With apologies for the long overdue nature of this announcement:

The following letter was sent (15 February) to the Swedish Minister of Culture, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth from our President, Roger Flury in support of the Music and Theatre Library of Sweden.

"Dear Minister,

On behalf of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML), I am writing to express, in the strongest possible terms, our opposition to the proposed changes to the Music and Theatre Library of Sweden.

You can lodge your protest by signing the petition below:

http://namninsamling.se/index.php?sida=2&nid=7427

Where it says 'Namn' enter your name and in the box 'Stad/ort' enter town or city and country then for the Verifierungskod treat as you would any captcha code and enter in the box alongside, where it says 'Ange här' then click 'Skicka' or hit return. If you don't want your name to be displayed untick the box at the left.

Dear Colleagues,

On 5 February the General Director of Statens musikverk, Stina Westerberg announced punitive budget cuts to Sweden’s national music library, Musik- och teaterbibliotek, which involve the loss of 25% of its workforce.

If you would like to protest against this, please copy the text below and send it to:

 I want to inform You with pride that Armenia is the first country in the territory of Transcaucasia to found the Armenian Association of Music Libraries (AAML).
Our association was confirmed  on 25.01.2013.

Best regards,

Gulo Nahatakyan
Musicological Library of Armenia, Director