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Inside: President’s Report ...... 2 Developing Trends ...... 9 In Recognition ...... 16 Annual Meeting ...... 3 Transitions ...... 9 MLA News ...... 17 New Members ...... 7 Committee Reports ...... 10 Beyond MLA ...... 23 Information Commons Feature . . 8 Roundtable Reports ...... 16 Member Publications ...... 25 Calendar ...... 8

No. 164 March–April 2011 ISSN 0580-289-X President’s Report MUSIC ASSOCIATION Jerry McBride, MLA President be set in June. This will allow us Board of Directors to better control Officers t is gratifying to reflect on this the costs of the conference and have JERRY MCBRIDE, President year’s highly successful and historic a clearer picture of the overall Stanford University meeting in Philadelphia. This was budget. It will also give committees RUTHANN MCTYRE, Past-President I University of Iowa the first MLA conference with a uni- slightly more time to plan their pro- PAMELA BRISTAH, Recording Secretary fying theme, and it shows that music grams, because the conference Wellesley College are in the forefront of li- rooms and the budget for speaker LINDA W. BLAIR, Administrative Officer brary service by considering the honoraria will be determined in ad- Eastman School of Music many issues and challenges of born vance. Conference planning has be- MICHAEL ROGAN, Assistant Administrative digital materials. We’re interested in come much more complex, and the Officer your opinions about employing a Board will be exploring the possibil- Tufts University theme for the conferences. We will ity of contracting with professional Members-at-Large 2010–2012 be examining responses to the sur- conference management to provide SUSANNAH CLEVELAND Bowling Green State University vey that was sent out just after the the best conference experience for a CHERYL TARANTO conference and using that to plan fu- reasonable cost. University of Nevada, Las Vegas ture programs. The Board also has a number of LIZA VICK The historic vote on the merger challenges ahead including the re- Harvard University of MLA and IAML-US also took place view of the report of the strategic Members-at-Large 2011–2013 at the conference as stipulated by the planning committee, balancing our DANIEL F. BOOMHOWER constitution, where MLA members operating budget, examining our IT Library of Congress voted overwhelmingly for the Plan infrastructure, establishing a records KIRSTIN DOUGAN of Merger at the Business Meeting: management program for the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 215 in favor out of a total of 223. , and reviewing our various LAURIE J. SAMPSEL Tre men dous thanks are due to Presi - publications programs. It is an ambi- University of Colorado at Boulder dents Ruthann McTyre and Judy tious but exciting agenda. Typeset by A-R Editions, Middleton, WI. Tsou, and the MLA and IAML Boards To help us with that agenda are for the work leading up to these im- three new Board members, Daniel MLA NEWSLETTER portant votes by our members. Boom hower, Kirstin Dougan, and Misti Shaw, Editor At the MLA Board meeting in Laurie Sampsel, with whom I’m look- Phila delphia a number of important ing forward to working over the next The Newsletter is published four times a year: September–October, November–December, March– issues for the association were dis- two years. We all owe a great deal of April, and May–June, by the Associa tion, cussed and decisions were made. All thanks to the three members leaving c/o A-R Editions, Inc.; 8551 Research Way, Suite 180; Middleton, WI 53562, and is issued to its members MLA Board meetings are open to the the Board, Linda Fairtile, Stephen free of charge. membership. You may read the min- Mantz, and Jenn Riley. Their dedica- The purpose of the Newsletter is to keep the membership of the Association abreast of events, utes of the Board meetings on the tion and insights have been invalu- ideas, and trends related to music librarianship. All MLA website for a full account, but able for the organization. No suffi- communications and articles are welcome. Address correspondence to: I’d like to mention a few significant cient thanks can be expressed to decisions here. Ralph Papakhian was Ruthann McTyre for her great wis- Misti Shaw DePauw University the first recipient of the Special dom, patience, and good humor in GCPA Music Library Achieve ment Award, and the Board guiding MLA as President. I’m grate- 605 S. College Greencastle, IN 46135 decided to name the award in his ful that she will continue on the [email protected] honor. Be ginning in 2011, it will be Board as Past President lending her The deadline for submitting copy to the editor for known as the A. Ralph Papakhian advice and support to our efforts. issue number 165 (May–June 2011) is May 21, 2011. Special Achieve ment Award. As we start a new year for MLA, Submissions in Microsoft Word sent via e-mail attach- ment are preferred. For many years, the operating I welcome the opportunity to hear bud get was set in June in anticipa- your opinions on how MLA can best tion of the beginning of the fiscal serve its members and on how you year, and the conference budget was would like to be involved in advanc- On the cover: Performers of the West Philadelphia determined in Septem ber. Beginning ing our profession. Thank you and Orchestra, Local Arrangements reception; taken by this year, the entire MLA budget will best wishes. Gerry Szymanski

2 M L A Newsletter • No. 164 Annual Meeting Plenary I : Thinking Beyond the Disc: Disseminating Recordings in the Digital Era

Scott Stone, clined in the last fifty years and, cur- endeavor was to create a partner- Chapman University rently, the cost of recording is not ship with WHYY, the local PBS affil- With much excitement (and a normally recouped after being re- iate, to record and later broadcast not small amount of coffee) a crowd leased. These important reasons in- approximately thirty different pro- of several hundred eagerly awaited clude brand recognition, increasing grams each year. Additionally, Curtis the first session of the 80th Annual the orchestra’s audience fan-base began to work with SpectiCast, an Music Library Association meeting, from local to global, and the purely online video streaming service, to Thinking Beyond the Disc: practical one of money—donations broadcast seven or eight concerts Disseminating Recordings in the tend to increase after audiences are each year in addition to their full Digital Era. Library of Congress’ Lisa able take home a physical artifact of lineup of masterclasses. Finally— Shiota served as moderator for this the group, not just their listening ex- and perhaps most excitingly—Curtis interesting discussion and graciously perience. Finally, Millen described has recently created a partnership introduced the first of three speakers, the strides the PSO has made with with Instant Encore, resulting in a Stephen Millen, the General Manager the American Federation of Mu- service that allows users to down- of the nearby Philadelphia Sym- sicians to regulate the pay for musi- load or stream Curtis recordings, in- phony Orchestra (PSO). cians when their recordings are be- cluding all audio recorded there. Millen regaled the audience with ing disseminated on the Internet— Unfortu nately, some of these ser- a brief account of the Orchestra’s solutions which have since been vices do cost money, but there is recording history (1925—first orches- adopted by many other major or- some free content on all of them to tra to make an electrical recording, chestras nationwide. tantalize the user into purchasing 1962—first orchestra to make a tele- Next, David Ludwig, composer some more of these extraordinarily vised broadcast, 2009—first orchestra and Chair of Performance Studies at fine recordings. to offer an online series of concerts). the Curtis Institute of Music (CIM), The final presenter, George After presenting this impressive his- jumped right in with a presentation Blood of Safe Sound Archives, inter- tory, Millen discussed why it is im- of CIM’s effort to create, record, and spersed his discussion of digitizing portant for the orchestra to continue media content generated by sound recording archives with some to record even though the sale of or- Curtis students, faculty, and guest memorable stories from his time chestral recordings has drastically de- artists. Their first major effort in this spent as recording engineer for the PSO. Some of the projects he has been involved with include digitizing the archives of the Detroit, National, and Boston Orchestras, the Smith- sonian Folkways projects, and Plectra recordings. In addition to this conversion work, Blood also helps these organizations establish a Web presence with their newly digitized archives so that listeners around the world can gain access to them. After a whirlwind ninety min- utes, the first Plenary session of MLA was over and this writer’s mind was swimming with the possibilities of a world being flooded with Born Convention Manager Bonna Boettcher and Asst. Convention Manager Laura Gayle Green briefly pause for a beverage refuel while busily tending to myriad Digital sound recordings and how details during the conference. music library users everywhere can by Gerry Szymanski benefit from their unique offerings.

M L A Newsletter • No. 164 3 Annual Meeting Hot Topics Tackles Born-Digital Dilemmas and More

Tom Caw, Wisconsin–Madison) reminded atten- if), and stressed that there needs to University of Wisconsin-Madison dees that the restriction on historical be a repository that is both powerful with additional reporting by recordings from Naxos in the U.S. is and sensitive. Caw asked if anyone a result of this state-by-state copy- was willing to acquire some of these Andrew Justice, University of North Texas right situation. recordings and break the end-user The first topic was the ongoing license agreement terms stipulating The 2011 edition of Hot Topics dilemma regarding downloadable- single-user/personal-use-only by in Music Librarianship faced stiff only sound recordings. Diane Norton making the recordings available to competition from the various ILS (Wabash College) wanted to know library patrons, and Brenda Nelson- Users Group meetings on the Satur- how people are handling “born digi- Strauss (Archives of African American day afternoon schedule, but still tal” recordings, and Anna Kijas (Univ. Music and Culture, Indiana Uni ver- drew a sizable crowd of attendees Connecticut) wondered if we as a sity) said she was. Phil Vandermeer eager to hear and be heard on issues profession should be investigating (UNC-Chapel Hill) wondered if the percolating throughout the pro - purchasing individual titles the way number of downloadable-only sound fession. Moderator Tom Caw (Uni - we purchase e-books. Caw asked if recordings was enough to warrant ver sity of Wisconsin-Madison) began anyone thought downloadable-only working ourselves into a lather, in the proceedings by sharing a Bits & sound recordings would ever be terms of concern for materials not Briefs item from the February 12, available to in a manner being collected by libraries, using 2011 issue of Billboard about similar to e-books, if that was a de- the example of cassette-only releases YouTube viewing being named the sirable model, and if purchasing libraries have failed to acquire most popular form of music con- downloads and circulating devices throughout the years as a reminder sumption in a recent global survey (iPods, iPads, etc.) with the files in- that we miss and/or lose materials all by Nielsen and MIDEM, followed stalled was something anyone was the time. Laura Dankner (Williams - closely by listening to free down- willing to pursue. Chris Schiff (Bates town ) professed her loads (either legal or illegal). With College) opined that purchasing and love for her iPad and expressed her that news hanging in the air, Eric managing devices was cumbersome belief that capitalism will address Harbeson (Univ. Colorado at for libraries. Jenny Colvin (Furman) the challenges facing libraries on this Boulder) addressed the room in his echoed this sentiment regarding the topic. role as Legislation Committee Chair, loaning of iPods, Kindles, and other Beth Christensen (St. Olaf updating everyone on the nebulous such devices, and shared an idea College) submitted the next topic, realm of shrinkwrap licenses and about a pay-per-view model for which was a request to hear about digital media—the key recordings (in which li- music searching experiences with question we must ask braries only pay vendors web-scale discovery tools. Robert “the key question ourselves: “Am I an for what gets used) she Dalton (UNC-Chapel Hill) observed we must ask owner or a licensee?” included in her recent that students (under the influence of ourselves: Am I Harbeson also shared Music Reference Services Google) tend to search for music ma- an owner or a news regarding MLA hav- Quarterly article about terials using the default “Anywhere” licensee?” ing endorsed comments digital music distribution setting, and are frustrated when ARSC filed to the U.S. in libraries. Kijas floated scores get buried in the results, but Copyright Office in January strongly the idea of a digital audio repository he likes the tool. Sara Manus supporting bringing sound record- that would house downloadable-only (Vanderbilt) shared that they are de- ings fixed before 1972 under federal recordings. Ned Quist (Brown) sup- velopers for Primo Central, and they jurisdiction. It is hoped that such a ported the idea of such a repository, have had trouble fine tuning it for move would reduce the current con- and suggested that we lean on music searching—for example, LPs fusion resulting from fifty different Library of Congress or some similar continue floating to the top of re- copyright laws being applied, and body to help make it a reality. Joe sults, the icon resembles a CD, and thus improve access to older record- Boonin weighed in with his perspec- users get confused. Rebecca Belford ings. Legislation Committee member tive regarding the vanishing of fixed (Univ. at Buffalo) admitted Summon Yi Hong Sim (University of media (it’s a question of when, not continued on next page

