Music brings people together, and IAML membership supports our aim to make music internationally accessible through acquisition and lending, preservation and digitization, cataloguing and bibliography, and documentation and research. Moreover, most music librarians and archivists serve as educators, opening up the vast world of information and repertoire during their daily interactions with students, faculty members, researchers, musicians, and the general public. We work internationally on multiple fronts to promote and protect musical heritage among diverse cultures, because the importance of music in the lives of the world's peoples is something we truly cherish.

Anders Cato - the new European representative of the RDA Music Joint Working Group

Anders Cato, Secretary of the IAML Cataloguing Commission, has recently been appointed the European representative of the RDA Music Joint Working Group, within the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA. The working group was created in 2012 with the remit to submit music-related proposals to the steering committee. So far the members of the group have represented three organizations: the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres; the Library of Congress (U.S.A.); and, the Music Library Association (U.S.A.).

Libretto: An App for Reading Musicals

Doug Reside, Digital Curator of Performing Arts, New York Public Library, has released a promising mobile app called Libretto (link is external), a prototype open source, e-book reader for reading musicals. So far it is only available on Android devices. Libretto allows you to compare different versions of a musical--not only the text, but the music as well.

Celebrating 100 Facebook Fans!

Have you liked IAML on Facebook yet? Join the 100 (and counting) of your colleagues who have! We share links from the IAML website in addition to fun, informative, and inspirational articles about music. We welcome contributions from music librarians, archivists, and other information professionals from all over the world.

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