Resource Sharing Collection Development Annual Report 2021

submitted by Stephanie Bonjack

Current Roster

  • Stephanie Bonjack, Chair (2023)
  • Karen Burke (2022)
  • Ana Dubnjakovic (2023)
  • Scott Stone (2023)
  • Katherine Arndt (2024)
  • Michael Duffy (2024)
  • Kirstin Johnson (2025)
  • Nobue Matsuoka (2025)
  • Veronica Wells (2025)
  • Stephen Henry, Ex-officio (2023)

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • Sponsor sessions on resource sharing and collection development
    • Sponsored a panel at 2019 conference about women composers
  • Investigate ways to raise visibility of underrepresented groups within our collections

List of Future Goals

  • Sponsor a panel or presentation on developing collections around underrepresented composers
    • Supports Strategic Goal of Advocacy Objective 2: Enable and encourage members’ individual advocacy efforts
    • Two members are on a proposal that was accepted for MLA 2022.
  • Develop committee website with information for other library professionals around BIPOC collection development
    • Supports Strategic Goal of Value of the Profession Objective 3: Use new technologies to build greater public awareness, understanding and support for the Association, music libraries and music librarianship
    • Currently in progress
  • Investigate ways to connect with living composers to encourage more connection with libraries
    • Supports Strategic Goal of Advocacy Objective 2: Enable and encourage members’ individual advocacy efforts
    • This goal is looking at the number of composers who only rent their scores or who do not use big distributors.
    • Currently in progress