Tag Archives: music librarians

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Posted on 24 April 2020 by

It’s been a strange month for everyone. For the Music Collections teams at the UL and the Pendlebury, in common with librarians across Cambridge, we’ve had to get used to new ways of working. Most of us have been working … Continue reading →

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IAML Board@Cambridge

Posted on 6 March 2020 by

  The IAML Board spent their leap year day in Cambridge for the mid-year Board meeting. Where better to shelter from blustery winds and torrential rains than at the Pendlebury Library?

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Hunting for dragons, cam(e)ls, and musical lions in Krakow

Posted on 2 August 2019 by

I’ve just returned from a delightful fortnight in Krakow, part business, part holiday. The business part, thanks to Cambridge University Library, and the Music Libraries Trust, was spent at IAML (pronounced Yam-Ull)’s annual congress. Having been involved with IAML (UK … Continue reading →

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A (insert collective noun here) of music librarians

Posted on 20 April 2018 by

I spent part of the Easter holidays in beautiful Edinburgh attending the annual IAML (pronounced Yam-ull, rhymes with camel) Annual Study Weekend. The UK and Ireland branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (Archives and … Continue reading →

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Libraries past and future

Posted on 24 July 2015 by

As I near the end of my six months working here, it seems that the time since I started last January has vanished all too quickly. The maze of shelves, stacks, hidden corridors and collections that the UL and the … Continue reading →

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Music Research in the Digital Age: IAML/IMS conference

Posted on 10 July 2015 by

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to be able to attend the joint international conference of IAML/IMS (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres/International Musicological Society) which was held at the Juilliard School at the Lincoln Center, … Continue reading →

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Musings on music resources

Posted on 1 May 2015 by

Once upon a time, when there were no online library catalogues or online library resources, music students and researchers would go to the library and browse through card catalogues and many printed reference works to find the answer to what … Continue reading →

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Meet…Kate Crane

Posted on 30 January 2015 by

MusiCB3: What has your road to librarianship been? When I was a child I visited the local public library with my parents pretty much every week – I would happily wander around it for hours, and always came back home … Continue reading →

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Meet….Diana Wood

Posted on 29 August 2014 by

MusiCB3: What has your road to librarianship been? It was a short and uneventful, if rather serendipitous one. I’d just finished a music degree and PGCE, and knew I didn’t want to teach, but beyond that had no idea what I was … Continue reading →

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A day in the life of a music librarian (in pictures)

Posted on 8 August 2014 by

Music librarians don’t have typical days. We have huge variety in our work – it’s what makes it so interesting. Here at the UL, we’re responsible for acquiring music, give suggestions for music literature, catalogue music, decide what needs to … Continue reading →

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