Commission on Service and Training.

Gottlieb, Jane

The Commission on Service and Training presented one session at the 2015 IAML-IMS conference in New York, on Tuesday, 23 June. Its theme of Music Information Literacy was both a continuation of the session presented on 14 July in Antwerp (Information Literacy and the Music Library), as well as an opportunity to offer new perspectives in this theme in light of the 2015 program theme Music Research in the Digital Age. More than 50 people were in attendance.

Kirstin Dougan's paper "Searching for Music in the Digital Age" shared the results of her observational study of some 80 students at her university (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), who were asked to search for scores and sound recordings in their on-line catalog without any guidance from a librarian. Such a study provides valuable data to the library staff in how best to instruct students, as well as how we might build better search tools for our catalogs.

Bonnie Elizabeth Fleming's paper "Incorporating Digital Primary Resources to Enhance Music Information Literacy Training" demonstrated how use of digital images of manuscripts and early editions in information literacy sessions greatly enhanced students' engagement and levels of comprehension. Ms. Fleming is a member of the library staff of Oklahoma City University.

Lastly, Carolyn Doi (University of Saskatchewan) presented her insights on "Delivery of Music Research Methods through a Flipped Classroom Lens: Enhancing Library Instruction in a Digital Learning Environment." She offered background on just how a "flipped classroom" works, as well as examples of how she used this format in her own music research methods class.

I would like to thank outgoing chair Geoff Thomason for generously sharing advice and guidance with the new chair, as this is her first year in this role.

Jane Gottlieb

Chair