Charge

The Preservation Committee coordinates preservation activities within the Music Library Association by keeping the membership informed of ongoing research and development in preservation, encouraging appropriate ways of handling music materials, and addressing specific preservation problems. The Committee concerns itself with the preservation of all forms of music materials, print and other media, held by libraries and archives.

Links and Files

• Music Preservation Resources
  

• Committee Handbook (PDF; Rev in 2/2022)

• MLA 2020 Committee Business Meeting: Notes (PDF) from special topic discussion "Digital Preservation and Music Library Resources

• MLA 2021 "Binding and Preservation of 21st Century Music Scores in Circulating Collections": Notes (PDF) from small group discussions
  

• Preservation Committee Report on the 2019 Survey on Quality of Binding and Physical Condition of Books and Scores (PDF)
  • Report on a 10-question survey distributed in January and February 2019 addressing such issues as impression of physical book and score quality, budgets, problematic bindings, and preservation choices and workflows.