Librarians: In their own words

I hope you all have time to read Marcia’s comments about OPAS.

I threw out a question for Margo yesterday that she replied to in such detail that I wanted to feature it today. (Note that Jennifer Higdon, a well-known American composer, has also commented on the same question in the “comments” section.)

Let me re-state the question: Are there standards or guidelines that composers are supposed to follow when submitting new music? Is it preferable for them to submit computer-generated parts rather than hand-written ones? If they use software, is there a preferred one? If you are given a computer-generated score, how do you make changes in it? Is this a big problem for you, or a small one?