Joshua Dieringer, he/him/his Music Cataloger (Library Assistant 3)
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- Full position title(s)
- Music Cataloger (Library Assistant 3)
- Libraries department
- Cataloging, Metadata, and Digitization Services
About
Reporting to the Music Metadata Librarian, Joshua catalogs music materials (scores, sound recordings, video recordings). Current projects include cataloging and collection development guides for video game music and impacts of video game collections in libraries.
His interests in librarianship include music and media cataloging and metadata, video games in libraries, video game music in libraries, and music licensing. Outside of work, he helps out with librarian and licensing duties with the Twin Cities Gamer Symphony Orchestra (TCGSO).
Publications
- Dieringer, Joshua. "Video Game Music in Libraries." Journal of Sound and Music in Games, 5, no. 1 (Winter 2024): 83–86. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2024.5.1.83.
Service to organizations
- Coordinator, Video Game Music Interest Group, 2020-2028
- Music Library Association