Laura Snyder

Laura Snyder came to Mount Allison from the University of Alberta, where she served as Music Librarian since 2007, and for the past two years also acted as Public Services Manager for the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Her long library career has taken her to many places, and many different types of positions. After a brief stint as Music Librarian at the University of Houston, she was Head of Research and Instructional Services there for seven years. Prior to that, she spent eight years working with the fabulous collections at the Sibley Music Library (Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY); she also taught a graduate music research course for several years. Other posts have included Oberlin College & Conservatory Libraries, St. Olaf College and the Indiana University Music Library.

Laura holds a BMusEd. degree from Ithaca College, did graduate studies in Music Theory at Indiana University, and completed her Masters in Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University. She has served on the boards of the Music Library Association and the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, and has given numerous conference presentations, including two papers at meetings of the International Association of Music Libraries. She also authored a chapter, “Teaching the Graduate Music Research Course”, in Music Library Instruction (Music Library Association basic manual series, no. 3; Scarecrow, 2004).

In addition to serving as Music Librarian at Mount Allison, she is also the subject librarian for Classics, Fine Arts, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.

In her spare time she plays (French) Horn, dabbles at piano, and has been an active member of many choirs over the years. The dog and cat who rule the roost, however, both wish that she would quit the practicing already and dedicate all of her time to their care and entertainment!