Official MIT library endorsement

horndude77 · Post by **horndude77** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:39 am

It looks like MIT's Lewis Music Library links directly to IMSLP: http://libraries.mit.edu/music/

Here's their blog entry telling about it: http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/archives/354

Exciting news!

-----Jay

Post by **Peter** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:43 pm

Nice!

Post by **imslp** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:09 am

Hehe... I also noticed the MIT libraries a few days ago in the referrer section of the logs (my version of the log with all the referrers/IPs that is... didn't enable that on the public one for fear of privacy issues).

I've also received an enthusiastic e-mail from the librarian of one of the most famous universities in Canada

Post by **imslp** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:14 am

Also, Manhattan School of Music's Library links to IMSLP too

http://library.msmnyc.edu/

Post by **Carolus** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:57 pm

Outstanding - congratulations! The idea of setting up IMSLP as a wiki was really a stroke of genius. There is really no other dowloadable music score site quite like it apart from CPDL.

Post by **imslp** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:36 am

Hehehe thank you

mscuthbert · Post by **mscuthbert** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:59 am

The link from the library site might be the "official" MIT endorsement, but the profs in music at MIT have been using the works in our classes since day one of IMSLP. What a great project. Also, the MIT OpenCourseWare project is linking to IMSLP scores where available for pieces used in MIT courses, so that's a second endorsement.

Just uploaded my first set of PD scores (finally giving _something_ back); thanks for making it so easy! Agreed that the Wiki format was the stroke of genius. That plus the GNU Free Documentation License which lets users know it's worth our time to contribute.

Michael Cuthbert
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
M.I.T.

Post by **imslp** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:37 pm

Thank you! I'm very happy that you and other MIT professors found IMSLP useful! It is things like this that make me feel all the trouble IMSLP contributors went through was worth it