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Tag Archives: music librarians
Hunting for dragons, cam(e)ls, and musical lions in Krakow
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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Tagged IAML, IAML Congress, Krakow, music librarians, music librarianship
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A (insert collective noun here) of music librarians
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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Tagged ASW, International Association of Music Libraries, music librarians, talks
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Libraries past and future
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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Tagged CUL, Farewells, library staff, music librarians, Pendlebury Library of Music
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Music Research in the Digital Age: IAML/IMS conference
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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Tagged conferences, digitisation, IAML, IMS, MLA, music librarians
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Musings on music resources
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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Tagged librarianship, music librarians, music manuscripts, music resources, social media
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Meet…Kate Crane
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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Tagged Guide, Meet..., Music at CUL, music librarians, Pendlebury Library of Music
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Meet….Diana Wood
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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Tagged librarianship, Meet..., Music at CUL, music librarians, Pendlebury Library
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