GNYMLA Chapter Meeting Minutes
Friday, Feb. 13, 2004: MLA Annual Conference – Washington, DC
- Ideas for newsletter were discussed, since we have not issued a newsletter (Stan Szalewicz is editor) for 2 years.
- Suki suggested having new people that have entered the chapter interview other new people, e.g. Peter Hirsch (NYPL) could interview Jennifer Oates (Queens College); Jane Nowakowski (Westminster Choir College)
- Giselle Schierhorst (SUNY Stonybrook) could interview Peter Hirsch.
- Include pictures
- More reports from individual members – personal stories from annual meetings and members' recent activities (e.g. Leslie Hansen Kopp was interviewed by WNET on preservation issues)
- Possibilities for next meeting venues:
- Metropolitan Opera Archives
- Brooklyn Public Library
- ReCAP Facility (Princeton)
- NJ Library System
- Joint chapter meeting: members from Philadelphia PA area, Yale, as well as Purchase, NY
- Ideas for recruitment to GNYMLA chapter: (Design a program attractive to the following under-represented groups: performing musicians, and archivists/collectors.
- Get in touch with Richard LeSuer
- Chair of Liasons to AMS, SMT, ARSC, SAM, etc…
- John Shepard suggested talking to performing arts organizations
- Outreach to non-music librarians who handle music (e.g. academic & public libraries that lack a music specialist)
- Maureen Buja's husband is director of library at St. Peters [now they have both gone to Hong Kong]
- Barbara Higgenbotham – small community colleges
- Attracting members from ALA, ACRL, TLA, Dance
General News:
If anyone wishes to present a paper in the “Best of Chapters” section of MLA they can be accomodated. George Boziwick is thinking about writing something about the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' acoustic renovation.
Should our chapter consider hosting MLA Annual Conference in NYC again in 2010?
