The biggest change was to eliminate the initial screen, so that users can immediately start a search. Now all the links to other library catalogs, to our Library's information, and to the various help and feedback forms have been consolidated onto the primary interface screen. For the next step, our staff are working on translations for all the screen and button text, so that a more fully Chinese interface will be available. Our instructional activities have experienced massive growth in recent years, especially for this academic year. The Internet provides many valuable resources for music lovers and researchers.
Directories are good starting points for exploring the large number of music sites.
The former focuses on Western popular music genres whereas the latter is for classical music. In these databases, you can find reviews and track information on albums, biographies on musicians and groups, a glossary and essays on musical styles, and much more. These directories provide links to both popular and traditional music genres. You can also download music from the Internet. Several sound encoding formats have been developed which are changing the ways recorded music is distributed.