Knowledge Commons | Music Library Advocacy | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/music-library-advocacy/ Activity feed for the group, Music Library Advocacy. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:19:56 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 627249f8856e77206f4208c68f749af7 Vivien Jiaqian Zhu started the topic CFP 2026 MLA Convention in the forum Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/groups/music-library-advocacy/forum/topic/cfp-2026-mla-convention-13/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:46:57 -0500 Dear All,

 

I’m pleased to share with you the Call for Paper for the Working Group/Seminar session for the upcoming MLA Convention in Toronto. See https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webprogrampreliminary/Paper29934.html.

 

Best wishes,

Vivien Jiaqian Zhu

]]> bbc6bfd04232f11d0c257e2f8eca9968 Kathleen DeLaurenti deposited Copyrights Management Template in the group Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1877675/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 03:01:06 -0500 This copyrights management plan allows researchers to track licenses, copyright exceptions, and copyright ownership for research-creation projects. Developed to assist musician-scholars who are managing numerous copyrights in their research-creation, this inventory can be adapted to any research project that requires documenting decision making…[Read more]

]]> 0 8af7797b5979fcb0522b850c1cd40dfc Kathleen DeLaurenti deposited Copyright Inventory in the group Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1877672/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 03:00:49 -0500 This spreadsheet provides a template for managing copyrights for research-creation projects. Originally developed for musician-scholars who need to manage multiple copyrights for their projects, it can also be used for managing image or archival permissions for any humanities research project.

]]> 0 e535a5f866c1dfe9fd3476bf0d0b782d Kathleen DeLaurenti deposited Search Strategy Planner in the group Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1877669/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 03:00:34 -0500 This search strategy template is designed to help researchers early in their process start to plan a search strategy. The template provides an easy way to label primary, secondary, and tertiary sources; name the kinds of information sources you're looking for; and identify search tools. This is designed to streamline the search process so that…[Read more]

]]> 0 3f96b89923f2ae010f2ff27f7f87f3db Linda Fairtile edited the file: \"Why Do We Need a Music Cataloger\" Infographic in Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1784729/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:33:06 -0400 0 b78c4f28da453fc67554f725a2fbd783 Linda Fairtile uploaded the file: "Why Do We Need a Music Cataloger" Infographic to Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1784728/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:32:43 -0400 0 6793f00aa1e010b99545064c1ef3514c Linda Fairtile uploaded the file: "Why Do We Need a Music Librarian" Infographic to Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1774867/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:23:19 -0400 0 1c62e02c99ffc2eaa3b6e872a4f05221 Linda Fairtile wrote a new post Library Futures in the group Music Library Advocacy https://muslibadvocacy.hcommons.org/2021/11/23/library-futures/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:02:11 -0500 One of my responsibilities as Chair of the Music Library Advocacy Committee is to serve as MLA's representative to the Library Futures Institute. This new non-profit, founded in January 2021, is a coalition of […]

]]> 6bd30f040b9c4ff0ca33ba221d5a4097 Nurhak Tuncer replied to the topic MLA Communication in the discussion Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/groups/music-library-advocacy/forum/topic/mla-communication/#post-37635 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:15:56 -0400 I really like this new communication platform as I was looking forward to it as most of the people in MLA. Excited for it. Yay!

]]> 232efbec43cdb3f74f70476c2e8b3eab Linda Fairtile created the doc Elevator Pitch: "Why do we need a music cataloger?" in the group Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1686636/ Fri, 08 May 2020 12:59:03 -0400 749aac02a6d0f80be4579cac3ad364d8 Linda Fairtile edited the post COVID-19 Advocacy Resources in the group Music Library Advocacy https://muslibadvocacy.hcommons.org/2020/04/23/covid-19-advocacy-resources/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:54:37 -0400 Look under "Advocacy Links" in the menu at the top of this screen to find links to resources specifically addressing challenges faced by libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

]]> ac72aaec418aa17bff39302e545f4d1e Matthew Vest uploaded the file: UCLA Music Library comparative infographics to Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683610/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:13:44 -0400 Some signs I made for a tour that include qualitative information and some comparative infographics to communicate some quantitative information. It is a few years old now.

]]> 0 eccd95fb8b5ed4dc0b4bb03fe6c75f55 Steve Landstreet uploaded the file: Outreach Initiatives by Music Librarians in Public Libraries to Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679168/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:23:53 -0500 A collection of brief descriptions of varied outreach initiatives by music librarians in public libraries across the country. You can contact the librarians directly for further information on what they've done.

]]> 0 30c45127c03202890635a20e9d021192 Randye Jones deposited Appendix 8 - Art Songs by African American Composers in Musical Anthologies in the group Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666821/ Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:26:18 -0400 Availability of vocal music scores compilations containing art songs by African American composers. Supplemental content accompanying the book, So You Want to Sing Spirituals.

]]> 0 5ed8a707648728d2d0f70a37ea26cd76 Brian Cockburn uploaded the file: Reference Books that Google Can't Replace to Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666062/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:59:02 -0400 For JMU "Drop-in Session" taught by student deskworkers to undergrad students. Made to fit on a single 8.5 x 11 sheet pamphlet fold

]]> 0 12a9b3b6b6a36e3eec76216273ffc401 Linda Fairtile replied to the topic MLA Communication in the discussion Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/groups/music-library-advocacy/forum/topic/mla-communication/#post-25687 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:02:47 -0400 I can only speak to the issue of communicating about advocacy.  The Music Library Advocacy Task Force's 2017 survey indicated that a listserv was not the most desirable venue for discussions of advocacy-related topics.  Perhaps it's due to listserv fatigue, or just a preference for other methods of communication.  Face-to-face discussion was th…[Read more]

]]> 253a71bfa7df2bd1ad7a0cd18a017b37 Stephen Thomson Moore started the topic MLA Communication in the discussion Music Library Advocacy https://hcommons.org/groups/music-library-advocacy/forum/topic/mla-communication/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:55:06 -0400 It is my impression that the amount of communication/postings etc. taking place on MLA-L is considerably less than ten, twenty or twenty-five years ago. Is this because there are fewer music librarians? or is the chatter taking place in other fora?

-Tom Moore, FIU

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