There are twelve special officers of the Music Library Association, as listed below. They coordinate and oversee advertising, the MLA archive, the annual convention, development affairs, the MLA Placement Service, publicity for MLA, and the Association's web site, respectively.

Archived MLA Special Officer Job Descriptions

Current Job Descriptions

The Advertising Manager is responsible for coordinating the advertising for NOTES and on the MLA web site. In this capacity, the Advertising Manager sells advertising space to current, new, and "lapsed" advertisers through direct mail and telephone campaigns and attendance at conferences.

The MLA Archivist is a special officer of MLA whose principal responsibility is to oversee MLA’s archives activities. Duties include serving as MLA’s official contact with the Curator of Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA), University of Maryland, owner and custodian of the MLA Archives.

The Convention Manager and Assistant Convention Manager are authorized by the President and the Board to coordinate and oversee the planning of national meetings of the Association.

The Development Officer oversees the development/fund-raising functions of the Association, and works closely with MLA's Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer, Business Office, and President to foster a culture of philanthropy that supports fund development and the organization's mission.

The Membership Management Officer and Assistant Membership Management Officer fulfill duties relating to individual memberships in MLA, IAML-US, chapters and more; keep the administrative structure current; maintain listservs for chairs and coordinators.

The MLA-L Mediator determines and addresses violations of the MLA Code of Conduct that appear in the MLA-L forum (listserv), and makes attempts to resolve conflicts arising from the MLA-L forum.

The Placement Officer manages the Association's Placement Service, a clearinghouse for information about positions available and music librarians seeking positions. The Placement Officer disseminates descriptions of those positions via MLA’s website.

The Web Manager, working in close collaboration with and utilizing the support of the Web Committee, has final responsibility for overseeing visual design, functionality, and content creation on the Music Library Association's web presence.

The descriptions above are abbreviated and should not be taken as complete position descriptions.