MOUG LIAISON REPORT
Submitted to OLAC for ALA Annual, June 2006
By Mary Huismann
Introduction
The Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) was established in 1977. The mission of the group is "to identify and provide an official means of communication and assistance for those users of the products and services of the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) concerned with music materials in any area of library service, in pursuit of quality music coverage in these products and services." The group’s Website is located at <http://www.musicoclcusers.org/>.
Membership in MOUG is open to all individuals and institutions interested in MOUG's objectives. An application form can be found at <http://www.musicoclcusers.org/mougmembership.html>. Reference and public service music users are particularly encouraged to join MOUG. MOUG members receive the MOUG Newsletter, valuable not only for organizational and OCLC news, but also for Jay Weitz’s "Questions and Answers" column. Selected back columns appear on the MOUG Website, and a cumulated version was published by Libraries Unlimited in 2004 (Cataloger’s Judgment: Music Cataloging Questions and Answers from the Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter).
MOUG is not formally affiliated with the Music Library Association, however, MOUG meetings are often held in conjunction with the annual meetings of MLA. MOUG is particularly interested in reaching the non-music-specialist and the "occasional music user" of OCLC.
Current officers of the group include Neil Hughes, Chair (University of Georgia), Holling Smith-Borne, Treasurer (DePauw School of Music Library), Kerri Scannell, Secretary/Newsletter Editor (University of Kentucky), and Bruce Evans, Continuing Education Coordinator (Baylor University).
MOUG Annual Meeting Highlights
MOUG held its Annual Meeting February 21-22, 2006 in Memphis. Full reports from the meeting are published in the MOUG Newsletter.
The opening plenary session was titled "Focus on Sound Recordings". Panelists included Michael Rogan (Tufts University) on reference issues, Jenn Riley (Indiana University) on digital issues and Jay Weitz (OCLC) on cataloging issues. Concurrent breakout sessions were held. One was led by Howard Jaffe (Library of Congress) and Robert Freeborn (Pennsylvania State University) and titled, "Cataloging Non-Musical Recordings and Unusual Formats". The other was led by Margaret Kaus (Kansas State University) and titled, "The Basics: Cataloging Sound Recordings"). The traditional "Ask MOUG" session was led by OCLC’s Deb Bendig and Jay Weitz. OCLC Enhance participants and NACO Music Project also held their usual working sessions.
In other news from MOUG, the Executive Board awarded the MOUG Distinguished Service Award to Jean Harden, University of North Texas. Jean has a long list of accomplishments, including a term as MOUG Chair. Congratulations, Jean!
2007 Annual Meeting
MOUG’s 2007 Annual Meeting will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the joint Music Library Association/Society for American Music Annual Meeting. The dates of the MLA Meeting are February 26-March 3, 2007. Watch the MOUG Newsletter and Website for meeting information and registration!
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