Fall Meeting date: Friday, Dec 14th, 10:30am, at the Library for the Performing Arts

Dear GNYMLA members,

The fall meeting of the Greater New York MLA chapter will be held on Friday, Dec 14, 2012, at 10:30am, at NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts. We will meet inside the entrance to the Library for the Performing Arts at Amsterdam Ave. and W. 65th St.

Jonathan Hiam, the Curator of the American Music Collection and the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, has generously offered to make a presentation to the group. A short business meeting will follow, and we’ll have an informal lunch meeting in the area for any interested members. Further details on the meeting agenda will follow shortly.

I hope to see many of you there for what is sure to be an interesting presentation. I’m also hoping to get your input on what activities and direction the GNYMLA chapter can take over the next year. Bring any ideas on what the chapter can do to enhance the work of our members.

Please send me any items you might like to see on the agenda. There will also be an opportunity to check/update your membership at the meeting, if needed. You can also do this using the PayPal link in the righthand sidebar

It would be helpful if you can RSVP, simply by emailing me at patterson@columbia.edu, so we have an idea about head-count. Hope to see you all soon!

Nick Patterson
GNYMLA Chair

Meeting Minutes for June 26, 2012

On June 26 the GNYMLA met at the NYPL Service Center located in Long Island City.  After our business meeting, we got a tour of the archival processing facilities and the book sorter. Video of the book sorter has been posted on our facebook page.  Thanks to Sally Bauer (Vice-Chair) for putting this tour together; it was a highly informative and entertaining meeting. This was especially true for those of us thinking about offering request and branch delivery
services at our own libraries.
The business meeting was short but focused on two topics:

We plan to hold elections for the Chair of the GNYMLA sometime in August.  Please contact the nominating committee chair (Kenneth Kauffman, kkauffman@rider.edu) if you would like to run. The elections will be done electronically, as they were done last year.

A link to the 2012-2013 membership form has been made available here, on the GNYMLA home page. This is also a reminder that you can now save a stamp and pay with PayPal. More information on this is linked to the membership page.

Thanks,

Andrew Toulas

GNYMLA Chair

Meeting Minutes for Feb 17, 2012 (MLA 2012, Dallas, TX) Posted

Minutes from the GNYMLA Chapter meeting on Feb 17, 2012, at MLA 2012 in Dallas, have been posted at this link (you can also navigate to them (and previous minutes) under “Meeting Minutes” in the right-hand sidebar of the home page.)

Meeting Minutes for Spring/Summer Meeting Posted

Hi,

The meeting minutes for the Spring/Summer meeting have been posted, at this link. You can also navigate to them under “Meeting Minutes” in the right-hand sidebar.

PayPal option now available for membership renewals

There is now the option to use PayPal to renew your GNYMLA annual membership. The new membership year begins on July 1, 2011, so please renew now. Full details are available on the membership information page (or, just use the PayPal link on the bottom right sidebar, if you prefer).

Spring/Summer Chapter Meeting Information

The Spring/Summer meeting of the Greater New York chapter of the Music Library Association will be held on Wednesday, June 8th, at the Morgan Library in New York City, from 10:30am-1:00pm. The Morgan Library is at 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, (212) 685-0008. Click this link for a map.

The meeting will start with a tour, followed by a presentation in the Education Center.

It will be helpful to have a head count of planned attendees, so, please RSVP to Barbara Walzer, Vice-Chair, (bwalzer@sarahlawrence.edu) if you plan on attending.

The GNYMLA business meeting will follow. Andy Toulas (Chair) will send out further details on the full agenda. Please note: discussion of the election of the next slate of Officers is on the agenda, as well as some proposed revisions to the By-Laws of the chapter, so please attend and participate in the discussions and any votes that may be held – the chapter needs your participation!

Lastly – a new membership year will begin as of the end of June. Please renew your membership for the 2011-12 year. I will be accepting cash and checks for membership renewals at the meeting.

No formal plans for lunch after the meeting have been made; details on on informal lunch plans and possible venues will be forthcoming.

Hope to see many of you at the meeting!

