IAML Friday News (August 29, 2014)

News from IAML & IAML Branches

• The new Membership Committee is looking for members

• New national Branch in Brazil - the first in Latin America!

• The IAML Brazil blog: http://iaml-brasil.blogspot.com.br

• The MLA website is sponsoring a new blog:
  Sheet Music Round Table

• New building for our colleagues in Latvia
  "The Castle of Light"

From IAML's Projects

• An introduction to RILM
  Video from EBSCO

Articles of Interest

• Boston Symphony Orchestra Unveils Two New Archival Resources
  The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the launch of two new bso.org online archival resources, offering BSO fans access to details of the orchestra’s complete performance history starting with the ensemble’s first concert on October 21, 1881 and continuing through the current 2013-14 season.

• For God’s Sake, Stop Digitizing Paper
  Joshua Ranger, AVPreserve.com
  We should agree to stop digitizing paper and other stable formats for a set period because, in a way, it is bad for preservation.

• How Streaming Media Could Threaten the Mission of Libraries
  Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher Education
  Digital music has made it easier to buy and share recordings. But try telling that to librarians.

• Remembering Frans Brüggen
  In memoriam on the IAML website

• Will digitisation destroy libraries or make us stronger?
  Simon Chaplin, The Guardian

Latin American Corner: Electronic Publications

• DAPesquisa – Revista do Centro de Artes da UDESC (in Portuguese)

• El Oido Pensante: A music journal from Argentina (articles in Spanish and English)

• Linda: Brazilian Magazine for Electroacoustic Music (in English)

Conferences

• Conference: The 1st International Digital Libraries for Musicology workshop (DLfM 2014)
  12th September 2014 (full day), London, UK

In conjunction with the ACM/IEEE Digital Libraries conference 2014

Programme now online. Registration closes on Monday 1 September 2014.

Friday Fun

Lego libraries and bookstores

Rufus Harley plays John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” on bagpipes (from Open Culture)

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