4 M L A Newsletter • No. 164 Annual Meeting Education Committee Sponsors “Marketing Your Music Library in the Digital Age”

Nobue Matsuoka-Motley, the significance of building good re- tiple campuses. The contents, includ- American University lationships with library users and be- ing video and audio podcasts, are coming one of “them” to maximize available anytime and downloadable Despite being held in the late af- the marketing outcome. The conclu- to mobile devices so the users can ternoon when many conference at- sion of the session was a short pro- take the information with them. tendees had drifted away to enjoy motional streaming video which the Matthew also discussed “The Library the city of Philadelphia, “Marketing presenters credited with contributing Minute,” a series of one minute pro- Your Music Library in the Digital to a 20% increase in item circulation. motional videos, which is download- Age” attracted a full house. Natalie Matthew Harp (Arizona State) in- able as well as posted to YouTube, Hristov (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville) troduced the Library Channel, a mul- the Internet Archive, and other Web started the session by identifying po- timedia promotional Web site, and sites. Matthew concluded his presen- tential venues to effectively promote discussed how the ASU library is in- tation by explaining the production library services to students. She dis- tegrating the communication busi- cycle of the channel’s contents, the cussed the importance of knowing ness model into the library. The importance of discoverability by the mindset of students who do not Library Channel was created to effec- managing metadata and using tag want to know more than necessary, tively convey information about li- clouds, and the lessons learned dur- and anticipating the future needs of brary resources, news, and exhibits ing the production process. the library users. She also articulated to more than 70,000 students in mul-

Hot Topics continued . . . continued from previous page were contemplating going in this di- nership of top research libraries for makes her want to cry, which rection, and if anyone already using which Indiana is the lead school, in- prompted Nancy Nuzzo, her library’s an open source ILS would be willing dicating that another open source li- director, to ask where we as a pro- to speak about the experience. brary management system option for fession dropped the ball in terms of Tracey Rudnick (Univ. of Hartford) the academic and making our needs known to vendors spoke about Koha, mentioning both community would be coming soon. and working with them in order to the challenges of adapting it to meet Nancy Nuzzo was curious to get products sensitive to our field. the needs of an academic music li- hear from those who have canceled Denise Smith Green (Cleveland brary and the advantages of getting (or are planning to cancel) print sub- Institute of Music) wanted to know to make the rules and control the scriptions to core music journals what librarians whose institutions data. Nancy Nuzzo asked whether available online through combina- have made the switch from OCLC to anyone knew what had happened to tions of JSTOR, Project Muse, or uni- SkyRiver for cataloging services have the eXtensible Catalog, but no one versity press sites; she also won- to say, especially about their experi- had an answer. Darwin Scott (Prince- dered how those maintaining print ence with catalog records for music ton) shared that his institution has subscriptions are justifying the cost materials, but judging by the silence been a development partner for the for titles that are reliably available that followed no one at the session Ex Libris Uniform Resource Manage- in electronic form. Rebecca Koblick matched that description. Caw took ment (URM) cloud-based next- (City College of New York) reported the opportunity to broach the topic generation library framework, which her administration decided to cancel of ILS market dominance by Ex is now being called Alma, and ex- more than one quarter of their print Libris, Innovative Interfaces, and pressed his wish that MLA members journal titles—including Notes—and SirsiDynix, asking if anyone thought pay attention and “make noise” re- shared that few of her users have open source ILS options might one garding this platform. Phil Ponella complained. Kim Ranger (Grand day rise to a level above fringe rep- (Indiana Univer sity) shared news Valley State Univ.) echoed this resentation, whether any libraries about the Kuali OLE project, a part- continued on page 6

M L A Newsletter • No. 164 5 Annual Meeting

continued from page 5 zines if libraries move to electronic- Kim Ranger shared she recently can- situation, saying she has received lit- only subscription policies, as many celed Opera in Video, saying the fac- tle feedback since she canceled her of them are primary sources to re- ulty did not like the quality of the print subscriptions two years ago, searchers in folk and popular music. performances. Joe Boonin cautioned adding she now has more room for Anna Kijas pointed out that although that once you subscribe to streaming scores and books. David Hursh (East Connec ticut’s strategic plan dictates audio databases instead of purchas- Carolina) shared he has heard no a 90% electronic-only subscription ing physical sound recordings, you negative comments since canceling rate, she still plans to maintain print are committed and on a slippery print subscriptions one year ago, and for titles not available via full-text slope of . Margaret Ericson (Colby) said faculty databases. The final topic came from David have been supportive of cancelations. Caw kept the next topic in the Gilbert (UCLA), who reported having Paula Hickner (Univ. Kentucky) di- realm of electronic resources, asking to justify continued support for the vulged that she has to cancel print if anyone was monitoring statistics facility, collections, funding, and subscriptions if the titles are available and considering canceling subscrip- staffing while feeling pressured to be online, but she is still able to make a tions to streaming audio databases innovative and develop new uses of case to her administration for indi- due to low usage—a factor that technology, and wondered what any- vidual journals if she feels strongly would not necessarily merit the with- one else is doing. Monica Fazekas about maintaining the print. Nuzzo drawal of physical items. Suzanne (Univ. Western Ontario) suggested interjected that the difference in cost Lovejoy (Yale) reported that Naxos is getting faculty and students to advo- between electronic alone and print among their top four databases in us- cate for you, and shared that using plus electronic is not great, but ac- age, but Naxos Music Library Jazz is LibQUAL can be an effective way to knowledged that binding costs do the lowest and therefore on the chop- assess opinions of your library’s serv- add up; she illustrated this with a list ping block. She has warned the fac- ices and help you improve the mar- of seven titles she had calculated ulty, but she has not heard from keting of those services. Leslie would cost around $700 to maintain them. Rebecca Koblick indicated can- Bennett (Univ. Oregon) spoke about (that includes the entire cost of sub- celations are likely in the next year. the way students at Western Washing- scribing to Computer Music Journal Stephanie Bonjack (Univ. Southern ton University used Facebook in their for their annual CD/DVD, which isn’t California) encouraged attendees con- effort to rally support for keeping the available separately). Ned Quist ex- cerned about low statistics to increase music library open there last fall, and pressed concern for what will happen their teaching, as she sees a spike in were joined by staff, faculty, and to the small-circulation music maga- usage after every instruction session. community members in the success- ful effort. This story prompted Joe Boonin to remind everyone working in academic libraries that alumni support is a weapon to wield when battling administrators. Deborah Campana (Oberlin) advocated mak- ing the most of library tours for new students in the fall by offering cre- ative participatory activities. Lisa Lazar (Univ. Akron) told of a success- ful interdisciplinary outreach project related to all first-year students hav- ing to read Steve Lopez’s book The Soloist, in which she created a Naxos Music Library playlist of the music featured in the book that proved popular with the students and fac- ulty. This encouraging example con- Joe Boonin—who has attended an impressive fifty MLA conferences—chats cluded the session, and the attendees with Steve Smolian while Carl Rahkonen smiles at the camera. continued conversing as they filed by Gerry Szymanski out of the ballroom.

6 M L A Newsletter • No. 164 Annual Meeting Preconference Workshop RDA: A Hands-on Interaction

Lisa Shiota, Casey Mullin (Stanford) kicked off strated some of the challenges associ- Education Committee Member the workshop with an orientation to ated with identifying musical expres- the RDA Toolkit, emphasizing the sions. Finally, Nancy Lorimer (Stan- Kathy Glennan, special features and how to navigate ford) and Hermine Vermeij (UCLA) BCC Chair through the various resources. Kathy shared some full RDA examples, com- Glennan (Univ. of Maryland) pro- menting on particular challenges and The MLA Preconference in Phila - vided an extended look at RDA de- issues they faced as participants in the delphia was a hands-on workshop for scriptive elements for scores and U.S. National Libraries’ RDA Test. RDA. Co-sponsored by the Edu cation sound recordings, noting specific dif- Eighty-four people attended the Committee, the Bibliographic Control ferences between AACR2 and RDA workshop. Registration fees covered Committee, and the Music OCLC practice. John Attig (Pennsylvania wi-fi access and refreshments during Users Group (MOUG), this all-day State) spoke about personal name ac- the breaks; ALA Publishing provided workshop consisted of presentations cess points, corporate name access free access to the RDA Toolkit for interspersed with written exercises to points, and the increasing importance the preconference. The RDA work- highlight what music catalogers need of recording relationships in RDA. shop proved to be an informative to know about RDA, regardless of Laura Yust (Library of Congress) and instructive session for all who when it is implemented. The presen- talked about identifying musical participated. The presentations and tations as a whole stressed the similar- works in RDA and presented LC pol- examples from the preconference ities and differences between RDA icy about these instructions. Steve have been uploaded to the MLA and AACR2 rules. Yusko (Library of Congress) demon- 2011 Handouts Web page.

