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