‘Without the availability of music libraries, I would never have got to know musical scores. They are absolutely essential for the furtherance of musical knowledge and enjoyment. It is with great pleasure therefore that I lend my support to the prestigious conference of IAML which is being hosted by the United Kingdom Branch at Edinburgh in August. I am delighted as its official patron to commend the 2000 IAML international conference of music librarians.’

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies                                                                       Patron: IAML 2000

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRES (IAML)
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES, ARCHIVES ET CENTRES DE DOCUMENTATION MUSICAUX (AIBM)
INTERNATIONALE VEREINIGUNG DER MUSIKBIBLIOTHEKEN,MUSIKARCHIVE UND MUSIKDOKUMENTATIONSZENTREN (IVBM)

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Invitation to Edinburgh

We have great pleasure in inviting you to join us in the beautiful city of Edinburgh for the 2000 IAML Conference. Events during the week will take place in some of the city’s magnificent buildings and Wednesday afternoon tours are based on the rich history of Scotland. The Conference sessions as usual provide a wide range of information to interest librarians from all kinds of library; music is an international language and we can all learn from the experiences of colleagues.

The IAML(UK) planning committee, including many representatives from Scotland, has been working towards this conference for the last three years in order to make sure that your conference is enjoyable and memorable. If you are considering bringing family or friends with you, they will find plenty to interest them while you are working. Visit our web-site for useful links and ideas for post-conference travel.
We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh!

Ruth Hellen                                                                                        President: IAML (UK)

Conference Venue

We shall be using the facilities of the University of Edinburgh. All Conference sessions will take place at:

Appleton Tower
Crighton Street
Edinburgh EH8 9LE

Tel: (Mon. 7 August 2000 - Friday 11 August 2000, 09.00 - 17.00) +44 (0)131 650 4581
Fax: (Mon. 7 August 2000 - Friday 11 August 2000, 09.00 - 17.00) +44 (0)131 650 4581

Accommodation

Accommodation has been reserved at the University of Edinburgh’s spectacular site at the foot of Holyrood Park:

The University of Edinburgh
Pollock Halls
18 Holyrood Park Road
Edinburgh EH16 5AY
Tel: +44 (0)131 667 1971 (to 22.15 only)
Fax: +44 (0)131 668 3217

Accommodation will be assigned on a ‘first come first served’ basis. Delegates should note that the conference takes place during the first week of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the week immediately prior to the Edinburgh International Festival and therefore accommodation elsewhere in the city is likely to be extremely difficult to book and is likely to be very expensive.

Rooms at Pollock Halls must be booked through IAML(UK) for the nights of 4-11 August (for pre or post–conference accommodation at Pollock Halls or elsewhere, see below).

Tariffs*
Single en–suite room £47.00 per night
Double en–suite room £76.00 per night
Single standard (shared facilities) £31.00 per night

* All prices include bed and a full traditional Scottish breakfast. Rooms have telephones and tea/coffee making facilities and benefit from daily housekeeping service. En-suite rooms have shower and toilet. Pollock Halls also offer a restaurant for lunch and dinner, a fully-equipped shop for snacks and sundries, token-operated washers/dryers, a lounge bar for relaxing over refreshments, a sun terrace, and a television area.

For pre / post-conference accommodation of your choice contact:-

University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls*                        Edinburgh and Lothian Tourist Board
Reservation Office                                                         3 Princes Street
St Leonard’s Hall                                                           Edinburgh
18 Holyrood Park Road                                                  EH2 2QP
Edinburgh EH16 5AY
Tel: + 44 (0)131 651 2007                                             Tel. + 44 (0)131 473 3800
Fax: +44 (0)131 662 9479                                              Fax. + 44 (0)131 473 3886

*When booking for pre/post conference accommodation, the University will need details of the conference name and dates so that they can make their best attempts to give you the same room you’ll be in during the conference. This, however, cannot be guaranteed. N.B. All negotiations for pre and post-conference accommodation at Pollock Halls to be carried out directly with the University. (See also their website at:  http://www.EdinburghFirst.com ).

Booking Information

Completed booking forms for the conference, and for accommodation at Pollock Halls during the conference should be sent to  IAML 2000 Bookings.

Registration Information

On arrival at Pollock Halls delegates should first go to the Reception Centre (see map ) to collect room keys. Registration for the conference will take place as follows:

Sunday 6 August 09.00 – 17.00: Pollock Halls Junior Common Room

Monday 7 – Friday 11 August 09.00 - 17.00 (N.B. closed Wednesday afternoon): Appleton Tower, Crighton Street (= main conference venue, see map ).

