In very early May I enjoyed the hospitality of the New England chapter—and the folks at Bowdoin College in Maine—at their spring meeting. I'm always struck by this particular chapter's energy, and this year, my first NEMLA meeting in several years, was no exception. Good friends, good speakers, and a wonderful locale: all this and a lobster dinner following the official end of the meeting. My bib (as in lobster) runneth over.

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend both the MLA/MPA/MOLA joint committee meeting (late April) and the Music Publishers' Association's (MPA) annual conference—also in New York, at the Metropolitan Hotel (June). At the former meeting, George Boziwick officially took over the reins as MLA's coordinator, replacing John Shepard. Representatives from the two other groups were also present and much useful information was exchanged.

The MPA meeting featured a discussion "starring" three of our own MLA members: Paula Matthews, Diane Ota, and Paul Engle. Entitled "Finding the Score: Library Acquisitions and the Music Publisher," this lively discussion was moderated by Susan Feder (G. Schirmer/AMP). The audience obviously found the view from music library–land very interesting, and I was extremely gratified to see MLA take center stage. As "lagniappe" (a Louisiana term indicating an extra little treat), my husband Steve and I attended the BMI Student Composer Awards presentation and reception at New York's wonderful Plaza Hotel. This was a trip down memory lane for Steve, who was a recipient of this honor while a student in New York City many years ago. The award meant a great deal to Steve at that point in his career, and it has continued to inspire young composers to this day. It's wonderful to see this tradition continue, and I am grateful to Barbara Petersen for inviting us.

The Board's spring meeting was also held in June, at our business office in Middleton, Wisconsin. Once again, the folks at A-R made the meeting—at which the annual budget is set—run smoothly. Board meetings are quite eventful (read: stressful and lots of hard work for us all!), but meeting at A-R's headquarters in conjunction with our budget planning discussions proved again to be very useful. The minutes from this meeting are now posted on our web site, so I won't go into details here. I would, however, like to welcome Jennifer Ottervik as our new Placement Officer. Jennifer was appointed following the report of the search committee at the June meeting. She replaces Renée McBride, who has joined the MLA Board of Directors as a member-at-large. We continued our ongoing discussions on program issues at this meeting as well—a vital feature of the last few meetings and the subject of the town meeting held in Austin. Oh, and we gave tentative approval to the meeting sites for 2007, 2008 and 2009. Read the minutes for more details….

As though all this wasn't enough, July brought me to Tallinn, Estonia, for IAML. What a wonderful experience it was! Particularly noteworthy: the interesting sessions featuring many of our sister and brother librarians from the former Soviet Union. The strong program, the social events and—especially—the concert featuring the superb Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir made this a highlight of my summer. I was privileged to say a few words representing MLA at the opening session. I felt extremely lucky to be a part of this meeting, and I thank ProQuest for their support in helping to make it possible for me to attend. Of course, I mentioned MLA's upcoming conference in the Washington, DC area in early 2003 to many colleagues at IAML, and I am hoping that some will be able to join us there. The photo of me (above) was taken on board the catamaran from Tallinn to Helsinki, Finland, where I eventually found my way home via France (thanks to a frequent flyer award issued by Delta—go figure!)

It won't be long now until our next Board meeting, this time out in California where three of our Board members now reside (Joe Boonin having forsaken New York City upon his recent retirement and moved westward). At this meeting we approve the convention budget and will spend much of our time discussing the upcoming annual meeting, as well as continuing our discussion of program-related issues for meetings post-2004. I'm looking forward to it.

Presenters for the workshop will be Lynn El-Hoshy, Geraldine Ostrove, and J. Bradford Young. Lynn El-Hoshy and Geraldine Ostrove, long-time members of the staff of the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress, have taught numerous training workshops on subject cataloging and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. J. Bradford Young has been Music Technical Services Librarian for the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia since 1986 and he has served the on Bibliographic Control Committee in various capacities including chair of the Subcommittee on Subject Access and the Task Force to Advise the Music Thesaurus Project. He was chair of the American Library Association's Subject Analysis Committee 1988-1992. Young is the author of a number of articles on subject cataloging for music materials, including the introduction to Music Subject Headings (Soldier Creek, 1997) and most recently, "LCSH for Music: Historical and Empirical Perspectives" with Harriette Hemmasi, in The LCSH Century (Haworth, 2000).

