About

Deborah Campana has served as Head of the Oberlin College Conservatory Library since 1998, where she administers the branch library and oversees the development of the circulating collection (books, scores, sound recordings), streamed sound services, and serials, as well as the Conservatory Library’s special collections. Campana has also held positions at Northwestern University as Music Public Services Librarian, Acting Head of the Music Library, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies (School of Music), and Lecturer in musicology. She has served on the boards of the Music Library Association (MLA), the International Association of Music Libraries-US, and the American Music Center/New Music USA.  Formerly editor of the MLA Index and Bibliography Series and co-editor of the MLA Basic Manual Series, she now edits MLA’s quarterly journal, Notes. Her research on John Cage’s music, information flow, and library administration appears in articles and book chapters published by University of Chicago, Bucknell, Oxford University, and others. Campana is also an avid photographer and watercolorist.