International Association of Music Libraries
United States Branch / IAML-US

Association Internationale des Bibliothèques, Archives et Centres de Documentation Musicaux
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
Internationale Vereinigung der Musikbibliotheken, Musikarchive und Musikdokumentationszentren

IN THE NEWS...

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Lenore F. Coral Travel Grant Endowment Fund

IAML-US has established an endowment dedicated to the Coral Travel Grant and is undertaking a major campaign to acquire sufficient funds to assure permanent annual funding. We invite your contribution to help us achieve that objective. The Lenore F. Coral Endowment Fund Donation Form is available online, ready to be filled in, printed out, and mailed.

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IAML-US and MLA Relationship

• FAQ
• Town Hall Meeting on March 24, 2010 in San Diego
Slides of the PowerPoint Introduction (Ruthann McTyre & Judy Tsou)
Notes on the Open Discussion (John Shepard & Liza Vick)
• What do you think? Please email the heads of both organizations with your comments.

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IAML, the International Association of Music Libraries, encourages and promotes the activities of music libraries, archives and documentation centers in supporting and facilitating the realization of projects in music bibliography, music documentation and music library and information science at national and international levels. Official languages for communications are English, French, and German.

What does membership in IAML-US offer?

Technical, financial, and political developments make music libarians increasingly dependent on each other. Decisions made at an international level affect the daily life of every music librarian. International collaboration is necessary, both to ensure that the special needs of music are not overlooked by the general library community, and to achieve better sharing of resources and information within the music library community itself.

• Participation in IAML helps you become a more effective member of the profession by establishing valuable contacts for your clients' research and yours, keeping up with new developments, and gaining experience and ideas. It also presents a wonderful opportunity to make new friends.
• A subscription to IAML's quarterly journal, Fontes artis musicae, is included in the membership dues, helping to keep you informed of developments in the field and within IAML itself.
• IAML holds annual conferences open to all members of the general assembly. The most recent conference took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 5-10, 2009; the upcoming conference venue is Moscow, Russia, 27 June-2 July 2010.
  
• Together with IMS (International Musicological Society) IAML supports the work of four important international bibliographic publication projects, helping create research opportunities for music specialists. These indispensable reference tools are very familiar to US music libraries and librarians:
  
  

  RISM Répertoire international des sources musicales

  RILM Répertoire international de littérature musicale

  RIdIM Répertoire international d'iconographie musicale

  RIPM Répertoire international de la presse musicale

  
  

How do I become a member?

Membership IAML-US is open to all interested individuals and institutions. Simply mail a completed Membership Form with payment to the IAML-US Treasurer.