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46-568: The main collection of Ball State's University Libraries, the Bracken Library holds a collection of over of 1.5 million print volumes, over 2,900 periodical subscriptions, over 1 million microforms, nearly 98,000 government documents, and over 120,000 maps as well as audiovisual materials, music scores, and archival resources. In addition, Bracken Library visitors have online access to scholarly literature, learning objects, and primary sources though over 65 electronic research databases including

92-448: A scripting language for the automation of repetitive tasks. The first version of Finale was made by Phil Farrand and John Borowicz . They wrote the original version software for Coda Music Software , which was later sold to Net4Music and then became MakeMusic. After Finale version 3.7, Finale's marketers made the switch to years as identifiers for each new release, starting with Finale 97 . Finale 2004 , released in early 2004,

138-491: A good guess , especially in the area of enharmonic spelling of newly entered data generated from a MIDI keyboard, while respecting the current key signature. Finale is capable of notating various music such as chorales or cut-out scores including new symbols invented by the composer. It has a built-in working guitar tablature system and includes a jazz font similar to that used in the Real Book . Nearly all elements in

184-723: A member of the State Teachers College Board and the Ball State University Board of Trustees from 1954 to 1980 who “was instrumental in Ball State’s rapid growth in the decades following World War II.” A casting of Albin Polasek's Forest Idyll is displayed on the first floor lobby of Bracken Library. The sculpture serves as a popular meeting place for students and is colloquially referred to as "The Naked Lady." On May 24, 1972, ground

230-578: A new Aria Player. Finale 2012 was released in October 2011 with new functions as Finale's ScoreManager, Unicode text support, creation of PDF files, an updated setup Wizard, improved sound management. In 2013, MakeMusic signed an agreement with Alfred Music . Under this agreement, Alfred Music became the sole distributor of Finale and Garritan products. Finale 2014 was released in November 2013 with new functions. As with all previous releases,

276-489: A new file format was introduced, which is incompatible with older versions of Finale. However, this time easier file exchange with future versions of Finale was promised. Finale 2014's new functions include a rewritten file format for forward and backward file compatibility, improved Apple OS X support, a new audio engine, additional Garritan sounds, and a new user interface. 2014d is the last version. An updated version, Finale 2014.5 fixes several problems. Finale Version 25

322-466: A reworking of staff, system, and page layout handling. Introduced the new "Hide Empty Staves" command under the Staff menu, which hides all empty staves in systems. If notes are added to the system, the staff reappears automatically. (The capability of intentionally hiding staves containing notes is still available using a Staff Style). Other improvements to this Finale version include easier capo chords and

368-805: A special ceremony attended by Elaine Steinbeck , widow of John Steinbeck, and Elizabeth R. Otis , Steinbeck's literary agent. On May 14, 1977, the Friends of the Alexander M. Bracken Library was organized to generate financial support and goodwill for Ball State University Libraries. In 1987, Bracken Library patrons first gained access to the university's automated card catalog and circulation system. In 2001, films and videos on DVD first became available for checking to Bracken Library patrons, and in 2003, laptops, projectors, and digital cameras became available for borrowing. The Helen B. and Martin D. Schwartz Special Collections and Digital Complex in Bracken Library

414-537: A type of digital library . Institutional repositories perform the main functions of digital libraries by collecting, classifying, cataloging, curating, preserving, and providing access to digital content. Institutional repositories enable researchers to self-archive their research output and can improve the visibility, usage and impact of research conducted at an institution. Other functions of an institutional repository include knowledge management , research assessment, and open access to scholarly research. In 2003,

460-627: A wide variety of genres as well as a collection of music reference materials. The collection also provides access to Finale 2014 music notation software that facilitates the arranging and composing of music. In addition to materials housed in Bracken Library, the Ball State University Libraries also provides patrons access to materials in the Architecture Library, the Drawings and Documents Archive, and

