Marci Cohen
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Contact Info
- Mugar 211
- mcohen2@bu.edu
- 617-353-3707
Head of Research Services for Instruction and Consultation
Marci Cohen has worked in BU Libraries since 2015 and transitioned into her current role as Head of Research Services for Instruction and Consultation after two decades as a music librarian in public and academic settings. Her research interests are in popular music, music business, and library instruction. Coming to librarianship after a career in music journalism, Cohen is a frequent contributor to library publications, including a monthly column in the Charleston Conference’s “Above the Fold” series. She won the Music Library Association 2021 Eva Judd O’Meara Award for the best review published in Notes for “Bloomsbury Popular Music.”
Profiles
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marci-cohen-69741aa/
Publications
“Takin’ Care of Business: Music Business Reference.” (co-authored with Grover Baker) Music Reference Services Quarterly, 18, no. 3 (2015): 157-163.
“Multimedia Librarian.” A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science. Ed. Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
Education
BS Economics, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
MS LIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA, Music, Tufts University
Subject Area Expertise
Popular music
Responsibilities
Coordination of library instruction and research consultation; supervision of subject liaisons