Vincent J. Novara
Curator, Special Collections in Performing Arts
Vincent J. Novara is the Curator for Special Collections in Performing Arts at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library at the University of Maryland, where he earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. He has worked as a performing arts archivist at UM since 1994, and was appointed to curator in 2005. As a member of the UM Libraries’ faculty assembly, Novara has served on the Faculty Annual Review Oversight Committee and its Mentoring Subcommittee, as well on the Special Committee on Faculty Mentoring. Novara has published on performing arts related topics in Notes, the journal of the Music Library Association, ALA's CHOICE, and SUNY Buffalo's Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO). He has given several presentations at professional conferences focusing on special collections and archives management. Aside from his work in archives, he has been a freelance musician, school music instructor, and composer since 1988.
Research interests:
Archives management
Contemporary American music
Human relations in academia
Performance documentation
Popular music
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