Music information literacy: Inclusion and advocacy – part 2

Presenter Info

Lynn Gullickson Spencer

Lynn Gullickson Spencer is the Head of Cataloging & Resource Management at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. In addition to her over thirty-five years as an academic librarian, she has worked as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the Chicago area. Lynn is a trauma specialist trained in Somatic Experiencing and EMDR. Her research interests include the intersection of psychology and librarianship, especially trauma-informed approaches. She previously collaborated with Leanne M. VandeCreek and H. Stephen Wright as a co-editor of a collection of scholarly essays entitled The Psychology of Librarianship.

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Dyani Sabin

Dyani Sabin is a freelance science journalist who has covered artificial intelligence, technology, and women’s health issues for National Geographic, The Washington Post, Popular Science, Inverse, and The Daily Beast. She has a master’s in science journalism from New York University and an MFA in Popular Fiction from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast Program. Her areas of scholarly interest include Romani literature and Romani depiction in opera. She worked as a reference and circulation assistant in the Oberlin College library system. She believes libraries are one of our most important public services to create community and social change.

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Charles Roush

Charles Roush is the Assessment Librarian at the University of Texas  Rio Grande Valley. He also provides library support to students and  faculty at UTRGV’s School of Music. Charles holds a BM and MM in  Clarinet Performance (from Indiana University South Bend and Missouri State University) and degrees in Library Science and Informa tion Science from Indiana University.

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Katrina Roush

Katrina Roush is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Uni versity of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She earned a PhD in music the ory from Indiana University, an MM in music theory from Michigan  State University, and a BA in piano from Indiana Wesleyan University. Her research interests include issues of equity and diversity among students in the music theory classroom, applications of in formation literacy to music theory pedagogy, and analysis of individual listening experiences. 

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Patrick Quinn

Patrick Quinn (he/him) is the Research and Instruction Librarian at  New England Conservatory’s Blumenthal Family Library in Boston, MA and has worked for the New England chapter of the Mu sic Library Association as the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Officer for several years. He holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire, an MM from Columbus State University, and an  MLIS from Simmons University. His research interests include exploring the connection between disco and the queer and BIPOC  communities.

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Kathleen A. Abromeit

Kathleen A. Abromeit (she/her) started her fat activism work in libraries in the early 2000s with her initial workshop, A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind. She recently fangirled all over Council Member  Shaun Abreu, New York City, District 7 for sponsoring a bill to ban weight discrimination in New York City. The bill passed and is part  of a growing national campaign to address weight discrimination.

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Kristi Bergland

Kristi Bergland is a Music Metadata Librarian at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include physical and digital accessibility in the arts, Norwegian art song and traditional music, and  the music of the American Moravians. Kristi holds an MM/DMA from  the University of Minnesota, and an MLIS from the University of  Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She an active member of the Music Library  Association and its Midwest chapter and is active as a solo and ensemble vocalist. 

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Joel Roberts

Joel Roberts is the Music Librarian at the University of Memphis. His research interests relate to both librarianship and musicology. At  the University of Memphis, he assists with the Bibliography and Research Methods course and teaches courses related to the regional  music of the Southeast.