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Preserving MLA’s Legacy in Unusual Times
By Christina Taylor Gibson and Melissa Wertheimer This article emerged from a series of wide-ranging conversations between the incoming MLA Archivist (Christina) and the outgoing MLA Archivist (Melissa) about how to fulfill their official charge during the pandemic. We share this summary to give MLA members a better sense of how the MLA Archives function, its goals and scope, and how MLA members can contribute to this work. This spring at its 90th anniversary meeting, MLA announced a new slate of officers – in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and a historic online conference. Many of these new appointees
New: Call for Applications, Paraprofessional/Public Librarian Conference Travel Grant
Applications are now being accepted for the new MLA Paraprofessional/Public Librarian Conference Travel Grant. The MLA Paraprofessional/Public Librarian Conference Travel Grant is intended to support travel and hotel expenses to attend the Music Library Association annual meeting. Grant(s) include a complimentary one-year MLA membership at the regular member level, the conference registration fee and a cash award, subject to approval of the current year’s budget by the MLA Board. For more information about the award, please visit the MLA Paraprofessional/Public Librarian Conference Travel Grant page on the MLA website: https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/general/custom.asp?page=ppl_fund To apply, you must be working as a library paraprofessional or
Call for Applications 2021: MLA Diversity Scholarship Award for 2022
The MLA Diversity Scholarship Award Committee is now accepting applications for the 2022 MLA Diversity Scholarship Award. This scholarship award, funded by the membership of MLA, offers students from underrepresented groups the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree in library and information science (MLIS) with financial support. Thanks to the MLA Board, we are offering two Diversity Scholarships this year.The goal of the scholarship is to recruit students from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups into music librarianship by providing support for master’s-level LIS education. Students who have applied to or are enrolled in an ALA-Accredited MLIS program with a concentration, certificate, or
Call for Applications 2021: Kevin Freeman Travel Grant
Applications are now being accepted for the Kevin Freeman Travel Grant. The Kevin Freeman Travel Grant is intended to support travel and hotel expenses to attend the Music Library Association annual meeting. Grant(s) include the conference registration fee and a cash award, subject to approval of the current year’s budget by the MLA Board. For more information about the award, please visit the Kevin Freeman Travel Grant page on the MLA website: https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/FreemanGrant To apply, you must:• Be a regular, paraprofessional, or student member of the Music Library Association, AND either be: • in the first three years of your career,•
Bibliography Now!
A high-quality bibliography or reference list is an essential part of any academic paper and any research-driven class. Incorporate a bibliography session into your seminar and it’s on RILM. We provide live instruction to classes with subject-specific and comprehensive sessions via Zoom, focusing on RILM Abstracts, RILM Music Encyclopedias, and/or MGG Online. Get your students up-to-speed, relying on authoritative, peer-reviewed, and author signed information to write unforgettable term papers. Contact us today to set up a free session for the coming semester, at info@rilm.org. Wishing you a great semester. The RILM team
RILM Music Encyclopedias: New Titles for 2022
In January 2022 RILM Music Encyclopedias will add three more reference works to its collection of currently 60 historical and current titles. These are: François Henry Joseph Blaze (Castil-Blaze). Dictionnaire de musique moderne (2nd ed.; Paris: Au magasin de musique de la Lyre moderne, 1825) 2 vols; xvi, 324 p. [25]; 389 p. Sokol Shupo. Enciklopedia e muzikës shqiptare (Tiranë: Asmus, 2002) 318 p. Terry Moran. Vietnamese musical instruments: A monographic lexicon ([Singapore]: author, 2020) 384 p. The addition of these titles, which augment the coverage and depth of RILM Music Encyclopedias, emphasizes RILM’s mission to include the music scholarship of all countries and in all languages. RILM Music Encyclopedias is the continuously expanding
New Webinar: Accessible Music Library Instruction for the Visually Impaired
In this new workshop, musician and accessibility expert Christina Ebersohl will introduce the basic history of visual accessibility for music materials and show how to adapt teaching practices—online and in person—as well as policies for learners of all visual ability. Participants will explore adaptations during class and will be guided through resources to improve their advocacy and implementation of visual accessibility for the studio, classroom, or institution. After participating in this workshop, you will: Gain a working knowledge of common resources developed for the visually impaired population and visually impaired musicians Understand several methods for creating or adapting courses, teaching
Strategic Planning Task Force Values Sessions
Dear MLA members: The Strategic Planning Task Force has been diligently continuing our work to create the 2022–2030 Strategic Plan. To support our work and bring in an outside perspective, MLA has engaged DeEtta Jones & Associates (DJA), a minority- and woman-owned consulting firm. DJA has deep expertise with academic libraries, strategy & planning, equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racist practice. We’re glad to be partnering with them during this phase of looking ahead. DJA’s first activity with us will be in a series of three workshops in July, August and early September to surface shared values across our membership. Values, in this context, are
Call for Applications 2021: Dena Epstein Award
The Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music was created in 1995 through a generous gift from Morton and Dena Epstein to the Music Library Association. Requests are currently being accepted for one or more grants to be awarded for the year 2022. The total amount to be awarded this year is $8,200. The decision of the Dena Epstein Award Committee and the Board of Directors of the Music Library Association will be announced at the MLA annual meeting in Salt Lake City, UT, which will be held March 2-6, 2022. A grant may be awarded
New Additions to RILM Abstracts with Full Text
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text just included eleven more titles in its full-text journal collection. These titles are: Bašćinski glasi: Južnohrvatski etnomuzikološki godišnjak. Omiš: Festival Dalmatinskih Klapa, 1991–. ISSN 1330-1128 and eISSN 2584-4059 BIOS: Journal of the British Institute of Organ Studies. Oxford: Positif Press, 1977–. ISSN 0141-4992 Circuit: Musiques contemporaines. Montréal: Circuit: Musiques contemporaines, 1990–. ISSN 1183-1693 and eISSN 1488-9692 Cuadernos de investigación musical. Ciudad Real: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha / Centro de Investigación y Documentación Musical (CIDoM), 2016–. ISSN 2530-6847 KunstMusik: Schriften zur Musik als Kunst. Köln: Maria de Alvear World Edition, 2003–. ISSN 1612-6173 Nordic