e-mail: sistrunkw@umkc.edu
EDUCATION:
1992 M.S., Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
~ Internship, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Fall, 1991
1985 M.M., Vocal Performance, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona
~ Honors and Awards: Regents Scholarship recipient, 1983, 1984
1983 B.M., cum laude, Applied Vocal Music, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas
~ Honors and Awards: Certificate of Excellence, 1983; Music Guild Scholarship
recipient, 1979,1980,1981,1982; Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Golden Key National
Honor Society (academic honorary societies); Mu Phi Epsilon (musical honorary
fraternity); Theta Alpha Phi (theatrical honorary fraternity)
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY EXPERIENCE:
1996-2021
HEAD, CATALOGING & METADATA MANAGEMENT, University of Missouri--Kansas
City, University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives division, Kansas City, MO
DUTIES
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1994
ACTING HEAD, Tufts University, Music Library,
Medford, MA
DUTIES
- Managing the Music Library.
- Developing and organizing the Music Library collections, services, equipment, facilities, and budget.
- Supervising Music Library personnel, including one Library Assistant (1 FTE) and up to thirteen student assistants (3 FTE).
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 1994 STAR Team Work Award.
- Sponsored first Music Faculty Appreciation Week.
- Circulation statistics rose over 200% in less than one year.
- Tripled storage space for new sound recording acquisitions.
- Completed 15-year space needs projection.
- Oversaw shifting of entire collection of music materials.
- Created first finding aide for patrons accessing the computer to locate music materials.
1986
LIBRARY SUPERVISOR (temporary professional, academic position - at that time known as Library Assistant II), Arizona State University, Music Library, Tempe, AZ
DUTIES
- Primary responsibilities included supervision of up eleven student assistants, their scheduling, hiring, and training.
- Interviewing job applicants.
- Processing overdue and class reserve materials.
- Aiding in patron circulation and reference services.
- Operating various types of audio equipment.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Maintained high standards of service and continued smooth operation and support of the music library during flux in library personnel.
TEACHING:
Mentor, UMKC Fellow, Summer 2018, 10 hours. Responsible for the education and training of one Masters Fellow in the field of cataloging and metadata services for library materials (specifically sound recordings and maps), following national library metadata standards.
Site-Supervisor, Practicum, ISLT 7381, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, June 14-August 18, 2017, 90 hours. Responsible for the education, training, and evaluation of one Masters degree candidate in the field of cataloging and metadata services for library materials, following national library metadata standards.
Site-Supervisor, Practicum, LI870, Emporia State University Library School, May-June, 2003, 120 hours. Responsible for the education, training, and evaluation of one Masters degree candidate in the field of music librarianship, reference service and bibliographic access to library materials following national library metadata standards.
PRESENTATIONS:
"The History of the Mu Phi Epsilon Music Library"; Keynote speaker; Mu Phi Epsilon Kansas City Alumni Chapter meeting; Independence, Missouri; May 15, 2018. [Invited]
"Mu Phi Epsilon: The Start of Something Great"; Keynote speaker; Mu Phi Epsilon District C2 Conference; Kansas City, Missouri; March 26, 2016. [Invited]
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Student Assistant: Using the Skills of Students for Library Projects"; panelist; Midwest Chapter Music Library Association; Annual Meeting; Louisville, Kentucky; October 16, 2015. [Invited]
“RDA Training at UMKC: Special Formats”; University Libraries, University of Missouri—Kansas City; September 25, 2013.
“RDA Training at UMKC”, with Kathleen Schweitzberger; University Libraries, University of Missouri—Kansas City; August 6,8,9, 2013.
