RE: Cataloguing Jewish music

[Jewish Music Institute <jewishmusic...>]

Dear Matt and Ari and other list members wanting to embark on similar 
cataloguing
projects

JMI has already developed a brilliant dedicated relational database for 
cataloguing
Jewish Music.
The purpose behind the development of Keynote is that we realize that there is 
so much
uncatalogued material out there, and everybody with a collection is having to 
try to
make their own system, starting from scratch using different formats and and 
reinventing
wheels, and we all end up with something different that does not talk to 
someone else's
collection.  Our aim in developing Keynote was to offer it to everyone so that
ultimately we can each input our own collection then we can put all that 
together, and
end up with a personalised veritable encyclopedia of Jewish Music on the Web.  
(We are
already considering the Web Based Version).
 'Keynote' has all the features one needs, including the precise 
instrumentation and
space for notes about any field in a pleasing and exciting windows format.  It 
also has
additional add-ons such as a Tune manager.  Paul Holden, the Chairman of our 
Library
Management committee (Former Senior Librarian at the Guildhall School of Music, 
London)
is very impressed with the system as a database for individual collectors and 
as a
research tool for libraries.


As keynote is still at a stage that it can be refined, I offer any members of 
the list
free copies of the software in return for feedback on the system and its use.  
It would
be good if members of this Jewish Music List would like to help in pioneering a 
very
special and much needed project.  (I feel sure we can count on the help of Big 
Brother
Elliot Kahn at JTS on the list to help with tricky problems).

Please answer on or off list if you would like to join the Keynote refinement 
team.

Geraldine

Geraldine Auerbach MBE
Director, Jewish Music Institute
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Tel +44 (0)20 7898 4308   Fax +44 (0)20 7898 4309
E-mail jewishmusic (at) jmi(dot)org(dot)uk
Website www.jmi.org.uk







-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of
Ari Davidow
Sent: 16 March 2001 20:39
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: Cataloguing Jewish music

Matt,

Are you referring to "relational" databases, as opposed to "rational"?
If so, I am developing one for materials on the KlezmerShack, albeit
quite slowly.

ari

At 03:27 PM 3/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 3/15/1 10:54:19 PM, Mattflight (at) aol(dot)com writes:
>
><< I am going to be using a rational database program for keeping track of
>Albums, performs, and notes. I was wondering if other people are using
>rational databases >>
>
>Ther is nothing rational about Klezmer Music!!!  :-))))
>Simon
>
>



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