New Members Charles Edward Hill, Indiana University Frank Johnson, Temple University We welcome the following new or returning MLA Jason Kibby, Albany, NY members! Kevin Seiji Kishimoto, University of Chicago Bryan A. Acee, Vernon, NY Jan Lauridsen, College Park, MD Stephen David Bartenhagen, Alameda, CA Glenn Loflin, New York, NY Etsuko Benton, Boston, MA Daniel C. Lopata, Rochester, NY J. Paul Buchanan, Dallas, TX Dustin Lee Ludeman, Leesburg, VA Melissa Margaret Burel, Kalamazoo, MI Robert E. Lussier, Marywood University Britt Andrew Burns, Denton, TX Nichole Maiman Waterman, Seattle, WA Jennifer Cheney, Marion, NY Alex McAllister, Wilmington, NC Russell M. Clark, Urbana, IL Kevin C. Miller, Los Angeles, CA Timothy Wayne Cook, University of North Carolina– Rebekah Myers, Indianapolis, IN Chapel Hill Ryan Nitz, Tucson, AZ Paula F. Corman, West Newton, MA Simonne Teresa Ronk, N. Lawrence, OH Reed David, Denton, TX Ann Shaffer, University of Oregon Lisa C. Dempsey, Aspen Music Festival, Chattanooga, Priscilla Jane Smith, Carrboro, NC TN Albert Squillace, New York, NY Rebecca French, Bloomington, IN Carei F. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN Leigh Katherine Glaeser, Augusta, GA Julia Thompson, UNC-Chapel Hill Guillermo Alfonso Gomez, West Chester University Liz Tousey, Bowling Green, OH Katherine Hanley, Benicia, CA Jonathan Werth, Coralville, IA Christine Ann Hansen, Minonk, IL

M L A Newsletter • No. 164 7 Information Commons Feature A Response to the Information Commons Survey

Jill King, as “Learning Commons” or simply According to survey results, com- DePaul University “commons.” bined services are provided most of- Liz Berndt Morris, According to the survey results, ten by library support staff with full- Central Michigan University a formal commons is not typically time librarians and undergraduate found in branch music libraries: of student assistants close behind. What does reference service the 50 survey respondents with a Even though librarians seem to look like in your library’s Infor - commons, 38 are located in main li- be staffing the commons, most re- mation Commons? How has your job braries, 4 in music or performing arts spondents do notpersonally staff a changed with the adoption of an libraries, and 8 in other branch commons service point at all. For Information Commons model at your libraries. However, some of the most those who do provide service in a library? These were some of the often reported services and equip- commons, between four and ten questions that prompted members of ment in main library commons could hours per week is most typical. the Midwest Chapter of the Music be attractive to music users, including Although cross-training is often avail- Library Association to develop an audio and video editing tools, multi- able, survey respondents do not feel Information Commons survey, which media production, large LCD moni- proficient with the range of questions was distributed to the MLA-L in July tors, and audio and video recording asked in the commons. For example, 2010. This article reports on some of equipment. With technology support IT questions may get “too technical” our findings and asks additional staff on hand to provide assistance, for librarians, and IT staff may not be questions that we hope to address in are music users drawn to these kinds familiar with library resources. future discussions. of ser vices in the commons? With such a variety of staff pres- The survey defined Information Most survey respondents report ent in the commons, is this model Commons as “a place where students/ multiple service points within their li- more often a referral service and patrons can go to conduct research, brary’s commons, which may include what implications does thathave for collaborate with colleagues, and/or a designated in addi- music reference service? How satis- use multi-media technologies to tion to other points of service. If a fied are music librarians with this discover and produce information.” commons includes a dedicated refer- system? With an emphasis on collaboration ence desk, it is most often staffed by Some MLA-L users may not have and specialized technology tools, full-time librarians and a high number responded to the survey because these spaces are also referred to of part-time librarians and subject- their library has a unique model that specialist librarians (including mu- did not fit our definition of an sic). Other reference desk staff in the “Information Commons.” In fact, sur- Calendar commons includes library support vey comments indicatea wide range staff, graduate student employees, of commons models; for example: a and occasionally undergraduate stu- separate Scholarly Commons may be 6 May 2011 dent employees. provided for faculty and graduate Submissions deadline for MLA Libraries with a single, combined students or reference service may be Annual Conference 2012 service point report referring to it by divided between two service points program proposals a variety of names, including infor- depending on the type of question. mation, help, research, reference, or Some libraries may offer the kinds of 11–14 May 2011 service. Almost half of these respon- services found in a commons with- Association of Recorded Sound dents also say they provide some out designating the area as an Infor- Collectors Annual Conference form of technical support or multi- mation Commons. We are interested 1–3 June 2011 media assistance, including help with in continuing this study to learn MLA Board Meets course management systems and more about how music librarians’ production and editing tools. Addi - roles are changing to fit this new 23–28 June 2011 tional services provided from a learning experience. If you have a American Library Association combined service point include cir- commons, or a unique service model Annual Conference culation, writing assistance or other that serves a similar purpose, we’re tutors, and course reserves. interested in hearing from you.

8 M L A Newsletter • No. 164 Developing Trends

Jim Cassaro, approved of diverting the unre- in discussion with MOUG to create a MLA Development Officer stricted donations made at the meet- joint development initiative with ing into this new fund for a total of which to recognize Ralph’s impact Whee! I don’t know about you, $10,863.00 now in the fund, over on music librarianship. Stay tuned but I’m still reeling from all the en- half of the target goal. Likewise, the for further developments! ergy and excitement of our recent Board approved the revenue gained MLA entered the film realm with meeting in Philadelphia. Again, by the sales at the MLA Shop and the the creation of a video that outlines members of MLA showed how gen- Silent Auction to be deposited into why our members donate to the erous they are, and how that gen- the Bradley Fund for the foreseeable Association. Titled “Why I Donate to erosity is consistent from year to future until a more active campaign MLA,” the video features eloquent year. In Philadelphia, we raised a re- can be implemented. With this ac- statements from seven MLA members spectable $5,402.00. This includes tion, the Bradley Fund now stands at in various stages of their careers $650.00 in sales from the MLA Shop, $2,736.00. Once we bring these cam- about why they donate. These mem- $1,386.00 from the Silent Auction, paigns to a successful close, we can bers include (in order of appear- $360.00 to the MLA Fund, $350.00 to turn our development efforts toward ance): Judy Tsou, Tom Caw, Jane the Coral RILM Office Fund, $750.00 other funding needs; for example, Gottlieb, David Gilbert, Laura Gayle to the Carol June Bradley Award technology at the annual meetings, Green, Gerry Ostrove, and Bruce Fund, $864.00 to the O’Meara/Hill additional travel grants for students Evans. The video will be mounted Publications Awards Fund, and and young professionals, and a dedi- on the MLA website. I hope you $1,042.00 in unrestricted gifts. Bravo! cated archivist for the MLA Archives enjoy these efforts, and that these There is so much going on at the University of Maryland, statements inspire you to join the development-wise, it is hard to know College Park. ranks of those who give to MLA. You where to begin. At its meetings in Also in Philadelphia, the MLA never know when you may be asked Philadelphia, the MLA Board ap- Board approved the naming of our to participate in such projects, so proved the establishment of two new Special Achievement Award in honor make sure you are ready for your endowment funds: the Carol June of Ralph Papakhian. This award, now close-up! Bradley Award Fund and the known as the A. Ralph Papakhian Dues renewals for FY 2011–2012 O’Meara/Hill Publications Awards Special Achievement Award, recog- will be coming shortly, and I hope Fund. The campaign target for each nizes extraordinary service to the that when you re-up, you’ll consider of these funds is $20,000. Once fully profession of music librarianship over a donation to the Association, or to endowed, these funds will generate a relatively short period of time. become a member of our two giving the capital to cover the annual costs Ralph was its first recipient in 1992 as circles: the Orpheus Society and the of the Bradley Award and the Eva the founder of MLA-L. This recogni- Ostinato Club. Donations made at Judd O’Meara and Richard S. Hill tion of Ralph is but a small token to any time are very welcome and awards. These last two awards have honor his memory. We are currently greatly appreciated! been funded by revenue generated by the Duckles endowment over the years, and in establishing the new funds the Board has created a mech- anism by which financial burden on that endowment will be assuaged. Transitions As a method of seeding the new publication awards endowment, I Our best wishes to all those pursuing new opportunities. created two parallel campaign initia- tives as a focus for seeding the fund: Ann Shaffer, Music , University of Oregon a celebration of the fiftieth MLA Ana Dubnjakovic, Head of Music Library, University of South Carolina meeting attended by Joe Boonin, and Kevin Seiji Kishimoto, Music Cataloger, University of Chicago the close of Ruthann McTyre’s term Elizabeth McCraw, Special Projects Cataloger, University of North Carolina as MLA President. Gifts and pledges at Chapel Hill honoring these two individuals made Robert Simon, Temporary Music Cataloger, University of Notre Dame before and at the Philadelphia meet- ing totaled $9,821.00. The Board also

