The Music Library Association (MLA) has elected CU-Boulder Music Library Faculty
Director Laurie J. Sampsel as one of its three new Board of Directors Members-at-Large.
Laurie J. Sampsel is Faculty Director of the Waltz Music Library at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Previously she served as Music Librarian for the same institution and Cataloger at the University of Pittsburgh and Stephen Foster Memorial. She holds the Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Pittsburgh, M.L.S. from Kent State University, and M.M. in Flute and B.M. in Music Education from Youngstown State University. Her publications include Music Research: A Handbook (Oxford, 2009), Cyril Scott: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood, 2000), Samuel Babcock: The Collected Works (Garland, 1999), and articles in Notes and the American Music Research Center Journal. Her MLA service includes chairing the Program Committee for the MLA 80th Annual Meeting (2010) and the Instruction Subcommittee (2005-2009), and membership on the Reference and Public Services Committee (2005-2009), Electronic Reference Services Subcommittee (2004-2008), and Membership Committee (2000-2004).
