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 |
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Creating Access (9:00-10:30 a.m.) |
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Unique Collections (10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) |
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Athens Local Color (2:00-3:15 p.m.) |
2:00-2:30 p.m. |
"What Happened Here?" (slides) (script) |
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Steve Burton, Kennesaw State University |
2:30-3:15 p.m. |
"John B. Vaughan, Composer and Publisher of Gospel Music in Athens"
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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Digital Collections (9:00-9:45 a.m.) |
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Panel Discussion (9:45-10:45 a.m.) |
9:45-10:45 a.m. |
"Promoting Special Collections" |
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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 |