Concerts and dances in a library

     For this blog post I used an article written by Catherine Brown, a writer for College and Research Libraries News. The article focuses on the importanance of having concerts on campuses specifically free concerts that will expose students to a style of music that they might not have listened to otherwise. Taking all of this into account I found Catherine's article to use in my blogs because she would have enough credibility to write about this subject.
     Although UK has been doing concerts on the campus for some time, UCLA has been performing concerts and dances since the mid 1960's. This might seem like an easy claim for such a big university to make but it's when you realize who's been planning and making the concerts possible that you see the feat for what it really is. Since its beginnings, the concerts have been planned by and had seating arrangements as well as logistics determined by the students and some faculty. The faculty only consisted of those staff available from the library. These concerts are a great way to teach students the responsibility of booking and arranging a concert sometimes performed by professionals. Although the buildings are very old, they can still perform concerts that are relevant to a wide variety of students. Some of the types of concerts played over the years range from classic guitar to a cappella. And it's not just students who come to these concerts, over the years the fan base has grown to faculty to even members of the community.
     Although SHHO is strictly a hip-hop organization, this is a very relevant article to the organization because it can show how UK students can help with the logistics of the concerts performed at UK as well as mimicking what is being done at UCLA and expose students to music they might not normally listen to in a fun environment. After reading this I was left with the question of how can UCLA measure the success of putting on the concerts? Obviously growing numbers can be called success but is this newcomers to a certain genre?