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Ms. Susannah L. Cleveland

Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - SL - Music Library

(940) 565-2859

Email: Susannah.Cleveland@unt.edu

Education

  • MM, University of North Texas, 2000
    Major: Musicology
    Specialization: Organology
    Dissertation: Eighteenth Century French Oboes
  • MS, University of North Texas, 1997
    Major: Library and Information Science
  • BM, Baylor University, 1994
    Major: Music History

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Head, Music Library, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2019 - Present).
  • Head, Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives/Professor, Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green State University. (2006 - 2019).
  • Music Recordings and Digital Resources Librarian/Librarian II, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2000 - 2006).

Professional Memberships

  • Music Library Association, Texas Chapter. (October 2019 - Present).
  • International Association of Music Libraries and Documentation Centres. (July 2012 - Present).
  • Music Library Association. (January 01, 1997 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, Art of Participatory Leadership, Harvest Moon Consultants. United States of America. (January 2021 - May 2021).
  • Workshop, Library Management Skills Institute I: The Manager, De Etta Jones and Associates. Bloomington,IN,United States of America. (October 2018).
  • Continuing Education Program, Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Cambridge,MA,United States of America. (August 2012 - August 2012).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Shaw, M., Cleveland, S.L. (2022). Careers in Music Libraries IV. 408. Middleton, WI, A-R Editions.
  • Cleveland, S.L., Clark, J.C. (2014). Careers in Music Librarianship III: Reality and Reinvention. 217. Middleton, WI, AR Editions.

    • Book Chapter

  • Cleveland, S.L. (2022). First and Lasting Impressions: Applying and Interviewing for Music Library Jobs. Careers in Music Libraries IV. 188-206. Middleton, WI, A-R Editions.
  • Cleveland, S. (2014). "Success is a Science: Tips for Applying and Interviewing for Music Library Jobs". Careers in Music Librarianship, III. 95-110. Middleton, WI, A-R Editions.

    • Book Review

  • Cleveland, S.L. (2017). The Politics of Punk: Protest and Revolt from the Streets David A. Ensminger. 40 (4) 700-702. Popular Culture Association, Journal of Popular Culture.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2014). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings by Steve Sullivan. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 17 (2) 105--107.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2013). Academic Charts Online: International Popular Music. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 69 (3) 599--602. Music Library Association.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2012). AR Editions' Online Music Anthology. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 68 (4) 863--865. Music Library Association.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2010). The Silent Cinema in Song, 1898--1929 by Ken Wlaschin. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 13 (1-2) 44--46.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2009). The Beatles' Abbey Road Medley: Extended Forms in Popular Music by Thomas MacFarlane. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 12 (3-4) 121-123.
  • Cleveland, S. (2009). The Flute on Record, by Susan Nelson. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 12 (1-2) 51-53.
  • Cleveland, S. (2008). The Rock Song Index: The 7,500 Most Important Songs of the Rock and Roll Era: 1944-2000, 2nd ed., by Bruce Pollock. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 11 (1) 98-100.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2005). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, edited by Nathan Brackett with Christian Hoard. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 9 (3) 63. The Haworth Press.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2004). Film Music at the Piano, by H. Stephen Wright. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 9 (1) 75. The Haworth Press.
  • Cleveland, S. (2002). Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs, by William Zinsser. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 8 (2) 92-93.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Cleveland, S.L., Huff, D.L. (2024). Obsolescence. Reference Module in Social Sciences: Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science. Elsevier.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2021). Oboe Music. A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, Fourth Edition, Volume 3: Classical Music. https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/basic-music-library-essential-scores-and-sound-recordings-fourth-edition-volume-3-classical
  • Cleveland, S. (2018). Kurtis Blow, DJ Kool Herc, Iraq, Rock Steady Crew, Saudi Arabia, Ken Swift, Trip Hop, Universal Zulu Nation, and Wu-Tang Clan. Hip Hop Around the World: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, 2018. https://www.gale.com/ebooks/9780313357596/hip-hop-around-the-world-an-encyclopedia
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2017). Children's Music. A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Popular Music. https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/basic-music-library-essential-scores-and-sound-recordings-fourth-edition-volume-1-popular
  • Cleveland, S.L., Baker, G.C. (2017). Mainstream Popular Music. A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Popular Music. https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/basic-music-library-essential-scores-and-sound-recordings-fourth-edition-volume-1-popular
  • Cleveland, S.L., Baker, G.C. (2017). New Age Music. A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Popular Music. https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/basic-music-library-essential-scores-and-sound-recordings-fourth-edition-volume-1-popular

