Alan Green

Alan Green is a Professor of Libraries and Head Librarian of the Music & Dance Library at The Ohio State University. He teaches Music Research Methods and Bibliography at the OSU School of Music. His work focuses on music librarianship, music iconography, and digital resource development. As project coordinator for RIdIM, an international music iconography database, he facilitates access to music-related visual art. Green has authored/co-authored seminal works like Basic Music Reference (2013) and Allan Sapp: A Bio-Bibliography (1996). His research emphasizes music periodical indexing and technical advisory roles for RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. He holds a critical edition of Allen Sapp’s piano sonatas (2021).

• Expertise: Music librarianship, musicology, digital resource curation
• Key Projects: RIdIM database, RILM advisory work
• Publications: Over two decades of scholarly books and articles on music bibliography and librarianship