IAML News, Friday Edition

IAML News

Today!  From IAML -- From IAML’s national groups -- From IAML’s partner organizations -- News from IAML members -- Articles and blogs of interest --  Online exhibitions -- Cataloging and RDA -- Technology reviews --CFPs and Conferences -- Friday Funnies

From IAML

• Recent Publications in Music 2013 has been uploaded!
  Recent Publications in Music is an annual international bibliography of music publications. This list contains citations to literature about music in print and other media, emphasizing reference materials and works of research interest. This year there are entries from 31 countries and two Special Administrative Regions.
• Richard Chesser has proposed a process for making comments to the revised constitutional documents recently published

From IAML’s national groups

• Jahrestagung der deutschen Musikbibliotheken (AIBM) vom 23. bis 26.9.2014 in Nürnberg
  The IAML Germany branch will hold its annual conference September 23-26 in Nuremberg
  http://www.aibm.info/tagungen/2014-nuernberg/
  Siehe auch:
  http://vifamusik.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/jahrestagung-der-deutschen-musikbibliotheken-aibm-vom-23-bis-26-9-2014-in-nurnberg/
  Summary in English here.
   

From IAML’s Partner Organizations

• Le programme de l'IFLA, Lyon 16-22 août est en ligne :
  http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/programme-and-proceedings

News from IAML members

• Yiddish Operetta to be Performed
  Di goldene kale (The Golden Bride), a 1923 Yiddish-American operetta by Joseph Rumshinsky, will be presented in a concert version with piano by the National Yiddish Theater - Folksbiene from a vocal score edited by IAML member Michael Ochs.
  The performance, in Yiddish with English & Russian supertitles, will take place at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, New York, on Tuesday May 27 at 7 PM. The event is free but tickets must be reserved at the BPAC box office, (646) 312-5073 (open daily 12-6 PM).
  A critical edition of the full score will be published by the American Musicological Society as part of the series "Music of the United States of America" (MUSA)---see https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/musa/forthcoming/di-goldene-kale.

Articles and blogs of interest

• Rebecca Belford, "Evaluating Library Discovery Tools through a Music Lens." Library Resources & Technical Services Volume 58, Number 1 / 2014
  http://alcts.metapress.com/content/h608575u926r6886/ (subscription required)
• Denver Public Library’s “Volume” Program Begins Accepting Submissions From Local Musicians
  The project will allow Denver Public Library card holders to download and stream music from local bands and musicians, DRM-free, from a new library website.
  http://denverlibrary.org/blog/volume-denver-now-accepting-submissions
• Museopunks: A podcast for the progressive museum
  http://museopunks.org/
  Description and review:
  http://joomla.arlisna.org/?p=283&option=com_wordpress&Itemid=137
• Open Culture: The best free cultural & educational media on the web
  http://www.openculture.com/
  Description and review:
  http://joomla.arlisna.org/?p=291&option=com_wordpress&Itemid=137
• Recording technology and modern music
  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2014/04/the-recording-angels.html?mobify=0
• "Publishing Scholarly Papers, With and On Wikipedia",  Digital Humanities Now
  http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2014/04/editors-choice-publishing-scholarly-papers-with-and-on-wikipedia/
• Formation des conservateurs des bibliothèques : un nouveau programme a été validé par le CNFPT
  http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/231207/formation-des-conservateurs-des-bibliotheques-un-nouveau-programme-a-ete-valide-par-le-cnfpt/

Online Exhibitions

• Virtual exhibition featuring Loeb Music Library's collection of Sir Georg Solti’s annotated conducting scores:
  http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/loebmusic/exhibitions/solti/

Cataloging and RDA

• "RDA and Authority Records: Enhancing Discovery," PowerPoint presentation by Adam L. Schiff
  http://faculty.washington.edu/aschiff/RDA%20and%20Authority%20Records.pptx

Technology reviews

• Guide on the Side
  Guide on the Side (GotS) is an open-source application developed at the University of Arizona by Leslie Sult and Mike Hagedon for the creation of online, interactive tutorials.
  Review: http://joomla.arlisna.org/?p=316&option=com_wordpress&Itemid=137

CFPs and Conferences

• The 2014 Joint Conference of the Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) and the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) will be held October 23-26, 2014 at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza.
  http://olac2014.weebly.com/
• C.P.E. Bach in Brussels Symposium
  The Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Royal Conservatory Brussels)  will hold a symposium on artistic research of the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach from November 20 to 22, 2014.
  For more information, please see the conservatory website:
  http://www.kcb.be/kcb/pagina/onderzoek/actueel

Friday Funnies

• Hungarian public librarians are Happy!
  http://hangtarnok.hu/2014/04/21/happy/
• If Mozart had a Facebook page...
  http://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/mozart-facebook-profile/

Sources:

@ Acim_asso, ViFa Musik, IAML-L, MLA-L, ARLIS/NA, AMS-L, @StabueWuerzburg

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