IAML Congress 2023, Cambridge UK
The preliminary programme for the IAML Congress 2023 (Cambridge, 30 July-4 August) is now available on the IAML website. Please check back for updates in the coming weeks. More about the exciting...
View ArticleIan Ledsham bursary fund for the IAML international conference in Cambridge
The IAML international congress will be hosted in Cambridge this year, and the Music Libraries Trust is pleased to announce it will be providing a number of bursaries for IAML (UK & Irl) members...
View ArticleCelebrating Seven Decades of Quo at Barbican Music Library
Barbican Music Library’s current exhibition, Celebrating Seven Decades of Quo, is the first ever public exhibition dedicated to one of the UK’s most enduring and successful rock bands: Status Quo. The...
View ArticleDecolonisation – for Music Librarians
The next webinar in the IAML (UK & Irl) Webinar Series is around decolonisation and diversity and will take place 18th May at 10am. Details can be found on the IAML website here:...
View ArticleE.T. Bryant Prize awarded to Andrew Frampton
The award was for Andrew’s MA dissertation in Library and Information Studies, UCL 2022, THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TREATMENT OF HISTORIC MUSIC COLLECTIONS: CASE STUDIES FROM OXFORD AND BERLIN The key...
View ArticleC.B. Oldman prize 2022 (for 2021 publications)
The Oldman Prize is awarded by IAML (UK & Irl) to an author or joint authors of a work deemed to have made a significant contribution in the area of music bibliography or musicology in the year...
View ArticleIAML 2023 in Cambridge – Early Birds
Just to remind you that Early Bird booking for IAML 2023 will close at the end of May. To book at a reduced rate, and to book early for your trip of choice and concert, please book sooner rather than...
View ArticleLibrarian as Detective – a Webinar about Special Collections and Archives!
Our final webinar in the IAML (UK & Irl) Webinar Series was entitled ‘The librarian as detective: bringing our archives and special collections to life – or, Nicholson lost and found’ and took...
View ArticleTheatre History, anyone?
Alan Jones, the Performing Arts Librarian responsible for Drama at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, flags up this online SIBMAS event, Mon 12 June: Standing Room Only: Curating A Wealth of...
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Barbican Music Library unveils Bust of Sir Simon Rattle
Barbican Music Library was delighted to host the unveiling of a bronze bust of Sir Simon Rattle on 15th June, the evening of the conductor’s final concert as the London Symphony Orchestra’s Music...
View ArticleIndustrial Action affecting Travellers to Britain
If you’re attending the IAML Congress in Cambridge (31 July – 4 August), we should warn you there are strikes threatened. Many of you are seasoned travellers, and will be keeping up with the news...
View ArticleAre you Booking Dinner?
If you’re attending Congress, then this is something you need to know! Booking for Congress Farewell dinner at King’s College, & the Full package (which includes Farewell dinner) will close this...
View ArticleLess than a month to Congress!
Right now, in four weeks’ time, you could be looking forward to sessions on ‘Daily work, collections and good practices in music performance archives’; or ‘Work catalogues and complete editions’; or...
View ArticleMessage to IAML 2023 Delegates from Henle!
We had an enthusiastic email from our Silver Sponsors Henle Verlag today – and we’re happy to share it! At the Faculty of Music in Cambridge July 30th – August 4th 2023 Dear librarians, There are only...
View ArticleCambridge Buses, Congress Registration
Over on Facebook, there are questions! (Congress delegates might like to follow the IAML23 Cambridge FB page.) QUESTION:- Is there a recommendation for public transport in Cambridge? Are there special...
View Article‘After the Show is over’
Well, it happened! Suddenly, after all the planning and the meetings and the tweetings and everything else, Congress is over. Transport problems due to industrial action? All behind us now. It...
View ArticleEric Cooper
We are very sad to pass on the news that Eric Cooper died last night, at the age of 97. Some of you will remember him as he was a tremendous influence from the early days of IAML, both in the UK...
View ArticleHelp organise a Session about Working with e-Scores
Do you have a passion for e-scores? Are you looking to develop your e-scores collection? Or do you know someone else who has been working in this area? The IAML Online Events team are thinking of...
View ArticleStrange Discoveries
Have you ever found something tucked into a library book that is really just bizarre? Here’s a Friday find from a library which shall remain nameless … The post Strange Discoveries appeared first on...
View ArticleNot a Music Library Job but …
A colleague shares this vacancy, which you might find it interesting. It would suit a cataloguer wishing to work in a performing arts institution. Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance have...
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