In order to accommodate as many registrants as possible, there will be two identical sessions of the workshop, each with a limit of 50 registrants. The first offering will be on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004 and will take place at the Library of Congress. The second offering will be on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004 and will take place at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. It is anticipated that call-in pre-registration will begin on Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 and will continue until Wed. Nov. 26 or until all slots are taken. Registrants will be asked to choose a first and second choice for their workshop date, and they will receive notification of their assignment by mid-December. Further information concerning fees and instructions for registration will soon be available on MLA-L and in your conference mailing.

My summary of the Women in Music Roundtable (WMRT) session at MLA's 2003 annual meeting was published in the IAWM Journal, vol. 9, no. 1 (2003), p. 38. At the WMRT session I distributed flyers sharing information sent to me by IAWM members about the Kapralova Society (http://www.kapralova.org) and the conference, Korean Music Festival: The World Women in Music Today 2003, held in Seoul in April 2003. I also submitted an announcement about this conference to the MLA Newsletter.

Robin Rausch will succeed me as IAWM Liaison after the 2003 MLA annual meeting.
Submitted by Renée McBride, UCLA

We began with a pre-conference social at the home of Dave and Anita Breckbill on the evening of May 15. The Breckbills have a beautiful older home, lovingly restored, and it was the perfect setting for an evening of great food, great conversation, and beautiful music. We thrilled to the flute music furnished by Carolyn, and then a flute/piano duo by Anita and Dave. We laughed together as Jean Jensen entertained us with Cinderella, as only she can tell it. The BYU contingent brought various selections from their Early Sheet Music Collection, and they passed out copies and sang some very silly lyrics, with Dave pressed into impromptu service as accompanist.

On May 16, we met in Carolyn Dow's home base, the Bennett Martin Public Library (affectionately nicknamed BMPL—rhymes with pimple). BMPL's rather ordinary-looking façade hides a charming secret—a lush courtyard whose plants and pools can be viewed through a large circular window in the elevator. Upstairs in the fourth floor conference room, our meetings began. Myrna Layton (BYU) presented a paper about the dichotomous works of the American composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, who composed in both dissonant counterpoint and also the folk song idiom. Carolyn Dow (BMPL) presented two papers. The first was about the Greek poetess Sappho. She then introduced us to the Polley Music Library web page. We were delighted to learn more about Carolyn's library and will now know how to access the resources offered in its collection.

Many of us went out for lunch together to a Greek restaurant close to the library building. Most of us also took the opportunity to visit the 2nd floor of BMPL to see the Polley Music Library for ourselves. Others went for a walk around the city. After lunch, Janet Bradford (BYU) presented the paper which was voted the best of our chapter this year. It was about the John Addison film music collection held by BYU. Anita Breckbill (UNL) followed Janet, reprising her MLA presentation about the caricatures in the Rokahr Family Archive held by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

We completed the afternoon with a walk to the Nebraska State Capitol Building. Nebraska's Unicameral Legislature was not in session because it was, after all, Friday, but a most talented guide entertained us as she showed off this magnificent edifice and its artwork. It is well worth seeing! Four of us (Anita, Janet, Irene and Myrna) wandered into the law library and were treated to a tour of that facility, which included the opportunity to go through a secret door which led to a secret balcony hidden behind a sculpture on the face of the building. Dinner at an East Indian restaurant called "The Oven" rounded out the evening.

Saturday morning, May 17, found us at the University of Nebraska's Don L. Love Memorial Library, where the Dean of Libraries, Joan Giesecke, welcomed us. Anita's colleague Kay Walter, the chair of the University of Nebraska's Special Collections and Preservation Department, demonstrated "Digital Initiatives in the UNL Electronic Text Center." This is an impressive initiative, and many of us gleaned ideas for ways we may be able to use more digital resources in our own libraries.

