Program

Midwest MLA 2024 Program Book

Note: This program is subject to change. All times are Eastern unless specified otherwise.

Thursday, October 24

5:30 PM

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Library Tour

Meet with Detroit Symphony Orchestra Librarians to tour their facilities and learn more
about their unique collections. The tour will begin at 5:30pm. Meet in the hotel lobby at
5pm to travel as a group via Q Train or meet at 5:30 at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher
Music Center (3711 Woodward Avenue). This tour is capped at the first 25
registrants.

Friday, October 25

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:45 AM

Opening Remarks / Welcome

Paul Bracke, Dean of WSU School of Information Sciences and University Libraries

9:00 AM

Detroit Music Panel

Detroit Sound Conservancy and the Blue Bird Inn 
Michelle Jahra McKinney (Detroit Sound Conservancy)

Beyond Motown: Oral Histories of Unsung Detroit Musicians from the 1960s
Mike Dutkewych (Wayne State University, School of Information Sciences)

Ensemble Librarianship at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Robert Stiles (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”: The Enduring Effects of the 1960s and 70s on Music
Libraries

Jon Sauceda (Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester)

11:45 AM

Strategies for Working with Student Staff in Music Libraries

Laura Thompson (Michigan State University)

12:15 PM

Lunch & Business Meeting

1:45 PM

Just enough and Just in time: Crafting workflows that reflect today’s work realities

Melissa Moll (University of Iowa)

2:00 PM

Notes on Notes

Michael Shellabarger (Wayne State University, Department of Music) and Serena
Vaquilar (Wayne State University)

2:50 PM

Break

3:00 PM

Oh boy, polka joy! Preserving and Promoting Polka Collections at BGSU

Colin Hochstetler, Patricia Falk, and Angela Pratesi (Bowling Green State University)

4:00 PM

Harmonizing the Legacy: Challenges and Strategies in Processing the Ella Fitzgerald
Collection

Laikin Dantchenko and Jared Walker (Indiana University)

4:30 PM

Suffragist Sheet Music: Lessons in Special Collections Cataloging

Rahni Kennedy (Southern Methodist University)

Saturday, October 26

8:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM

Utilizing Discogs in Public Services: Information Literacy and Advocacy Around the
Crowdsourced Database and Music Marketplace

Jackson Harmeyer (Ball State University)

9:30 AM

Engaging the Music Companion to the Framework Across Music Librarianship

Anna Grau Schmidt (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Angela Pratesi (Bowling
Green State University)

10:15 AM

Poster Session

OER Creation Project Managers, UNITE!

Victoria Peters and Sylvia Yang (DePauw University)

Giuseppe Verdi Has Joined the Chat: Sir George In His Reissue Era

Michelle Hahn (Ohio University)

Current Data on Job Postings in Music Librarianship

Joe Clark (Kent State University)

Navigating Library Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Moving Music and Dance
Collections during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michael J. Duffy IV (Western Michigan University)

11:00 AM

Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy A Book Talk and Panel Discussion

Kristi Bergland (University of Minnesota), Eboni Johnson (Oberlin Science Library),
Karen J Olson (St. Olaf College), Dyani Sabin (Freelance journalist), and Kathleen
Abromeit (Oberlin Conservatory Library)

11:50 AM

Closing Remarks