Joshua Dieringer, he/him/his Music Cataloger (Library Assistant 3)
- [email protected]
- Full position title(s)
- Music Cataloger (Library Assistant 3)
- Libraries department
- Cataloging, Metadata, and Digitization Services
About
Reporting to the Music Metadata Librarian (Kristi Bergland), 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. He also currently contributes to the planning of the University of Minnesota Libraries' Video Game Collection serving as selector for the pilot project.
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 UMN, he plays viola and violin in various groups around the Twin Cities including the Bards Quartet (a video game and anime music string quartet).
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, 2020-2025
- Music Library Association