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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. |
A new editor for Fontes is sought to take over in the summer 2005.
The person appointed must be interested in promoting new ideas and encouraging free expression, while at the same time building on the past and present strengths of the Association and reflecting the views of members in varied types of music libraries and archives. He or she should be prepared to attend the annual conferences regularly.
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Lenore Coral. The following is a selection of obituaries, which highlights the wide range of her achievements, in addition to those pertaining to IAML.
You will have seen the recent advertisements for a new editor for Fontes, and I hope that some of you have felt moved to apply. If you are daunted by taking on that role, however, you may feel more comfortable filling one of the other vacancies that are available, as follows:
Would you like the opportunity to become more actively involved in IAML? Elections for officers of Professional Branches and Subject Commissions will take place at the meeting in Warsaw this year.
The memorial for Lenore Coral is scheduled for this coming Saturday, April 9, at 2:30 PM in Barnes Hall on the Cornell University campus. It will be followed by a reception in the Music Department, B20 Lincoln Hall.
Lenore requested that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the fund in her name for Cornell's Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance, to be used for acquisitions for additions to the collection.
Jim Cassaro
