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Thursday, October 24

9:30-5:30 p.m.Preconference: Music in Libraries: Just the Basics One-Day Workshop
5:30-8:00 p.m.SEMLA Opening Reception
Pitts Room, James B. Duke Library (2nd Floor) 

Friday, October 25

All presentations will be held in the Daniel Recital Hall (unless otherwise noted).

8:30 a.m.-Registration
9:00-9:15 a.m.Introduction/Welcome
Dr. Caroline Mills, Director of Libraries, Furman University
9:15-9:45 a.m.“‘Don’t Keep Me Waiting Here’: The LP Backlog Cataloging Project”
Peter Shirts, Sofia Slutskaya, Emory University
9:45-10:15 a.m.“Why Don’t You Just Digitize All Your Stuff”
Greg Johnson, University of Mississippi
10:15-10:45 a.m.Break
10:45-11:30 a.m.

“Hiring Challenges: A Way Forward for Hiring Managers and Job Seekers”

Kate Shepas Linton, Holling Smith-Borne, Vanderbilt University

11:30-12:00 p.m.“Delaying Donation Decisions: Let the Patrons Decide”
Laura Gayle Green, Sarah Cohen, Florida State University
12:00-2:00 p.m.Lunch on your own
2:00-2:45 p.m.“Music Librarians Teaching Graduate Music Bibliography: Changes, Challenges, ChatGPT”
Laura Gayle Green, Florida State University; Christopher Bruhn, University of North Carolina School of the Arts; Gary Boye, Appalachian State University; Ana Dubnjakovic, University of South Carolina
2:45-3:30 p.m.Break and travel to 2nd floor of James B. Duke Library for next session
3:30-4:30 p.m.Furman University Special Collections Tour

Saturday, October 26

9:30-10:00 a.m.“’The Library’s Responsibility Towards National Music’: The Western Canon, American Exceptionalism, and Segregation in Music Collections in the Early 20th Century”

Veronica Wells, Appalachian State University

10:00-10:30 a.m.“A New Process for Getting Involved in MLA’s Committees and Subcommittees”

Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, University of North Carolina Greensboro

10:30-11:00 a.m.Break
11:00-12:00 p.m.Business Meeting
Empty recital hall with grand piano on stage.
Daniel Recital Hall, credit: Furman University