has become a library buzzword but it refers to a traditional concept: enabling users to find library information and materials. ...

  • Music Discovery Requirements: A Guide to Optimizing Resources 

    Newcomer, Nara L.; Belford, Rebecca; Kulczak, Deb; Szeto, Kimmy; Matthews, Jennifer; Shaw, Misti (Music Library Association, 2013-03)
    Music materials, particularly scores and recordings, pose unique demands that must be considered for their successful discovery. Some of the discoverability challenges of music materials in public search interfaces can be ...

  • Picture the Music: Performing Arts Library Planning with Photo Elicitation 

    Newcomer, Nara L.; Lindahl, David; Harriman, Stephanie (Taylor & Francis, 2016-03)
    Photo elicitation, a form of ethnographic journaling, provided insights into university music and dance student needs in library and campus spaces and services. In this case study, subjects took a photo for each of twenty ...

  • Picture the Music: Planning Library Spaces with a Photo Elicitation Study 

    Newcomer, Nara L. (2015-02-27)
    Presentation given at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Feb. 27, 2015. UMKC Libraries use participatory design methods to envision library spaces optimally supporting music and dance students’ work. ...

  • RDA and Music Discovery. Part of RDA For All: RDA, Music Discovery, and Beyond 

    Newcomer, Nara L. (2013-03-02)
    Presentation given at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting on March 2, 2013 in San Jose, California. RDA can -- and cannot -- affect music discovery in various ways. Music discovery is defined broadly speaking to ...

  • Recorded Sound and Discovery Interfaces 

    Newcomer, Nara L. (2013-03-15)
    Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) 2013 Pre-Conference Workshop “Discovery Access Methods for Sound Recording Collections.” Kansas City, MO. May 15, 2013. Recorded sound professionals know inherently that ...

  • UMKC Conservatory Students and Their Work: Research Findings 

    Newcomer, Nara L.; Lindahl, David; Harriman, Stephanie (2015)
    The initiative for UMKC’s Downtown Campus for the Arts presents a unique opportunity for radical change in Conservatory and Conservatory library spaces and services. To inform planning of the new campus and its library, a ...

  • User Centered Design 

    Newcomer, Nara L.; Lindahl, David; Martin, Kelley (2014-06-03)
    MOBIUS Annual Conference, Columbia, MO, June 3, 2014. Libraries purportedly operate with our users’ needs and desires in mind, but how do we know what those needs and desires really are? The University of Missouri-Kansas ...

  • Where Do They Look?: Music Information Seeking Behavior in the Digital Age 

    Newcomer, Nara L. (2017)
    Presentation given at the Music Library Association annual conference, February 24, 2017, Orlando, Florida. Discovering new musical works is an important activity for musicians. The increasing proliferation of online tools ...