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  My mama told me, you better shop around. 
  --"Shop Around," Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy 

Automation, e-mail, and the Internet have revolutionized the ways that music librarians do their work. Reference librarians now engage in interactive interviews through live-chat Internet sessions, and answer questions using online reference databases. Reserve operations offer streamed audio to students at home as well as in the library, and electronic text reserves deliver assigned readings to their desktops. Readers can peruse articles in online full-text journals in their homes, and verify the current availability of a score for checkout without having to trek to the ...

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