“Providing Bibliographic Access to Archival Sound Collections: The J. David Goldin Collection", with Sandy Rodriguez; Association for Recorded Sound Collections; Annual Meeting; Los Angeles, California; May 12, 2011. [Invited]
“Plenary Session: Taiga, NextGen, and a Brave New World for Accessing Music"; moderator; Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG); San Diego, Calif.; March 20, 2010. [Invited]
“Authority Records for Public Services: Perspectives from Cataloging and Reference"; Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG); Chicago, Illinois; February 18, 2009. [Invited]
“Preserving Chapter History”; Mu Phi Epsilon; Convention 2008; Jacksonville, Florida; August 2, 2008. [Invited]
“Archival Collection: Preservation and Conservation”; Mu Phi Epsilon, Kansas City Alumni Chapter; Kansas City, Missouri; May 20, 2008. [Invited]
“Licensing Music", sponsored by the MLA Legislation
Committee; moderator; Music Library Association; Newport, Rhode Island; February
21, 2008. [Invited]
“Mu Phi Epsilon Composers & Authors: A Librarian’s Work on Creating a Finding Aid”; Midwest Chapter Music Library Association; Annual Meeting; Cincinnati, Ohio; October 11, 2007. [Invited]
"Oddball Questions and Secret Sources"; panelist; Midwest Chapter Music Library Association; Annual Meeting; Lexington, Kentucky; October 21, 2005. [Invited]
"The Whats, Whys, and Hows of Collection Level Cataloging ", with F. Ann Dykas and Kathleen Schweitzberger; MOBIUS Users' Conference; Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri; June 8, 2005. [Proposed/Accepted]
“Online Demonstration of MERLIN-OPAC Access to Audio Files for ‘Voices of World War II’ & Metadata Elements”; Tour for librarians from Croatia, organized by the International Visitor Program under the auspices of the U.S. State Department; University of Missouri—Kansas City; September 12, 2003. [Invited]
"The Assessment, Preservation, and Access of Audio Collections in the Digital Age"; panelist; Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Education and Training Committee and the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin; Pre-Conference Workshop; Austin, Texas; March 30, 2005. [Invited]
"What is Music Without a Composer?: Mu Phi Epsilon Composers & Authors", with Jean Putnam; Choice Shop presenter; Mu Phi Epsilon; Centennial Convention; Cincinnati, Ohio; August 8, 10, 2003. [Proposed/Accepted]
"Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home"; panelist; Missouri Library Network Corporation; Missouri Digitization Conference 2003; Columbia, Missouri; February 19, 2003. [Proposed/Accepted]
"Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home"; panelist; KCUR radio, Up to Date, Steve Kraske, host; Kansas City, Missouri; December 9, 2002. [Invited]
"LSTA Digital Imaging Grants: Presentation Projects Workshop"; panelist; Missouri State Library; Jefferson City, Missouri; September 13, 2002. [Invited]
"Hearing is Believing: Digitizing Audio"; panelist; Missouri Library Network Corporation; Missouri Digitization Conference 2002; Columbia, Missouri; February 12, 2002. [Proposed/Invited]
"Metadata Workshop"; panelist; Audio Engineering Society; 111th Annual Meeting; New York, New York; November 30, 2001. [Invited]
"Roundtable on a UMKC Digital Library"; panelist; Libraries Directors' Group; University of Missouri--Kansas City; August 23, 2001. [Invited]
"Audio Metadata"; panelist; DELOS-Audio Engineering Society; 110th Annual Meeting; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; May 11, 2001. [Invited]
"Dating LPs." Poster session presented at the American Library Association Conference; New Orleans, Louisiana; June 26, 1999. [Proposed/Accepted]
"Cataloging Popular/Non-Classical Music," with Patty Falk; Music Library Association Midwest Chapter; Cataloging Committee; Kalamazoo, Michigan; October 22, 1998. [Proposed/Accepted]
"Dating LPs." Poster session presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association; Boston, Massachusetts; February 13, 1998. [Proposed/Accepted]
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS~
Sistrunk, Wendy, compiler. Mu Phi Epsilon Composers & Authors. Centennial edition. Long Beach, Calif.: Mu Phi Epsilon, 2003.
ARTICLES~
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Not So Hidden Gems." The Triangle, vol. 114, issue 1 (Spring 2020): 12-13.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Norfolk, Here We Come!" Music Library Association
Newsletter
[no. 4] , no. 207 (January-February 2019): 7.
[no. 3], no. 205 (September-October 2019): 9-10.
[no. 2], no. 204 (July-August 2019): 14-16.
[no. 1], no. 203 (May-June 2019): 13-14.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "St. Louis, Here We Come! Music Library Association
Newsletter
[no. 4], no. 198 (July-August 2018): 17-20.
[no. 3], no. 197 (May-June 2018): 14-16.
[no. 2], no. 196 (March-April 2018): 16-18.
[no. 1], no. 195 (January-February 2018): 18-19.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "A Treasure Trove Available to Every Mu Phi." The Triangle, vol. 109, issue 3 (Fall 2015): 14-15.
Eddy, Melissa. "Music Librarians: Curators of Musical Knowledge," Cover feature. Interviewee. The Triangle, vol. 101, issue 3 (Fall 2007): 12-13, 16.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Dating LPs." Music Reference Services Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4 (December 2004): 47-55.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Quality of LP Sound Recording Cataloging in OCLC: A Working Paper." Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter, no. 73 (August 1999): 10-14.
WEB DOCUMENTS~
Sistrunk, Wendy. Mu Phi Epsilon Music Library & Archives, website, 2016-present. <<http://www.muphiepsilonlibrary.org/>> [Accessed 27 October 2017].
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Mu Phi Epsilon." Music Library Association Women in Music
Interest Group blog post, September 22, 2017
<<http://mlawomenblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/mu-phi-epsilon.html>> [Accessed 27
October 2-017].
Sistrunk, Wendy. “Dating LPs.” <<http://s.web.umkc.edu/sistrunkw/poster.htm>> [Accessed 15 May 2007].
Sistrunk, Wendy. “Metadata: An Overview with Examples.” <<http://s.web.umkc.edu/sistrunkw/MLNC.htm>> [Accessed 15 May 2007].
The University of Missouri—Kansas City Libraries. “Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home.” <<http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/main.htm>> [Accessed 14 May 2007].
