Seventy-six international, European and national music organisation are calling for policy makers to fully acknowledge the artistic, social and economic value of the music sector and to live up to these words in political decision making. IAML has co-singed an open letter on the value of music: "Claiming a front row seat for music".

The preliminary programme for the first online IAML Congress is now available and registration is open. It will be held between Monday 26 July and Friday 30 July.

A new tutorial for the Plaine & Easie Code is now available from the RISM Editorial Center in cooperation with the U.S. RISM Office at Harvard University. The Plaine & Easie Code is a library standard that is maintained by IAML and by RISM. It corresponds to MARC21 field 031.

The 4,000th record has been added to the Recent Publications in Music database, an annual international bibliography of music publications curated by IAML.

With Access, diversity, equity, and inclusion in cultural organizations: insights from the careers of executive opera managers of color in the U.S. by Antonio C. Cuyler, we would like to draw your attention to this resource and invite you to contribute.

Fontes Artis MusicaeThe Vol. 68, no. 1 (January-March 2021) issue of Fontes Artis Musicae is now available online via Project Muse and on the IAML website for members. With articles on Joan Manén’s recordings and Reformation-era musical activities at the court of Ulrich VI, plus four book reviews.