IAML Friday News (August 1, 2014)

Embedded image permalink Conference lunch arrangements (Courtesy of Whittaker Libibrary)

From IAML Hungary:
The Archives and Research Group for 20th-21st Century Hungarian Music of the Institute for Musicology of the HAS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Research Centre for the Humanities has a new Dohnanyi webpage: http://www.zti.hu/mza-dohnanyi/index_en.asp?pg=e10
Barbara Wiermann of AIBM Deutschland:
“Leipzig!!! … Here I am!! Erfolgreiche Patenschaftsaktion für 57 Leipziger Briefe der Komponistin Ethel Smyth (1858 –1944)”
BIS - Das Magazin der Bibliotheken in Sachsen - Jg. 7. 2014, H. 2

Blogs about Open Access (in many languages)
“This is list of blogs which focus largely on open access.”
Book talk – music librarians, we salute you
Katy Hamilton reflects on her experiences at the IAML conference
Her other post on libraries might also be of interest

Grammy Foundation grants available for archives in North America
“The Grammy Foundation recently issued a call for RFPs for funding of up to $20,000 to organizations and individuals working to research the ‘impact of music on the human condition."’”
Planning for musical obsolescence
“When Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic release a new recording of a live performance of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, it should be a significant event, another milestone in the interpretation of that great work. But in this particular case we are entitled to wonder if the recording will really have any impact, or if it will drop into obscurity, almost unnoticed.”
Kevin Smith, Duke University Libraries
Portails de bibliothèques : recommandations pratiques
Dans le cadre de sa Boîte à outils du numérique, le Service du livre et de la lecture vient d’éditer une nouvelle fiche pratique sur les portails de bibliothèques.
“Wir wollen Google schlagen“
An der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) wurde mit semantischer Technologie eine neuartig komfortable Katalogsuche entwickelt. Dr. Achim Bonte, stellvertretender Generaldirektor der Bibliothek, erläutert die Vorteile von SLUBsemantics.

World War I Sheet Music from the Library of Congress
“From 1914 through 1920 the Library of Congress acquired over 14,000 pieces of sheet music relating to what ultimately became known as the First World War, with the greatest number coming from the years of the United States’ active involvement (1917-1918) and the immediate postwar period.”
OCLC WebJunction
“Introducing Free Access to Library-Specific Courses Through WebJunction: Beginning on July 1, 2014, access to WebJunction’s library-specific courses is available for free to all library workers and volunteers across the United States.” (Note: It also seems to work from Germany.)