CAML Collections Committee BIPOC Canadian Composers Shared Collecting Plan
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2023-05-19
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Deck, Trevor
Doi, Carolyn
Penner, Katherine
Behzadi, Houman
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Building on the BIPOC Canadian Composers project (Doi & Hilts, 2022), the CAML Collections Committee has begun to develop a plan to systematically collect the works of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) Canadian Composers in a collaborative and coordinated approach. This presentation will outline the details of this shared collecting plan, and will present an opportunity for CAML members to share feedback and ask questions.
This presentation will outline the work of the committee members including identifying purchasing options, conversations with vendors, and plans for rolling out a national collaborative collecting plan. We will discuss some of the challenges that have arisen, and how this project ties in to wider inclusive collecting objectives at our own institutions. As part of this presentation, the Collection Committee will be seeking input from individuals or institutions that might be interested in volunteering to commit to collecting the works of individual composers from the BIPOC Canadian Composers list.
We view systematic collecting work of this kind as one of many tools to ensure diverse representation within Canadian library systems, especially music collections. This project has potential to serve as a stepping stone to testing future possibilities for systematic collecting to achieve broader coverage of Canadian musical works. The long-term goal of collaborating with Canadian music score vendors and universities to develop a formal shared collection plan is one way to ensure comprehensive collecting and preservation of works by BIPOC composers across Canada.
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music collections, BIPOC, music scores, inclusive library collecting