France

The first official IAML meeting took place 22-25 July 1951 in Paris, France, during which the organization was formally established. This was the third international meeting of music librarians, following the 1949 meeting in Florence and the 1950 meeting in Lüneburg.

• Reports in Troisième Congrès international des bibliothèques musicales, 22–25 Juillet 1951, ed. Vladimir Fedorov (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1953).

The 1965 international IAML conference took place 1–6 July in Dijon, France.

• Programme
• Reports in Fontes Artis Musicae 12, no. 2/3 (Mai-Dezember 1965) on JSTOR