M L A Newsletter • No. 164 9 Committee Reports

force must include music catalogers ist in our hierarchy, so we need to Bibliographic Control experienced with creating RDA figure out how to make it happen in Committee records. the structure and in the software We explored another RDA- tool. Kathy Glennan, related issue: best practices in rela- The group felt that using Word Chair tion to indexing and display of the or Excel as our system may be too The Bibliographic Control Com - new MARC 37X and 38X fields. BCC cumbersome. We will either need to mit tee (BCC) held two business will contact the Emerging Tech- work with small subsets of records meetings and sponsored four pro- nologies & Services Committee to (which makes creation of a true the- grams in Philadelphia: Technical offer our expertise in this area. The saurus structure difficult), or we Metadata for Music; Sheet Music final document should be outcomes- need to push for other software to Consortium: Metadata Tools and based rather than being modeled on be used. The software will need to Participation; BCC Town Hall (cur- the past MLA guidelines for inte- allow multiple users in multiple loca- rent topics in cataloging); and RDA: grated library systems. tions and ideally will be low in cost. Kicking the Tires. All of the program Beth Iseminger reported on the We hope that LC may be able to pro- sessions were well-attended. For de- latest developments with the MLA- vide some kind of software or sys- tails on the RDA: Kicking the Tires BCC Genre/Form Task Force, which tem for this purpose. We also hope program, please see the Features will work toward identifying a tech- that LC has a way to automatically portion of this issue. Details of the nology that will enable the group to generate a list of terms with broader remaining three BCC programs will get a syndetic structure for visualiza- and narrower terms pulled directly appear in the May/June issue of the tion of the hierarchy of the agreed- from the authority file. MLA Newsletter. upon terms. They will use this struc- How likely is it that we can get The BCC business meetings in- ture to identify gaps and propose our new terms into the thesaurus? cluded subcommittee and task force new headings. There will be gaps in the structure updates, as well as new topics. For BCC brainstormed about poten- with the existing terms, which the details on the subcommittee meet- tial programs for 2012, including: new terms can help fill. We will also ings, please see their separate re- a program folding metadata into be using literary warrant to identify ports. BCC discussed administrative other initiatives (such as the RDA terms corresponding to existing bib matters, including: the possibility of element set or ), records. The problem may be timeli- a change to BCC’s name to better re- development and implementation of ness. It seems as if there is at least a flect its scope of responsibilities; the new music genre/form headings, six-month approval process for new minor updates to some charges; and and something related to RDA (per- terms, so we would have to stream- revision of the BCC Procedures haps bringing in the public service line that workflow somehow. How Manual. perspective). long would the process take through The committee spent time on Finally, Rya Martin completed the SACO-Music Funnel? It would ac- RDA-related issues, including the im- her four-year term as BCC Recording commodate those of us who are not plications of living in a multi-code Secretary/Webmaster. BCC thanked institutional members of SACO, and environment and how to approach her for her service. We welcomed there could be a tree structure for re- the development and dissemination Jennifer Matthews as Rya’s successor. viewing similar to what the NACO- of RDA music guidelines. For the lat- Music Project has. Another option ter, MLA and music cataloging spe- might be creating a list of recom- cialists at the Library of Congress Genre/Form Task Force mended new terms and submitting need to be in a position to work co- Beth Iseminger, the list to LC, similar to the Working operatively in creating the needed Chair Group for Terminology in 20th documentation. We considered a few Century Music. The list of those options about where to start: best Syndetic Structure and New terms was very much smaller than practices guidelines; MLA workflows Terms ours, so the SACO-Music Funnel for scores and sound recordings in In the course of the project, we would probably be a better method the RDA Toolkit; and “how to” docu- have not yet answered the question for our project. ments. BCC will charge a task force of whether we will allow polyhierar- In searching for literary warrant to advise BCC about the needed con- chy (terms having more than one for the new terms, we should start tent and how to proceed; this task broader term). This will probably ex- continued on next page

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continued from previous page records. If 047 codes were added to could make it hard to get terms with the terms from the Types of genre/form authority records, they through in a timely fashion. Perhaps Composition list, since those tend to could be used in a wider environ- using the funnel could help. be the most commonly used terms. ment, similar to 046, classification, After the task force reviews We could then identify specific areas and geographical data codes. This them, the new terms will all have lit- needing the most development. For will be something to include in dis- erary warrant. These terms won’t example, we could search the world cussions of implementation. represent the entire world of music music terms that came from New terminology. Rather, they will help Grove. Dance forms would be an- Joint Meeting: MLA-BCC Genre/ catch up the terminology and fill in other smaller area to focus on. Form Task Force and LC Music gaps. Filling in the gaps will allow Genre Project Group the vocabulary to be more of a the- Medium and the Subject Access saurus. While new terms usually are Subcommittee SKOS and Thesaurus Tools established through everyday work- The task force agreed that as- One method for building the hi- flow, this is a special project includ- signing responsibility for the medium erarchy would be to deconstruct the ing vocabulary found in reference part of the project to the Subject red books, which are arranged al- sources. Even so, all the terms will Access Subcommittee (SAS) is a good phabetically, and the hierarchy apply to actual works cataloged. idea. would be present. This method Terms from the Garland En - would be quite manually intensive. cyclopedia are so problematic that Subdivisions “Manuscripts Another alternative would be to de- the task force will save them indefi- Facsimiles” ploy vocabularies into respective nitely. Many of the terms in Garland The group discussed the idea, spreadsheets with specific columns are actually technical terms for the which arose out of the ALA-SAC (broader terms, narrower terms, music, rather than genre/form terms. Genre/Form Implementation Sub - source of terms.) This would show How will new terms be added? com mittee, of how to represent that where the broader terms, etc., are They could be submitted as part of an item is indeed a manuscript, or a lacking. weekly lists, for example by submit- facsimile of a manuscript. The Music Could SKOS be a source for ex- ting a certain number of terms per task force recommends using the tracting terms and their relationships month (that would mean a lot of term “Manuscripts (Facsimiles)” or into our thesaurus/hierarchy tool? terms per week!) Of course, there “Facsimile manuscripts.” Is this really The cross-references, LCCNs, will need to be guidelines for where more of a format issue? Will there be broader, narrower, and related terms to draw the line at too much detail; an element in RDA for manuscripts? all appear there. Could someone at this needs to be more developed. It appears there are very few guide- LC possibly manipulate SKOS and LC could make a schedule, talk to lines regarding manuscripts in RDA. XML to make this useful? Co-op, decide on the SACO rotation Whatever hierarchy building tool with the music catalogers, and set up Notation we choose should allow us to visual- to manage the project. If terms are In the RDA environment, all ize the terms, preferably in a tree viewed as needed, then there is no terms for notation will go in MARC21 structure. It should also allow multi- argument about including them. LC 546 $b. (This field actually existed ple users. The spreadsheet or tool can help get needed terms into the for AACR2 but hasn’t been com- should help determine gaps in hierar- vocabulary. monly used.) Are terms for musical chy and highlight any orphan terms. notation in scope of the genre/form We need a tool that will show the re- Medium of Performance project, or is this really a descriptive lationships at all levels. Curr ently, we The MARC 382 field seems to be element? Notation is similar to have a one-dimensional authority the preferred field for coding scores, or to the idea of carriers. system where we can only go up. medium of performance. It will thus serve two purposes: one, as a de- MARC Codes and Linked Data New Terms scriptive RDA field, and the other as Could the existing MARC com- There were differing views on the place to encode medium of per- position codes be linked more whether the SACO-Music Funnel formance as an access point. SAS broadly? This is something to con- would be the best way to add new will take on the work of the medium sider when our project is at the point terms to the LCGFT. The internal project and will start working on a of revising or creating authority workings of the SACO program continued on page 12

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continued from page 11 implemented for other areas (cartog- Expression Record Examples. proposal to redefine the 382 field so raphy, moving images, radio pro- Iseminger also served on the BCC it fits with what the medium project grams.) Putting genre/form terms in Task Force for Best Practices for 38X needs, including adding the number their own index within ILSs is an- fields. Finally, Huismann, Iseminger, of performers, and adding $2 for other issue, though if the project de- Mullin, and Thomas Pease were controlled vocabulary for use as an velops well, we could force the issue testers in the U.S. Libraries National access point. on this point. OCLC will probably RDA Test. The chair, as liaison to the Medium terminology will proba- need to be involved at the point of ALA ALCTS-CCS/LITA Authority bly live in LCSH. The medium au- implementation and help with con- Control Interest Group (ACIG) and to thority records are already in LCSH version of headings. ILSs will also OLAC’s Cataloging Policy Committee as is the structure and the terms. have to be able to accept the terms (CAPC), also reported on the activi- While this is helpful, it also means and their coding. ties of these two groups at ALA the terms are supporting both It is important to start thinking Annual 2010 in Washington, D.C. and medium and subject use. This could about vocabulary building principles ALA Midwinter 2011 in San Diego. result in very complex scope notes. across the entire LCGFT. The ANSI/ At the last business meeting in Another alternative would be to in- NISO standard suggests that the dif- San Diego, the subcommittee re- clude a field in authority records in- ferent subject areas should not be viewed the attributes of the FRBR en- dicating how the term should be developed individually. Different ar- tities works and expressions in used as a medium access point, simi- eas of the LCGFT currently have dif- preparation for a project to develop lar to the MARC Authorities 781 for ferent principles, for example, mov- guidelines for the construction of geographic terms. This would obvi- ing image terms still have carrier work records for music falling out- ate the need to delete medium terms terms embedded with genre/form side the Western-art music canon. that would be solely topical, like terms. While we have ideas for what Because of more urgent needs, par- “Violin music.” we want as a music community, we ticularly as regards possible revisions The LC project group has drafted don’t know yet how that will mesh to RDA, the project has been tem- a document entitled Functional Re - with the broader community. porarily shelved. quirements for Medium of Perfor - The subcommittee reviewed and mance Statements in Bibliographic discussed the work of the 38X Best Records. It is at the philosophical Authorities Practices Task Force and the Expres - end of the continuum, while the doc- sion Record Example Task Force. ument drafted by task force member Subcommittee Particular attention was paid to the Nancy Lorimer is at the practical end. Damian Iseminger, difficulty of creating unique expres- The LC document is trying to figure Chair sion access points and expression out the principles of what the system records using the MARC Authorities should do for users. Taking this to After approval of the 2010 min- Format, the degree of desirability of systems people could be very help- utes, chair Damian Iseminger an- unique expression access points, and ful. LC will continue working on it, nounced that Mary Huismann would the need for a detailed best practices and the task force and Subject Access be rotating off of the Authorities document concerning the construc- Subcommittee support these efforts. Subcommittee. Iseminger thanked tion of expression access points. Huismann for her participation on Following this, a discussion took Implementation the subcommittee and for contribut- place discussing the experience of Who will be using the new mu- ing to several BCC task forces during subcommittee members in using sic genre/form terms? We are assum- her four years of service. RDA during the U.S. National Li- ing that everyone will use them, es- The chair reviewed the activities braries Test, with the goal being to pecially if institutions are splitting of members of the subcommittee for identify possible revisions to RDA in- genre/form into its own index. Also, the past year. Huismann and structions concerning musical works we are changing the vocabulary Iseminger participated in the drafting and expressions. Two major issues enough that everyone will need to of BIBCO Standard Records for were identified. The first was a lack use it and implement it together. scores and sound recordings. Neil of distinction between the recording Public service librarians have been Hughes, Damian Iseminger, Casey of work and expression attributes asking for this for a long time, and Mullin, and Raymond Schmidt served and using those attributes to help genre/form terms have already been on the BCC Task Force to create continued on next page

