International Association of Music Libraries

Commission on Service and Training

Mary Kay Duggan, U.S.A. (Chair); Tine Vind, Denmark; Dominique Hausfater, France

IAML Newsletter
NEW BOOK: Marcel Marty. Les bibliotheques musicales publiques: le modele allemand (1902-1997). Editions de l'ENSSIB.

IAML 2002 Berkeley, California, Aug. 4-9

Session 1: Education for music librarians: Italy (Univ. of Pavia), U.S.A., UK. Tuesday, 9:15.

--Lost opportunities and new proposals: a survey of the education for music librarians in Italy. Pietro Zappala, University of Pavia, Cremona, Italy.
--Education for Music Librarianship in the 21st century. Jean Morrow, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, U.S.
--Helping ourselves: IAML(UK)'s courses on advanced reference sources in music. John Wagstaff (Music Faculty Library, University of Oxford) and Angela Escott (Royal College of Music Library, London).

Joint session with the Research Libraries Branch. Thursday, 9:15.

--Tim DiLauro, Deputy Director, Digital Knowledge Center, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. The digital presence of the Levy Sheet Music Collection . Bibliography: G. Sayeed Choudhury and Tim DiLauro, "Strike up the Score: Deriving Searchable and Playable Digital Formats from Sheet Music," D-Lib Magazine, 7:2 (February 2001). Tim DiLauro et al., "Automated Name Authority Control and Enhanced Searching in the Levy Collection," D-Lib Magazine, 7:4 (April 2001). Sayeed Choudhury et al., "Digital Workflow Management: The Lester S. Levy Digitized Collection of Sheet Music," First Monday 5:6 (June 2000).

IAML 2001 Perigueux

Session 1: Developing education for music librarians: Denmark, France; Music Libraries Online. Monday, 11:15

--Music for everyone or how to become a music librarian: perspectives of a new library law in Denmark. Tine Vind (Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen. Abstract
--La formation professionnelle des bibliothecaires musicaux en France. Christian Massault (MEDIAT, Universite de Grenoble, Saint Martin d'Hyeres).Abstract
--The virtual music catalogue: Findings and recommendations of the UK Music Libraries Online Project. Marian Hogg, Project Administrator, Music Libraries Online. Abstract

Session 2: Collecting and Using Music in Digital Formats. Thursday, 11:15

--Isabelle Giannattasio (Head, Phonotheque Nationale, Bibliotheque Nationale). Abstract Collecting and electronically supporting music in the changing world.
--Susan Manus (National Digital Library Project, Library of Congress, Washington). Digital Music Activity at the Library of Congress. Abstract
--Michael Fingerhut (IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, Paris). Music archives (print and digital) and their use in online tools at the IRCAM Multimedia Library. Abstract

IAML 2000 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, August 6-11, 2000

Final report
Session 1. Joint session of Comm. on Service and Training and Public Libraries
Public Libraries' Impact on Education for Music Librarianship: Net Services, Mon. 16:15

Chair: Tine Vind (Senior Lecturer, Danmarks Bibliotekskole, Copenhagen)
--An Introduction to Folkebibliotekernes Netguide (annotated resource guide). Susanne From, Head, Music Department, Helsingor Bibliotek.
--Music Information Services at the Virtual University of Library and Information Studies Stuttgart. Wolfgang Krueger (Hochschule fuer Bibliotheks- und Informationswesen Stuttgart)
--Music Libraries On Line: A virtual union catalogue of music on the web." Katharine Hogg

Session 2. Comm. on Service and Training
Continuing Education for Music Librarians and Staff, Tuesday, 14:15

Chair: Mary Kay Duggan (Professor, University of California, Berkeley)
--'Okay, so which one do I use?' RILM, IIMP, MI: A Comparison of Three Online Indexes of Music Periodicals. Leslie Troutman (Music User-Services Coordinator and Assoc. Prof. of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Alan Green (Asst. Head, Music and Dance Library, Ohio State University
--Fine tuning your library skills: the work of IAML-UK's Courses & Education Committee Liz Hart, London Borough of Barnet Libraries, London, UK.

IAML 1999 Wellington, New Zealand, July 18-23

Session 1. Joint session of Comm. on Service and Training and Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions
Organizing Your Web Site to Find & Use the Catalog (Thursday, 9:15)

Session 2. Music Library Education Around the Globe (Wednesday, 9:15)


IAML 1998 San Sebastian, Spain, June

1. Joint session of Comm. on Service and Training and Audio-Visual Materials
Access to Digital Multi-Media Material.

  • Fully automated storage, organization and access to AV material at the Center for Arts and Media Technology (ZKM), Karlsruhe. The new jukebox user interface system via slides and online connection.
    Thomas Gerwin, Head of Audio Collection, ZKM/Center for Arts and Media Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Music on the Kulturnet (Cultural Network), Denmark Tine Vind, Senior Lecturer, Royal School of Library & Info. Science, Denmark (tv@db.dk)
  • Music databases in Spain.
    Miquel Angel Plaza-Navas (AEDOM, Asociacion Espanola de Documentacion Musical

    Session 2. Commission on Service and Training
    Music Librarians and Training

  • Education for Music Librarians in Europe: Report on a 1997 Survey
    Marcel Marty (Lyons)
  • Education and Training of Music Librarians in Spain
    Juan Antonio Merlo Vega, Universidad de Salamanca

    IAML 1997 Geneva, Switzerland 31 August - 5 September
    Session 1. Thursday, Sept. 4, 16:15 - 17:45
    Music Web Management: A Panel Discussion

  • Xavier Bouvier (Music Conservatory, Geneva).
  • Jane Gottlieb (The Juilliard School, New York City
  • John Shepard, (THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
  • Judy Tsou, Music Library, University of California, Berkeley

    Session 2. Monday, Sept. 1, 14:15 - 15:45
    Education for Music Librarianship.

  • New Models for Training Librarians and Information Specialists in Switzerland.
    -----Yolande Estermann Wiskott (Ecole Superieure d'Information Documentaire, Geneva) Other speakers to be announced.
  • A Module for Music Librarianship in an Open Learning course in Librarianship at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (supported by the Music Libraries Trust; funded by Britten-Pears Foundation)
    -----Ian Ledsham (106132.3540@compuserve.com; Music Information Consultancy 25 minute presentation)