Archives and Special Collections Committee Annual Report 2021
submitted by Maristella Feustle
Current Roster
- Maristella J. Feustle, chair, 2023
- Jane Cross, member, 2023
- Frank Ferko, member, 2023
- Thomas Pease, member, 2023
- Jennifer Wochner, member, 2023
- Stacey Krim, member, 2024
- Christopher Lynch, member, 2024
- Matthew Testa, member, 2024
- Melissa E. Wertheimer, member, 2024
- Christina Taylor Gibson, member, 2025
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- Begin virtual quarterly meetings for continued activity between annual meetings
- One virtual meeting has been held, and another will be scheduled for the fall
- Sponsor programming in the 2022 Music Library Association conference.
- Member Christopher Lynch’s proposal “Pathways into Careers in Archives” was accepted
- Explore the development of an “Ask an Archivist” function on the MLA Slack channel
- This topic will be a priority for the fall quarterly meeting.
List of Future Goals
- Increase outreach to early-career professionals and students
- Strategic plan goals: Organizational excellence; value of the profession
- Re-assess committee webpages for information quality and presentation
- Strategic plan goals: Organizational excellence; value of the profession
- Encourage use of and feedback about Archival Description of Notated Music