Assisted by a grant from the Fulbright Program she spent time studying in Florence,[1] receiving her Master's degree in musicology in 1958.
[3] Her position included being the curator of the Toscanini Memorial Archives, a collection of microfilm copies of significant music manuscripts in other libraries.
She was chief of the Music Division from 1997 to 2001, the latter two years concurrent with being the acting director of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts from 1999 to 2001.
Despite being in ill health (only a month prior to her death), she attended the annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island to say goodbye to friends.
[1][4] She was also an active member of the International Association of Music Libraries, serving as editor of its journal, Fontes Artis Musicae from 1993 to 2000.