Graduate students Yi Hong Sim and Veronica Alzalde recently co-founded an international organization for students interested in music librarianship, the Music Library Student Group(MLSG).
The MLSG is a portal for music library students to participate in international discussions and to solicit advice while working in their local communities.
Sim is a current master’s student in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and Alzalde is an MA'09, Library & Information Studies graduate. Both are also pursuing MAs in musicology.
The MLSG's vision is "Think Globally, Act Locally" — the hope is to provide a peer support network for current and prospective students interested in music librarianship as a career.
The organization went live in February and already has 40 North American members. MLSG's public face is a Google site where anyone can find information about MLSG's activities and browse member profiles.
The MLSG is supported by The Career Development & Services Committee of the Music Library Association (MLA).
The group will also meet in person for the first time in March at the MLA conference. MLSG's relationship with the MLA is helping to bring career development support from professional librarians straight to students.