Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) Liaison Annual Report 2022

submitted by Linda Bagley

Current Roster

  • Mary Huismann, Chair (2024)
  • Michelle Hahn, Past Chair (2023)
  • Linda Bagley, Secretary/Newsletter Editor (2024)
  • Margaret Corby, Continuing Education Coordinator (2024)
  • Jeff Lyon, Treasurer (2024)
  • Melissa Moll, Past Treasurer (2023)
  • Suzanne Eggleston Lovejoy, Reference, Discovery and Collections Committee Coordinator (2023)
  • Jay Weitz, OCLC Liaison

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  1. 2022 MOUG Annual Meeting
    • Held virtually at the beginning of February and had over 125 registered attendees.
  2. MOUG Executive Board Elections 2022
    • Margaret Corby was elected Continuing Education Coordinator and Linda Bagley was elected Secretary/Newsletter Editor.
  3. Ralph Papakhian Travel Grant
    • At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Ralph Papakhian Travel Grant was awarded to Amit Feldberg (Music Catalog Librarian, Felicja Blumental Music Center and Library, Tel Aviv, Israel). Since the meeting was virtual, this award covered conference registration and a one-year complimentary MOUG membership.

List of Future Goals

  1. Plan the 2023 MOUG Annual Meeting.
  2. MOUG Awards
    • Send out a call for nominees for the MOUG Distinguished Service Award and consider nominations for potential recipients.
    • Send out a call for applications for the Ralph Papakhian Travel Grant and review applications to select recipients.
  3. MOUG Special Officers
    • Currently seeking applicants to fill the Web Editor position.
  4. Navigate planning for future MOUG Annual Meetings, etc. in a landscape that has been changed and made less predictable by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.