Committees also carry out specific assignments to advise the Association on administrative and legal matters, dealing with questions of interest to the whole Association. IAML currently has the following Committees:

• Constitution
  Chair: Richard Chesser (email) (British Library, London)
  
• Copyright
  Chair: Federica Riva (email) (Biblioteca del Conservatorio Arrigo Boito, Parma)
  Secretary Richard Chesser (British Library, London)
  
• Information Technology
  Chair: Antony Gordon (email) (British Library Sound Archive, London)
  
• Outreach
  Chair: Aurika Gergeleziu (email) (National Library of Estonia, Tallinn)
  
• Programme
  Chair: Jim Cassaro (email) (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh)
  
• Publications
  Chair: Jutta Lambrecht (email) (Music Library, University of California, Berkeley)
  
  • Sub-committee on Guidelines for the IAML Website
    Chair: Angela Escott (email) (Royal College of Music, London)
    
• Structure of Conferences
  Chair: Richard Chesser (email) (British Library, London)
  

Through two Project Groups on the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), IAML has collaborated with IFLA on the recent revisions of the ISBDs for Non-Book Materials (NBM) and Printed Music (PM). IAML has also worked with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on the development of the International Standard Music Number (ISMN).