music collection

[Erin Graff]

Does anyone out there have a music collection in your library students/staff can check out?  My school's director has tasked our band directors and myself with deciding how to proceed with developing a musical collection for the media center.  He's referring more to music that has educational enrichment (in his mind that's classical), but there's been some argument already from a staff member that he sees value in some of Queen and Pink Floyd's music.  This is beyond my area of expertise as I enjoy music, but I'm not an expert in this area.  Thanks!!

[Amanda Tagmire]

We don’t have anything extensive, so I can’t help with starting a physical collection.  Would your administration be open to purchasing a subscription to Freegal?  That allows members to download a certain number of songs each month directly to their devices.  I think it’s a Sony product and there are something like 7 million songs available.  That would take away the pressure of having to make selections and probably offer a much broader range than most physical collections.  Not sure of pricing.  I have to be clear...I've never used Freegal; and it's only coming to my head now because I recently spoke with a librarian who does use it.