IAML Friday News (October 31, 2014: Halloween Edition)

Last minute: IAML/IMS New York 2015 - Call for papers, Call for posters
Deadline for submission is Saturday, November 1. This is you last chance!

Latest issue of the NVMB Newsletter (IAML Netherlands) is online
Lots of articles about IAML Antwerp, with some summaries in English

RISM: Please take the RISM Survey
Survey is available in English: http://goo.gl/forms/p40bcrZcJI
And German: http://goo.gl/forms/02VLj4tSEj

The journal Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues presents:
Special issue on web archiving
Archive of Contemporary Music and the Internet Archive Team up to Create a Music Library
The ARChive of Contemporary Music is “one of the largest popular music collections in the world, with some three million sound recordings, 19,000 music-related books, and millions of photos, press kits and artifacts. Now this rich musical resource—used primarily by musicologists and the entertainment industry—is teaming up with one of the largest digital libraries in the world, the San Francisco-based Internet Archive, to create a music library that will preserve and provide researcher access to a wide range of music and the rich materials that surround it.”
Les archives françaises du Web s’ouvrent aux bibliothèques de province
“Le ministère de la Culture a publié ce matin un arrêté qui va faciliter l’accès aux archives françaises du Web.”

Book News: Happiness Study Says Library Trips Are As Good As A Pay Raise
Annalisa Quinn, NPR
“Going to the library gives people the same kick as getting a raise does — a £1,359 ($ 2,282) raise, to be exact — according to a study commissioned by the U.K.'s Department for Culture, Media & Sport. “
Canadian musicologist makes 900 year old discovery
Marc Montgomery, RCI
“This led to the realization that it was Ademar who had created the musical notation for the entire manuscript with this innovation of vertical spacing of notes to designate pitch.”
Infographic Shows How Libraries Are Champions for Academic Freedom and Balanced Copyright
From ARL
The Royal Shakespeare Company Releases Music From Its Archive
Ari Shapiro, NPR
"For more than a century, the Royal Shakespeare Company in England has hired composers to write original music for its productions. That sheet music has sat in a vault for decades — until now."

ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections):
The 49th annual ARSC Conference will be held May 27-30, 2015 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.