Best of Chapters Award Committee Annual Report 2019
submitted by Carolyn A. Johnson
Current Roster
- Carolyn A. Johnson, Chair (2020)
- Sara White (2021)
- Clayton E. Crenshaw (2022)
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- Discuss, revise, and test judging rubric: revised rubric successfully applied during summer 2019 judging
- Petition program committee for longer time slot at annual conferences: request granted for 2020 annual conference in Norfolk
- Selected two winners for presentation at Best of Chapters session in Norfolk
List of Future Goals
- Review the weighted voting system and determine how the rubric might be factored into this in a systematic way: MLA’s professional development programs foster excellence in those who work with music collections (this is the closest goal we could find that fits the committee charge)
- Discuss the pros and cons of sharing the rubric with chapter chairs when the call for presentation nominations is issued in the spring of 2020: : MLA’s professional development programs foster excellence in those who work with music collections (this is the closest goal we could find that fits the committee charge)