City graduate awarded music librarianship prize
Former Masters in Library and Information Studies (2005-6 - Distinction) student Charles Inskip has been awarded the E.T.Bryant Memorial Prize by the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK and Ireland Branch) at their Annual General Meeting.
The E.T. Bryant Memorial Prize is awarded to a student of Library and Information Science, or to a librarian in their first five years in music librarianship, for a significant contribution to the literature of music librarianship.
Charles' prize was awarded for his MSc dissertation, 'Are user needs being met by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website?', which used a framework developed by former City University lecturer David Nicholas to analyse information needs of users of a folk library in central London to make recommendations in development of their digital library.
Of receiving the prize, Charles said:
"I was delighted to be given this award. I am particularly pleased that IAML recognise and support these types of developments in digital libraries. My current PhD research into music and meaning is leading me down some very interesting semiotic and analytical paths and I am fascinated that my investigations into music librarianship can lead me into such exciting areas."
Charles is now taking a PhD at City under the supervision of Andy MacFarlane and recent departee Pauline Rafferty studying user information need in the music industry. A paper, co-written with supervisors Dr MacFarlane and Richard Butterworth, based on the dissertation is set for publication in a special Digital Libraries issue of the journal Information Processing and Management.