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Actually the one program I am looking into is through the University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana. Here is a link to the program: http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/ -Mike Farrington Michael Farrington Recording Engineer Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St. Rochester, NY 14604 (585) 274-1167 > ---------- > From: Watsky, Lance > Reply To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:08 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] MLS in relation to an archivist > > Since we are on the topic of obtaining the MLS. Does anyone know if there > are any schools that provide the training thru on-line courses. > > Lance Watsky > Media Specialist > The Georgia Archives > 330 Capitol Ave., S.E. > Atlanta, Georgia 30334 > [log in to unmask] > 404-651-6781 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: andy kolovos [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:56 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] MLS in relation to an archivist > > > Michael, > > The MLS is very important. However, I would stress the greater importance > of programs that offer an MLS with an archival focus or archival > certification rather than just a straight MLS degree. And I would like to > reiterate the extreme importance of a program with ALA accreditation. > There are programs in "Archival Science" or "Archival Management" but I > don't know anyone who went through one. I might be worth your while to > look at programs that have (depending on your interests) a music > librarianship component if you're interested in published recordings or > one > that has opportunities for work with field audio. > > I'm somewhat biased as an alum, but at the School of Information and > Library Science at Indiana University you can follow a special > collections/archival track, take courses in music librarianship, have > access to all their "Information Science" classes that focus on digital > applications and (best of all to me as an eternal student in the Dept. of > Folklore and Ethnomusicology) get a dual MLS/Folklore-Ethnomusicology MA. > The dual degree was instituted after I wrapped up all my work so I can't > say much about it as far as coursework practicalities, but it was created > at least in part with the idea of training archivists to work with > ethnographic field materials, of which audio forms a large part. IU also > houses the Archives of Traditional Music, which is a great place to > augment > one's training via an internship or some such thing. > > That said, while I was an MLS student at IU, the library school had a real > focus on the whole get-rich-quick-dot.com-boom-informaiton-science-glitz > thing, and the MLS end really suffered for it. They are apparently > getting > a new dean soon, so that might change, but I just don't know. However, if > you're interested in exploring music librarianship and > folklore-ethnomusicology as a way to add something to archival training, > IU > has a lot of opportunities. > > Andy (the biased Archivist/Folklorist) > > At 11:07 PM 3/24/03 -0500, you wrote: > >After lurking for about six months, this is my first post to the > Arsclist. > >Obviously since this is a mailing list for archivists, this question I > have > >is completely appropriate for many of you to answer. > > > >I wanted to know what role a Master's Degree in Library Science plays in > >finding employment as an archivist. What I am looking for is an > archivist > >position at a college or university. I have the basic audio engineering > >skills one would find desirable in a candidate for an archivist position > but > >no library skills. Would pursuing a MLS degree be worth my time or is > there > >a better way to acquire these skills to become an archivist? > > > >At this time I have no desire to become strictly a librarian, although it > is > >possible that if/when I complete a MLS degree that my opinion might > change. > >Any comments would be welcome and appreciated. > > > >Michael Farrington > > > >Michael Farrington > >Recording Engineer > >Eastman School of Music > >26 Gibbs St. > >Rochester, NY 14604 > >(585) 274-1167 > > > > > ********************************* > Andy Kolovos > Archivist/Folklorist > Vermont Folklife Center > P.O. Box 442 > Middlebury, VT 05753 > (802) 388-4964 > [log in to unmask] > http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org > >