Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Assocation (SEMLA) Annual Meeting,
October 29-31, 2015

Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

Conference Program

The opening reception is sponsored by Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc. Breaks are sponsored by Naxos Music Library and ArkivMusic (Friday morning and afternoon and Saturday morning).

Thursday, October 29

5:30-9:00 pm Opening Reception Rd. 285 (2nd floor)

Music provided by students from UGA's Hugh Hodgson School of Music

Friday, October 30

Local Arrangements would like to remind attendees that you are on your own for breakfast Friday and Saturday, either at the Holiday Inn or at any of various downtown establishments with "B" indicated next to their names on the restaurant list provided in your folders or available as a PDF at the conference website from the Dining page.

8:30-8:50 am Coffee and tea Break area across from Rm. 271 (2nd floor)

Please keep in mind that we are in a special collections facility, and note that no food or drink are allowed in the auditorium. Thank you for confining your consumption of comestibles and disposal of waste to the designated areas.

All Friday and Saturday meeting sessions will be held in the Auditorium, Rm. 271

8:50-9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Welcome to UGA and the UGA Libraries by Dr. P. Toby Graham, University Librarian and Associate Provost

Creating Access (9:00-10:30 a.m.)

9:00-9:30 a.m. "Where is Oklahoma? Classifying Musical and Opera Videos in Academic Libraries"
Amanda Scott, Auburn University at Montgomery
9:30-10:00 a.m. "Digitally Preserving the Music Performance History and Sharing the Legacy Among the Community"
Tim Zou and Rachel Paul, University of Arkansas
10:00-10:30 a.m. "Exposing Hidden Collections Using Interdepartmental Collaboration"
Elizabeth Hobart, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break (across from the auditorium—light snacks are provided)

Unique Collections (10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

10:45-11:15 a.m. "A PDA Model for Print Music Scores and Monographs via the Online Catalog"
Alan Asher, University of Florida
11:15-11:45 a.m. "Georgia Blues"
Greg Johnson, University of Mississippi
11:45-12:30 p.m. "Steamboat Pilot, Old Time Musician, and Frustrated Librarian: the John Hartford Collection"
Holling Smith-Borne and Sara Manus, Vanderbilt University
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch—on your own

Athens Local Color (2:00-3:15 p.m.)

2:00-2:30 p.m. "What Happened Here?" (slides) (script)
Steve Burton, Kennesaw State University
2:30-3:15 p.m. "John B. Vaughan, Composer and Publisher of Gospel Music in Athens"
Kevin Kelly, University of Georgia
3:15-3:30 p.m. Break (again, across from the auditorium)
3:30-4:30 p.m. Tour of the Special Collections Libraries building, including examining materials from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Collection and sheet music from UGA's Confederate imprints, as well as a tour of the galleries.
6:00 p.m. Cocktails, pre-banquet (cash bar), at Ciné BarCafe (234 West Hancock Avenue, about 4 1/2 blocks NW of the hotel). Cross East Broad street at Hull, walk 4 blocks north on North Hull, cross West Hancock, and then proceed immediately to your left (west) 1/2 a block on West Hancock to Athens Ciné.
7:00-9:00 p.m. Banquet, in Ciné Lab, right next to where you'll be consuming your cocktails—you don't even need to go back outside.

Saturday, October 31

Local Arrangements would like to remind attendees that you are on your own for breakfast Friday and Saturday, either at the Holiday Inn or at any of various downtown establishments with "B" indicated next to their names on the restaurant list provided in your folders or available as a PDF at the conference website from the Dining page.

8:30-8:50 am Coffee and tea Break area across from Rm. 271 (2nd floor)
8:50-9:00 a.m. Opening remarks

Digital Collections (9:00-9:45 a.m.)

9:00-9:45 a.m. "Hyperconnected Access to Archival Music Collections: Cataloging, Finding Aids, and Social Media"
Stacey Krim and Mac Nelson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Panel Discussion (9:45-10:45 a.m.)

9:45-10:45 a.m. "Promoting Special Collections"
Greg Johnson, University of Mississippi; Stacey Krim, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Holling Smith-Borne, Vanderbilt University
10:45-11:00 a.m. Break (across from the auditorium—light snacks are provided)
11:00-12:00 noon Chapter business meeting
12:00 p.m. Adjourn