REVIEWS~
Sistrunk, Wendy. Review of Survey of the State of Audio Collections in Academic Libraries by Abby Smith, David Randall Allen, and Karen Allen. ARSC Journal vol. 36, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 105. [Refereed; Invited]
Sistrunk, Wendy. Review of Treatises on Singing: A Select Collection of the Most Admired Songs, Duetts, &c. and, The Singer's Preceptor by Domenico Corri. A four-volume anthology edited with introductions by Richard Maunder. MLA Notes vol. 54, no. 3 (March 1998): 775-779. [Refereed; Invited]
REPORTS (Select) ~
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Conference Manager's Reports." Music Library Association
Board (2019-2020).
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Cataloging Committee Report." Midwest Note-Book: The Publication of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association vol. 9, no. 3 (January 2001): 6-7.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Cataloging Committee Report." Midwest Note-Book: The Publication of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association vol. 9, no. 3 (January 2001): 6-7.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Cataloging Committee Report." Midwest Note-Book: The Publication of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association vol. 9, no. 3 (January 2001): 6-7.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Music OCLC Users' Group Liaison Report"; OLAC Newsletter vol. 20, no. 4 (December 2000): 43-44.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Music OCLC Users' Group Report"; OLAC Newsletter vol. 20, no. 2 (June 2000): 17-18.
Sistrunk, Wendy."Music OCLC Users' Group Conference Report"; OLAC Newsletter vol. 20, no. 1 (March 2000): 33.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Cataloging Committee Report." Midwest Note-Book: The Publication of the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association vol. 8, no. 3 (January 2000): 10.
Sistrunk, Wendy. "Report from OLAC." Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter, no. 75 (May 2000):
OTHER ~
Music Library Association. Contributor. "Search Committee Handbook." 2019.
Music Library Association. Contributor. "Convention Manager's Handbook." May 2019.
Music Library Association. "MLA Annual Meeting FAQ." February 2019.Music Library Association Legislation Committee. “Written Comments Responding to Section 108 Study Group:
Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives (Federal Register 71.232 (4 Dec. 2006) pp. 70434-70440.”
March 15, 2007.
Sistrunk, Wendy. 48 abstracts. Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM). New York: RILM, 1999-2002. [Invited]
Sistrunk, Wendy. Program notes. Choral Works of the Twentieth Century: Featuring the Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Marjorie Merryman, Robert Evett, Arnold Schoenberg. Boston: Chorus pro Musica, concert, November 4, 1994. [Invited]
HONORS/AWARDS:
• Mu Phi Epsilon Presidential Award of Merit, 2005.
• Cited as an individual who "contributed significantly to a student's intellectual and personal development," Survey, Class of 1994, Tufts University.
• Membership in Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Theta Alpha Phi, Mu Phi Epsilon, Golden Key National Honor Society.
SERVICE
Professional Activities/Service:
International
• Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC): member, 1996-2000; 2009-2019.
Board of Directors: Secretary, 2013-2015. (Elected)
Major Accomplishments: Created Secretary's Handbook;
Complied ARSC Bulletin no. 48 (2014) and Bulletin no. 49 (2015).
Cataloging Committee:
Co-Chair, 2014-2019 ; member, 1996-2000;
2009-present. (Appointed)
DACS Subcommittee: member, 2010-2019. (Appointed)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, 2018-2019. (Appointed)
Local
Arrangements Committee: Co-Chair, 2012-2013 (Appointed)
Membership
Committee: Chair, 1997-1999; member, 2015-2019. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Membership rose by
37% during my tenure as chair.
Membership & Enhancement Committee: Co-Chair, 1999-2000. (Appointed)
Online Discography Ad Hoc Subcommittee: member, 1999-2000. (Appointed)
Online Discography Ad Hoc Subcommittee electronic discussion list:
Co-Moderator, 1999-2000. (Appointed)
Nominating Committee, Board of Directors: member, 2016-2017. (Appointed)
• Audio Engineering Society (AES) Metadata Harmonization Taskgroup: member, 2000-2002. (Appointed)
Standards Writing Team
(AESCC-03-06A), 2000-2002. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Standard for Descriptive
Metadata for Audio Objects published December 24, 2002.
• International Association of Music Libraries,
Archives and Documentation Centres
(IAML): member, 2016-2018.
• International Association
of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA): member, 2016-present.
• Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity:
International Librarian, 1998-present. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Recipient of Presidential
Award of Merit, 2005; Compiled 2-volume, 654-page Mu Phi Epsilon
Composers & Authors, Centennial edition, Long Beach, Calif.:
Mu Phi Epsilon, 2003; Creator and master of the Library/Archives
website; Opened
OCLC/Worldcat account, cataloging holdings of the Library and Archive in
national utility.
Archives Chair, 2003-present. (Appointed)
Faculty Advisor, University of Missouri--Kansas City Alpha Kappa Chapter,
1997-1998; 2018-present. (Appointed)
Kansas City Alumni Chapter: member, 1996-present.
