I’ve taken on a new project at Harris Music Studio.

As of now, in the Harris music library we have lots of pieces contained in binders, books, and boxes. It’s pretty easy to get at, except you don’t know what you’ll get. If you want a specific piece of music, you’ll do a lot of searching before you find it. And even if you do locate it, it may be too easy, too hard, in the wrong key, or for the wrong instrument.

This is pretty similar to the music library problem I encountered in Auburn. The difference is that Auburn’s music library was *kind of* organized; at least there was a saved database on the computer that listed most of the songs. I ran into problems because the database was outdated and some of the information had not been entered accurately. After I spent money ordering music we already had in the library – for the second time, I decided it was time for an overhaul. I went through every single song and made sure it was entered correctly in the new and improved database. It was a lot of data entry, but the project was really satisfying.

So when Vicki approached me and said we were having music library needs at the studio, I basically said, “Yeah, I know what I’m doing. Just let me at it.” Even though some would cringe at the idea of cataloging hundreds (thousands?) of pieces, I’m eager to make the library more usable.