Trade Displays

The Appleton Tower complex offers excellent facilities for trade exhibitors. The main exhibition hall lies at the heart of the conference facilities in the area where refreshments are served between sessions. Exhibitors who wish to receive further details should contact the  Exhibitions Co-ordinator.

Cancellations

Cancellations are possible up to 1 June 2000. The amount paid will be re-imbursed after deduction of bank charges and any deposit charge incurred by IAML(UK) for accommodation bookings. Cancellations received after 1 June 2000 will only be accepted for refund against the receipt of an official document proving that the cancellation is due to illness or an accident.

Getting to Edinburgh

By direct flight (from Europe only) to Edinburgh International Airport. Via Glasgow, Aberdeen or London from other destinations. National Express coaches http://www.nationalexpress.co.uk serve most major destinations in the UK, as does the rail network http://www.railtrack.co.uk. Discount fares are available for many advance bookings. The main rail station in Edinburgh is Waverley (see map). Car parking in the centre of Edinburgh is extremely limited (and costly) but parking is available at Pollock Halls at no extra cost.

Official Carrier: British Airways will offer 10% discount off all British Airways published fares which would be made available to all delegates travelling from overseas using British Airways scheduled services. Delegates need to quote ref. CIC 115/22 when making their booking with British Airways and this reference will be recognised at British Airways booking departments worldwide.

The Climate in Edinburgh

There are two sayings in Edinburgh, one to the effect that you can experience all four seasons in one day, and the second which suggests that if you wait 20 minutes the climate will change! Despite being on a similar latitude to Moscow, Scotland benefits from the Gulf Stream and has a rather more temperate climate. August is the warmest month with highs averaging at about 18º C. You should come prepared for rain (and wind) at any time! And bring a sweater!!

Food

Edinburgh offers truly international cuisine. Selected details will be available with your conference pack on arrival.

Monday 7 August is a Bank Holiday in Scotland.

Recommended guidebook

Tom Smallman, Lonely Planet Edinburgh (1999). ISBN 0 86422 580 5.

See also http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/upgrades.

 Saturday      Sunday Monday      Wednesday Thursday    FridayPost Conference

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th August 2000

For those delegates who arrive on Saturday or Sunday, Edinburgh offers a variety of bus tours which will give you an excellent introduction to the city and a chance to orientate yourself. They are extremely enjoyable and range from a ‘jump on, jump off anywhere’ eternal circle of the historic centre, to one, two or three hour tours of both the city and the surrounding countryside.

Sunday 6th August 2000

18.00, Playfair Library: Opening Ceremony

Including a formal welcome by our patron, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE, and a performance of his Fanfare composed for the recently–opened extension to the Museum of Scotland.

19.30, Pollock Halls: Evening buffet and Ceilidh (Holland Hall South)

To be led by the Assembly Players

Monday 7th August 2000

18.00, St. Cecilia’s Hall, University of Edinburgh: Pre-concert tour of the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments

This collection contains world-famous and uniquely important instruments ranging from the earliest - a Bertolotti virginals of 1586 - to an 1896 Dolmetsch unfretted clavichord. Numbers are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

20.00, St. Cecilia’s Hall, University of Edinburgh: Concert, Lucy Carolan (see Lucy Carolan) Lucy Carolan will give a solo harpsichord recital in the oldest concert hall in Scotland, said to be a miniature replica of Parma Opera House. The programme will include late baroque music performed on instruments from the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments. Seating in the hall is limited and tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Sponsored by the Scottish Post Office Board.

Wednesday 9th August

On Wednesday 9th August afternoon tours are being offered to show delegates the varied beauties and attractions of Scotland’s land and heritage. They are listed in two separate categories: afternoon tours (all included in the full delegate fee) and an evening option which carries an additional cost. Some of the tours have a limited capacity and it is therefore essential that you list your tours in order of preference on the booking form.

14.00 – 19.00: Wednesday afternoon Tours

Braveheart Excursion Tour

First the film, now the story! We offer the opportunity to experience the reality of this beautiful part of Scotland’s heartland. En route, we will pass Mary Queen of Scots’ birthplace, Linlithgow Palace, walk over Bannockburn’s battlefield where Robert the Bruce won his resounding victory in 1314, see his splendid monument, and visit the Heritage Centre which tells the story. Then we will visit the magnificent, newly-restored Stirling Castle perched on its 80m (250 feet) plug of volcanic rock which dominates the entire upper Forth Valley. We will have our own private guide to the newly restored splendours of Stirling Castle, the historic safe haven for generations of the Scottish royal family, including the romantic Mary, which was also used as a splendid royal residence. From there it is a short walk to Argyll’s Lodgings, a magnificent 17th century mansion built by Sir William Alexander of Menstrie, one of the founders of Nova Scotia in Canada.

