I had the great pleasure to attend the annual Spring Seminar with the Finnish IAML Branch in beautiful Helsinki 27-28 April 2023.  The Chair of the Branch, Jaska Järvilehto, also invited the Chairs of the national branches in Norway, Tone Nøtvik Jakobsen; in Sweden, Gunnel Jönsson and in Estonia, Heidi Heinmaa.

We’re very excited to be hosting the congress in Cambridge this year and are pleased to announce that booking has opened.

The IAML Outreach Committee has funds available for congress travel. Applications to the fund may be made by music librarians, archivists and individuals working with music collections whose papers/posters have been accepted for the congress, but whose institutions cannot fund them or who have sought funding elsewhere without success. Priority is normally given to applicants from economically disadvantaged countries. The deadline for applications is 1 April 2023.

The IAML Board had its annual midterm meeting in Munich on 9-10 February. The meeting took place in the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek), the workplace of Vice President Jürgen Diet, who prepared two very nice days for us.