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Megan Watson

Reed College
Performing Arts Librarian
Portland, OR
Wednesday, February 20
 

12:00pm CST

MLA Registration Depot Registration Office

7:00pm CST

Opening Reception Midway West
 
Thursday, February 21
 

8:30am CST

Welcome Grand Ballroom EFAdolphus M. Pruitt, II • Mark McKnight

9:00am CST

Plenary I: St. Louis Black Musicians Speak: Our Lives Matter! Grand Ballroom EFTherese Dickman • Brian Owens • Rob Deland

10:30am CST

Break Midway West

11:00am CST

Investigation of Accessibility of Electronic Music Resources for the Visually Impaired Grand Ballroom EFTaylor E. Arndt • Michele D. Behr • Michael Duffy • Geraldine Rinna Lessons in Diversity and Bias Grand Ballroom ABCGrace Haynes • Angela Pratesi • Veronica Wells

12:30pm CST

Not Just Free Textbooks: Open Education Resources as a Social Justice Issue Grand Ballroom ABCEmily Cox • Kathleen DeLaurenti

1:00pm CST

Common Threads: Music Information Literacy as Community Practice Grand Ballroom EFAndrea Beckendorf • Nara Newcomer

2:00pm CST

Break Midway West

2:30pm CST

A Spectrum of Music, or the Question of Diversity in our Collections Grand Ballroom EFStephanie Bonjack • Amy Edmonds • Michael Duffy Get Involved Regency Ballroom ABLisa Hooper

4:00pm CST

Destroy Music Libraries, Free Music Librarians: A Discussion of Professional Ethics and Actions Grand Ballroom ABCKathleen DeLaurenti • Anne Rhodes • Sandy Rodriguez • Matthew Vest • Ricky Williams

6:00pm CST

Alma Interest GroupFILLING Conductor RoomMargaret Corby

7:00pm CST

Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNWMLA) Meeting New York Central/Illinois CentralHollis Near
 
Friday, February 22
 

7:30am CST

Alexander Street's Customer Appreciation Breakfast Regency Ballroom C

9:00am CST

Plenary II: Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce--Considerations for MLA Grand Ballroom EFDenise DeCou • Sara Outhier • Vincent Pelote • Mark A. Puente • Holling Smith-Borne (he/him)

10:30am CST

Open Access Archives in the Music Classroom: Examining Primary Sources and Information Privilege Midway WestTaylor Greene

11:00am CST

Music Research Data Management Grand Ballroom DFrancesca Giannetti • Amy Jackson • Anna Kijas • Sean Luyk • Jonathan Manton

12:30pm CST

Second to None: Engaging Secondary Sources in the Music History Classroom Grand Ballroom ABCPatricia Sasser

1:00pm CST

Music and Racial Segregation in Twentieth-Century St. Louis: Uncovering the Sources Grand Ballroom ABCPatrick Burke • Tom Caw

1:30pm CST

Bringing the World into the Catalog and the Classroom: Mitigating Western-Centrism with Controlled Vocabularies for Music Grand Ballroom EFKirk-Evan Billet • Nancy Lorimer • Allison McClanahan • Casey Mullin • Tracey Snyder • Hermine Vermeij • J Bradford Young

3:00pm CST

Break Midway West

3:30pm CST

Engaging with Students from Minority and Marginalized Groups: Strategies, Assessment, and an Open-Forum Discussion Grand Ballroom EFAmber Welch • Lisa Chaufty • David Hunter • Sara Outhier • Greg Sigman

4:30pm CST

Diversity Committee MeetingFILLING Conductor RoomJoy Doan
 
Saturday, February 23
 

9:00am CST

Plenary III: Checking Our Pulse: The 2018 MLA Climate Survey Grand Ballroom EFWinston Barham • Susannah Cleveland • Joy Doan • Terra Merkey • Mark A. Puente • Mallory Sajewski

10:30am CST

Break Midway West

11:00am CST

Transformative Student Workers, Transformed Institutions Grand Ballroom ABCJarod Ogier • Mallory Sajewski

1:00pm CST

Unpacking the Music Modernization Act Grand Ballroom DEric Harbeson

2:00pm CST

After the Canon: Developing Divergent and Local Music Collections at UCLA (Best of Chapters) Grand Ballroom EFCallie Holmes • Matthew Vest

6:30pm CST

Closing Reception Grand Ballroom ABCD