Dundee Tour – The Wighton Collection of Scottish National Music

Dundee’s Wighton Collection is one of the world’s finest repositories of Scottish vernacular music, with many rare or unique items from other parts of the British Isles. We will be played into the Central Library by the Abertay Quartet, light refreshments being accompanied with a selection of airs taken from the volumes of the Wighton Collection. In the Library’s Steps Theatre, there will be a presentation on the Collection, database and proposed Heritage Centre. These will be illustrated by slides showing key works, live demonstrations of the database and an amazing virtual tour through the Wighton Heritage Centre.

Delegates will leave Dundee via Captain Scott’s famous ship at Discovery Point.

Edinburgh Walking Tour

Edinburgh is very rich in the choice of sights to see on foot. Being a very walkable city, the choice of tour is only one of many possibilities. Our tour will proceed down the most ancient and historic street known as the Royal Mile beginning at the Castle Esplanade and ending at Holyrood House, Her Majesty the Queen’s own royal palace in Scotland. We will peek into hidden courtyards, glimpse the medieval way of Scottish life, where nobles and townsfolk lived together, drop into St Giles, the High Kirk of Scotland, and look at Parliament Hall and the legal complex where Scottish justice is dispensed. All the while, we will experience the various festivals’ street theatre. Many more delights are in store.

Innerpeffray Library and Glenturret Distillery Tour

We travel into Perthshire, through magnificent countryside, to visit Innerpeffray, the first free lending library in Scotland. Founded in 1680, it is a jewel of library history situated in what is now isolated rural splendour on the banks of the River Earn, near the town of Crieff. The collection comprises some 4500 volumes dating from 1502 onwards, 3000 printed before 1801. It is rich in Bibles, the oldest being in French, printed in Antwerp in 1530. The library’s borrowing records are complete from 1747 up to 1968 when its lending facility closed – a fascinating record of library lending from the 18th century.

From Innerpeffray it is a short drive through Crieff to Glenturret, the oldest distillery in Scotland dating back to 1775. It produces a range of quality malt whiskies with mellow and distinctive flavours. It will be possible to tour the distillery and folk museum, and experience a tasting of very fine malts.

Waverley Excursion Tour

In the gently rolling Border hills, nestles Abbotsford, the much-loved home of Sir Walter Scott, which is still occupied by his descendants. In his study, the first historical novel was born. To save Abbotsford after his financial crash, Scott wrote his way back to solvency. His inspiration for so many unforgettable stories of Scottish history was sparked by extensive research into earlier historical sources. We will be able to stroll in the grounds before going on to Melrose, home of one of the richest, most famous and important Border Abbeys, established in 1136 for the Cistercians by David I (1090-1154) and associated with saints and monarchs until its destruction in the 16th century. Our guide will relate the story of Robert the Bruce whose heart was brought back from Spain by Sir James Douglas for burial here - and is reputed still to be here. Before leaving, we will visit Priorwood Garden, once the Abbey garden.

19.00, Leith: Scotch Malt Whisky Tasting (additional-cost tour)

On Wednesday evening, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s historic club room will be the venue for a very special whisky experience. The Society’s rooms will be ours for the whole evening. They are located in Leith, the port for Edinburgh where the Royal Yacht Britannia is moored as a floating museum. We will start with a cold buffet - we are advised that we should not taste the whiskies on offer on an empty stomach! Then, under expert tuition, we will taste some very special whiskies not usually available elsewhere. Whiskies from distilleries all over Scotland, some of which no longer exist except in this limited–amount liquid form. At the end of the evening, there are many restaurants nearby for a late supper. For those opting for the afternoon Edinburgh Walking Tour, Leith is just a bus-ride from the City centre. For those opting for other tours, all coaches will call at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society premises in Leith in time for 19.00.

Thursday 10th August 2000

18.30, Edinburgh City Chambers: Civic Reception

Hosted by Grove’s Dictionaries of Music.

20.00, St. Giles’ Cathedral: Concert, Cappella Nova (see New Grove II)

Programme to include Robert Carver’s Mass L’homme armé, Byrd’s Mass for 4 voices, and One Star at Last, a setting of a George Mackay Brown poem by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. This concert is being generously sponsored by Grove’s Dictionaries of Music. The written programme will include an exclusive preview of the Carver article from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, to be published in November 2000.

Friday 11 August 2000

20.15, Final dinner (Heriot-Watt University). Coaches to depart Pollock Halls at 19.15.

Saturday 12 August 2000

Post Conference Tours

Travel Scotland http://www.travelscotland.co.uk/ has kindly agreed to act as the booking agent for a number of post–conference tours which you should book and pay for directly with them.

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