Music Library Association
The professional association for music librarianship, advancing the collection, description, and access of music materials
Peer societies
Five societies Music Library Association is read alongside.
SAM
Society for American Music
A scholarly society devoted to the study, teaching, creation, and dissemination of all the musics of the…
CMS
College Music Society
A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars that promotes music…
4 companies named
SMT
Society for Music Theory
The scholarly society of music theory, advancing the discipline as both scholarship and pedagogy through its…
2 companies named
NASM
National Association of Schools of Music
The national accreditor for schools and programs in music, setting the educational standards that member…
ALA
American Library Association
The oldest and largest library association in the world, advancing access to information through libraries
20 companies named
Who backs MLA
Every company Music Library Association names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| A-R Editions | Corporate member | AMS |
| Harrassowitz (USA) | Corporate member | NASIG |
| Theodore Front | Corporate member | Only Music Library Association, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
2024 Supporters (Corporate Patrons). Read September 28, 2026. Corporate patrons from the 2024 donor roster; corporate members listed there (RILM, RIPM) are nonprofits and excluded.
Who backs Music Library Association's peers, but not Music Library Association
Companies named publicly by at least one of Music Library Association's five peer societies, and not found in Music Library Association's reviewed public records.
| Company | CMS | SMT | ALA | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Business | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Artusi | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Auralia Musition | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Baker & Taylor, LLC | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Bound to Stay Bound Books | Patron | 1 of 3 | ||
| Brodart Company | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Candlewick Press | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Clarivate | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Common Time | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Connect4Education | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Data Axle | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| EBSCO Information Services | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Elsevier | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Follett Content | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Gale, a Cengage Company | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Ingram Content Group | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Katz Coffee | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Media Source | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Midwest Tape | Investor | 1 of 3 | ||
| Morningstar, Inc. | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| OverDrive, Inc. | Lead Sponsor | 1 of 3 | ||
| SAGE Publishing | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Springer Nature | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| Taylor & Francis Group | Member | 1 of 3 | ||
| The New York Times | Investor | 1 of 3 | ||
| Yamaha | Named | 1 of 3 |
The outside view
The professional association for music librarianship, advancing the collection, description, and access of music materials
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Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Republic and The Legacy.
Strengths
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