New application for Music Libraries: Electronic Music Library

Abstract

The music and the history of people are almost the same age. However only modern technology opened the door to store music in such forms that we are able to listen. These new document carriers quickly appeared in the libraries and finally instituted the music libraries. The second part of the 20th century produced the growth of informatics and computer science. The revolution of informatics created new technologies and concepts like digitalizing, digital formats, networks, internet etc. It became visible in life of libraries because these institutes are unimaginable without computers and internet in our age. In this article I would like to demonstrate a way of usage of this modern technology by Electronic Music Library (EML) program, which is the result of my research. The EML is able to store, retrieve and service sound documents in digital format by network. This system is also able to store a wide range of related information of sound documents, like lyrics, pictures of authors and contributors, scores, and web links too. First I am willing show the main idea of EML. After this I represent the advantages of this system. I will demonstrate the step of development and the emerging problems, like digital formats or points of laws. Finally I would like to touch upon the possible ways of development and usage.