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Friday, March 21, 2014
A collection of news from the past week that may be of interest to IAML members
Today! News from IAML -- Articles of interest -- Electronic resources -- Events -- Blog recommendations -- Social Media -- Friday Funnies
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.).
Eine neue Datenbank von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Lodes (Universität Wien)
Ludwig Senfl – Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke und Quellen
Auf diesen Seiten soll das Schaffen Ludwig Senfls und seine Präsenz in zeitgenössischen Quellen umfassend dokumentiert werden.
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.
Professor Lorenzo Bianconi (University of Bologna) has created a petition that calls upon Italian leaders to prevent cuts to subsidies for world-famous Italian musicological research projects and libraries. Your signature is appreciated. Please distribute widely.