President, 1997-1999. (Elected)
Triennial Meeting: Delegate, Tacoma, Washington, August 1998. (Appointed)
Boston Alumni Chapter: member, 1987-1996.
President, 1990-1992. (Elected)
Kansas State University Mu Mu Collegiate Chapter: member, 1980-1983.
Secretary, 1982-1983. (Elected)
• Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM): abstractor, 1999-2002. (Appointed)
National
• Music Library Association (MLA): member, 1990-present.
Advertising Manager, 2006-2011. (Appointed)
Responsible for providing advertising copy for MLA publications, maintaining advertising rates and specifications,
communicating with clients, and preparing advertising invoices for the MLA Business Office.
Major Accomplishments: In first year of appointment, advertising revenue rose 34%.
Bibliographic Control Committee, Subject Access Subcommittee: member, 2001-2005. (Appointed)
Responsible for formulating MLA policy on all matters related to access to music materials via subject, including document
classification, thesauri of indexable terms, and capabilities for subject access to online bibliographic records.
Major Accomplishments: Contributed to
Subcommittee-sponsored pre-conference workshop on Library of Congress Subject
Headings (LCSH) for Music Librarians at MLA annual meeting, Washington, DC,
February 11, 2004
Convention Manager, 2018-2020. (Appointed)
Reponsible for the arrangements for the annual meeting of the organization.
Assistant Convention Manager, 2016-2018. (Appointed)
Along with the Convention Manager, is reponsible for the arrangements for the annual meeting of the organization.
2020-21 Convention MLA/TLA Task Force (Appointed)
Aid in the planning for the arrangements of a virtual joint meeting of the organizations.
Development
Committee: ad hoc member, 2006-2011. (Appointed)
Responsible for planning a development program and implementing Board decisions regarding direction of the Association’s
growth.
Diversity Committee: member, 2016-2019. (Appointed)
Legislation Committee: member, 2006-2010. (Appointed)
Represents MLA at national and international copyright venues and is responsible for providing current information to the
membership regarding the status of legislation and other legal matters likely to affect music libraries. The Legislation Committee
maintains the Copyright Guide on the MLA website (http://copyright.musiclibraryassoc.org/).
Major Accomplishments: Contributed to:
Committee's publication of “Written Comments Responding to Section 108 Study
Group:
Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives (Federal Register 71.232 (4 Dec. 2006) pp. 70434-70440).” March
15, 2007;
Sponsored MLA annual meeting plenary sessions on copyright: February 23, 2006,
Memphis, TN; February 21,
2008, Newport, RI; February 20, 2009, Chicago,
IL.
Publications Committee: ad hoc member, 2006-2011. (Appointed)
Responsible for establishing general policies and procedures related to
MLA’s publications program and formulates over-all
policy
regarding standards, budgeting, pricing, and advertising and distribution.
Major Accomplishments: Created Advertising
Manager's Handbook
Search Committee, Assistant Convention Manager/Convention Manager: member,
2019-2020. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Search ended in MLA Board
appointment of successful candidate during 2020 annual meeting.
Search Committee, Assistant Convention Manager/Convention Manager: Chair,
2017-2018. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Search ended in MLA Board
appointment of successful candidate during 2018 annual meeting.
Search
Committee, Advertising Manager: Chair, 2014-2015. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Search ended in MLA Board
appointment of successful candidate during 2015 annual meeting.
Technical Services Roundtable: Co-Coordinator, 2003-2007. (Appointed)
Responsible for coordinating annual programs and leading discussions on
topics of interest about Technical Services in libraries
and archives.
Major Accomplishments: Sponsored three formal
presentations at MLA annual meetings:
“The Connexion Client: An
Introduction to OCLC’s Newest Cataloging Interface,”
Washington, DC, February 14, 2004; "Technical Services from
Home",
Vancouver,
BC, February 19, 2005; "Genre Terms: Definition, Use, Application"
with the Subject Access Sub-Committee,
Memphis, TN, February 24, 2006.
75th
Anniversary Committee: member, 2003-2006. (Appointed)
Responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing all activities associated with MLA’s 75th anniversary.
Election Teller: 2001, 2002. (Appointed)
Responsible for assisting in the counting of ballots for the annual elections of MLA.
Annual Meeting Mentor: 1998, 1999. (Appointed)
Responsible for mentoring first-time attendees at the annual MLA meetings.
• Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG): member, 1993-present.
MOUG/OLAC Liaison: 1998-2001. (Appointed)
• Name Authority Cooperative Project (NACO):
1998-present. (Independent status: national review of work no longer required)
NACO Music Project (NMP): 1998-present.
(Independent status: national review of name heading work no longer required)
NACO AV
Project (NACO-AV): 2000-2017.
NACO libraries participate in the national initiative to create authoritative versions of names (individual, corporate, conference,
title) according to stringent national standards, and contribute these headings into a national online catalog database.
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, Grants
Review Panel VI: Music and Dance, Fall, 2006. (Appointed)
• Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC): member, 1996-present.