We partook of Czech pastries, and then Anita Breckbill led us on a tour of the Sheldon Art Gallery and the UNL Music Library, where we were able to see the original caricatures in the Rokahr Family Archive. Anita has a very nice library that has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

Noon Saturday found us on our way to the skyboxes in the Memorial Stadium. One of Anita's music colleagues at the university had laughed about the chance that we could have our lunch/business meeting in a skybox, but Anita had the last laugh, because we did. We were in the skybox of the University Chancellor, no less! What a coup for Anita! There we enjoyed pizza and salads and desserts, and enjoyed the view of the stadium. We just had to imagine what it would be like if a football game was actually going on!

After lunch, those who wished to stay were chauffeured in a UNL van to Mahoney State Park, where we climbed a lookout (since there are no hills to climb!) and were able to see miles and miles of the Platte River. Our second stop was the Nebraska Wildlife Safari, where we could watch North American animals in their native habitat. We took a short hike up an easy trail, and then it was back to Lincoln, and the Mountain–Plains Chapter meeting came to an end.

To accompany his talk on 20th century music, professor Elliott Schwartz distributed an outline of developments in concert music in the 20th century, and an overview of the 1993 book, Music Since 1945. He also spoke of changes in the dynamic between the composer and audience, and played some excerpts from his compositions. Attendees received a list of his books, recordings, and published compositions, and a few even received copies of one of his LPs.

Mary Macul, cataloging and subject specialist at Bowdoin, shared her expertise in library disaster preparedness, and distributed format-specific instructional handouts for: books, scores, parts and sheet music; LPs, 45s, and other vinyl records; CDs and DVDs; video and audio tapes; and microforms. Mary also distributed a select bibliography of web sites, books, and articles on disaster preparedness. Mary underlined the importance of writing up a disaster plan, and of keeping a copy of the plan and any needed supplies with the facilities personnel. Mary also recommended familiarizing every local fire department crew with the layout of the library. Mary offered many other useful tips, and referred attendees to NEDCC's online manual (500 pages) and leaflet series.

After the business meeting and lunch, Dr. James Moreira, director of the Maine Folklife Center, spoke of the "shoebox" origins of the center in the 1950s. Dr. Moreira's predecessor, Sandy Ives, collected songs about lumbering and published several collections of songs in various issues of Northeast Folklore in the 1960s. The Maine Folklore Center collections also include interviews, photos, etc., documenting the work life of Maine residents who traveled to Prince Edward Island or New Brunswick for seasonal work during the 20th century. The center still collects audio material and makes preservation copies on quarter inch open-reel tape. The University of Maine library stores the originals, and the CD dubs are housed at the center. The center has a complete sound lab, a publication series, and a video series, including the video, An Oral Historian's Work. More information is available at the website: http://www.umaine.edu/folklife/.

Marilyn Lutz described the Maine Music Box Project, a partnership between librarians, educators, and musicians. A recently awarded IMLS National Leadership Grant is funding the collaborative effort of the Fogler Library, University of Maine-Orono; Bagaduce Music Lending Library, Blue Hill; and the Bangor Public Library. The goals of the project are: to create a multimedia digital library of unique and rare sheet music, including music, cover art, and lyrics; to build a digital library learning environment; and to demonstrate how library partnerships can enhance the value of collections. The database will be OAI compliant so that it can become part of a "union catalog" of metadata. Of the 22,641 music titles (114,517 images) to be digitized, only 30% are in the public domain. The software being used is PhotoScore by Neuratron Ltd., and Sibelius (requiring Scorch plug-in). Finding music catalogers has been a challenge for this project, which is just getting underway.

The meeting concluded with a tour of the renovated Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (via the Beckwith Music Library), and a closing reception with music provided by the Bowdoin Jazz Ensemble.

Our fall 2003 meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 25th at the Greenwich Public Library in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Music Inspired by Art is the latest volume in MLA's Index and Bibliography Series, and appears under the series editorships of David Farneth and Mark Palkovic. It is available through MLA's publishing partner, Scarecrow Press. The author, Gary Evans, is a professor of music and director of library media at Ferrum College in Virginia.

