Music Librarianship and MLA Lisa Shiota Publicity Outreach

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/2 PYAom. F

Where do Music Librarians Work?

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 Association https: //www. musiclibraryassoc. org/page/About. MLA

How Can MLA Help You?

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 Newsletter https: //www. musiclibraryassoc. org/page/newsletter • Music Cataloging Bulletin https: //www. musiclibraryassoc. org/page/musiccatbulletin • Other Online Publications https: //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 • 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 Chapters https: //www. musiclibraryassoc. org/page/Regional. Chapters pnwmla

Career Resources • Career Advisory Service • Resume Review Service • Job postings • Library School Directory https: //www. musiclibraryassoc. org/page/Jobs. And. Careers

Related Music Librarian Organizations • International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, & Documentation Centres (IAML) https: //www. iaml. info/ • Music OCLC Users Group http: //musicoclcusers. org/ • Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA) http: //mola-inc. org/ • Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) http: //www. arsc-audio. org/index. php

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Questions?

Thank you! Lisa Shiota publicity@musiclibraryassoc. org