Library Faculty/Staff Scholarship and Research
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Item Appraising the Enduring Value of Archival Music Materials(2018-08-16) Novara, Vincent J.; Bewley, JohnThe paper was presented as part of session 311 “Notes on Notes: Introducing Archival Description of Notated Music, the Music Library Association’s New DACS Supplement” at the Society of American Archivists, Washington, DC, 16 August 2018. This paper discusses the benefits of appraising for enduring value when evaluating notated music materials. The various facets of enduring value are reviewed, and a focus is placed on examples from Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA), Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, at the University of MarylandItem Book Review. "Your Band Sucks – What I saw at indie rock’s failed revolution (but can no longer hear)."(Music Library Association, 2016-12) Novara, Vincent J.Book review of Jon Fine's "Your Band Sucks."Item Book Review. "Conversations with the World’s Leading Orchestra and Opera Librarians."(Music Library Association, 2018-03) Novara, Vincent J.Review of Patrick Lo's Conversations with the World’s Leading Orchestra and Opera Librarians (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).Item Exhibits as Scholarship: Strategies for Acceptance, Documentation, and Evaluation in Academic Libraries.(Society of American Archivists, 2017) Novara, Elizabeth A.; Novara, Vincent J.Producing exhibits is an important form of scholarly and creative activity for academic librarians, archivists, and curators. While other forms of scholarship such as publishing a book or a peer-reviewed journal article are unquestionably accepted, exhibits are typically viewed as less intellectually rigorous. Through a literature review and a review of appointment, promotion, and tenure policies of selected Association of Research Libraries institutions with faculty status, this study seeks to uphold the creation of exhibits as a critical scholarly endeavor in the academic library and to provide guidance in evaluating exhibits as scholarship for library faculty, especially those working in archives and special collections. An overview of strategies for documentation and evaluation of exhibits as noteworthy scholarly communication is included. The recommendations provided can also assist nonacademic library and archival institutions to create high-quality exhibits of enduring value. Exhibits, digital humanities projects, and other forms of scholarship and creativity should be considered for promotion and tenure if presented in a compelling way to review communities.Item Collecting Punk: The DC Punk & Indie Fanzine Collection(2015-10-01) Novara, Vincent J.Slides from a presentation given at the fall 2015 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. Presentation addressed how the DC Punk & Indie Fanzine Collection was established at Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland, as well as the challenges faced in building such a creation. Projected use and trends are discussed.Item Mentoring When Librarians Have Faculty Status(IGI Publications, 2010) Novara, Vincent J.; Williams, M. Jane; Brown, PhillipaNumerous academic libraries participate in their campuses' systems for faculty status for librarians, in separate tracks or identical tracks as those for teaching faculty. In either case, a practice is to encourage or require mentoring for librarians without tenure or permanent status. This chapter will cover the special challenges and benefits of mentoring and faculty status, the need for mentoring, and processes for best practices to make mentoring meaningful for all involved. The chapter will draw on the authors’ experiences, an environmental scan, a survey of selected institutional practice where librarians have faculty status, and published research and related literature. It will also feature mentoring programs developed by various institutions, including the University of Maryland Libraries.Item Book review. “Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘N’ Roll.”(Music Library Association, 2014-09) Novara, Vincent J.Item Book review. “Pay it Forward: Mentoring New Information Professionals,”(University of Maryland, 2013-10) Novara, Vincent J.Item Preservation Selection at Special Collections in Performing Arts(2016-08-04) Novara, Vincent J.An overview of the tools and techniques for prioritization for preservation at Special Collections in Performing Arts.Item A Guide to Essential American Indie Rock (1980 – 2005)(Music Library Association, 2009-06) Novara, Vincent J.; Henry, Stephen