Ray's role in the library
I oversee all aspects of public service for Music including reference, circulation, instruction, and facilities. I assist patrons in finding and using music research resources, provide tours, mount exhibits, facilitate digitization requests, and serve as webmaster for the Music Library site, as well as primary blogger on the SUL music blog. In addition, I assist in developing the SUL web presence through the Online Experience Group.
Topic Guides by Ray
| Guide | Last Updated | Subject tag |
|---|---|---|
| Find printed music | 2016-01-22 | Music, General reference |
| Organ | 2012-09-26 | Music, Instrumental music, Musical instruments |
| Opera | 2015-03-16 | Music, Opera, Voice |
| Songs and singing | 2014-03-10 | Music, Voice |
| Musicals | 2013-10-31 | Music, Musical theater |
| Jazz | 2015-03-25 | Music, Jazz |
| Music business and industry | 2015-10-28 | Music, Economics and business |
| Piano | 2015-12-07 | Music, Instrumental music, Musical instruments |
| Music research essentials | 2016-01-22 | Music, Music history |
| Music, popular | 2015-10-13 | Music, Popular music |
| Music of the 20th century | 2015-12-07 | Music, Music history |
| Beethoven | 2015-03-16 | Music, Composers |
| Music before 1500 | 2014-10-30 | Music, Music history, Music theory |
| Music of the 16th & 17th centuries | 2014-10-30 | Music, Music history |
| Music research: dictionaries and encyclopedias | 2014-03-14 | Music |
| Chinese contemporary music | 2014-05-23 | Music, Music history, Chinese studies |
Course Guides by Ray
| Course number | Term | Guide | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music 147a/247a | Spring 2014 | Listening to the local: music ethnography of the Bay Area | Schultz, A. |
| PWR 2RT | Spring 2013 | Stepping out of the shadows: music, the bass guitar, and the rhetoric of revolution | Rod Taylor |
| ITALIC 95W | Winter 2016 | ITALIC library resources | Steichen, J. |
Professional activities
Member, Music Library Association, where I currently serve on the Web Advisory Group (Interim Manager, November 2014- ). Previous library experience encompasses academic law (Harvard Law School, 1986-1995) and commercial advertising (J. Walter Thompson, New York, 1997-1999). Additional professional training includes the Western Archives Institute, UC Berkeley; and Rare Book School, University of Virginia.
More about Ray
I was born and raised in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State. My undergraduate major was in music history and violoncello. My master's work focused on music iconography (specifically, William Hogarth's London), and library reference services for music, art, theater, and dance. In my leisure time I enjoy cooking and food culture, the piano, and figure drawing.
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