Music Library Association Twitter Feed

If you would like to follow tweets from the Music Library Association meeting next week on Twitter, the official hashtag is #musiclib2014. You can also visit the conference website.

In-Person Reference Service to be Suspended from February 24 until March 2

Michael Duffy and Elizabeth Cribbs will both be off campus the entire week of February 24 to attend the annual meeting of the Music Library Association. As a result, in-person reference services at the Music Library will be suspended next week. You may still send e-mail to Michael Duffy at mduffyiv[at]niu[dot]edu to ask questions, or you may speak to one of our student staff members, who will refer your question for Michael to answer when he returns. Regular in-person reference services will resume on March 3. A librarian will be at the desk on March 3 for four hours, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.

Basic Music Reference is released

The Music Library announces the publication of Basic Music Reference: A Guide for Non-specialist Librarians, Library Assistants, and Student Employees, by Alan Green and Michael Duffy.  This book is the eighth volume of the Music Library Association's Basic Manual Series, published by A-R Editions and the Music Library Association.  It is available on the A-R Editions website.

H. Stephen Wright interview featured in the Midwest Note-Book

The May issue of the Midwest Note-Book (newsletter of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association) features an oral history interview by Michael Duffy with Professor H. Stephen Wright, University Libraries faculty member and former librarian of the NIU Music Library. Also in this issue is a reprint of Professor Wright's comedy sketch, "The 2,000 Year-Old Music Librarian."

Michael Duffy to attend Music Library Association meeting

Michael Duffy will be out of the office Monday, March 22 through Wednesday, March 24, to attend the annual meeting of the Music Library Association in San Diego, California. He will be taking part in a panel discussion entitled "Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Successful Navigation of the Job Interview" on Tuesday, March 23, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time (3 p.m. Central). He will also be attending the meetings of the Reference and Access Services Subcommittee and the Career Development and Services Committee. If you would like to follow updates from conference goers who use Twitter, search under hashtag #musiclib2010.

Raya Garbousova poster session materials on display

Please come to the Music Library and check out our display of materials from the poster session Lynne Thomas and Michael Duffy presented at the 2009 Music Library Association Meeting in Chicago. The poster session was entitled: "Raya Garbousova: Dedications to the World-Renowned Cellist."

You can find the materials in the first floor exhibit case and posted to the bulletin board at the top of the stairs on the second floor of the Music Library. The Raya Garbousova Collection is held by the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of the NIU Libraries.

Michael Duffy will attend the Music Library Association Annual Meeting next week

I will be out of the office next week from Tuesday, February 17 through Friday, February 20, to attend the 78th annual conference of the Music Library Association in Chicago. In addition to attending conference sessions and committee meetings, I will also present a poster session with Lynne Thomas, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections at NIU on the music collection of Raya Garbousova, world-renowned cellist and former member of the NIU School of Music faculty.

I will bring my trumpet with me again to play with the MLA Big Band. We always have a good time!