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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. |
The following post is by Pia Shekhter, IAML Secretary General:
Before the mid-year Board meeting in London (13-14 February) I took the opportunity to visit the Barbican Music Library. It is part of the City of London’s Libraries and houses one of the most significant public music collections in the UK. The Music Librarian (and IAML UK & Ireland member), Richard Jones, kindly showed me around.
The annual conference of the Music Library Association (USA) was held 25-28 February 2015 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Casey Mullin of Stanford University reflects on his experience.
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From IAML's National Groups - From IAML's Partners - Music Libraries & Preservation - Music & Music Education - Cataloging Corner - Friday Fun
More than 50 attendees turned out for last week's THATCamp "unconference" following MLA's annual conference in Denver. Sandy Rodriguez of University of Missouri - Kansas City contributed this post on her experience.
The following post is by Pia Shekhter, IAML Secretary General:
On Thursday before the mid-year Board meeting in February 2014, IAML’s President Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie and I travelled to Farnham - an hour's train journey away to the south west of London. The reason for our trip was an appointment with Eric Cooper, who is possibly IAML’s most senior member. He will be 90 years old next year and was present at the 1951 meeting to form the UK Branch and the first meeting of the membership at Bristol in 1953!
