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The mission of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) is to broaden access to music resources through international collaboration and advocacy, to support research, learning, performance and enjoyment. Our members open up the vast world of information and repertoire in their daily interactions with students, educators, researchers, musicians, and the general public. We work to promote and preserve musical heritage among diverse cultures as we recognise the importance of music in the lives of the world’s people. |
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Last year my hometown Västerås in Sweden celebrated the 700th anniversary of the diocese library. The oldest documented evidence of a library for the use of students and priests is dated 11 July 1317. The document is an inventory of the Cathedral’s library certified by the Archbishop.
The end of the calendar year is the time to summarize achievements and to recall the most important events from the year that has passed. For IAML, the year 2017 was very successful. It was full of important accomplishments and remarkable occasions for IAML members to meet, talk and share professional knowledge.
I had the pleasure of visiting three libraries with impressive music collections in Munich a couple of weeks ago: the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, and the Münchner Stadtbibliothek. This was made possible thanks to financial support from Bibliothek & Information International (BI-International), the standing committee of Bibliothek & Information Deutschland – the Federal Association of German Library and Information Associations – “for the promotion of international professional exchange“.
The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML) seeks proposals for papers to be presented at its next annual conference scheduled from May 31 – June 1, 2018, as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Regina in Regina, SK.
L’Association canadienne des bibliothèques, archives et centres de documentation musicaux (ACBM) vous invite à lui soumettre des propositions d’exposés à donner lors de son prochain congrès annuel, qui se tiendra du 31 mai au 1 juin 2018 dans le cadre du Congrès des sciences humaines à l’Université de Regina, à Regina, en Saskatchewan.
As the South Korea branch of IAML and RISM, the EMRI (Ewha Music Research Institute) organized an international conference entitled “Keeping Music Alive: Women Composers in Digital Music Archives” on October 27 and 28, 2017.
