Happy 2021! On behalf of the new 2021 MLStEP Officers and Chapter Liaisons, I would like to let you all know what we have in store this year for MLStEP and relative news for our members.
Here is the list of your new 2021 MLStEP Officers and Chapter Liaisons:
- Chair – Geo Flores
- Membership – Michelle Rivera
- Programming – Bonnie Finn
- Web Technologies – Georgette Patricio
- California Chapter Liaison – Laurel Diskin
- New York State – Ontario Chapter Liaison – Vivian Tompkins
- Midwest Chapter Liaison – David Floyd
- Southeast Chapter Liaison – Alyssa Nance
- Mountain Plains Chapter Liaison – Marianna Kalaczynski
- Pacific Northwest Chapter Liaison – Janet Hilts
We still have some vacancies for four of our Chapter Liasion positions:
- Greater New York
- Atlantic
- Texas
- New England
If you’re interested in these positions and would like to serve this year, please send your inquiry to MLSTEPChair@Gmail.com.
Current News
2021 MOUG (Music OCLC Users Group) Annual Meeting
The 2021 MOUG Annual Meeting is taking place virtually February 22-24, 2021. Registration is free to all attendants and will be open until Friday, February 12, 2021: https://tinyurl.com/moug2021program.
2021 Music Library Association/Theatre Library Association Joint Conference
This year’s MLA conference will be joined with the TLA from March 1-5, 2021. Information regarding the conference will be here: http://conferences.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/program/. Student members are given free registration, while emerging professionals are given a 50% discount at $25. You will need an MLA login credentials to register.
If this is your first time attending the MLA conference, there is a special event on Monday, March 1st (7-9 PM EST/6-8 PM CST/5-7 PM MST/4-6 PM PST). When registering for the conference, please make sure to mark “yes” for First-Time Attendee in order to receive information from Karen Berry and Jessica Abbazio.
2021 MLA MLStEP Interest Group Meeting
Interest group meetings for MLA will be held between March 8-11, 2021. The MLStEP Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 11th, 2021 (12-1 PM EST/11-12 PM CST/ 10-11 PM MST/9-10 PM PST). More information to come as the event draws near.