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

  1. Discuss, revise, and test judging rubric:  revised rubric successfully applied during summer 2019 judging
  2. 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

  1. 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)
  2. 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)