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continued from previous page coding for the original language in definition needs to state that it is construct a work or expression ac- field 041. MARBI approved the pro- only used for language of expres- cess point. The second was the di- posal with a few amendments. The sion. It was noted that the current chotomy within RDA between revised definition of subfield $h will definition should also be broadened arrangements, sketches, vocal/chorus specify that the language code is for so that it can be used for language of scores, and translations and all other the original language of the primary family, since currently it is defined categories of musical expressions. content of the item and that it is not for persons and corporate bodies. Members of Authorities will be part- required to use it if the item is not a For Associated institution (373): in nering with members of the Descrip - translation. A new subfield $k will be broadening the definition of 373 tive subcommittee to address the first used for Language code of interme- (Affiliation), the paper suggested a issue. The need for a best practices diate translations; $m will be Lan- $a for Affiliation of person and $b for document was also acknowledged. guage code of original for accompa- Associated institution for corporate In response to an idea from the nying materials; and $n will be added body. It was suggested that instead NACO-Music Project to populate for original language of librettos. we could broaden $a to be MARC 383 fields with thematic index For 2011-DP01 (which proposes Associated institution rather than numbers, Iseminger discussed the changes in the MARC 21 Biblio- separate these into two subfields. possibility of creating an authorita- graphic Format so that the RDA ele- Consideration needs to be given to tive list of thematic indexes that ments for production, publication, whether we need to include both the could be referenced by the field. A distribution and manufacture are preferred form and the form on the plan of attack will be formulated af- given separate MARC elements) there piece, in which case subfields could ter the MLA Annual Meeting. was support for Options 1 (indicator be provided for each. For Fuller form option) and 3 (definition of NEW of name (378): There may be a need MARC Formats fields), but not Option 2 (to add sep- to define two subfields, one for fuller arate [new] subfields). Another op- form of surname and one for fuller Subcommittee tion was suggested to define one form of given name. In that case one Bruce Evans, new field (rather than add an indica- or the other or both could be used. Chair tor to field 260 or add multiple new There is no need for $0 because fields) with an indicator designating there wouldn’t be a record to link to, Bruce Evans began the meeting the function. Participants felt that we since this is only part of the name by having the committee members need to continue to be able to use entry. For Type of jurisdiction (334): introduce themselves. He then 260 as we do now if the function is it was pointed out that currently the thanked Catherine Busselen and not clear. There was support for the scope of RDA is limited to only some Peter Lisius for their four years of suggestion to add a field for copy- types of jurisdiction, but this will service on the committee, as they are right date in the 26X block of fields. change to include all types. It was set to rotate off. Therefore, there are A proposal will be presented at the suggested that $0 be added to link to now openings on the committee, next meeting reflecting the prefer- a record; the Germans make author- and Evans encouraged everyone to ences expressed. ity records for jurisdiction types. consider applying for membership. For 2011-DP02 (which discusses For 2011-DP03 (which discusses The beginning of the meeting fo- additional elements that may be defining a new field (883) in the cused on MARBI discussion papers needed to accommodate RDA in the MARC 21 Authority, Bibliographic, and proposals, addressed by Evans MARC 21 Bibliographic and Au- and Holdings formats to identify that as MLA’s liaison to MARBI and by thority format: these include ele- the record is for a Work, Expression, Steve Yusko, the LC representative to ments for Language of expression, Manifestation or Item) the majority of the subcommittee. For details on the Associated institution, Fuller form of participants wanted to continue to discussions at ALA Midwinter, see name, and Type of jurisdiction) there pursue the ability to identify this in- the liaison report published in the will be proposals presented for the formation in the record. It will be im- Music Cataloging Bulletin and linked additional elements at ALA Annual portant to tighten the definitions and at the BCC website. 2011. For Language of Expression provide guidance to users, including MARBI Proposal 2011-01: This (377): preference is for broadening restricting the use of the field to those proposal, sponsored by OLAC, was a field 377 (Associated Language). If records that are explicitly work or follow-up from an earlier discussion added to the bibliographic format expression (manifestation being the paper, focusing on more specific and used for expression records, the continued on page 14

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continued from page 13 create the necessary documentation Library of Congress report default), rather than a combination. It so this idea can go forward to MARBI (Gerry Ostrove) was noted that this supports applica- at ALA Annual. Another issue is the Gerry Ostrove distributed a re- tions that may not exist yet, but creation of a more specific field for port, which includes updates on the could be very useful in the future. Format of notated music in RDA (this Cookery heading changes, the Car - 2011-DP04 (which discusses element currently is mapped to a tog raphy, Law, Music, and Religion RDA controlled lists of values for car- general 500 note). Genre/Form projects, and the LCSH/ rier attributes and possible fields and Other BCC efforts may require SKOS expansion. subfields for recording them): subcommittee involvement. For ex- Participants agreed that this should ample, the documentation limits the Update from the MLA-BCC come back as a proposal. Examples repeatability of field 048 to five oc- Genre/Form Task Force are needed especially to show when currences. The Subject Access Sub - (Beth Iseminger) to use field 340 [Physical Medium committee is also investigating the The task force’s next task is to (Carrier Characteristics)]. We may expansion of field 382 for Medium of create a syndetic structure for the ap- need to broaden the definition of Performance. Another possibility is proximately 800 terms that have al- field 340; it is used widely in the mu- validating the 047 and 048 in the au- ready been culled from LCSH. They seum community. Subfield $3 (Mate- thority file. will also be considering adding new rials specified) should be added in terms (especially to fill in holes in the proposed new fields. the hierarchy), and they are dis- Evans summarized the subcom- cussing ways new terms should be mittee’s efforts in getting the 028 Subject Access added to the thesaurus. field definition and scope updated to The Genre/Form Task Force will reflect the content in MARBI Subcommittee from now on focus their energy on Proposal 98-03. This included report- Hermine Vermeij, only the genre/form terms; the SAS ing a discrepancy between the de- Chair will be taking on the medium of per- scription available via Cataloger’s formance aspect (in collaboration Desktop and the file available a A special thank you goes to out- with the task force and with the Li- www.loc.gov/marc. At MLA’s re- going member Patty Falk for her brary of Congress Genre/Form Project quest, LC also updated the 037 field valuable contributions and time serv- Group). description and scope to properly re- ing on this committee. fer to field 028. Mark Scharff noted Discussion on Medium of that very few cataloging agencies use ALA report (Hermine Vermeij) Performance 1st indicator 5 as defined; Steve Full ALA Annual Conference Medium of performance in the MARC Yusko suggested that LC could inves- Report on the BCC Web site record tigate this further. •The American Association of We discussed a document Nancy After receiving liaison reports Law Libraries (AALL) is prepar- Lorimer prepared on the use of from OCLC and LC (available on the ing for the implementation MARC21 fields for medium of per- BCC website), the subcommittee phase of the law LCGFT terms, formance. The options are: opened the floor to discuss music- and they plan to develop •Use the 048, a coded field related MARC concerns that have strategies for applying the new ºPros: able to list separate arisen from the RDA Test. Mark terms retrospectively to biblio- instruments/ensembles in Scharff raised the first issue: how to graphic records in OCLC. their own subfields, and the include a thematic index data ele- •The 185/155 Working Group of number of parts for each can ment in the new 383 field. Discus sion the Subject Analysis Committee be specified; code source centered on the subfields required (a (SAC) is developing recom- subfield and linking subfields new subfield for the name of the the- mendations on current form already available; allows dif- matic index and a $2 for a source subdivisions (185s) that can be ferentiation between soloist list), as well as the mechanics for de- turned into genre/form terms and general performer veloping the source list. The latter (155s). These terms are general ºCons: does not indicate the task will be undertaken by the Au - in nature (not being covered total number of perform- thorities Sub committee. Various BCC by one of the current genre/ ers/instruments; the 048 can subcommittees will work together to form projects). continued on next page

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continued from previous page 382 field already exists. The subcom- genre/form terms start appear- only be repeated five times; mittee’s next goal is to create a ing in a designated field, the the MARC21 and IAML code MARBI discussion paper with revi- subject heading alone (without lists are not sufficient for our sions for the 382 field to mold it to fit subdivision) will be sufficient. needs; codes would have to our needs. •The current definition of head- be translated to something ings like “Violin music” is mu- user-friendly; the code struc- Medium of performance as topic sic for only the solo instrument, ture (code + number of parts) As the genre/form project pro- but in topical usage, it may be is combining two sets of in- gresses, we also need to be thinking more useful to define those formation in one string, which about the topical implications. Many headings differently to include can be hard for computer pro- of the terms the genre/form project music with the instrument as a cessing to interpret. will be adding as genre/form terms soloist with accompaniment. •Use the 382 field (developed and this group will be adding as This will certainly become an for use with RDA) medium of performance terms will important issue once we come closer ºPros: It is a text-based field, also be valid as subject headings, to the implementation of music and a linking $2 source of and some subject headings will see genre/form terms. term is available. significant changes. ºCons: it would need many Gerry Ostrove prepared a docu- Group 3 Entities in RDA additions (new subfields) to ment discussing LCSH headings with (Subject Areas) be usable for our needs; cur- medium of performance used topi- A new subcommittee in SAC will rently it is used to record the cally, along with a list of LCSH head- be working on the issues for the medium of performance at- ing strings and possible changes to Group 3 entities (subject access) in tribute of works or expres- current headings. Notable: RDA. The discussions will be high- sions in accordance with •The general subdivision $x His- level for now, but eventually input RDA; mostly being used in tory and criticism will, in most from specialized communities (such authority records, although cases, no longer be needed. It as MLA) may be wanted. FRBR (the defined for both authority is currently used to denote that model for RDA) has not addressed and bibliographic formats; the resource is about a particu- any genre/form issues, so genre/form currently being recorded lar kind of music, but when may or may not be included in RDA. with a (mostly) controlled vocabulary from RDA. •Use a 65X field ºPros: Our terms will proba- bly be part of LCSH, and LCSH headings go in 65X fields; we currently describe medium of performance in subject headings (650s); this would continue the status quo; needed subfields are mostly already available. ºCons: a MARBI proposal for a new 65X field would prob- ably be very difficult to get approved; we might need it available in authority records as well; some subfields would need to be added. During the discussion, it was made clear that a new 65X field is probably an impossible goal, since Gerry captures Amanda Pilmer and Michael Dalby in the exhibits hall, by there are none left to assign, and the Gerry Szymanski

