Colleagues,

This is a reminder that the UTA Library is holding an event in collaboration with the Center for Theory. The event is "Music By Numbers: A Conversation About Music Industry Data Archives" held on Monday, April 26 at Noon on Teams<http://libraries.uta.edu/musicbynumbers>. Everyone is welcome! Description:

In 2013, the University of Texas Libraries purchased copies of the (Recording Industry in Numbers) dating from 1994-2012 and later purchased reports through 2017. These reports provide rich data and information about the state of the record industry. These reports are a treasure trove of candid information about the record industry by the record industry. Musicians, cultural workers, journalists, librarians, and entertainment lawyers will find this event useful to learn more about the reports.
Dr. David Arditi, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Arlington, will discuss archive and the difficulties UTA Libraries had purchasing the reports.

Dr. Richard Osborne, Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at Middlesex University, will discuss his edited book Music by Numbers: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Music Industries about how this data is used and abused.

This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Best,
David
Dr. David Arditi
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director of the Center for Theory
University of Texas at Arlington
Author of Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians and Power in Society<https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030445867>