    • Journal Article

  • Cleveland, S.L., Puente, M.A. (2024). Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 80 (2) 259-265. Music Library Association.
  • Falk, P., Cleveland, S.L., Strang, M. (2018). Cataloging at the Crossroads: Combining Students and Cataloging Librarians to Create Brief Bibliographic Records. Technical Services Quarterly. 35 (4) 338--352. Taylor & Francis.
  • Bushong, S., Cleveland, S.L., Cox, C. (2018). Crowdfunding for Academic Libraries: Indiana Jones Meets Polka. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 44 (2) 313--318. Elsevier.
  • Cleveland, S.L., Puente, M.A. (2011). Survey of Music-Library Personnel Characteristics, 2009. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 67 (4) 686--715. Music Library Association.
  • Puente, M.A., Cleveland, S.L. (2011). Variation on a Traditional Theme: The Question of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in MLA. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 68 (1) 48--59. Music Library Association.
  • Evans, G., Cleveland, S.L. (2008). Moody Blues: The Social Web, Tagging, and Nontextual Discovery Tools for Music. Other. 11 (3-4) 177--201. Taylor \& Francis.
  • McKnight, M., Cleveland, S.L. (2006). Rediscovering "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend.". Other. 37 (2) 174--180.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Cleveland, S. (2019). I Wish I’d Been There: Moondog Coronation Ball. 58 (1) 46-47. Columbus, OH, Echoes Magazine, Membership Magazine of the Ohio History Connection.
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2013). Music Matters: Nontextual Searching. 138 (14) 81--81. Library Journal.

    • Newsletter

  • Cleveland, S.L. (2020). From the Board. (207) p. 2-3. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/582B4DB6-25CB-4E6C-A5CA-030F854B4B20/207PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2019). From the Board. (205) p. 2. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/205PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2019). From the Board. (204) p. 2. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/204PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2019). From the Board. (202) p. 2-3. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/202PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2015). Developing Trends. (180) p. 2-3. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/180PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2014). Developing Trends. (178) Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/178PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2014). Developing Trends. (177) Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/177PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2013). Developing Trends. (174) p. 3. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/174PDF.pdf
  • Cleveland, S.L. (2013). Developing Trends. (173) p 13. Music Library Association Newsletter. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/resource/collection/EF36C0DF-5954-4A46-B8FB-55C73A2BE86B/173PDF.pdf

    • Personal Essay

  • Cleveland, S. (2022). Why Anti-Racist Performing Arts Librarianship Matters: Remarks from a Recent MLA President. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 78 (3) 310-313. Middleton, WI, https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/Notes

Presentations Given

    Demonstration

  • Cleveland, S.L. (Presenter), Shaw, M. (Presenter), Puente, M. (Presenter), Annual Meeting, What Not to Wear: MLA Interview Edition, Music Library Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2014).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, UNT Music Library’s Virtual Rare Book Room, Music Library Association, Texas Chapter, Waco, TX, United States of America. (2005).