OLAC/MOUG
2014 Conference Local Arrangements/Program Committee: Chair. (Appointed)
OLAC/MOUG Liaison: 1998-2001. (Appointed)
OLAC/MOUG 2000 Conference Program Committee: member. (Appointed)
• Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (AV
cataloging issue): article reviewer, 2000. (Invited)
Regional
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Notary Public, 1987-1995. (Appointed)
• Kansas State Choirs Advisory Council: member, 2004-2006. (Appointed)
Recruitment & Public Relations Committee: Chair, 2004-2006. (Appointed)
• Music Library Association Midwest Chapter: member, 1996-present.
Program Committee: 2008
Cataloging Committee: member, 1996-present. (Appointed)
Chair, 1998-2004. (Elected)
Major Accomplishments: Sponsor and contributor to
MLAMW annual meeting panel, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Student
Assistant: Using
the Skills of Students for Library Projects", Louisville, Kentucky, October 16,
2015; Contributor to Committee
meeting presentation, "Cataloging Popular/Non-Classical Music,"
with Patty Falk, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 22, 1998.
Technology, Archives, Preservation, and Sound (TAPS) Committee: member, 1997-present. (Appointed)
Publications Committee: member, 2000-present. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Scanned select Midwest
Notebook issues in preparation for 75th Anniversary of Chapter; Scanned all
programs of meetings.
• Missouri State Library: Digital Imaging Grants Review Committee, 2006-2011. (Appointed)
Major Accomplishments: Contributed to tightening up
of metadata standards in grant application.
• New England Music Library Association (NEMLA): member, 1990-1996.
Member-At-Large, 1995-1996. (Elected)
Local
• UMKC
Search Committee, Director of Police, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 2000.
(Appointed by the Chair of
Faculty Senate)
• UMKC Faculty Senate: Library Senator, 1998, 2000-2002, 2006-2007. (Elected by Librarians’ Council, the faculty governance body for
the UMKC libraries.)
Academic Issues Committee: member, 2000-2002.
•
UMKC University Libraries:
Search Committee, Head, LaBudde Special Collections, Librarian; member, 2019.
(Appointed)
Search Committee, Music/Media Librarian:
Chair, 2012. (Appointed)
Search Committee, Special Project Cataloger:
Chair, 2008. (Appointed)
Search Committee, Reference Librarian - Library Instruction Coordinator: member, 2006.
(Appointed)
Dean's
Transition Team: member, 2004-2005. (Appointed by the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.)
Search
Committee, Serials Acquisitions Librarian: member, 2002-2003. (Appointed)
Search Committee, Catalog Librarian: member, 1999-2002. (Appointed)
Search Committee, Humanities Reference Librarian: member, 1998. (Appointed)
Search Committee, Social Sciences Reference Librarian: member, 1998. (Appointed)
Staff Announcements Committee: member, 1996-1998. (Appointed)
Chair, 1997-1998. (Elected)
•
UMKC University Libraries Librarians' Council: member, 1996-present.
Chair, 2006-2007. (Elected)
The Chair presides over meetings of the Librarians’ Council and represents the Librarians’ Council on the UMKC Faculty
Senate.
Vice Chair, 1998-1999. (Elected)
The Vice Chair coordinates programs for Librarians’ Council meetings and assists the Chair.
Secretary, 1996-1997,
2016-2017. (Elected)
The Secretary is responsible for a record of all meetings of Librarians’ Council and prepares
written memos required.
Parliamentarian, 2004-2005. (Appointed)
The Parliamentarian advises the Chair on issues of Parliamentary procedure and serves as chair of any ad hoc committee
concerned with Bylaws.
At-Large Faculty Senator, 1998, 2002-2002. (Elected)
The At-Large Faculty Senator represents the Librarians’ Council on the UMKC Faculty Senate.
Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee: member, 2002-2004, 2006-2007. (Elected)
Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee: member, 2002-2004, 2006-2007. (Elected)
Chair, 2003-2004. (Elected)
This UM system-mandated Committee makes budgetary recommendations to the Dean of
Libraries.
Promotion and Appointment Committee: member,
2016-2019; 2012-2014; 2006-2008. (Elected)
Chair, 2018-2019; 2012-2013. (Elected)
Co-Chair, 2006. (Elected)
This UM system-mandated Committee prepares and evaluates promotion portfolios for library faculty and makes
recommendations to the Dean of Libraries. Portfolios go through an external review process.
Administrative Issues Committee: member, 2005-2006. (Elected)
Chair, 2006. (Elected)
This Committee administers the procedures for the nominations and elections of the Librarians’ Council officers, committee
members, and faculty senators and maintains the Librarians’ Council Handbook.
Administrative Issues Task Force:
Chair, 2002;
2015. (Elected)
This Task Force reviews the committee structure of Librarians’ Council and makes recommendations for renaming and
reorganization.
Faculty Welfare and Development Committee: member, 1997-2000;
2016-2017. (Elected)
This Committee promotes and advances the academic, professional, and work-related interests of librarian faculty, including the
review of Development Leave requests.
