Meetings

Each year MLA holds an annual national meeting to discuss issues, promote new ideas, and share information in the field of music librarianship.

Business Meeting Minutes

The MLA website provides an archive of minutes from MLA business meetings.

List of Meetings

Upcoming and recent meetings

  • 2000-2009 Meetings
    • 2009: Chicago, Illinois
      (February 15–21)
    • 2008:Newport, Rhode Island
      (February 17–24)
    • 2007: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      (February 26–March 3)
    • 2006: Memphis, Tennessee
      (February 22–25)
    • 2005: Vancouver, British Columbia
    • 2004: Crystal City, Virginia (Washington, D.C.)
    • 2003:Austin, Texas
    • 2002: Las Vegas, Nevada
    • 2001: New York, New York
    • 2000: Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1990-1999 Meetings
    • 1999: Los Angeles, California
    • 1998: Boston, Massachusetts
    • 1997: New Orleans, Louisiana
    • 1996: Seattle, Washington
    • 1995: Atlanta, Georgia
    • 1994: Kansas City, Missouri
    • 1993: San Francisco, California
    • 1992: Baltimore, Maryland
    • 1991: Indianapolis, Indiana
    • 1990: Tucson, Arizona
  • 1980-1989 Meetings
    • 1989: Cleveland, Ohio
    • 1988: Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • 1987: Eugene, Oregon
    • 1986: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • 1985: Louisville, Kentucky
    • 1984: Austin, Texas
    • 1983: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • 1982: Santa Monica, California
    • 1981: New Haven, Connecticut
    • 1980: San Antonio, Texas
  • 1970-1979 Meetings
    • 1979: New Orleans, Louisiana
    • 1978: Boston, Massachusetts
    • 1977: Nashville, Tennesse
      Santa Barbara, California
    • 1976: Seattle, Washington
      Chicago, Illinois (with ALA)
    • 1975: San Juan, Puerto Rico
      Montreal, Quebec (with IAML)
    • 1974: Urbana, Illinois
      New York, New York (with ALA)
    • 1973: Bloomington, Indiana
      Las Vegas, Nevada (with ALA)
    • 1972: Tucson, Arizona
      Chicago, Illinois (with ALA)
    • 1971: Washington, DC
      Dallas, Texas (with ALA)
    • 1970: Toronto, Ontario
      Detroit, Michigan (with ALA)
  • 1960-1969 Meetings
    • 1969: Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Atlantic City, New Jersey (with ALA)
    • 1968: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
      Kansas City, Missouri (with ALA)
    • 1967: Rochester, New York
      San Francisco, California
    • 1966: Chicago, Illinois
      New York, New York (with ALA)
    • 1965: Dallas, Texas
      Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan (with ALA)
    • 1964: New Haven, Connecticut
      St. Louis, Missouri (with ALA)
    • 1963: Iowa City, Iowa
      Chicago, Illinois (with ALA)
    • 1962: Berkeley, California
      Miami Beach, Florida (with ALA)
    • 1961: Ann Arbor, Michigan 
      Cleveland, Ohio (with ALA)
    • 1960: New York, New York
      Montreal, Quebec (with ALA)
  • 1950-1959 Meetings
    • 1959: Cleveland, Ohio
      Washington, DC (with ALA)
    • 1958: Washington, DC
      San Francisco, California
    • 1957: Kansas City, Missouri (with ALA)
    • 1956: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      Miami Beach, Florida (with ALA)
    • 1955: Buffalo, New York
      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (with ALA)
    • 1954: Boston, Massachusetts
      Minneapolis, Minnesota (with ALA)
    • 1953: Cincinnati, Ohio
      Los Angeles, California
    • 1952: New York, New York (with ALA)
    • 1951: Chicago, Illinois (with ALA)
      Rochester, New York
    • 1950: San Francisco, California 
      Cleveland, Ohio (with ALA)
  • 1940-1949 Meetings
    • 1949: No meeting
    • 1948: Detroit, Michigan
      Atlantic City, New Jersey
    • 1947: New York, New York
      San Francisco, California (with ALA)
    • 1946: Washington, DC
      Buffalo, New York (with ALA)
    • 1945: No meeting
    • 1944: No meeting
    • 1943: Washington, DC
    • 1942: Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 
      Chicago, Illinois (with ALA)
      Buffalo, New York
    • 1941: Cambridge, Massachusetts (with ALA) 
      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • 1940: Cincinnati, Ohio (with ALA)
      Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1930-1939 Meetings
    • 1939: Boston, Massachusetts
      San Francisco, California (with ALA) 
      Rochester, New York
    • 1938: Kansas City, Missouri (with ALA)
    • 1937: New York, New York (with ALA)
    • 1936: New Haven, Connecticut
    • 1935: Cambridge, Massachusetts
      Buffalo, New York
    • 1934: Poughkeepsie, New York
    • 1933: -------
    • 1932: New York, New York
      Rochester, New York
      Washington, DC
    • 1931: New Haven, Connecticut

Convention Manual

The MLA Convention Manual provides a description of procedures for planning and organizing the yearly meetings.