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an active Friends of the Library housed together in open stacks, Small Academic group, which she was able to com- while sound recordings will be Libraries Round Table municate with and mobilize. housed in closed stacks behind the Students, parents, and members of main circulation desk. Erin Conor, the local community also lobbied to Finally, an open question was Member keep the Music Library open. Several posed to the group: can we con- parents and community members tinue to justify keeping music collec- Eighteen people attended the pledged donations to the library, if tions in distinct spaces, when much Small Academic Libraries round table the Dean would keep the Music material is now online and one no meeting in Philadelphia, and dis- Library open. The Dean has agreed longer needs dedicated equipment cussed three agenda items. The first to keep the Music Library open. (like an LP player) to study music? was a report from Marian Ritter re- Next was a report from Joy Pile Other attendees shared their experi- garding the Western Washington Uni - regarding Middlebury College. The ences with consolidation and/or versity Music Library. Ritter success- music collection at Middlebury will staffing changes. One member sug- fully averted a planned closure of the be moving from a branch library to gested a request that MLA work with Music Library at WWU; she shared the main library this summer. NASM/ALA to develop an official her experiences with members. The External factors had been driving statement/documentation regarding Dean of the Libraries made a sudden down traffic in the branch library. these recent consolidation trends. announcement of the planned clo- Pile shared her experiences planning There was also a suggestion that the sure of the Music Library and consol- for this rapid move. In the main li- Small Academic Libraries Round idation of the collections. Ritter has brary, scores and books will be Table start a Facebook page.

In Recognition These are the current Corporate Members and Corpo rate Patrons of MLA. We appreciate their support of MLA! Corporate Members aaa Music Hunter Distributing Company Alexander Street Press Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc. Broude Brothers Limited G. Schirmer Inc./Associated Music Publishers, Inc. Music Library Service Company Preservation Technologies Yesterday Service Sheet Music, Inc. Corporate Patrons American Institute of Musicology A-R Editions, Inc. Harrassowitz J. W. Pepper & Son Inc. OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula Theodore Front Musical Literature Inc.

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News from the 2011 MLA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia As is the case every year, the Congress. Previously he served as ing the Music Resources for Libraries 2011 annual meeting generated news Head of the Performing Arts Library Task Force (2004–2006). He has also of interest to MLA members. The at Kent State University, and Assis- served on the Editorial Board of Kent highlights follow, compiled by Renée tant Music Librarian at Princeton State University Press (2008–2009) McBride, Publicity & Outreach University. He holds the M.M. in and the Advisory Board of Naxos Officer. Musi cology and M.S. in Library and Music Library (2008-2010). Informa tion Science from the Univer - Kirstin Dougan is Music and Election of Three Music Library sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Performing Arts Librarian in the Association Board Members-at- and B.A. in Music from Wittenberg Music and Performing Arts Library of Large Announced University. His publications include the University of Illinois at Urbana- The Music Library Association serving as editor of the 4th edition of Champaign. She previously served as (MLA) announces the election of A Basic Music Library (forthcoming Interim Head and Public Services three new Board of Directors from the American Library Associa- Librarian of the Duke University Members-at-Large: Daniel Boom- tion) and contributing reviews of Music Library, and Digital Projects hower (Library of Congress), Kirstin music and books to Notes, Fontes ar- Librarian at the University of Dougan (University of Illinois at tis musicae, Reference Reviews Wisconsin–Madison. She holds the Urbana-Champaign), and Laurie J. Europe, and Reference and User M.L.S. from the University of Sampsel (University of Colorado at Services Quarterly. His MLA service Wisconsin-Madison, M.M. in Viola Boulder). includes membership on the Publi - Performance from Ball State Uni- Daniel Boomhower is Head of cations (2006–present) and Resource versity, and B.M. in Viola Perfor - the Reader Services Section of the Sharing and Collection Development mance from Lawrence University. Music Division at the Library of (2003 –2007) Committees, and chair- continued on page 18

Overlapping MLA Boards for 2010–2011 and 2011–2012, plus Development Officer; starting from back left: Jerry McBride, Stephen Mantz, Jenn Riley, Jim Cassaro, row 2 Linda Fairtile, Linda Blair, Michael Rogan, Cheryl Taranto, Kristin Dougan, row 3 Laurie Sampsel, Ruthann McTyre, Pamela Bristah, Liza Vick. Not pictured: Daniel Boomhower, Susannah Cleveland. Taken by Susannah Cleveland

M L A Newsletter • No. 164 17 MLA News 2011 Music Library Association Publications Awards Announced

Renée McBride, Use Committee of the Association for In his review of Byron Almén’s A Publicity & Outreach Officer Recorded Sound Collections, offers a Theory of Musical Narrative, Kofi concise history of recorded sound Agawu’s deep knowledge of the sub- MLA announced its annual publi- copyright and legislation as well as a ject matter allows him to engage cations awards at the 2011 Annual detailed look at the copyright status substantively with the material and Meeting in Philadelphia. Publications of historic recordings and their rights offer astute observations regarding are considered during the year fol- availability. Recent developments are Almén’s approach. He provides a lowing their imprint date. outlined and suggestions are made as concise summary of the areas of mu- The Richard S. Hill Award for to what scholars and librarians can sical narratology and semiotics and the best article on music librarianship do to improve the situation of sound contextualizes Almén’s study within or article of a music-bibliographic recording copyright in the United the field, effectively demonstrating nature: States. Brooks’ well-written and well- what is new in Almén’s approach. Brooks, Tim. “Copyright and researched overview of copyright for Agawu clearly and concisely expli- Historical Sound Recordings: Recent sound recordings provides a clear ex- cates the author’s methodology, from Efforts to Change U.S. Law.” Notes planation of a complicated topic and his establishment of a theoretical 65:3 (March 2009), 464–474. should be on every music librarian- framework and laying out of narra- Music librarians are required to ship class reading list. tive archetypes to his analytical read- be knowledgeable about the com- ings of selected repertoire. Though plex issues surrounding intellectual The Eva Judd O’Meara Award dealing with challenging material, property and music. Tim Brooks, for the best review published in Agawu’s prose remains accessible one of television’s leading historians, Notes: throughout, and his insightful com- a highly regarded writer on televi- Agawu, Kofi. Review of A mentary regarding the strengths and sion and record industry history, and Theory of Musical Narrative. Notes weaknesses of Almén’s approach ex- current Chair of the Copyright & Fair 66:2 (December 2009), 275–277. emplify fine review writing.

News from the 2011 MLA Annual Meeting continued . . .

continued from page 17 Taskforce Committee (2008–2009). publications include Music Research: Her publications include “A View of Recently she was elected Chair-Elect A Handbook (Oxford, 2009), Cyril Music Librarianship as Seen Through of the Midwest Chapter of MLA, Scott: A Bio-Bibliography (Green - Its Journals: A Comparison of Notes adding to her various service roles in wood, 2000), Samuel Babcock: The and Fontes Artis Musicae, 1977–2007” the Southeast and Midwest Chapters. Collected Works (Garland, 1999), and in Notes (June 2010), and “Music to Laurie J. Sampsel is Faculty articles in Notes and the American Our Eyes in Google Books, Google Director of the Waltz Music Library Music Research Center Journal. Her Scholar, and the Open Content at the University of Colorado at MLA service includes chairing the Alliance” in portal: Libraries and the Boulder. Previously she served as Program Committee for the MLA 80th Academy (Jan. 2010), as well as ad- Music Librarian for the same institu- Annual Meeting (2010) and the ditional articles in the Journal of Web tion and Cataloger at the University Instruction Subcommittee (2005– Librarianship and Music Reference of Pittsburgh and Stephen Foster 2009), and membership on the Services Quarterly. Her MLA service Memorial. She holds the Ph.D. in Reference and Public Services Com - includes membership on the Pro - Musicology from the University of mittee (2005–2009), Electronic gram Committee Task Force (2010), Pittsburgh, M.L.S. from Kent State Reference Services Subcommittee the Publications Awards (2010) and Uni versity, and M.M. in Flute and (2004–2008), and Membership Com- Facilities (2007–present) Committees, B.M. in Music Education from mittee (2000–2004). and chairing the Newsletter Youngs town State University. Her

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2011 Music Library Association Research Awards Announced

Renée McBride, American music. This year’s recipient The Walter Gerboth Award is Publicity & Outreach Officer is Dr. Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Associ- for members of MLA who are in the ate Professor of Music at Rutgers Uni- first five years of their professional At its recent Annual Meeting in versity. Dr. Rao’s research, “Spec tacu - library careers to assist research- Philadelphia, MLA announced the re- lar Sound across Borders: Chinese in-progress in music or music librari- cipients of its research awards. Opera Theaters in Chinatowns and anship. Anna E. Kijas, Music & The Carol June Bradley Award Beyond,” will culminate in a book on Dramatic Arts Librarian at the Uni- supports studies that deal with the Chinese opera in America during the versity of Connecticut, received this history of music libraries or special first decades of the twentieth century, year’s award in support of her re- collections. The 2011 award goes to shedding light on an aspect of search toward the completion of Beverly M. Wilcox, a doctoral stu- American musical culture that, a bio-bibliography of pianist and dent in Musicology & Criticism at the though broad in its effect, is largely composer Teresa Carreño. The bio- University of California, Davis. Ms. forgotten today. Along with a thor- bibliography will present a more cur- Wilcox’s research project, “The Music ough exploration of a particular per- rent and scholarly, and less biased Libraries of the Concert Spirituel: forming tradition, Dr. Rao’s work view of Carreño than that found in Canons, Repertoires, and Bricolage draws on racial identity, immigration the sole extant English-language bi- in Eighteenth-Century Paris,” exam- policy, and a range of social and po- ography, Marta Milinowski’s Teresa ines the music collections of the litical issues to characterize the ori- Carreño: “By the Grace of God” (Yale Concert Spirituel, founded in Paris in gins, development, and influence of Univer sity Press, 1940; reprint con- 1725 as the first large-scale public Chinese opera in America. Dr. Rao’s tinued from previous page by Da concert series in Europe. Her study combined expertise in language, the- Capo Press, 1977). Ms. Kijas is re- of the Concert Spirituel repertoire ory, and culture ensures her book examining Carreño as an artist, com- and its contribution to the formation will be a significant contribution to- poser, pianist, musician, and woman, of a musical canon is unique in its ward a more complete understanding and will provide a complete discog- approach through the inventories of of American music. Dr. Rao will use raphy of Carreño’s works and an the Concert’s music libraries, as op- funding from her award for travel to annotated bibliography of sources posed to its concert programs. Ms. examine primary source materials she has located—most importantly Wilcox’s research arises from her re- held by institutions in the United primary sources, including archival cent discovery of a previously un- States and abroad, including the materials—so that future scholars and known Concert Spirituel collection Ethnic Studies Library at the Univer- students can further study Carreño. inventory from 1761. Ms. Wilcox sity of California, Berkeley; The Ms. Kijas will use funding from her used her award in support of an National Archives in Washington, award primarily for travel to the October 2010 research trip to the D.C. and Seattle; the Heritage Mu- Archives and Special Col lections at Bibliothèque nationale de France. seum in Hong Kong; the City of Vassar College Libraries and to other The Dena Epstein Award sup- Vancouver Archives; and the Centre institutions that house materials rele- ports research in archives or libraries for Chinese Research at the Uni- vant to Carreño. internationally on any aspect of versity of British Columbia.

