89TH Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association in Norfolk, VA, February 26-March 1, 2020
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The 89th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association will be held in Norfolk, VA from February 26 – March 1, 2020. The MLA Program Committee invites proposals for program content until 8am Pacific Standard Time on Monday May 6, 2019.
The Music Library Association Annual Meeting is open to anyone with an interest in music libraries, music collections, or music librarianship. We encourage proposals that are topically or practically relevant to these areas. We especially encourage proposals addressing new or emerging areas. We welcome proposals from library, archives, and information technology professionals, students, faculty, and others. MLA members and non-members may submit proposals.
Poster presentations take place within a specified conference time block. Other types of sessions may be 25, 55, or 85 minutes in length.
If your committee, subcommittee, interest group, chapter, task force, or user group needs space for a business meeting in Norfolk during the MLA 2020 Annual Meeting, please fill out the meeting room request form by Friday, May 10th, 2019.
MLA Annual Meeting proposals are peer-reviewed by members of the Program Committee. Proposals should address:
Proposals will be evaluated on the strength of the abstract, based on the above criteria.
The Program Committee will additionally strive to select a balance of proposals reflecting the range of institutions (academic, public, special, etc.), specializations (cataloging, archives, information literacy, collection development, etc.), and attendees (librarians, archivists, paraprofessionals, students and emerging professionals, retirees, etc.) represented at our Annual Meetings. Special consideration will be given to proposals addressing new or emerging areas of music librarianship, as well as those submitted by first-time presenters. Proposals that seek to “de-center” the presenter and encourage discussion and audience interaction are highly encouraged.
The program committee has created a public spreadsheet to facilitate sharing of proposal ideas and connect potential collaborators. The spreadsheet is an informal tool and the information in it will not be used by the committee in evaluating program proposals.
The Program Committee looks forward to your proposals!
Sincerely,
The Music Library Association is the professional association for music libraries and librarianship in the United States. Founded in 1931, it has an international membership of librarians, musicians, scholars, educators, and members of the book and music trades. Complementing the Association’s national and international activities are eleven regional chapters that carry out its programs on the local level.
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