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.

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Dear Colleagues,

Elections will be held for Branch and Commission officers at the IAML conference in Antwerp (2014). This is a good opportunity for those who want to take a more active role in the work of IAML. You are invited to indicate your interest by contacting the current Branch or Commission Chairs.

A new database has just been released from the Institute of Musicology, University of Fribourg (Switzerland); the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice (Italy); and the Swiss RISM Office, Bern:

Printed Sacred Music in Europe, 1500-1750