Ad Hoc Document Review & Retention Committee: member, 1998. (Appointed)
This Committee reviews the document of Librarians’ Council and makes recommendations to the membership on the
reorganization of these materials.
•
Kansas City Area Archivists (KCAA): member,
2019-present.
• Kansas City Public Library Friends of the Library: Board member, 2005-2007. (Elected)
•
The Kansas City Singers: member, 2001-2007. (Auditioned)
General Manager, 2001-2002. (Appointed)
Major
Accomplishments: Gold Cup winners at the 2004
International Choral Festival in
Verona, Italy (Concorso Internazionale Di
Canto
Corale - Misto Populare).
• Fine Arts Chorale: member, 2001-2003. (Auditioned)
Board member, 2002-2003. (Appointed)
•
Madrigalia Bar Nonne: member, 1998-2004. (Auditioned)
Board member, 2000-2003. (Elected)
•
Chorus pro Musica: member, 1989-1995. (Auditioned)
Board member, 1991-1995. (Appointed)
Additional Library Committee Work:
Staff Awards Recognition Committee, Tufts University, Tisch Library, Medford, Massachusetts: Chair, 1994-1996.
Library Staff Online Bulletin Board Committee, Tufts University, Tisch Library, Medford, Massachusetts: Chair, 1994-1996.
Square Committee (for the reorganization of department online procedural files), Tufts University, Tisch Library, Medford, Massachusetts, 1993-1994.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
Building a Foundation: Discrimination Prevention & Title IX,
UMKC, MyLearn, (yearly).
"How to
Be an Anti-Racists" by Ibram X. Kendi,
UMKC Libraries: Social Justice Book Discussion,
Virtual, October 23, 2020.
"How to
Be an Anti-Racists" by Ibram X. Kendi,
Book Club, UMKC, Virtual, October 2, 2020.
"Change the Subject" Documentary Screening and Discussion,
multiple, Virtual, Fall 2020.
"White Fragility," FaCET,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Virtual, July 15, 2020.
"White Faculty & Staff Check-In," UMKC, Summer, 2020.
"Embrace Diversity," Virtual, Spring 2020.
"Understanding Privilege,"
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, Spring, 2020.
Safe Space Guide for Ally Development,
LGBTQIA, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, May 13, 2019.
Whiteness in Higher Education,
FaCET, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, April 11, 2019.
Meet Me at the Table:
White Fragility,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, August 9, 2018.
Understanding Your Privilege (And What to Do About It),
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, March
5, 2018.
Communicating Respectfully in a Diverse World,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, November 8,
2017.
The Science of Unconscious Bias & Its
Professional Implications, University of
Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City,
Missouri, July 10, 2017.
UMKC Critical Conversations:
Dialogue Among Women of Color and White Women,
Virtual, October 7, 2020.
The Future of Policing in Kansas City: A
Discussion with Mayor Lucas,
Virtual, October 5, 2020.
Cataloging:
BIBFRAME Update, Program for Cooperative Cataloging/Library of Congress, Virtual, January 24, 2021.
Critical Cataloging: Indentifying and Dismantling Bias in Description, sponsored by ARSC Education and Outreach Committee, Virtual, January 14, 2021.
Incorporating Critical Cataloging Into Your Work. We Here: A Social Justice Series, Virtual, October 6, 2020.
ALCTS Forum: Database Clean-Up,
Virtual, October 6, 2020.
OCLC Cataloging Community webinar,
Spring, 2020.
Digital Preservation: What is (Y)our Responsibility?,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, June 22, 2017.
Workshop: Introduction to LC’s Music Medium of Performance and Genre
Vocabularies, sponsored by the Music Library Association,
(attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, October 28, 2015.
Worldcat Metadata Globalization: An Introduction, sponsored by
OCLC, (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, August 25, 2015.
Linked Data & RDF: New Frontiers in Metadata and Access,
sponsored by Amigos, (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, April 23, 2015.
Tracing the Evolution of Linked Data, Collective Insight, OCLC, (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, June 2, 2014.
Planning and Describing Your Work with P&T in Mind, sponsored by ALCTS, (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, April 23, 2014.
RDA for Music, Music Library Association Workshop:
MLA Webinars
"Popular Music, Jazz, and
World Music Audio Recordings," (attended in) Kansas City,
Missouri, April 17, 2014.
"Notated Music (Scores),"
(attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, July 31, 2014.
"Classical Music Audio
Recordings," (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, October 2, 2014.
Is RDA on Your RaDAr?, Amigos Online Conference, (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, February 20, 2014.
All
RDA in NACO teaching modules, hosted by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC), (attended in) Kansas City, Missouri, September-October, 2013.Library of Congress Subject Headings for Music Librarians Workshop, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, February 11, 2004.
Workshop in Music Cataloging, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, June 10-14, 1996.
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Score Tagging/Cataloging Workshop, sponsored by the
Music OCLC Users Group, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7, 1995.
International Videoconference on the Electronic Library,
(attended in) Medford, Massachusetts, October 4, 1994.
