Society for American Music (SAM) Liaison Annual Report 2023
submitted by Elizabeth Uchimura
Current Roster
- Elizabeth Uchimura (2025)
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- 1. Get onboarded
- Met with previous liaison, Sandi-Jo Malmon, to discuss the role and previous endeavors
- 2. Introductions to SAM Board
- Sent a preliminary email to the Executive Director of SAM, Megan MacDonald, and spoke to her at the Annual Meeting
- 3. Facilitate a meetup at the SAM Annual Meeting 2023 in Minneapolis, MN
- Met up with some librarians and had dinner
- Celebrated George Boziwick’s receipt of the SAM Lifetime Achievement Award on the listserv and on social media
List of Future Goals
- 1. Plan library worker meetup(s) at SAM Annual Meetings
- Hope to work with SAM leadership to at least advertise meetup(s) to all attendees so that those with an interest in music librarianship can also join
- Plan to speak more with Executive Director, Megan MacDonald, about other collaboration possibilities between the two societies
- Objective 1.3; Objective 2.3
- 2. Promote SAM activities to MLA and vice versa
- Forward relevant events and activity to each society listserv so members are aware of opportunities in both SAM and MLA
- Submit summary and photos of meetups to MLA News Editor and to SAM social media
- Objective 1.3; Objective 4.4