506-489: Is an international social science full-text server. Content included in an institutional repository can be both digitized and born-digital . Institutional repositories that provide access to research to users outside the institutional community are one of the recommended ways to achieve the open access vision described in the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. This

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552-474: Is explicitly chosen). With the corresponding tool selected, fine adjustment of each set of objects in a score is possible either by clicking and dragging or by entering measurements in a dialog box. A more generalized selection tool is also available to select large measure regions for editing key and time signatures or transposing, among other uses. This tool also provides the ability to reposition several classes of score objects directly, and more recent versions of

598-406: Is hosted by a third party. The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) states in its manifesto that "Each individual repository is of limited value for research: the real power of Open Access lies in the possibility of connecting and tying together repositories, which is why we need interoperability. In order to create a seamless layer of content through connected repositories from around

644-510: Is sometimes mandated by an institution. Some of the main objectives for having an institutional repository are to provide open access to institutional research output by self-archiving in an open access repository , to create global visibility for an institution's scholarly research, and to store and preserve other institutional digital assets, including less formally published grey literature such as theses, working papers or technical reports. Institutional repositories can be classified as

690-470: Is sometimes referred to as the self-archiving or "green" route to open access. Steps in the development of an institutional repository include choosing a platform and defining metadata practices. Designing an IR requires working with faculty to identify the type of content the library needs to support Marketing and promoting the Institutional repository is important to enhance access and increase

736-475: The Bepress Digital Commons platform. It includes more than two million full-text objects. Finale (software) Finale is a discontinued proprietary music notation software developed and released by MakeMusic for Microsoft Windows and macOS from 1988 until 2024, when it was discontinued. Finale's tools are organized into multiple hierarchically organized palettes, and

782-518: The Digital Media Repository and Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository which provide access to digitized archival resources and Ball State scholarly works. On average, the library receives more than 4,500 visitors per day to access collections materials, participate in instruction sessions and consultations, and use technology resources. The library is named for Alexander M. Bracken, Muncie lawyer and philanthropist who served as

828-684: The Drawings and Documents Archive document's the history of Indiana's built environment. Available through this collection are over 120,000 architectural drawings, landscape plans, photographs, models, and other architectural records. Included in the collection are archival records from the Pierre & Wright architectural firm, the Vonnegut & Bohn architectural firm, and prominent African American architect Edwin A. Gibson . Located in Ball State University's Cooper Science Complex,

874-466: The GIS software and to online GIS tutorials, datasets, online mapping applications, and in-house GIS data. The collection also offers access to a traditional map collection that includes and has available for circulation over 145,000 maps, atlases, charts, gazetteers, and other cartographic resources. The music collection contains musical scores, books on music and music recordings, with more than 17,000 CDs in

920-494: The MIT Institutional Repository. A disciplinary repository is subject specific. It holds and provides access to scholarly research in a particular discipline. While there can be disciplinary repositories for one institution, disciplinary repositories are frequently not tied to a specific institution. The PsyDok disciplinary repository, for example, holds German-language research in psychology, while SSOAR

966-658: The North Quadrangle Building, the previous home to the library's collections. On September 9, 1975, Bracken Library first opened to patrons. On March 26, 1976, Bracken Library was formally dedicated; Stephen K. Bailey, vice president of the American Council on Education , gave the principal address at the ceremony. Ball State University Special Collections and the John Steinbeck Collection were also dedicated on that day in

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1012-553: The Science-Health Science Library provides access to a collection of reference and circulating books in the areas of chemistry, physics, geology, nursing, biology, and physiology. Patrons of this library also have access to over 80 scientific journal titles as well as teaching materials and audio-visual resources. Institutional Repository An institutional repository ( IR ) is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of

1058-682: The Science-Health Science Library. Housed in Ball State University's Architecture Building, the Architecture Library provides access to 27,000 books, over 100 periodical subscriptions, and nearly 300 audio visual resources on the subjects of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and historic preservation. The Architecture Library also includes the Visual Resources Collection that provides access to collections of architecture images and building material samples. A collecting area of Archives & Special Collections housed in Ball State University's Architecture Building,

