Boettcher, Bonna J.

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Boettcher, Bonna J. Music Librarian

Positions

Bonna Boettcher divides her scholarly energy among a variety of areas, including library administration, music librarianship, and fictional representations of music and musicians. She has written and presented on topics such as Stravinsky's piano music, fictional women pianists, music and musicians in mystery fiction, copyright and music, and library planning.

She currently serves as Convention Manager for the Music Library Association, and is a member of the association's Legislation Committee.  She is a past president of the association and also has served as Executive Secretary.

Affiliation

member of graduate field

Research

research overview

    • Library administration
    • Music librarianship
    • Fictional representations of music and musicians

Publications

selected publications listing

    • "Using LibQUAL+(TM) Data in Strategic Planning: Bowling Green State University," co-authored with Lorraine J. Haricombe. In From Data to Action: Libraries Act on Their LibQUAL+(TM) Findings. Edited by Fred Heath and Consuella A. Askew. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. Published simultaneously in Journal of Library Administration 3/4 (2004): 183-198.
    • "Music and Musicians in Mystery: A Bibliography." Notes 59/4 (June 2003): 854-60.
    • "Grant Funded, Temporary Employees in Music Libraries," co-authored with Patricia K. Falk. Technical Services Quarterly 18/3 (May 2001): 35-46.
    • "From Games to Grunge: Popular Culture Research Collections at Bowling Green State University," co-authored with William L. Schurk. Notes 54/4 (June 1998): 849-59.
    • "Popular Music and the University Curriculum," co-authored with Michael Leo McHugh. Popular Culture in Libraries 4/2 (1997): 1-10.
    • "Piano or Harpsichord Music." A Basic Music Library, 3rd edition. Elizabeth Davis, editor. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997. (Pages 108-128, entries 1812-2241; Bibliography, p. 570)
    • Music Library Association. "Statement on the Copyright Law and Fair Use in Music," co-authored with Mary Wallace Davidson and David Farneth. 1996.

Teaching

teaching overview

    • Stravinsky's piano music
    • Fictional women pianists
    • Music and musicians in mystery fiction
    • Copyright and music
    • Library planning

Service

current professional activities

    • Convention Manager, Music Library Association; member, Legislation Committee
    • Previously, President of the Music Library Association, Executive Secretary and Chair of the Legislation Committee, Music Library Association

Background

Other

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