Thursday, July 28, 2011

Michelle smith performing arts library: making researches easier

By Ram Collins


Michelle Smith performing arts library or also known as the MSPAL is located at sprawling campus of Maryland University. It boosts to have several collection of performing arts information and archives which can help you with your research.

Also known as MSPAL, Michelle Smith performing arts library serves as the center location on College Park campus in the fields of theater, dance materials and music. The special, serial, reference, and circulating collections of this arts library were all combined to create the country's top complete university library.

It commenced in 2000 as then part of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, where the MSPAL pride itself to have expansive public spaces for reading room, a lounge type study area, separate reading room for exceptional art collections, group study area and seminar room. In addition, it has also a multi-media center that has an adjacent lecture or concert room.

The dedicated MSPAL staffs are working every weekday on a regular working hour. The Michelle Smith performing arts library is manned with curators, reference librarians and permanent staff. It also opens during evening and specific time during weekends. Furthermore, they can provide information and circulation services during these hours.

The Michelle Smith performing arts library is specially recognized for keeping special collections, ranging from a long list of manuscripts, sound recordings, letters, scrapbooks, programs, photographs to other archive materials which compose the different recordings and publications.

Apart from keeping important and historical records, they also conduct exhibitions, symposia and other events all through the year.

Buying and selling

Publishing posters, recordings, sheet music, books are just a few of the income generating projects that the Michelle Smith performing arts ventures. Subject interest like music education, clarinet music, piano performance and band history are the basis of their publication.

Moreover, they also buy and sell books that are chronological, recordings and different publications that are both internationally and locally bear significant importance of the performing arts field.

Moreover, the performing arts library provides not just a simple access yet a feasible and convenient ways of looking for archives and old arts materials. Their library have alphabetically arranged index, listed with the names of the collection, their date, the author, the date of publication and other important information which can ease the search.

The MSPAL can guarantee a quality service to the public specifically for their research needs. It has a roster of employees which includes staffs from administration, circulation, reference collection, performing arts special collection, audio-visual and music cataloging, international piano archive, and MSPAL staff in Memoriam.




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