1104-624: The Stoeckel Archives of Local History, a collection of research materials on Muncie as Middletown , rare books and literary manuscripts, and special collections. Prominent collections in Archives & Special Collections include the papers of Parliamentarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Sir Norman Angell and the papers of former United States Congressman Philip Sharp . Archives & Special Collections also houses over 1,000 volumes and 25 cubic feet of manuscript material documenting

1150-791: The benefits and purpose of building an IR. An institutional repository has been defined as "a set of services that a university offers to members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members." For a university , this includes materials such as monographs , eprints of academic journal articles—both before ( preprints ) and after ( postprints ) undergoing peer review —as well as electronic theses and dissertations ( ETDs ). An institutional repository might also include other digital assets generated by academics, such as datasets, administrative documents, course notes, learning objects , academic posters or conference proceedings . Deposit of material in an institutional repository

1196-552: The corresponding tool is selected to add or edit any particular class of score element. Voices are available in Finale as well. Several of Finale's tools provide an associated menu just to the left of the Help menu, available only when that particular tool is selected. On the screen, Finale provides the ability to color code several elements of the score as a visual aid; on the print-out, all score elements are black (unless color print-out

1242-515: The development cycle for Finale 2005 , which was released the following August. While the number of new features in Finale '05 were necessarily limited, this was the first release to have both Windows and Mac versions on the same distribution CD. Finale 2006 (released in the summer of 2005) included the Garritan Personal Orchestra, an integrated sound library. A limited-functionality music-scanning module, SmartScore Lite,

1288-420: The functions of an institutional repository were described by Clifford Lynch in relation to universities. He stated that: "... a university-based institutional repository is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to

1334-468: The intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. Academics also utilize their IRs for archiving published works to increase their visibility and collaboration with other academics. However, most of these outputs produced by universities are not effectively accessed and shared by researchers and other stakeholders. As a result academics should be involved in the implementation and development of an IR project so that they can learn

1380-406: The organization of expressions by category. Also notable is the re-designed Page View, which enables the viewing and editing of multiple pages within the same document window: these pages may either be arranged in a horizontal line or tiled vertically within a window. Finale 2009 includes Garritan's new Aria Player Engine, and has new samples for this. The older Kontakt 2 Player is still supported, and

1426-498: The samples load under this also. Finale 2010 was released in June 2009 with improvements to percussion notation and chord symbols. This version also introduced measure number enhancements, auto-ordered rehearsal marks and support for additional graphic formats. Finale 2011 was released in June 2010 with additional Garritan Sounds, Alpha Notes (notation with note names inside), a new lyric entry window and other lyric enhancements, and

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1472-417: The score can be adjusted and moved. Music can be entered using a keyboard or using the software itself. It also includes a function for optically recognizing printed music from a scan. From Finale 2001 onward, the program included MicNotator, a module able to notate melodic pitches played on a single-pitch acoustic instrument via a microphone connected to the computer. Finale 2004 introduced FinaleScript,

1518-410: The software have implemented extensive contextual meaning via this tool. Finale automatically manages many of the basic rules of harmony and music notation, such as correct beaming, stem direction, vertical alignment of multiple rhythmic values, and established rules for positioning note heads on chords. In other situations, without advance user customization, the program makes what can be described as

1564-415: The stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution." The content of an institutional repository depends on the focus of the institution. Higher education institutions conduct research across multiple disciplines, thus research from a variety of academic subjects . Examples of such institutional repositories include

1610-503: The visibility of the researchers. Libraries will also need to target their marketing efforts to different groups of stakeholders. They may generate faculty interest by describing how an IR can support research or improve future findability of articles Most institutional repository software platforms can use OAI-PMH to harvest metadata. For example, DSpace supports OAI-PMH. A 2014 survey commissioned by Duraspace found that 72% of respondents indicated that their institutional repository

