What is “research data” for music researchers and performers? How can music librarians develop their knowledge and skills to better meet the research data needs of their constituents, and contribute to the data-intensive turn in academia? This panel will explore the research data movement in libraries and its relevance to music librarians. Pan…[Read more]

In 2017, the Music Library Association appointed its first open access editor. Part of the task for the successful candidate was to develop a strategic vision and infrastructure plan for open access publishing by the Association. After the 2018 annual meeting, a pilot project to deposit conference materials into the Humanities Commons Open…[Read more]

Michael Duffy will present a study of composers listed in a crowdsourced database of composers of color coordinated by composer Rob Deemer, identifying the corresponding Library of Congress name headings as applicable, and noting how many bibliographic records for scores are listed, and how many libraries hold the most widely-held score upon…[Read more]

Presentation given as part of a panel session on Research Data Management and Music Data at the 2019 Music Library Association (MLA) annual meeting. Presentation given Friday, Feb 22, 2019. File includes slides and notes.

As educators, we recognize that it can be challenging to translate the research methods we learned in graduate school to our contemporary students, who are accustomed to the constantly shifting information buffet provided by sites such as Wikipedia, YouTube, SoundCloud, and the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP). Students can…[Read more]

In this keynote, Kijas explores issues embedded in musicological traditions of canonicity and discusses the need for recovery of underrepresented composers in order to build a more inclusive digital canon.

This presentation outlined some of the marketing activities we engage in at Howard-Tilton Memorial Library (Tulane University) to market audio visual content. Specifically, this presentation suggested a three-pronged approach that combines developing a platform to speak from, partners to speak with, and being present and engaged in the university…[Read more]

This very broad introductory workshop was held at Howard-Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane University as one in a series of four workshops held during Open Access Week 2018. Over the course of the workshop, we reviewed core terminology, collaboratively developed an understanding of the potential purpose of OERs, explored a selection of OER…[Read more]