2024 Chapter Meeting Guide

Details about our chapter meeting on May 4, 2024 in Victoria can now be found in a handy LibGuide, available at https://libguides.uvic.ca/PNWMLAchaptermeeting2024. Here you can find information about the following:

• Program descriptions and schedule
• Registration costs and how to register
• Visiting Victoria
• Lodgings near the meeting
• Dining recommendations
• Whom to contact with questions.

Many thanks to PNWMLA Secretary/Treasurer Bill Blair, our local host in Victoria, for putting this together!

Attending virtually?

If you are interested in attending the meeting virtually, please register online using this form. Once you have registered, you will receive the Zoom link for the meeting by email the day before the meeting starts.

2024 Chapter Meeting Call for Presentations

This year’s PNWMLA chapter meeting will be held on Saturday, May 4 in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. This will be a hybrid offering with the option to participate virtually.

Inner Harbor Causeway, Downtown Victoria BC. ChrisJohnstone86, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

We invite presentation proposals on topics related to music librarianship, music or audio collections, library science, or other topics in music research. Presentations may be 50 minutes, 20 minutes, or lightning talks (5-10 minutes.) 

To submit a presentation proposal, please send an abstract (500 words max), preferred length of presentation, and current CV to the Program Chair, Ann Shaffer, at ashaffer@uoregon.edu. The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, March 15.

More details about the chapter meeting will be forthcoming.

Join us during MLA!

Join us for a virtual PNWMLA chapter gathering during the 2024 national Music Library Association conference. We’ll have updates on our chapter election process, our upcoming chapter meeting in May 2024, and a chance to catch up with colleagues and hear updates from around the region. 

Our virtual session will be on Wednesday, February 21, from 12-2 pm Pacific time. You must be registered for the MLA meeting to access the session, which you can find listed here in the Cvent conference platform. The “watch session” link will be live in Cvent 5 minutes prior to the start of the session.

2019 Chapter Meeting– Seattle, WA

Meeting information is now available for our 2019 chapter meeting at the University of Washington in Seattle, on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4.  This will mark the 50th meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA!  Click below to see program and registration information.

http://pnwmla.blog.musiclibraryassoc.org/annual-meeting-program/  

PNWMLA Chapter Meeting at MLA in St. Louis

PNWMLA will be holding a chapter meeting at the 2019 MLA national meeting in St. Louis, on Thursday, February 21, from 7-7:55 pm in Midway 3-4.  (Location subject to change.)

All current and former chapter members who will be attending MLA are welcome; new members and friends from other regional chapters are encouraged as well.  Come hear about the big plans for the chapter’s annual meeting in Seattle, which will mark the 50th anniversary of PNWMLA!

 

2018 Annual Meeting, JUNE 22-23, Ellensburg, WA

“The Music Library – Central Washington University” (CC BY-NC 2.0) by WA State Library

 

2018 Annual Meeting, JUNE 22-23, Ellensburg, WA.

Link to the Annual Meeting Guide.

THE DEADLINE FOR HOTEL GROUP RATE IS MAY 20.

All information currently available is on the guide.  If you see something missing or have a question, please contact Hollis Near.

Please pre-register to help with meeting planning (see registration tab on guide).

Looking forward to seeing you there!

 

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Presentations for 2018 Chapter Meeting

We’ve extended the deadline for submitting proposals for this year’s chapter meeting!  See the revised deadline in the call for proposals below.

For the Chapter’s 2018 annual meeting at Central Washington University, June 22-23, we invite proposals for individual and joint presentations alike. While we welcome submissions on any topic related to music and music librarianship/archiving, we are particularly interested in presentations that focus on music and music librarianship/archiving in the Pacific Northwest.

In addition to the proposal abstract, please indicate how much time you think you will need and any special media support needs. Past presentations have generally ranged from 15 to 30 minutes.

Please send proposal abstracts (150 – 250 words) to Hollis Near at hnear@cornish.edu by March 15, 2018. The Executive Committee will review submissions and respond by March 22.

2018 Travel Grant Applications

Would you like to learn more about music librarianship and management of music collections? The Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Music Library Association (PNWMLA) invites you to apply for our third annual travel grant to attend the Chapter meeting in Ellensburg, WA at Central Washington University, June 22-23, 2018. This grant is open to first-time-attendees of a PNWMLA annual meeting. Graduate students in library and information science, paraprofessionals, and librarians working in areas related to music are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants need not be members of PNWMLA at the time of application but must agree to join the chapter upon receiving the award. This award covers travel funding up to $300.

Application materials should be submitted via email as PDFs to Stefan Hintersteininger (shintersteininger@musiccentre.ca). To apply, please include the following:

1. A letter of application which includes:
   • the reasons for attending the PNWMLA annual meeting and why you are a good candidate for this grant;
   • a justification of financial need;
   • a brief budget for travel costs to attend the PNWMLA annual meeting. Annual meeting registration for travel grant recipients is free and need not be included in your brief budget.
   • information about any other grants, matching funds, or institutional support you may also receive to cover costs to attend the PNWMLA annual meeting.
2. A current vita or resume
3. One letter of support from a reference, sent by email directly to Stefan Hintersteininger (shintersteininger@musiccentre.ca).

Deadline for the receipt of applications is January 31, 2018. The PNWMLA Board will notify candidates who applied by March 19, 2018.

Call for Presentations: 2018 PNWMLA Chapter Meeting

For the Chapter’s 2018 annual meeting at Central Washington University, June 22-23, we invite proposals for individual and joint presentations alike. While we welcome submissions on any topic related to music and music librarianship/archiving, we are particularly interested in presentations that focus on music and music librarianship/archiving in the Pacific Northwest.

In addition to the proposal abstract, please indicate how much time you think you will need and any special media support needs. Past presentations have generally ranged from 15 to 30 minutes.

Please send proposal abstracts (150 – 250 words) to Hollis Near at hnear@cornish.edu by January 22, 2018. The Executive Committee will review submissions and respond by February 23.

Save the Date for 2018 Chapter Meeting

The 2018 meeting of the Pacific Northwest chapter of MLA will be held Friday and Saturday June 22-23.  The chapter will meet at Central Washington University in Ellensberg, WA.

“Front entrance to the Brooks Library of Central Washington University” (CC BY-NC 2.0) by WA State Library

 

Look for more information and the call for presentation proposals this fall in the PNWMLA Chapter Newsletter!

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