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Access to Museum Library and Reproduction of
Music
The National Music Museum encourages access to its collections, staff
expertise, and resources by visiting scholars, qualified students, and
musicians, including the reproduction of limited amounts of music, no
longer covered by U.S. Copyright laws, to be used for performances by
individuals or organizations on a non-profit basis. In order to make
this service available, the following guidelines have been established:
Persons wishing to utilize the Museum library must make appointments
in advance with the Director. Please state your credentials and
purpose and await confirmation before coming to the Museum.
Appointments
should be confirmed several days before your visit, in order to allow for
staff scheduling.
Only a small number of people can be accomodated at one time in the
Museum library. Please do not bring unexpected guests.
Children
are not
allowed in the library.
Graduate students who wish to utilize the Museum library for
substantial research projects must register for an appropriate number of
hours (a minimum of two semester hours) or MUS 795, Project Seminar
(independent studies) during the semester (or one summer session) in which
they plan to use the library, even though they may be on campus for only a
portion of that semester.
Scholars who wish to utilize the Museum library for substantial
research projects supported by a grant, whether those funds are provided
by their own institution, a private foundation, a government source such
as the National Endowment for the Arts, or whatever, must make provision
in the proposal for reimbursing the Museum for its contribution of staff
time, work space, equipment, and so on.
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Whenever possible, the Museum will reproduce music
from its library, no longer covered by U.S. Copyright laws, for
performance by qualified individuals or organizations on a non-profit
basis. Minimal charges are necessary
for written requests for specific compositions to cover retrieval,
reproduction, postage and handling. Only a limited number of such
requests will be accepted on this basis from any one individual
or institution. Requests should clearly state the title, composer,
genre, and for what, specifically, the music is to be used.
When performed, the program notes must indicate that the composition(s)
is provided courtesy of America's Shrine to Music Museum, Vermillion,
South Dakota. For further information, consult the Museum's Offsite Access Guidelines.
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Requests which involve staff time for research,
as opposed to the above service (which involves only the reproduction
of specific compositions), can not be handled unless specific written
arrangements are made to reimburse the Museum for staff time. For
additional information, consult Offsite Access Guidelines.
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The Museum's library holdings are cataloged through
the University Library. Although the Museum library's holdings are
not available for circulation or Interlibrary Loan, they can be
examined on-site and accessed through the University's online catalog,
ALEPH System.
Short excerpts (up to 50 pages) from library materials will be photocopied,
at the rates cited on the Museum's fee
schedule, if a specific title, volume, year, and page reference
is provided. The Museum reserves the right to restrict or deny the
photocopying of rare and fragile materials.
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Requests for the reproduction of other materials,
such as photographs or sound recordings, will be answered on an
individual basis, generally within the same concept as that for
music. For further information, consult Offsite
Access Guidelines.
Utilization of the library for educational purposes is strongly
encouraged, but utilization of the library for commercial purposes and/or
for personal gain, without specific written permission of the Director of
the Museum, is forbidden.
These regulations are subject to change at the discretion of the
Director of the Museum.
National Music Museum
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
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