Six Receive Travel Grants to Attend 2011 MLA Annual Meeting

Renée McBride, the recent 2011 meeting in Phila - serves as a teaching assistant with Publicity & Outreach Officer delphia, the Freeman recipients were the UNT College of Information, and Langston Bates, Sally Bauer, Zachary holds a Master of Music in Media MLA awards the Kevin Freeman Coble, Carolyn Doi, Molly O’Brien, Writing and Production from the Travel Grant to students, recent grad- and Lindy Smith. University of Miami. He recently rep- uates, or other colleagues who are Langston Bates is enrolled in resented UNT as an Association of new to the profession for support to the MSLIS program at the University Research Libraries Diversity Scholar attend the MLA annual meetings. For of North Texas (UNT). He currently continued on page 20

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Six Receive Travel Grants continued . . .

continued from page 19 tion at the 2011 ACRL National MA in Music History. She is currently at the 7th National Conference of Conference. Zach also volunteers at working in a paraprofessional posi- Afri can American Librarians. a community radio station, where he tion in the music library at the Uni - Langston is especially interested in indexes and catalogs compact discs. versity of Louisville while seeking a African and African American music He hopes to pursue a career in tech- position as a music librarian. Molly and the information needs of re- nical services in a music library. also volunteers for the Kentucky searchers in music technology. Carolyn Doi completed her Opera Association, helping to create Sally Bauer earned her Master MLIS degree at McGill University ear- a library for that organization. of Arts in Information Resources and lier this year and is currently on a Lindy Smith received her MSLIS from the University one-year appointment as the Music in 2009 from the University of Illinois of Ari zona and has been employed Liaison Librarian at the same institu- at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where by the New York Public Library as tion. She is an active member of the she is currently pursuing an MM in Music and Media Cataloger since Canadian Association of Music Li- historical musicology. During her 2008. She also enjoys playing the braries and presented a paper on au- time at UIUC she has held graduate French horn, having earned the diovisual lending at the October assistantships in both the University Master of Music in performance from 2010 annual meeting of the Quebec Archives’ Student Life and Culture the University of Akron. chapter. Carolyn is fluently bilingual Program and the Music and Perfor m - Zach Coble is pursuing his in English and French and has partic- ing Arts Library. She has also volun- Master of Arts in Information Science ipated in the Librarians Without teered her time at the Sousa Archives & Learning Technologies at the Uni- Borders program, doing fieldwork in and Center for American Music. Her versity of Missouri, Columbia, where Guatemala, since 2008. She is also professional interests include refer- he serves as treasurer of the ALA interested in digital libraries, web ence and instruction, collection de- Student Chapter while also working design, mobile technologies, and velopment, and part-time as a graduate student assis- streaming media. materials. tant. He is collaborating with one of Molly O’Brien recently com- his professors on a research project pleted her MLIS at the University of that has been accepted for presenta- Buffalo, where she also earned an

MLA Undertakes Strategic Planning: Seeks input from YOU on its draft

David Gilbert, that appears below. We presented David Gilbert (chair); Kirstin Chair, Strategic Planning this draft in person to the MLA mem- Dougan; Dick Griscom; Jennifer Task Force bership at a Town Hall Meeting at Matthews; Nancy Nuzzo; Jenn Riley; MLA is planning for the future of the recent MLA conference in Terry Simpkins; Liza Vick; and Ericka the association and our profession Philadelphia. Members gathered to Patillo (consultant). by developing short-term (3–5 year) discuss and improve the plan, to en- and long-term (15–20 year) goals. sure it is relevant to their own needs Purpose The MLA Board appointed a Strategic as members and the interests of their The purposes of the Association Planning Task Force at their Winter institutions and those they serve. If shall be to promote the establish- 2010 meeting in San Diego. The Task you were unable to attend the Town ment, growth, and use of music li- Force retained the services of Ericka Hall Meeting, or you want another braries and collections; to encourage Patillo as a consultant, retreated to a opportunity to review the draft of the the collection of music and musical hotel room near O’Hare Airport in plan before it reaches its final form, literature in libraries; to further stud- September, and with invaluable input it is reproduced below. All of the ies in musical bibliography; to in- from the Board and the membership members of the Task Force encour- crease efficiency in music library developed the draft Strategic Plan age you to present your ideas. continued on next page

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continued from previous page Collaboration - Cooperation organizations, individual scholars, service and administration; and to among individuals and institutions in- musicians and librarians. promote the profession of music li- volved in music creation, publishing, Objective 2: Increase the visibil- brarianship. (MLA Constitution and and the dissemination chain is crucial ity of MLA to media organizations Bylaws, Article II.A) to our mission. and social media networks. Expertise - The Association fos- Objective 3: Use new technolo- Mission ters excellence in music librarianship gies to build greater public aware- The Music Library Association through the professional develop- ness, understanding and support for provides a professional forum for li- ment of its members. the Association, music libraries and brarians, archivists, and others who Advancement of knowledge music librarianship. support and preserve the world’s about music - The Association pro- musical heritage. To achieve this mis- motes research and scholarship by sion, we: Goal Area: Advocacy members and non-members on all •provide leadership for the col- Goal Statement: MLA promotes topics pertaining to aspects of music. lection and preservation of mu- and supports the equitable and ethi- Fairness and Transparency - sic and information about mu- cal use of music in learning, it partic- The Association exercises fairness in sic in libraries and archives; ipates in the evolution of scholarly its decision making and transparency •develop and deliver programs communication, and its official posi- in its operations. that promote continuing educa- tions on these issues are widely tion and professional develop- known and influential. Goals and Objectives ment in music librarianship; Objective 1: Develop and dis- •ensure and enhance intellec- OVERARCHING PHILOSOPHY seminate official positions on intel- tual access to music for all by MLA embraces the evolution of lectual property, access, and schol- contributing to the development music librarianship, recognizing that arly communication issues. and revision of national and in- the value of the services provided Objective 2: Enable and encour- ternational codes, formats, and by its members transcends physical age members’ individual advocacy other standards for the biblio- collections. efforts. graphic control of music; Objective 3: Publish open access •promote legislation that Goal Area: Organizational Excellence content on the web. strengthens music library ser - Goal Statement: MLA’s opera- Objective 4: Increase legislators’, vices and universal access to tions are efficient, effective and publishers’ and vendors’ awareness music; transparent. of the Association’s official positions •foster and Objective 1: Develop and sustain on intellectual property issues. lifelong learning by promoting the resources to ensure the vitality of Objective 5: Promote and encour- music reference services, li- the Association, its programs and age the use of music in all disciplines. brary instruction programs, and services. publications; and, Objective 2: Improve access to Goal Area: Membership •collaborate with other groups information by and about the Associ - Goal Statement: Membership in in the music and technology ation to meet the needs of members MLA is valued by and beneficial to a industries, government, and li- and other interested parties. broad range of organizations and in- brarianship, to promote our Objective 3: Pursue joint ven- dividuals, and membership reflects a mission and values. (Approved tures with other organizations that broad diversity of musics as well as June 13, 2008) offer financial as well as professional opportunities and advantages. ethnic diversity. Proposed Core Values Objective 1: Increase outreach MLA is committed to: Goal Area: Value of the Profession efforts to members from underrepre- Access - Music should be find- Goal Statement: MLA’s activities sented groups. able, accessible, and preserved. are relevant to current issues in li- Objective 2: Increase outreach Inclusivity - The Association wel- brarianship and music, and non- efforts to organizations that are un- comes members who work with all members understand the mission derrepresented, including those types of collections and all types of and goals of the Association. whose holdings reflect many types music in all types of settings, exclu- Objective 1: Increase the visibil- of music. sive of organizational affiliation. ity of MLA among library and music continued on page 22

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MLA Undertakes Strategic Planning continued . . .

continued from page 21 development opportunities through support the work of MLA officers Objective 3: Investigate opportu- webcasts and other web-based and groups. nities to offer institutional members workshops. Objective 2: Provide systems that cooperative buying agreements that support collaboration among mem- provide valuable resources at reason- Goal Area: Technology bers and that permit direct and able costs. Goal Statement: MLA makes ef- timely publication of approved con- fective use of technology to achieve tent to the web. Goal Area: Education its mission. Technological capabilities You can send your feedback, Goal Statement: MLA’s profes- undergird several of the goals and suggestions, and concerns to David sional development programs foster objectives in this strategic plan; thus, Gilbert, dgilbert AT library DOT ucla excellence in those who work with some technology-based objectives DOT edu. music collections. appear elsewhere. Objective 1: Increase enrollment Objective 1: Develop a plan to in MLA-sponsored training and pro- improve and sustain the Association’s fessional development programs. Information Technology infrastruc- Objective 2: Use technology to ture and expertise in order to better provide training and professional

