INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRES (IAML)

ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES BIBLIOTHEQUES, ARCHIVES ET CENTRES DE DOCUMENTATION MUSICAUX (AIBM)

INTERNATIONALE VEREINIGUNG DER MUSIKBIBLIOTHEKEN, MUSIKARCHIVE UND MUSIKDOKUMENTATIONSZENTREN (IVMB)

IAML ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
ISSUE NO. 2  CHRISTMAS 2000/NEW YEAR 2001

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  GLÜCKLICHES NEUES JAHR!

HEUREUSE NOUVELLE ANNÉE!

            

HONORARY PRESIDENT HONOURED

Dear friends and colleagues:

I am so happy to report that our Honorary President, Dr. Harald Heckmann, has been decorated by his country with the "Bundesverdienstkreuz" for excellence in musicological and archival activities, both national and international.We can all take pride in this level of recognition. Congratulations Harald!

Maria Calderisi

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KATE SLOSS

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NEW FROM RUSSIA

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New IFLA ALP Director Appointed

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PERIGUEUX 2001

I would like to inform all of you that, thanks to Berengere Demerliac's tremendous work, IAML French national group is rapidly improving its web site http://www.aibm-france.org ,especially concerning the Périgueux international conference. We'll let you know about all enhancements promptly, but what you can already find there is :

1. A map of the location of Périgueux in France ;

2. All the possible means transportation to get there.

I'm sure that you will particularly appreciate the links with Michelin, which can give you any travel map within Europe, Air France and SNCF, for train travel. At the moment, the site is in French only, but we are working on a bilingual version. Of course, any comments will be appreciated.

Coming soon: all you want to know about accommodation and organizing your stay there.

Dominique Hausfater

LENORE CORAL DAY

October 20th has been declared Lenore Coral Day by the Faculty of Music at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Within the context of an MLA New York State/Ontario Chapter meeting, October 20-21 2000, friends and colleagues gathered to celebrate the opening of the new music building and to pay tribute to Lenore. In recognition of her extraordinary contribution towardsthe realization of this project, and of her dedicated services over past years, an Endowment Fund has been set up in her name--a singular honour and a well-deserved one. It was a happy occasion and all of us who were there felt the reflected glow of expressed appreciation.

Maria Calderisi

WHAT IS RIPM?

 IAML GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly of the IAML 19th congress will be held in Perigueux on Thursday July 12th 2001 at 14.15.

PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

FONTES REVIEWS EDITOR WANTS REVIEWS

Leslie Troutman, Fontes Reviews Editor, would like to hear from those IAML members interested in writing book reviews for the journal. She currently has a number of recent titles awaiting review. If you would like information about this, please contact her at troutman@uiuc.edu. In your message include a sentence about your areas(s) of expertise and interest. She is particularly keen to hear from members outside North America and Great Britain (though members from those areas certainly will not be turned away!). On a related note: if you are aware of a recent publication in your country that should be known by the membership and therefore wold be a good candidate for a Fontes review, please contact Leslie.

Leslie Troutman email: troutman@uiuc.edu
Music User-Services Coordinator and Associate Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Ph: +217 244-4071  Fx: +217-244-9097

CALL FOR PAPERS

Our next conference will be in Perigueux, in July 2001, when we will be celebrating IAML's 50th birthday!  Are you aware of something that would make an interesting presentation to the Association?  Consider sending the suggestion in to the Chair of the appropriate Branch or Commission, or, if you don't know who that might be, contact Alison Hall, the Secretary General. The IAML webmaster has designed a form for submitting proposals.   It is also accessible via the IAML Homepage and can be completed  submitted very easily!