Implementing USMARC Format Integration, sponsored by
the Association for Collections & Technical Services, Worcester, Massachusetts,
April 26, 1993.
NELINET workshops:
Sound
Recordings Tagging on PRISM, Newton, Massachusetts, May, 1992.
Books
Tagging Workshop, Newton, Massachusetts, April, 1992.
Copy
Cataloging Using the OCLC PRISM Service, Newton, Massachusetts,
April, 1992.
PRISM
Service: Searching Basics, Newton, Massachusetts, March 17, 1992.
PRISM
Service: Searching Update, Newton, Massachusetts, January, 1992.
Supervision:
Accommodations and Arrangements Open Forum, Human Resources, University of Missouri System, Virtual, September 15, 2020.
Mandated Reporting for Employees,
Human Resources, UMKC, Virtual, August, 2020.
Falling Between
the Cracks: Addressing Workplace Mistakes and Misunderstandings webinar,
ACRL, Virtual, April 30, 2020.
Management and
Leadership: The Practical Application of the Theories Behind Team Building,
ACRL, Virtual, March 18, 2020.
UMKC Supervisory Development Series: Instructor Led:
FMLA, Human Resources,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City,
Missouri, September 18, 2019
The Science of Unconscius Bias,
Human Resources, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri,
October 23, 2019
UMKC Supervisory Development Series: MyLearn
Encouraging Team Communication and Collaboration,
September 5, 2019
Navigating the Workplace with Emotional Intelligence,
September 5, 2019
Managing
Diversity, September 10, 2019
Managing Fairly, September 10, 2019
A Manager's Guide to Discipline and Documentation,
September 11, 2019
Criticism
in Context, September 11, 2019
Developing People, September 16, 2019
Building and Managing Upward Relationships, September
16, 2019
Talk It Up!: Coaching, Feedback, and Developmental Conversations, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, March 20, 2019.
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, September 18, 2018.
Make Your Workplace Safe from Bad Behavior,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, June 14, 2017.
Designing a Roadmap to Staff Accountability,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, May 18, 2017.
Crucial Conversations: How to Talk to Each Other Before You Get Upset,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, March 9, 2017.
Survival Skills for Supervisors, Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network, Kansas City Public Library, West Wyandotte Branch, March 8, 2005.
Lessons in Leadership (videoconference):
"The
FORTUNE 500 Forum" and "Organizational Effectiveness"
with Dr. Covey, (attended in) Overland Park, Kansas,
November 15, 1996.
"Group
Effectiveness" with Dr. Covey, (attended in) Overland
Park, Kansas, October 23, 1996.
"How to
Make Your Team Unstoppable" with Dr. Covey, Dr. Peters, and
Dr. Senge, (attended in) Overland Park, Kansas,
September 12, 1996.
General:
How Your Library Can Advance Digital Humanities Across Campus
webcast,
Virtual, Spring, 2020.
Global Cybersecurity
Basics, UMKC MyLearn, September 10, 2019;
September 2020.
Active
Shooter/Hostile Intruder, UMKC MyLearn, August 21, 2019; September
2020.
PRO Roos: Creating a High-Quality Customer Service Experience Through Student-Centric Programming, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, June 13, 2019.
Writing Your Preservation Assistance Grant,
sponsored by the Northeast Document Conservation Center, (attended in) Kansas
City, Missouri, February 23, 2018.
Shots Fired: Guidance for
Surviving an Active Shooter Situation,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, December 19, 2017.
Cultivating Resilience, University of
Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, July 20, 2017.
Organizational Change,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas
City, Missouri, June 26, 2017.
Copyright Issues for Digitization Projects, Missouri
Library Network Association, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence,
Missouri, December 8, 2005.
The Music of America on Paper, Rare Book School at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 7-11, 2004.
Career Alignment: Matching Personal and Organizational Growth,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, December 3, 1996.
Think On Your Feet: Communicate with Confidence!,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, October 1, 1996.
Excellence in Customer Service Training Program,
University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, March 14, 1996.
Institute on the Art and Politics of Proposal Writing,
Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, March 25, 1995.
Music Librarianship in America, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 5-7, 1989.
Attendance at Professional Meetings:
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA)~
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 26-29, 1999.
The ASSOCIATION for RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS (ARSC)~
Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, Texas, May 10-13, 2017.
Annual Meeting,
Bloomington, Indiana, May 11-14, 2016.
Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 26-30, 2015.
Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 13-18,
2014.
Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, May 15-18, 2013.
Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York, May 15-19, 2012.
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 12-15, 2011.
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 19-22, 2010.
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 27-30, 2009.
Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 31-June 3, 2000.
Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, May 19-22, 1999.
Annual Meeting, Syracuse, New York, May 20-23, 1998.
Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, April 30-May 3, 1997.
Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, May 8-11, 1996.
AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY (AES)~
111th Convention, New York, New York, November 30-December 3,
2001.
DELOS Workshop; AES Task Group Meeting, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, May 8-13, 2001.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION of MUSIC LIBRARIES,
ARCHIVES and DOCUMENTATION CENTRES (IAML)~
Meeting, Montréal, Canada, July 23-28,
2012.