1656-401: The way several editing modes are accessed, by introducing the multi-purpose "selection tool" described above. The 2008 release offers the importation and/or recording of synchronized real-time audio as an additional single track in a document. Finale 2009 was identified as the 20th Anniversary edition. It offers many fundamental workflow changes not seen since the program's inception, such as

1702-474: The work and career of author John Steinbeck. Educational Technology and Resources provides patrons access to resources to support teaching and instruction including digital equipment and technology, DVDs, audiobooks, textbooks, youth books, and classroom teaching materials. Digital equipment circulated by the department includes laptops, digital cameras, portable hard drives, microphones, and chargers and cables. The GIS Research and Map Collection offers access to

1748-759: The world, open access relies on interoperability, the ability for systems to communicate with each other and pass information back and forth in a usable format. Interoperability allows us to exploit today's computational power so that we can aggregate, data mine, create new tools and services, and generate new knowledge from repository content." Interoperability is achieved in the world of institutional repositories by using protocols such as OAI-PMH. This allows search engines and open access aggregators, such as BASE , CORE and Unpaywall , to index repository metadata and content and provide value-added services on top of this content. The Digital Commons Network aggregates by discipline some 500 institutional repositories running on

1794-471: Was also included. Along with Page View and Scroll View, the 2006 release added StudioView, a display mode which is similar to Scroll View with the addition of a sequencer interface. This feature gave users an environment for creation, evaluation, and experimentation with different musical ideas in a multi-track environment. In StudioView, an additional staff appears above the notation, called TempoTap, allowing for complete control over tempo changes. Finale 2007

1840-403: Was broken on the new library building and on February 20, 1974, the Ball State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name the new library for Alexander M. Bracken to honor his years of service to Ball State University. During August 1975, moving crews transported over 700,000 books and thousands of periodicals, government documents, and other resources to Bracken Library from what is now

1886-399: Was dedicated on August 17, 2009. The collaborative and interactive learning and teaching space accommodates instruction, research, and programming activities at Bracken Library. Ball State University Archives & Special Collections collects, preserves, and provides access to records of Ball State University's history, archival collections documenting Muncie and Delaware County history in

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1932-417: Was released on August 16, 2016. Some new features include: ReWire support, so that Finale can be used simultaneously and in sync with digital audio software. The new "Aria Player" speeds up and simplifies the choosing of Garritan instruments. Beginning with this version, the user manual is found entirely online. Band-in-a-Box and a couple of other plug-ins were removed. The ability to import scanned documents

1978-435: Was released with a "linked" score and part management system. A properly set-up "full score for extraction" could now contain all the data and formatting necessary to generate a full set of linked ensemble parts, ensconced within a single Finale master document. Limitations on the scope of format and layout control between parts and conductor score (including measure numbers and staff system breaks) suggested that this new feature

2024-639: Was removed. Several other features were added. Finale Version 26 was released on October 10, 2018. This release includes new features such as automatically stacking articulations, automated slur collision avoidance, expedited processes for entering chord symbols and expressions, and additional templates. Finale Version 27 was released on June 15, 2021. This release includes new features like interactive music sharing functionality, Standard Music Font Layout ( SMuFL ) support, an improved instrument list, MusicXML 4.0, and numerous bug fixes. On August 26, 2024, Greg Dell'Era, president of MakeMusic, announced that

2070-427: Was targeted to media production work, where quick turnaround and accuracy is a crucial factor, rather than publishing, though publishers still may use some aspects of linked parts to improve the part creation process. Finale 2007 introduced linked parts, which allow ensemble parts to remain linked to the master score. Finale 2008 was the first version to come out with full Vista (32-bit only) support. It also changed

2116-406: Was the first release to run natively on Macintosh computers running Mac OS X Panther . This was considered a late release by MakeMusic, and full support for the features of Mac OS X was limited at first. More comprehensive support was brought "on-line" through maintenance releases going forward into 2004. Finale 2004 also continued to support PowerPC Macs running Mac OS 9 . This release shortened

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