The following Congress Diary has reached us from Anna Pensaert (Cambridge University Library and the Pendlebury Library of Music, UK): Prague 2022 was my first in person congress as a Board member. In 2020 and 2021 the Board had been very busy meeting online, finding our place in and working our way through some very challenging times.

I have been contacted by Oleg Orishchenko, Director General and Artistic Director of Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, with an urgent request. Mr. Orishchenko is asking for assistance to organize tours of the company. Since the end of April, the theatre has been relocated to Slovakia, due to the fact that Kharkiv is under constant attack from the Russian invaders. Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine and is situated very close to the Russian border.

The first IAML Congress Diary from Prague reaches us from the Nederlandse Vereniging van Muziekbibliotheken (IAML Netherlands): Ongeveer 275 muziekinformatieprofessionals uit 27 landen kwamen van 24 tot 30 juli samen in de fraaie Tsjechische hoofdstad Praag voor het IAML-congres...

The IAML Publications Awards Subcommittee, at the 2022 Congress in Prague, announced the recipients of the 2021 Vladimir Fédorov Award for the best article published in Fontes Artis Musicae and the François Lesure Award for the best review published in the journal.

I am pleased to announce that the 2021 Finance Report is now on the IAML website as a pre-congress version.

Please see the Prague Congress page and scroll down to the bottom of the page.