    • Invited Talk

  • Cleveland, S. (Moderator), Kajikawa, L. (Panelist), Reece, D.R. (Panelist), Joint Meeting, Anti-Racism and Performing Arts Librarianship, Music Library Association and Theatre Library Association, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Cleveland, S. (Presenter), Down, N. (Presenter), Sweetser, M. (Presenter), Culture and Society Forum, Women at Work: Gender in Popular and Material Culture, BGSU Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, Bowling Green, OH, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author), Shaw, M. (Author), ML75.UNT, Music Librarianship Career Training for Undergraduates and Distance Learners, University of North Texas Music Library, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2016).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Hertenstein, E. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Enacted Metadata: Combining Content and Metadata, Music Library Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2014).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Down, N. (Author & Presenter), Hertenstein, E. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Enacted Metadata: Using Video to Promote Special Collections., Academic Library Association of Ohio, TEDSIG, North Canton, OH, United States of America. (2013).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Bergson-Michelson, T. (Chair), Verbit, D. (Author & Presenter), Sands, D. (Author & Presenter), Biennial Meeting, The Hidden Library: Increasing Discoverability in Non-Textual Search, Association of College and Research Libraries, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (2013).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Clark, J.C. (Author & Presenter), Stormes, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Music Librarianship: What Types of Jobs Are Available, Who’s Hiring, and How to Land One of Today’s Jobs, Music Library Association, San Jose, CA, United States of America. (2013).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Tousey, E. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Beyond Google Docs: Using Free, Web-Based Tools for Management and Collaboration in your Library, Academic Library Association of Ohio, Toledo, OH, United States of America. (2011).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Shiota, L. (Author & Presenter), Woznicki, L. (Author & Presenter), Duffy, M. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Successful Navigation of the Job Interview, Music Library Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2010).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Puente, M. (Author & Presenter), Tsou, J. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Theme and Variation: The Survey of MLA Personnel Characteristics, Music Library Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2010).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Casey, J. (Author & Presenter), Christensen, B. (Author & Presenter), Cross, A. (Author & Presenter), Dixon, C. (Author & Presenter), Hafner, J. (Author & Presenter), Moody, L. (Author & Presenter), Smith-Borne, H. (Author & Presenter), Stormes, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, MLA Full Circle: Mentoring Each Other, Music Library Association, Newport, RI, United States of America. (2008).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Haupt, J. (Author & Presenter), Dankowski, A. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, MLA Website: Shifting into Web 2.0., Music Library Association, Newport, RI, United States of America. (2008).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Bushong, S. (Author & Presenter), Evans, G. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Success Plans for Faculty Librarians: Mentorship or Busy Work?, Academic Library Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2007).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Day, D. (Chair), Joint Meeting, American Music in American Libraries III: Highlighting Underutilized Archival Resources for American Music, Music Library Association and Society for American Music, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2007).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), McKnight, M. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Rediscovering Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2005).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Cleveland, S.L. (Discussant), DeFonzo, K. (Moderator), Dubnjakovic, A. (Discussant), Higgins, B. (Discussant), Music Librarianship Panel, Music Librarianship, Catholic University of America Library and Information Science Alumni Board, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cleveland, S. (Panelist), Wolski, K. (Coordinator/Organizer), Brubaker, B. (Panelist), West, J. (Panelist), Fernandez, S. (Panelist), Joint Meeting, From 3D to 2D: Managing the UNT Music Library Remotely, Music Library Association, Texas Chapter and Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
  • Cleveland, S. (Discussant), Outhier, S. (Chair), Evans, B. (Discussant), Annual Meeting, To Whom It May Concern: Demystifying the Job Search Process, Music Library Association, Texas Chapter, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Cleveland, S. (Chair), Barham, W. (Discussant), Doan, J. (Discussant), Merkey, T. (Discussant), Sajewski, M. (Discussant), Annual meeting, Checking our Pulse: The 2019 MLA Climate Survey, Music Library Association, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Cleveland, S. (Discussant), Behzadi, H. (Chair), Doi, C. (Discussant), Hafner, J. (Discussant), McKnight, M. (Discussant), Joint meeting, Current Issues and Future Directions in Music Librarianship, New England and New York State/Ontario Music Library Association chapters with the Quebec chapter of the L'Association canadienne des bibliothèques, archives et centres de documentation musicaux, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (2018 - 2018).
  • Cleveland, S. (Discussant), Doan, J. (Chair), Colby, M. (Discussant), Downey, A. (Discussant), Shaffer, A. (Discussant), Annual meeting, Diversity and Inclusion through the Lens of Critical Librarianship, Music Library Association, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Johnson, G. (Author & Presenter), Leach, A. (Chair), Meriwether, N. (Author & Presenter), Morris, R. (Author & Presenter), Weiss, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, Remain in Light: Archival Practice for Popular Music Collections, Society of American Archivists, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2016).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Hunker, S. (Author & Presenter), Singer, C. (Author & Presenter), Digital Scholarship Colloquium: Pedagogy and Practices, They Came and Built It Themselves: Working with Students to Curate Digital Exhibits, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America. (2014).

