Hello all,

As there seems to be confussion as to who or what I'm looking for I thought I might as well post the questions here for anyone who feels themselves interested and relevant to copy into a word document, fill out and email back to me at the address below. It is basically to get an overview of what work is going on - I ask at the bottom if I may contact you in the furure if your work is particually relevant to what I'm looking into and I want further info.
Hope this helps,
Fay xx

Collectors' Questions

I am a PhD student at Sheffield University writing a short paper about collectors and collections of songs and would greatly appreciate an overview of your approach and attitudes to collection of this material. I recommend you quickly skim through the questions to get a feel of the sort of information I am looking for and avoid duplicating answers. Completed sheets can be emailed back to me at the address found at the bottom of this sheet. Thanks very much for taking the time to look through this.

Name:                         Contact Details:

How do you record material?

How do you store material?

How do you present material?

Whom do you record?

How do you find these people?

What kind of material do you record?

What contexts do you record in?

Do you instigate performance? How do you do this? or Why don't you do this?

Do you seek permission to record? What method do you use for this?

How do you limit the scope of your area of interest in terms of:
Performer:
Material:
Context:


What information do you record and why do you find this important?

What motivates you to make these recordings?

What purpose do you see you collection having for the future?

What other collections or collectors have influenced the way you work?

Can you recommend anyone else it would be appropriate for me to send these questions to? (Contact details appreciated)

Are you happy for me to contact you to expand on areas of these answers in the future? Yes/No

Thank you very much for taking the time to complete these questions.

Fay Hield
f.hield@sheffield.ac.uk