Program

All meetings will take place at Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library unless otherwise noted.

Click here for a campus map and walking directions from the hotel to Gorgas Library.

Please be sure to thank our Program Committee and Local Arrangements Committee for all of their hard work.

Thursday, October 18

9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Preconference “Music in Libraries: Just the Basics.”  Click here for the preconference program.
5:30 – 8:00	Reception and registration, Hotel Capstone, 320 Paul W. Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, on the UA campus. Reception sponsored by Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.
8:00 –	Dinner (on your own)

Friday, October 19

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome and opening remarks (Dr. Louis A. Pitschmann, Dean, University Libraries)
9:15 – 9:45	"Parler Songs: Folklore Surrounding a Folk Music Collection" (Lora Lennertz Jetton, University of Arkansas)
9:45 – 10:15	“Documenting a Folk Music Tradition : The Appalachian Dulcimer Database at Vanderbilt University” (Jacob Schaub, Vanderbilt University)
10:15 – 10:30	Break and refreshments
10:30 – 11:00	“Teaching Copyright with Living Composers” (Jenny Colvin, Furman University)
11:00 – 11:30	“Building an Academic Music Library in Thailand” (Laura Gayle Green, Florida State University)
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.	“Chromebooks” (Roberta Ford and Jacqueline Radebaugh, Columbus State University)
12:00 p.m. – 1:45	Lunch (on your own)
1:45 – 2:30	"Promoting the UNCG Cello Music Collection through Digitization: The Bernard Greenhouse Project" (Mac Nelson and Jacey Kepich, UNC Greensboro)
2:30 – 2:45	Break and refreshments
2:45 – 3:30	Tour of the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection
3:30 – 4:30	"The Gestation of An Alabama Songbook" (Dr. Robert W. Halli, University of Alabama)
6:00 – 7:00	Cash cocktail reception, Epiphany Restaurant
7:00 – 9:00	Dinner, Epiphany Restaurant

Saturday, October 20

8:30 a.m. – 9:00	Registration
9:00 – 9:30	“Weeding Music Collections” (Shelley L. Smith, University of West Georgia) Paper available: Smith, Shelley L.  “Weeding Considerations for an Academic Music Collection.”  Music Reference Services Quarterly 15:1 (Mar. 2012), 22-33.  doi: 10.1080/10588167.2012.647601
9:30 – 10:00	“Making the Connection: The Duke Music Library Renovation” (Laura Williams, Duke University) Session slides: (Powerpoint) or (.pdf)
10:00 – 10:30	“Situating the Library: Understanding the Library as Community as a New Method of Needs Assessment“ (Lisa Hooper, Tulane University)
10:30 – 10:45	Break and refreshments
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Business meeting (Joyce Clinkscales, SEMLA Chair)
12:00 p.m.	Adjourn