Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) Annual Report 2021

submitted by Heather Fisher

Current Roster

  • Michelle Hahn, Chair (2022)
  • Mary Huismann, Vice Chair (2022)
  • Heather Fisher, Secretary/Newsletter Editor (2022)
  • Kevin Kishimoto, Continuing Education Coordinator (2022)
  • Melissa Moll, Past Treasurer (2022)
  • Suzanne Eggleston Lovejoy, Coordinator of the Reference, Collections, and Discovery Committee (2023)
  • Jay Weitz, Liaison from OCLC

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • The MOUG Executive Board met virtually on August 17 and August 18, 2021 due to the continuing pandemic.
  • The elected Treasurer-Elected resigned due to changes at her workplace and the Board is in the process of seeking a replacement. Mary Huismann was elected Vice-Chair/Chair Elect.
  • Madelyn Shackleford Washington resigned as Fundraising Coordinator. The position will remain unfilled due to the continuing tenuous economic impacts of the pandemic.
  • Molly O’Brien was reappointed as e-ballots manager. Nancy Sack was reappointed as the MOUG-L co-owner. Autumn Faulkner was reappointed as the oral histories coordinator.
  • MOUG’s 2021 Annual Meeting was held virtually in the February, a few days prior to the MLA 2021 Annual Meeting. Due to the Board’s decision to not charge a registration fee, over 300 individuals registered for the conference.

Goals:

  • Navigate holding the annual meeting during a pandemic
    • As stated above, MOUG saw record turnout for the 2021 meeting due to no registration costs and a completely virtual platform.
    • The meeting occurred using Stanford University’s Zoom instance.
  • Responses to social unrest
    • The Board issued a statement addressing the social unrest in 2020. The Board took special care to carefully and thoughtfully craft a statement reflecting MOUG’s commitment to diversity and representation.
  • Update the mission statement (and generate values and vision statements)
    • The goal was shifted to FY 2021 due to the need to respond to the social unrest in 2020.

List of Future Goals

  • Refresh the mission statement and write vision and values statements
    • Developing the new statements will help address outreach to underrepresented groups.
  • Develop long-term financial plans for MOUG
  • Continue to expand the activities and scope to include more reference, digital archives, and other non-cataloging aspects of working with OCLC products.