    • Paper

  • Feustle, M.J. (Author & Presenter), Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Huff, D.L. (Author & Presenter), Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Archival Things Considered: How the Tim Owens Jazz and Broadcast Collection Found a Home in North Texas, ARSC, Online, United States of America. (2022).
  • Cleveland, S. (Presenter), Stone, S. (Presenter), Annual meeting, Cooperative Collection Development: Can California Learn from Ohio?”, California Chapter of the Music Library Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Cleveland, S. (Presenter), Falk, P. (Presenter), Lewis, D. (Presenter), Annual meeting, Roll Out the Barrel: It’s Polka Time!, Popular Culture Association, Indiana, IN, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Author & Presenter), Evans, G. (Author), Annual Meeting, Moody Blues: The Social Web, Tagging, and Non-Textual Discovery Tools for Music., Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association, Covington, KY, United States of America. (2007).

    • Sharing Session

  • Cleveland, S.L. (Coordinator/Organizer), McTyre, R. (Moderator), Shaw, M. (Moderator), Annual Meeting, Turning Challenges into Opportunities, Music Library Association, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Coordinator/Organizer), McTyre, R. (Moderator), Shaw, M. (Moderator), Annual Meeting, You Can't Spell Failure Without "U", Music Library Association, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Wolski, K.A. (Principal), Cleveland, S.L. (Supporting), May, M.E. (Supporting), Milburn, G. (Supporting), Rhinehart-Doty, J. (Supporting), "Student-driven Spatial Needs Assessment for the UNT Music Library, Special Collections, and the 4th Floor of Willis Library," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $4850 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Hicks, W.L., Cleveland, S., "Making Music Accessible in the UNT Digital Libraries," sponsored by University Libraries, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).

    • Grant - Service

  • Cleveland, S.L., "Global Venture Fund: Music Encoding Conference 2024," sponsored by UNT International Affairs, University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Principal), Falk, P.K. (Co-Principal), "Getting to the Core: Cataloging 45-RPM Records," sponsored by Council on Library and Information Resources, Federal, $64064 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
  • Cleveland, S.L. (Co-Principal), Down, N. (Principal), "Enacted Metadata: Video Surrogate Records for Special Collection Materials," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Studies, Federal, $21465 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Cleveland, S.L., "BGSU Fair Use and Digitization Workshop," sponsored by Bowling Green State University Faculty Development and Instructional Improvement, Local, $1000 Funded. (2013 - 2013).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2023 - May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Assessment Committee. (September 2021 - August 2023).
  • Chairperson, Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2022 - May 2023).
  • Member, Library Wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2022 - May 2023).
  • Committee Member, Space Force 2.0. (August 2021 - January 2022).

Professional Service

  • Officer, Other Officer (Development Officer), Music Library Association, Interim Development Officer. (November 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Music Library Association, Resource Sharing and Collection Development. (March 2023 - Present).
  • Member, Music Library Association, MLA Climate Survey 2022 Task Force. (March 2022 - Present).
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, Music Library Association. (March 2018 - March 2022).
  • Committee Member, Music Library Association, Development Committee. (March 2018 - March 2022).
  • Committee Member, Music Library Association, Finance Committee. (March 2018 - March 2022).
  • Member, Music Library Association, Diversity Statement Working Group. (July 2021 - February 2022).
  • Committee Member, Music Library Association, Music Library Association/Theatre Library Association 2021 Annual Meeting Task Force. (May 2020 - March 2021).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of American Culture. (September 2016 - October 1, 2019).
  • Board of Advisors, Academic Charts Online. (January 2014 - September 2019).
  • Chairperson, Music Library Association, MLA Climate Survey 2019 Task Force. (June 2018 - March 2019).