Amendments Approved for MLA Constitution The MLA Board of Directors proposed a number of Board to create and manage the membership categories amendments to the constitution intended to facilitate the within those classifications as found in Article III.B-C? merger of MLA and IAML-US and improve the operations YES 341 (95.3%) NO 5 ABSTAIN 12 of MLA which were briefly summarized in messages to the voting membership by President Jerry McBride, and 4. Shall the Constitution and Bylaws be amended to fully detailed from a link within the constitutional amend- authorize the Board to vote and take action outside of ment ballot itself. The ballot results follow. regularly scheduled Board meetings as found in Articles 358 responses to 714 ballots sent, for a 50% return V.C.5-6; V.D.? rate. YES 333 (93.0%) NO 12 ABSTAIN 13

1. Shall the Constitution and Bylaws be amended to ac- 5. Shall the Constitution and Bylaws be amended to elim- commodate the merger of IAML-US and MLA as found in inate two references to distributing ballots and notices of Articles I; III.D.; III.F.4; and IV.E.1? meetings by mail (Articles IV.C.1 and VII.D.) and clarify- ing the date by which ballots of constitutional amend- YES 349 (97.5%) NO 1 ABSTAIN 8 ments shall be distributed as found in Article X.B? 2. Shall the Constitution and Bylaws be amended to YES 342 (95.5%) NO 3 ABSTAIN 13 change the title of “Treasurer/Executive Secretary” to The constitutional amendments have been over- “Administrative Officer,” and to create the position of whelmingly approved by the association. Thanks must “Assistant Administrative Officer” and add it to the Board go to many people, those on the Boards of both MLA and of Directors as found in Articles IV.A.; IV.D.3; IV.E.6; V.A.; IAML-US, and others, who had a vision for a 21st-century V.B.2? Music Library Association, and who worked diligently to YES 347 (96.9%) NO 3 ABSTAIN 8 bring this process to a positive conclusion—a conclusion that has opened the door to a new era for MLA! 3. Shall the Constitution and Bylaws be amended to es- Michael J. Rogan, Assistant Administrative Officer, tablish membership classifications and authorize the Music Library Association

22 M L A Newsletter • No. 164 Beyond MLA Music OCLC Users Group Announces MOUG Distinguished Service Award

Marty Jenkins, with Phillip De Sellem of LC as part time to retire with her to the lobby MOUG Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of a pre-conference continuing edu- for a beverage and a long, stimulat- cation workshop co-sponsored by ing discussion of topics that might The Executive Board of MOUG MOUG and MLA at the MLA meeting appear arcane to some, but which is honored to name Alice LaSota in New Orleans. Thereafter, when se- would definitely affect patron access (University of Maryland–College ries questions would come up on to music materials if implemented via Park) as the ninth recipient of NMP-L, even those few catalogers Method X, as opposed to Y or Z. She MOUG’s Distinguished Service Award who were probably Alice’s equal in did this with many other colleagues, at its annual meeting in Philadelphia. series knowledge would often defer too, because she loved to think aloud This award was established to recog- to her, offering their opinions but in the company of colleagues, saying nize and honor those who have also asking her opinion as well, loath that it helped her to clarify her own made significant professional contri- to consider the issue du jour properly thoughts on the subject at hand. butions to music users of OCLC. The settled until she had weighed in. Whenever I was the lucky benefici- MOUG Executive Board selects recip- While she has never formally ary, she taught me to think more ients based on nominations received mentored large numbers of people, deeply and more carefully about my from the membership. those few who have been so fortu- craft, and to appreciate that there re- Thoughtfulness and careful delib- nate have publicly acknowledged her ally isn’t that much that we do that eration have characterized LaSota’s influence on their careers. One exam- doesn’t matter. I will miss her steady, approach to music cataloging and the ple was Jim Alberts, who praised her focused navigation through all the profession of music librarianship as a guidance in the Fall 2001 issue of the rules and rule interpretations, and her whole, but her specific accomplish- MLA Atlantic Chapter’s Newsletter at amazing ability to remember just the ment goes far beyond such generali- the time his career was launched perfect example of an analogous situ- ties. For the past two decades, LaSota with his first job at the Curtis Institute ation from many years past.” has been recognized as the NACO- in Philadelphia. But, she also did a Alice’s NACO-Music statistics for Music Project’s preeminent expert on great deal of informal mentoring. Neil series are among the very highest for music series, the most vexing and dif- Hughes relays, “I can’t tell you how any institution where only one indi- ficult aspect of authority control. She often Alice would come up to me af- vidual contributed music series was one of the first two members of ter an Ask MOUG session or an through March of 2010, with a total the NACO-Music Project to undergo MLA:BCC subcommittee meeting and of 443 new series and 63 revised and the series training program at the say, ‘You know, Neil, I generally an uncountable number she con- Library of Congress when it was of- agree with what people are saying, tributed using a general NACO au- fered to non-LC staff in the mid- but there’s some stuff that still both- thorization at UMCP. 1990s, and in 1997 she co-taught a ers me about this . . .’—at which Alice LaSota’s contributions to the day-long workshop on music series point I would take the hint that it was education of her fellow catalogers, particularly in the myriad arcana of series authority work, have improved the quality of access to music materi- als in the OCLC WorldCat database, and improved the efficiency and ef- fectiveness of the work of many of her colleagues. To quote Neil Hughes one more time: “Alice has set an ex - ample of quiet, persis tent dedication to our craft worthy of the finest Swiss watchmaker or Asian calligrapher. She is an unsung hero of MOUG about Margaret Ericson and Greg MacAyeal, by Gerry Szymanski whom it is finally time to sing.”

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Call for Nominations: 2012 MOUG Distinguished Service Award

Marty Jenkins, The nomination must be accom- Inc.), Judy Weidow (2003; University MOUG Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect panied by a statement that provides of Texas), and Kay Burnett (2002; Nominations are now being ac- supporting evidence of the nomi- Smith College). cepted for the 2012 Music OCLC nee’s qualifications. Nominations should be sent to Users Group (MOUG) Distinguished The award recipient will receive Marty Jenkins at the address below Service Award. This award recog- an engraved plaque containing an by U.S. mail or email. Nominations nizes and honors someone who has inscription recognizing his or her and accompanying statements must made significant professional contri- special contribution to the field, be postmarked or received via email butions to music users of OCLC. The complimentary registration for the no later than June 15, 2012. The Exe- MOUG Executive Board selects a re- MOUG meeting at which the award cu tive Board will select an award re- cipient based on nominations re- is being presented, and a lifetime cipient at its summer Board meeting. ceived from the MOUG membership. complimentary membership to For more information about MOUG, Eligibility for nomination is as MOUG. please visit follows: Past recipients of this award are http://www.musicoclcusers.org/. •Nominees must have made Alice La Sota (2011; University of professional contributions that Maryland); Michelle “Mickey” Koth Thank you. significantly address the needs (2009; Yale University), Charles M. and concerns of music-oriented “Chuck” Herrold, Jr. (2007; Carnegie Marty Jenkins users of OCLC’s products and Library of Pittsburgh), Jean Harden MOUG Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect services. (2006; University of North Texas), 120 Dunbar Library •Nominees may be MOUG mem- Ralph Papakhian and Sue Stancu 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. bers, but membership in the or- (joint recipients, 2005; Indiana Dayton OH 45435 ganization is not a requirement. University), Jay Weitz (2004; OCLC, [email protected]

24 M L A Newsletter • No. 164 Member Publications

Please send citations for items published or premiered “Conversation with Dan Trueman.” Sonograma 9. in the past calendar year to the column editor, Mac (2 January 2011). Nelson, via e-mail or snail mail at the address below. http://www.sonograma.org/2011/01/conversation-with- Please follow the citation style employed below. You dan-trueman/ must be a current MLA member to submit citations. “An Interview with Sérgio Roberto de Oliveira.” Mac Nelson MusicaBrasileira. (January 2011). Cello Music Cataloger http://musicabrasileira.org/sergiodeoliveira/sro2010.html Jackson Library “Andrea Clearfield: An Interview.” Opera Today. University of North Carolina, Greensboro (31 December 2010). P.O. Box 26170 http://www.operatoday.com/content/2010/12/andrea_ Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 clearfie.php [email protected] “Rodney Waschka: An Interview.” Opera Today. (6 De cem - Articles ber 2010). Hartsock, Ralph (University of North Texas) http://www.operatoday.com/content/2010/12/rodney_ “An Interview with Cindy McTee.” Journal of the Inter - waschka_.php national Alliance for Women in Music 15, no. 2 (2009): 1–3. “An Interview with Mark Zaki.” 21st Century Music. (December 2010). “National Anthems,” in The Encyclopedia of Political http://21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com/2011/02/ Science, ed. George Thomas Kurian (Washington, D.C.: interview-with-mark-zaki-tom-moore.html CQ Press, 2010): 1075–1076. “Stellan Sagvik: An Interview.” Opera Today. (18 Novem- Koblick, Rebecca (The City College of New York) ber 2010). “Musically-Informed Writing on the American Song- http://www.operatoday.com/content/2010/11/stellan_ book: Four Essential Books.” Collection Building 29, sagvik_.php no. 3 (2010): 106–109. “Marcela Pavia: An Interview.” Opera Today (3 Novem - Moore, Tom (Rio de Janeiro) ber 2010). “Styles of Articulation in Italian Woodwind Sonatas of http://www.operatoday.com/content/2010/11/marcela_ the Early Eighteenth Century: Evidence from Contempo- pavia_a.php rary Prints and Manuscripts, with Particular Reference “An Interview with Kamran Ince.” 21st Century Music. to the Sibley Sammartini Manuscript (Part 2)” Flute (1 November 2010). Focus. (9 February 2011). http://21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com/2010/12/ http://www.flutefocus.com/417-sammartini-articulation- interview-with-kamran-ince-tom-moore.html part2.html “An Interview with Su Lian Tan.” Flute Talk 30, no. 2 “Styles of Articulation in Italian Woodwind Sonatas of (October 2010), 8–13, 28–29. the Early Eighteenth Century: Evidence from Contempo- rary Prints and Manuscripts, with Particular Reference to “An Interview with David Sanford.” 21st Century Music the Sibley Sammartini Manuscript (Part 1)” Flute Focus. (September 2010). (6 January 2011). http://21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com/2010/09/ http://www.flutefocus.com/401-sammartini-articulation interview-with-david-sanford-tom-moore.html .html

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