May 15, 2008
BCR and Naxos Music Library Form New Partnership
BCR and the Naxos Online Music Library (NML) have agreed to provide NML's suite of services to BCR member libraries. Not only do member libraries have access to a wide range of musical genres including classical and jazz, but to other online reference sources including the Naxos Spoken Word Library and NML Sheet Music, all at a discount.
Access to the NML is easy and efficient. With just a click of the mouse, a subscriber can retrieve every composition and track instantly — no more searching on shelves or updating archive information. The Naxos product line includes:
Naxos Music Library
- World's largest collection of streaming classical music with more than 260,000 tracks.
- Classical music, plus six other genres, including jazz, blues and world music.
- New releases added monthly (more than 39 per month in 2007).
- Accessible from anywhere in the world; remote access included.
- Powerful teaching tools to support educational use, including static URLs at all levels (track, repertoire, CD and playlist).
- Access to Fantasy, the world's mightiest jazz catalog and the very best in blues and R&B.
- More than 23,000 tracks from 1,400 albums featuring over 460 renowned artists, with hundreds more to come.
- A collection of the world's greatest literature — many classic novels, plays and poetry, from medieval times to the 20th century.
- Nineteen categories, from Children's Classics and Classic Fiction to Shakespeare's Plays, Music Education and many more.
- All works read by professional actors/actresses — English literature by English, American literature by Americans.
- New releases automatically added (30 titles in 2006).
- Many texts can be followed on-screen or printed out, facilitating language learning.
- SheetMusicNow.com delivers digital sheet music content to a growing number of libraries. With an IP-authenticated subscription, library users download and print their own copies of sheet music from a catalogue of over 40,000 works. Remote access is included free of charge.
Streaming upgrades are available. OCLC has added streaming resource and system requirements information to all MARC records for CDs that are included in NML and that already have records in OCLC WorldCat. The 856 field is also included and is customized for each institution's URL, enabling direct linking from the record to the CD on NML.
For more information and pricing, please see BCR's website or contact BCR's Maura Dunn at mdunn@bcr.org.