Among others receiving 2003 ARSC awards are Richard K. Spottswood, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award and David Hall, who was presented the Distinguished Service to Historic Recordings Award.

Jennifer Ottervik has been at the University of South Carolina since 1995, serving as Assistant Music Librarian from 1995-1996 and Head of the Music Library since 1996. She attended the University of North Texas, earning a B.A. in Piano, an M.S. in Library Science, and an M.M. in Musicology. Jennifer also serves as Adjunct Professor in the School of Music and in the College of Library and Information Science. As Co-Director of the USC School of Music's Center for Southern African-American Music, she oversees the Center's Archive and digital initiatives.

In 1997, Jennifer was awarded MLA's Walter Gerboth Award for her research on Third-Stream music. In 1999, she was awarded MLA's "Best of Chapters" award for her paper entitled "Jazz in Opera: It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Lady Swings," which she presented at the 2000 national MLA conference. Jennifer is a current member of MLA's Publications Committee and the Personnel Subcommittee. She has previously served on the MLA Marketing Subcommittee (1997-2001) and the MLA Best of Chapters Committee (2000-2001). For the Southeast chapter of MLA, she served as Local Arrangements Chair and Program Committee Member (1996-1997), hosted the 1997 SEMLA conference, and served as editor of SEMLA's Breve Notes (1997-2001). Currently, Ms. Ottervik is co-editor of Music Reference Services Quarterly, published by Haworth Press. She has contributed articles on David Daniels, Carlisle Floyd, and Classical Music to the upcoming work: The South Carolina Encyclopedia.

The Music Library Association's Placement Service assists music librarians who seek initial or new employment in positions requiring both music and library expertise. The Placement Service publishes a monthly job list of positions currently available. To list a position with the Placement Service, contact Jennifer Ottervik at ottervikj@gwm.sc.edu. The job list is available at MLA's Web site: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org.

Deadline: 17 October 2003

The Education Committee of MLA is calling for applications for Poster Session presentations at its annual meeting in Washington, DC on 11-15 February 2004.

Presentations will be considered that fit one of these broad categories:

• Recently completed research
• New and innovative library or music library projects
• Imaginative, systematic efforts at resolving library or music library problems

Parameters for Presentation: Poster sessions will fit on a 4'x6' poster board and convey the subject using a combination of graphics, narrative text, and handouts (NB: NO computer or network applications may be used). Printed copies of the abstract must be made available by the presenter for those viewing the session.

A table for handouts, business cards, and sign-up sheets will be provided. The presenter(s) must be in attendance throughout the designated time to answer questions and elaborate on the presentation topic.

Guidelines for Submission: Entries by an individual or group of librarians must be submitted on an official entry form via email or snailmail. Submissions will be evaluated by the MLA Education Committee, sponsor of the event. Criteria for selection will include quality, innovation, and suitability to the Poster Session format.

There are only twelve slots available, so those interested are encouraged to be original, thorough, and early in their applications. Authors of the selected Poster Sessions will receive detailed guidelines concerning effective preparation and presentation.

Direct questions to the Coordinator at the address listed at the bottom of the application, found at the end of the newsletter.

Books
Griscom, Richard (University of Illinois) and David Lasocki (Indiana University)
The Recorder: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Routledge, 2003. [xix, 728 p. ISBN: 0415937442, $125]

Ottenberg, June C. (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Gustav Hinrichs (1850-1942): American Conductor and Composer. Warren, MI: Harmonie Park Press, 2003. [x, 105 p. ISBN: 0899901174]

Scores
Nieweg, Clinton F. (Philadelphia Orchestra, ret.)
Stravinsky, Igor. Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). Ed. by Clinton F. Nieweg; based on the 1921 version. Boca Raton, FL: Masters Music Publications, Inc. 2000. [viii, 160 p.]

Articles and Chapters
Bukoff, Ronald (Centenary College of Louisiana).
"The Joys of Special Librarianship," in Expectations of Librarians in the 21st Century, ed. by Karl Bridges (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003), 171-175.

