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Music Librarianship and MLA. Lisa Shiota, Publicity & Outreach Officer Music Library Association. Subject Specialist: Music Librarian. Provides instruction on music material Catalogs materials Preserves materials Purchases/rents music materials Assists in digital projects
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Music Librarianship and MLA Lisa Shiota, Publicity & Outreach Officer Music Library Association
Subject Specialist: Music Librarian • Provides instruction on music material • Catalogs materials • Preserves materials • Purchases/rents music materials • Assists in digital projects • Helps with exhibits, concerts • Adheres to MLA Core Competencies- https://bit.ly/2PYAomF
Examples of Jobs in Music Librarianship • Curator of Recorded Sound and Media- Syracuse University • Music Cataloger- New York Public Library • Fine Arts Librarian- College of St. Benedict & St. John’s University • Music & Film Collection Management Librarian- Univ. of Toronto • Director of World Music Archives & Music Librarian- Wesleyan Univ. • Performing Arts Librarian- California Institute of the Arts • Digital Assets Librarian (part-time)- Los Angeles Philharmonic
Music Library Associationhttps://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/AboutMLA
Publications- Print • Basic Manual Series • Keeping Time: An Introduction to Archival Best Practices for Music Librarians • Ideas, Strategies, and Scenarios in Music Information Literacy • Index & Bibliography Series • Spirituals: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography for Research and Performance • Music for Silent Film: A Guide to North American Resources • Technical Reports • A Music Librarian’s Guide to Creating Videos and Podcasts • Music Description and Access: Solving the Puzzle of Cataloging
Publications- Print Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/Notes
Publications- Online • MLA Newsletterhttps://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/newsletter • Music Cataloging Bulletin https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/musiccatbulletin • Other Online Publicationshttps://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/mlapublications • Music Discovery Requirements • Music Preservation Resources • Cataloging and Metadata Committee Resources
Workshops, Webinars, and E-Courses https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/Workshops • Workshops • Music in Libraries: Just the Basics • Webinars • Cataloging Music Audiovisual Materials using RDA • Introduction to LC Faceted Vocabularies for Music Resources • E-Courses: • Music Reference Skills for Every Librarian • Music Collection for Every Librarian
Awards & Grants https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/awards • Diversity Scholarship • Travel & Outreach Grants • Publication Awards • Research Awards
MLA-L https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/mlal
Regional Chaptershttps://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/RegionalChapters pnwmla
Career Resources • Career Advisory Service • Resume Review Service • Job postings • Library School Directory https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/JobsAndCareers
Related Music Librarian Organizations • International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, & Documentation Centres (IAML)https://www.iaml.info/ • Music OCLC Users Grouphttp://musicoclcusers.org/ • Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA)http://mola-inc.org/ • Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)http://www.arsc-audio.org/index.php
Thank you! Lisa Shiota publicity@musiclibraryassoc.org