Jessica Abbazio, she/her/hers Music Librarian
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- jabbazio@umn.edu
- Phone
- 612-624-8552
- ORCID iD
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0000-0003-1443-6051
- Experts
- Experts@UMN
- Full position title(s)
- Music Librarian
- Libraries department
- Arts, Humanities, and Area Studies
- Subject Librarian for
- Music and Music Education
- Music Therapy
About
Jessica Abbazio's portfolio includes instruction, reference, outreach, and public services at the University of Minnesota Music Library. Prior to her arrival at the University of Minnesota, she completed a Ph.D. in Musicology at the University of Maryland, where she studied Italian-language comic opera of the mid-eighteenth century and the music of Antonio Salieri, and a Master of Library Science with a specialization in Music Librarianship at Indiana University, Bloomington. Jessica’s research in the fields of information science and librarianship has centered on public engagement, outreach, information literacy, and collection development, and she is a recipient of the Music Library Association's Richard S. Hill Award for the best article on music librarianship or article of a music-bibliographic nature.
Jessica is the current editor of the New Periodicals column of Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, and is an active member of the national Music Library Association and of the organization's Midwest Chapter. On the national level, Jessica is a member of the Music Library Association's Board of Directors as the Assistant Fiscal Officer (2024-2025) / Fiscal Officer (2025-2026), and holds membership on the Reference & Access Services Subcommittee. She also serves on the Midwest Chapter's Membership Committee.
Education
Ph.D., Musicology, University of Maryland, College Park
M.L.S., Music Librarianship, Indiana University, Bloomington
M.A., Music History & Literature, University of Maryland, College Park
B.M., Music Education, George Mason University