Fineman, Yale (University of Maryland)
"Electronic Theses and Dissertations." portal: Libraries and the Academy 3:2 (April 2003): 219-227.

Freeborn, Robert B. (Pennsylvania State University)
"Confronting the Dark Side of the Beat: A Guide to Creating a Heavy Metal Music Collection." Music Reference Services Quarterly 8:2 (2002): 25-37.

Moore, Tom, (The College of New Jersey ).
"Circus Brasilis: The Flute Music of Sergio Roberto de Oliveira." Flutist Quarterly 28:2 (Winter 2003), 48-54.

"Lasso." Goldberg 22 (2003), 30-41.

Ronai, Paulo, "A Linguistic Tragicomedy." American Translators Association Chronicle 32:8 (August 2003), 46 and 58, translated by Tom Moore.

Ronai, Paulo, "Intimate Portrait of a Language." American Translators Association Chronicle 32:4 (April 2003), 32-34, translated by Tom Moore.

Ronai, Paulo, "The Hungarian and His Dog." American Translators Association Chronicle 32:7 (July 2003), 41-42, translated by Tom Moore.

The annual ISMIR Conference is the first established international forum for those involved in work on accessing digital musical materials. It reflects the tremendous growth of music-related data available either locally or remotely through networks and the consequent need to search this content and retrieve music and musical information efficiently and effectively.

The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2004. The committee especially welcomes information concerning eligible foreign and small press publications that might otherwise be overlooked. Publishers should submit one copy of each eligible publication; others may forward the author, title, publisher, and publisher's address for each nominated work to:

Vincent Pelote, ARSC Awards Co-chair, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, Dana Library 4th Floor, 185 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, 973-353-5595, pelote@andromeda.rutgers.edu.

Nedda Ahmen, Fine Arts Liaison/Web Services Librarian, Denison University
Bruce Evans, Music and Fine Arts Catalog Librarian, Baylor University
Stephen Paul Henry, Assistant Music Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
Amber Johnson, Music Librarian, Mansfield University
Stephanie Keller, Intern, The Juilliard Orchestra Library
Mitra Keykhah, Radio Music Librarian, WETA-FM, Arlington, Virginia
Jennifer Oates, Music Librarian/Assistant Professor, Queens College
Jennifer Ottervik, Placement Officer, The Music Library Association
Joe Popp, Senior College Lab Technician, Dept. of Music, Humanities & Arts Division, Sonic Arts Center, The City College of New York
Lisa Shiota, Catalog Librarian, Curtis Institute of Music
Harriet Sonne de Torrens, Head, Fine Arts Department, Syracuse University
George Thompson, Reference/Humanities Librarian, California State University, Chico
Sha Towers, Music & Fine Arts Librarian, Baylor University
Shannon Watson, Librarian/Cataloger, Jacksonville Public Library

The November/December issue of the MLA Newsletter will feature previews of the upcoming annual meeting in Crystal City, Virginia. It will also include a return of the column listing new MLA members (once a regular feature, it has been on sabbatical for some years now), as well as an article by Thomas Pease on finding the music you hear on public radio. The November/December issue appears the first week in December. (Submissions are due by October 20).

In November, the MLA Annual Report for 2003 will be published. This is earlier than the report has appeared in the past; we hope it will give members more time to read and consult it as they make plans for the annual meeting in February.

Did you notice? This issue (no. 134) of the MLA Newsletter in pdf was produced by A-R Editions. Layout and production of the newsletter will now be performed by A-R Editions as one of the business services they provide MLA.

Many thanks!

17 October 2003
Deadline for Applications
Poster session, MLA, Washington DC

MLA Southern California Chapter
Los Angeles, CA

17-18 October 2003
MLA Atlantic Chapter
State College, PA

MLA Texas Chapter
Dallas, TX

21 October 2003
MLA Greater New York Chapter
New York, NY

23-25 October 2003
MLA Southeast Chapter
Chapel Hill and Durham, NC

24-25 October 2003
MLA New York State-Ontario Chapter
Saratoga Springs, NY

25 October 2003
MLA New England Chapter
Greenwich, Conn.