1st Pan-American Regional Meeting, Orlando,
Florida, February 22-26, 2017.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION of SOUND and AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES (IASA)~
Meeting,Washington, DC, September 25-29, 2016.
KANSAS CITY AREA ARCHIVISTS~
Fall Symposiumi,
Virtual, November 16-19, 2020.
Fall Symposium,
Kansas City, Missouri, October, 2019.
MOBIUS~
Annual Conference, Independence, Missouri, June 4-6, 2018.
Annual Conference, Lake of the Ozarks,
Missouri, June 7-9, 2005.
MIDWEST CHAPTER of MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION~
Annual Meeting, Virtual, October 22-23, 2020.
Annual Meeting, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, October
13-15, 2016.
Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, October 15-17, 2015.
Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, October 23-25, 2008.
Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11-13, 2007.
Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, October 20-22, 2005.
Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, October 7-9, 2004.
Annual Meeting, Bloomington, Illinois, October 17-19, 2002.
Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, September. 28-30, 2000.
Annual Meeting, Oak Park, Illinois, October 21-23, 1999.
Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 22-24, 1998.
Annual Meeting,, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16-18. 1997.
Annual Meeting,, Notre Dame, Indiana, October
31-November 2, 1996.
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (MLA)~
90th Annual Meeting, held jointly with the Theater Library AssociationVirtual, March 2-10, 2022.
89th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia, February 24-29, 2020.
88th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 19-24, 2019.
87th Annual Meeting, Portland,
Oregon, January 31-February 4, 2018.
86th Annual Meeting, Orlando,
Florida, February 22-26, 2017.
85th Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 29-March 6,
2016.
84th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, February 24-March 1,
2015.
83rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February 26-March 2,
2014.
82nd Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, February 26-March
3, 2013.
81th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, February 15-19, 2012.
80th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February
8-12, 2011.
79th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 21-25, 2010.
78th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 18-21, 2009.
77th Annual Meeting, Newport, Rhode Island, February 17-24,
2008.
76th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February
25-March 3, 2007.
75th Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, February 22-25, 2006.
74th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, February
16-19, 2005.
73rd Annual Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, February 11-15,
2004.
72nd Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, February 12-16, 2003.
71st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 18-22, 2002.
70th Annual Meeting, New York, New York, February 21-24, 2001.
69th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, February 23-26,
2000.
68th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 17-20,
1999.
67th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, February 11-15,
1998.
66th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January
29-February 1, 1997.
65th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, February 7-10, 1996.
64th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February 8-11, 1995.
63rd Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, March 1-6, 1994.
62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 2-7,
1993.
MUSIC OCLC USERS GROUP (MOUG)~
(See also OLAC)
Annual Meeting,
Cincinnati,
Ohio, March 1-2, 2016.
Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, February 24-25, 2015.
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February 25-26, 2014.
Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 20-21, 2010.
Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 17-18, 2009.
Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, February 22-23, 2000.
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 16-17, 1999.
Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, February 10-11, 1998.
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 28-29,
1997.
Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, February 6-7,
1996.
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-8, 1995.
Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, March 1-2,
1994.
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February
1-2, 1993.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES CONFERENCE for FRATERNITIES and SORORITIES~
Triennial Meeting, Indianapolis (Carmel), Indiana, May 3-5, 2018.
NEW ENGLAND MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION~
Fall Meeting, Middlebury, Vermont, October 19-21, 1995.
Spring Meeting, Waterville, Maine, April 29, 1995.
Spring Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, May 14,
1994.
Fall Meeting, Lowell, Massachusetts, October 22, 1993.
Spring Meeting, New London, Connecticut, May 8, 1993.
Fall Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 16,
1992.
NEW ENGLAND TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIANS~
Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 24, 1995.
Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 22,
1994.
Annual Meeting, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 16,
1993.
ONLINE AUDIOVISUAL CATALOGERS, Inc. (OLAC) ~
OLAC@40,
Virtual, October 14-16, 2020.
OLAC/MOUG Joint Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, October 23-26,
2014.
2012 Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 18-21, 2012.
OLAC/MOUG Joint Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, September 26-28,
2008.
2006 Conference, Mesa, Arizona, October
27-29, 2006.
2004 Conference, Montréal, Canada, September 30-October 3, 2004.
OLAC/MOUG Joint Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 11-15,
2000.
1998 Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, November
4-7, 1998.
1996 Conference, Denton, Texas, October 3-5, 1996.
OLAC/MOUG Decennial Conference, Oak Brook, Illinois,
October 5-8, 1994.
SOUTHEAST MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (SEMLA)~
Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 2-5, 2014.
Other Relevant Information: Member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Theta Alpha Phi, Mu Phi Epsilon, Golden Key National Honor Society, The Kansas City Singers, Madrigalia Bar Nonne, Carolers of Note, Boston Chorus pro Musica, Boston Opera Company, Boston Concert Opera Chorus, KSU Collegium Musicum
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