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lies a piece of music his-
tory.
In February, St. Edward’s
University received more
than 2,300 jazz records
from adjunct professor
Edward N. Meyer.
The collection is called
the Edward N. Meyer
Jazz Archive and is open to
the Austin community.
Dianne Brownlee, ar-
chives and special collec-
tions librarian, will oversee
the transition.
"The library is going to
work alongside Meyer’s twin
goals of preservation and
accessibility, and will begin
the process of converting
the analog recordings to a
lossless, digital format to
love, other than his wife.
A 7" sampler grew over a
period of 20 years into the
mammoth collection in-
cluding artists like Kenny
Davern, Duke Ellington,
Louis Armstrong, Glenn
Miller and Erroll Garner.
Meyer cites the fading
prominence of this music
from national recognition,
and his desire for others to
enjoy it as motivating fac-
tors in his donation.
"I thought this body of
music was worth preserv-
ing,’’ he said. "I wanted to
put it somewhere it would
be accessible, and some-
body would make an ef-
fort to preserve it, make it
known and expand it. My
goal is to have people hear
it; to listen to it and say,
that’s worth hearing.”’
everyone,” Brownlee said.
Brian McNerney, a gradu-
ate student at The Univer-
sity of Texas’ School of In-
formation, will take charge
of the nuts and bolts of the
transition. He is spending
this semester publicizing
the collection and next se-
mester converting the mu-
sic to digital form.
Tom Leonhardt, library
director, said the jazz ar-
chive will only be one part
of a broader project to digi-
tally index other archives
like Holy Cross photo-
graphs and Capstone pa-
pers. Anyone will be able to
digitally stream these over
the Internet.
Meyer began his collec-
tion in 1980 with a trip to
the Waterloo Jazz Society
picnic. The picnic show-
cased jazz musicians, and
Meyer experienced a typical
genesis of addiction. It all
started with a sample.
"If you have a TexShare card,
you can get a borrower’s card
at UT or at Texas State and
check out books.”
Once a TexShare card user
has a borrower’s card, the
ment by adding many of the that library become their databases while at the library, the circulation desk or on the
research databases students responsibility. The books but you couldn’t use them library’s Web site.
use today and by providing need to be physically turned from, say, your house.”
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library record to obtain a free
St. Edward’s Scarborough- TexShare card which then
Phillips Library is part of allows users to acquire a bor-
Fernandez can get her daily
architectural fix.
“I’m just crazy about the
main building,” she said. “I
think it’s the most beautiful
building in town. I have to
see it everyday."
The couple enjoys occasion-
shape and combat high blood
pressure.
Mike Fernandez, who is
currently battling Parkinson’s
disease, said walking also
helps his condition.
The Fernandezes also walk
around campus so Nakako
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lows members to borrow
books and materials from
various academic and pub-
lic libraries across Texas.
Started in 1988, the pro-
gram evolved from a simple
resource-exchange agree-
There are some things you
can always be sure of experi-
encing around campus in the
morning: the sunrise over the
Austin skyline, birds chirping
and seeing the Fernandezes
walking around campus.
Mike and Nakako Fernan-
dez, who are both in their
70s and have been married
for 57 years, have been walk-
ing the St. Edward’s campus
since 1980, a time before
most current undergraduates
were born.
The couple met in Japan,
where Mike Fernandez was
stationed during his mili-
tary service, and they mar-
ried soon after. After moving
back to Austin and living and
working at the now defunct
Brooks City Airforce Base
for two years, the couple
moved into a home right off
St. Edward’s Drive.
Originally, they picked up
walking as a way to get in
sizeable discounts for librar- in to the library before the The databases, Stewart
ies. due date or mailed back if said, are one of the program’s
The program allows stu- the library is in another city; greatest benefits. The Tex-
dents and faculty members otherwise, standard late fees Share card is only part of
books they check out from can use the library’s specific Share program can apply at
ally spotting wildlife, such as
foxes, coyotes and turtles on
their walks. They said that
strolling around campus,
unlike sauntering around
downtown, feels safe, due
in large part to the friendly
UPD staff.
"We feel very free to walk
here,” the Fernandezes said.
The St. Edward’s com-
munity also appreciates the
couple.
“I think they are adorable
and seeing them walk in the
morning makes me happy,”
senior Liz Jameson said.
The Fernandezes can usual-
ly be seen walking the campus
in alternating routes between
8 to 9 a.m. If one notices a
little extra bounce in Nakako
Fernandez’s gait, blame the
autumnal equinox.
“I hate to walk in the sum-
mer, but love the fall, it’s just
perfect!"
program called TexShare public libraries across Texas,
that provides students with "Say you five in Austin and
many academic research op- want to borrow a book from
portunities. UT, but you’re not a student,”
The TexShare program al- librarian Anna Stewart said.
borrower’s cards. at greatly discounted rates, or
With a borrower’s card, you sometimes even for free.
are able to check out books "Without the TexShare
and materials; however, the program, we probably
card does not grant you ac- wouldn’t have most of the
cess to the library’s online databases students use every
databases from remote loca- day for class work," Stewart
tions. said. "It would simply be too
"Most libraries have com- expensive.”.
puters that are open to the Students interested in tak-
public,” Stewart said. "You ing advantage of the Tex-
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"The musician that I was
interested in was named
Ralph Sutton, and he had
10 albums for sale on a
small label," Meyer said. "I
bought a 7" sampler to try
out. That was my undoing,
because I came back the
next day and bought them
all.”
It was the beginning of
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