Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) Liaison Annual Report 2023

submitted by Linda Bagley

Current Roster

  • Mary Huismann, Chair (2024)
  • Jacob Schaub, Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (2024)
  • Linda Bagley, Secretary/Newsletter Editor (2024)
  • Margaret Corby, Continuing Education Coordinator (2024)
  • Treshani Perera, Treasurer (2026)
  • Jeff Lyon, Past Treasurer (2025)
  • Suzanne Eggleston Lovejoy, Reference, Discovery and Collection Committee Coordinator (2025)
  • Morris Levy, OCLC Liaison

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • 1. 2023 MOUG Annual Meeting
    • Held virtually on February 10 and 17, 2023 with an additional in-person reception honoring Jay Weitz in St. Louis, MO on March 1, 2023.
  • 2. MOUG Executive Board Elections 2023
    • Jacob Schaub was elected Vice Chair/Chair-Elect.
    • Treshani Perera was elected Treasurer-Elect.
    • Suzanne Eggleston Lovejoy was re-elected Reference, Discovery and Collection Coordinator.
    • Jeff Lyon moved from his role as Treasurer to the role of Past Treasurer ahead of the standard term schedule, and Treshani Perera began her term as Treasurer early, starting in September 2023.
  • 3. MOUG Special Officer Appointments 2023
    • Molly O’Brien, reappointed as E-Ballots Manager.
    • Nancy Sack, reappointed as MOUG-L co-owner.
    • Autumn Faulkner, reappointed as MOUG/OLAC Liaison.
    • Michelle Hahn, appointed as Web Editor.
  • 4. Ralph Papakhian Travel Grant
    • No awards were given.

List of Future Goals

  • 1. Plan the 2024 MOUG Annual Meeting
    • This will be a pilot of MOUG hosting a hybrid meeting.
  • 2. MOUG Awards
    • Distinguished Service Award.
    • Ralph Papakhian Travel Grant.
    • Awardees will be announced at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
  • 3. Navigate continuing to provide an excellent Annual Meeting experience to all MOUG members, many of whom have benefited from our online conferences in the last couple years. Our goal is to balance the benefits of online conferences with the benefits of in-person conferences, and to provide our membership with opportunities that will work for their schedules, preferences, and also their budgets. The first step of this goal will be to host a pilot hybrid online/in-person meeting in 2024, featuring virtual, streaming, and in-person components.