Thank you for your interest in joining MLA. The renewal cycle is now underway.If you have questions, please contact the MLA Business Office.
The Music Library Association is the U.S. branch of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML). Members of MLA may also join IAML and enjoy the benefits of membership in both associations.
New members: If you are a new member for 2019-2020, please click this link to complete a survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DD5PX5B
Personal members of MLA receive
- Voting privileges in national elections (except student members)
- The quarterly, peer-reviewed journalNotes(except Associate members)
- Access to MLA’s online membership directory
- Discounted registration fees at the Annual Meeting
- Online access to recent volumes of Notes
In addition, members of IAML receive
- The quarterly international journal Fontes artis musicae
- Voting privileges in international IAML elections
- Discounted registration at IAML’s conference
- Access to IAML’s online membership directory
Member Type |
Personal |
Student |
Institutional |
Corporate |
Special |
Privileges |
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Vote |
Yes |
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Yes |
Hold Office |
Yes |
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Yes |
Be a committee member |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Chair a committee |
Yes |
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Yes |
Receive Notes |
Yes* |
Yes** |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Be a task force/team member |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Coordinate a round table |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Submit a program proposal |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Be a special officer |
Yes |
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Yes |
Be an editor |
Yes |
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Yes |
*except Associate
**see exceptions in the Administrative
Handbook, VI.A.1
The Personal membership class includes Regular, Associate,
Paraprofessional, Retired, and Sustaining.
Notes Subscription
Notesis now available only through membership
in the Association. Institutions wishing to receiveNotesshould
join at the Institutional level (see above).
Notes(ISSN:
0027-4380) is issued quarterly (September, December, March, and June)
Music Cataloging Bulletin (MCB) Subscription
Music Cataloging Bulletin(ISSN: 0027-4283)
is issued monthly.
Music Cataloging BulletinSubscribers: MCB
subscriptions are separate from MLA membership and are for a calendar year
(January 1 to December 31) of access to the MCB Online. Use the subscription
form and license agreement to subscribe to MCB today.
MCB Subscriber: $35.00
Agency Discount
No agency discount is available for memberships,Notes,
orMusic Cataloging Bulletinsubscriptions.
Order and Payment Information
We encourage you to use the secure credit card processing
facilities of our web site to submit your payment via MasterCard, VISA or
American Express.
Alternatively, orders can be placed by email
(mla@areditions.com), by phone (608-836-5825), or by mail (Music Library
Association, Business Office, 1600 Aspen Commons Suite 100, Middleton, WI
53562).
Payments can be prepaid by check, by credit card (MasterCard,
VISA or American Express), or invoiced.
Please make checks payable to the Music Library Association and
in US funds drawn on a US bank.
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card, card number, expiration date, and signature. Credit card expiration date
must be valid for three months afterward.