Nick Patterson
Sec’y-Treasurer

Minutes up from Feb 10, 2011 meeting

Hello all,

The minutes for the GNYMLA chapter meeting, at MLA 2011 in Philadelphia, have been posted at this link. Please comment on that page, or on the listserv, with any corrections, additions, etc.

/Nick Patterson (sec’y-treasurer)

Discussion of GNYMLA chapter’s executive structure @ MLA 2011

Hello GNYMLA members,

Please note that there will be a discussion of the GNYMLA chapter’s executive structure and length of terms for officers, at the upcoming chapter business meeting, which will take place on Thursday, 2/10 from 5-6pm, in room Commonwealth C at the 2011 MLA meeting in Philadelphia.

Following up on issues raised by Andy Toulas (Chair) during our Fall 2010 meeting, there will be a discussion of what other MLA local chapters do re: officer terms of service and elections. The GNYMLA chapter is currently the *only* chapter where all officers are elected (and leave) all at the same time. The issue is that this may lead to gaps in continuity and in unnecessarily rough transitions, and the chapter may benefit from adjusting our structure to be more in line with general MLA local chapter practice.

I’ve posted a survey of the structure of officers’ terms and elections at other MLA local chapters, in a PDF at this link:

http://www.box.net/shared/uq9vli6dht

Please take a look, and bring your ideas to the chapter’s business meeting in Philadelphia. If you will not be attending the meeting, feel free to comment here, on the GNYMLA listserv, or on our Facebook page. You can also email me comments directly at patterson@columbia.edu.

Hope to see many of you in Philadelphia!

Best, /Nick

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Nick Patterson
Sec’y-Treasurer
GNYMLA chapter
Membership Info:
http://gnymla.wordpress.com/membership-information/
email patterson@columbia.edu for membership status inquiries

Meeting minutes for Nov 9th, 2010 are up

The meeting minutes of the GNYMLA Fall/Winter chapter meeting are now available. Click on “meeting minutes” (in the right-hand sidebar) to find them, or, follow this quick link.

One note: Andy Toulas (Chair) has asked us all to use the GNYMLA Facebook page and/or the listserv, to keep the discussion going about:

• thoughts on improvements to the current administrative structure, re: the elections of chapter officers; and
• thoughts on music binding and processing costs and solutions.

See the minutes for more details on these issues, and, please share your thoughts with the group!

GNYMLA Fall 2010 meeting date and program

On  Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the GNYMLA chapter (Greater New York Chapter) invites all interested parties to our Fall Meeting at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540-3819

Talbott Library, part of Rider University Libraries, supports the music curriculum of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, located in Princeton, NJ. Talbott’s collections comprise over 67,000 books, music scores and periodicals, approximately 5,400 choral music titles in performance quantities, a choral music reference collection of over 80,000 titles, and over 23,000 sound and video recordings. Additionally, exceptional holdings are found in the library’s special collections

Our itinerary for the day is diverse and informative.

10:30 -11:30:  Coffee / refreshments, tour of the library collection, and business meeting.

11:30 -12:30: Observe rehearsal of Westminster Symphonic Choir

12:30 -2:00: Lunch in downtown Princeton, possibly ‘lunch on your own’ or ‘in small groups’ depending on the head count.

2:30 – 3:30: Tour of the ReCAP facility*. http://recap.princeton.edu

In June 2000, Columbia University, Princeton University and The New York Public Library signed a partnership agreement to jointly construct and operate a remote high-density book shelving facility. The newly formed partnership is officially entitled The Research Collections and Preservation (ReCAP) Consortium, Inc.
These major research libraries agreed to store their low use items at ReCAP. You are invited to browse the website.
 
**First we will begin with the history, take a walking tour of the facility with an explanation of our process and then finish with questions and answers.

You do not need to be a chapter member to attend but we request that you advise us if you plan to come.  Neighboring chapter members may also find this program valuable.

NOTE: We have been asked for a head count so please confirm with one of the following no later than November  5th.

Andrew Toulas , Chair: toulasa@newschool.edu

Barbara Walzer, Vice Chair: bwalzer@sarahlawrence.edu

Nick Patterson, Secretary/Treasurer: njp2@columbia.edu