MLA Atlantic Chapter - Programs of Past Meetings

Fall 2007, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Friday, October 5, 2007 Breezedale Alumni Center Library

12:00 pm Refreshments and Registration

1:00—1:15 Greetings from IUP administration

1:15—2:15 Invited Lecturer: Theodore Albrecht (Kent State University) “Reconstructing Beethoven's Orchestras in Viennese Libraries and Archives”

2:15—2:30 Break

2:30—3:00 Erin Mayhood (University of Virginia) “What Music Users Want: Taking a User-Centered Design Approach to Customizing the Library Catalog

3:00—3:30 Steve Gerber (George Mason University) “Drop-In Musicology: A Liaison Librarian's Initiative.”

3:30—3:45 Break

3:45—4:30 Geraldine Ostrove (Library of Congress) “X55 Implementation: Music Materials as a Test Group for Voluminous Subject Headings.”

5:30—8:30 Dinner on your own (Group reservation at Benjamin’s, 458 Philadelphia St.)

8:30—9:30 Contra Dance (Music Theater Rehearsal Room, Cogswell Hall 126)


Saturday, October 6, 2007 Orendorff Music Library Commons, Cogswell Hall 101.

8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Tours of the Orendorff Music Library

9:30—10:00 Matt Baumer (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) “Music for Charity, Charity for Music: Humanitarianism, Aesthetic Advocacy, and Self-Promotion in the Career of Franz Liszt.”

10:00—11:00 Panel Discussion on the Future of Librarianship:
Panelists: Kathy Glennan (University of Maryland); George Kipper (Library of Congress); Amanda Maple (Pennsylvania State University).

11:00—12:00 AtMLA Business Meeting

12:00 noon Tours of Cogswell Hall

Fall 2006, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, 6 October

Noon - 1:00 Registration

1:15 - 1:30 Opening Remarks and Welcome

1:30 - 2:30 Papers:

Richard Griscom (University of Pennsylvania), "The Otto E. Albrecht Library and Music Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania"

Jeffrey Kallberg (University of Pennsylvania), "What to Do if You Find a Beethoven Autograph in Your Library"

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 3:45 Papers:

Stephen Lehmann (University of Pennsylvania), "Writing the Biography of Rudolf Serkin: Speed Bumps and Potholes"

Kile Smith (Free Library of Philadelphia), "Protecting and Lending Unique Works in the Fleisher Collection"

4:00 - 5:00 Library Tour (including demonstration of PennTags) and exploring on your own

5:00 - 6:00 Reception (hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library)

Saturday, 7 October

8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 - 11:00 Papers:

Kathy Glennan (University of Maryland), "RDA: Extreme Makeover or Putting Lipstick on a Pig?"

Brad Young (University of Pennsylvania), "Supreme Grand Master: An Unrecorded Early American Musical Imprint"

Mark Christman (Ars Nova Workshop), "The Critical Divide in John Coltrane's Recorded Body of Work"

11:30 - 12:00 Business Meeting

Fall 2005, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland

Friday October 7

12:00 - 1:00 Registration. Bank of America Lounge, 2nd Floor, Leakin Hall

1:15 - 1:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks, Peabody Inn, Classroom B, Level G

1:30 - 2:15 "' The Charlie Byrd Collection' at the Peabody Archives

Elizabeth Schaff, Peabody Archivist
Brad Saylor, Peabody Archives
Jorge Amareo, Guitar

2:30 - 3:15 "File Sharing as a Tool for Living" ,
Dr. Mark Katz, Peabody Conservatory

3:30 - 4:00 "Overcoming Performance Anxiety: A Bibliotheraputic Approach"
Lisa Woznicki, Towson University

4:00 - 5:00 Tour of the Peabody Institute
Stephen Amrhein, Administrative Assistant to the Director, Peabody Institute

5:00 Wine and Cheese Reception. Friedheim Library
Sponsored by the Friends of the Friedheim Library

Saturday, October 8

8:15 - 9:15 Continental Breakfast, Friedheim Library

9:30 - 10:15 "The Civil War, The Sentimental Aesthetic, and William Henry Fry's Dramatic Symphony The Dying Soldier"
Steven Gerber, George Mason University

10:30 - 11:15 "From Hands to Handwriting: Marginalia as Evidence of Music Literacy in Renaissance Books"
Dr. Susan Weiss, Peabody Conservatory

11:30 Business Meeting

Fall 2004, West Virginia University

Friday, October 22nd WVU Evansdale Campus -- Nat'l Research Center for Coal & Energy Room 101A&B

1:00 Welcoming Remarks -- WVU Libraries Dean Frances O'Brien
1:15 Presidential Remarks -- Carl Rahkonen
1:30 Paper: Hot and Sweet: Big Band Music in Black West Virginia Before the Swing Era, presented by Dr. Christopher Wilkinson
2:30 Paper: Almost Heaven -- The West Virginia Traditional Music Scene, by Carl Rahkonen
3:15 break
3:30 Presentation: Evaluating Scholarly Credentials in the Performing Arts, by Anne Harlow 4:30 Reception with Steel Drum Ensemble

Saturday, October 23rd WVU's Downtown Campus Library Room 104
8:45-9:30 continental breakfast
9:30-10:15 Business Meeting *
10:15-10:30 Break *
10:30-12:30 West Virginia & Regional History Collection Talk & Tour by Dr. John Cuthbert Program will focus on the Louis Chappell & other special music collections.
12:30 Adjournment