Lisa Hooper

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Responsibilites
The Head of the Music and Media department develops music and media collections including digital and print formats; acts as bibliographer and liaison to the Music and Communication Departments; and works closely with a full-time Media Specialist who oversees the day-to-day running of the library's Music/Media facility. She develops a dynamic vision for the library's music and media collections, following national trends, current research, and the latest practices in the field; reports to the Director of Public Services.
Degrees
Degree Type: 
MLIS
Degree Major: 
Library and Information Science specializing in music librarianship
Degree Institution: 
Indiana University

Degree Type: 
MA
Degree Major: 
Musicology
Degree Institution: 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Type: 
BA
Degree Major: 
Music Performance
Degree Institution: 
Pennsylvannia State University
Professional Affiliations
Organization: 
American Library Association (ALA)

Organization: 
Music Library Association (national and Southeast regional chapter)

Organization: 
Society of American Archivists

Organization: 
American Musicological Society
Professional Activity

Recent Publications:

Keeping Time: An Introduction to Archival Best Practices for Music Libraries, co-authored with Donald Force. Chicago: Music Library Assocation and A-R Editions, forthcoming.

"ExLibris's Primo and Musical Research." Music Reference Services Quarterly (2012), 15/2: 119-124.

"And We're Back! Experiences in Quickly Building a Robust Sound Recording Collection." Music Reference Services Quarterly (2012), 15/3: 173-179.

"Building an E-Audio Reserves Program at Tulane University: Methods and Procedures." Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, and Electronic Reserve (2012), 22/3-4: 181-196.

Recent Conference Presentations:

"Moments of Divergence in Academic and Professional Perceptions of Electronic Sheet Music and Potential for Convergence at the Library." 2013 Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association, San Jose, CA.

"Base Lining: Follow-Up on the Interlibrary Loan and Music Collections Survey of 2011." A Collaborative presentation at 2013 Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association, San Jose, CA.

"Situating the Library: Understanding the Library as Community as a New Method of Needs Assessment," 2012 annual meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Assocation, Tuscaloosa, AL.

 
Professional Interests
Curriculum Vitae
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