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NCompass Live - February 5, 2014. http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/ Carolyn Dow, Polley Music Library Manager, Lincoln City Libraries, will discuss the statewide resource that is the Polley Music Library, along with her involvement in the International Association of Music Libraries, of which she is currently Public Libraries Branch chair.
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Where in the World? Nebraska’s Polley Music Library and the World of Music Librarianship
Carolyn DowPolley Music Library, Lincoln City Libraries
Polley Music Library
Polley Music Library 2006
Lillian Helms Polley, 1881-1978
1981 Buying the Opening Collection
Ready for the Public 1982
1982
1993
1993
1993
Spring 2012
1993
I blew up the reference desk!
New Books Display, 2012
MIDI Keyboard & Finale Music Notation Program
Specialized Music Reference and Research Services
How Polley Serves Nebraska
• Interlibrary loan of music materials from the Polley collection
• Reference assistance• Assistance locating music materials to meet
customer needs• Nebraska Memories participation
Music Library Associations
• Music Library Association – US based
• International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) – member of IFLA, IMC and other organizations
• IAML-US – now merged with MLA
My First IAML Conferences
Ottawa, Canada 1994 Helsingor, Denmark 1995
Perugia, Italy 1996
Hooked on IAML
• Geneva, Switzerland 1997• San Sebastian, Spain 1998• Wellington, New Zealand 1999• Edinburgh, Scotland 2000• Perigeux, France 2001• (Berkeley, California 2002)• Tallinn, Estonia 2003• Oslo, Norway 2004• Warsaw, Poland 2005
Sydney, Australia 2007
Dublin, Ireland 2011
Montreal, Canada 2012
Vienna, Austria 2013
Library Visits
Typical IAML Conference Day
• 9-10:30 Papers• 10:30-11 Coffee break & exhibits• 11-12:30 Papers or Working meetings• 12:30-2 Lunch & Committee meetings• 2-3:30 Papers• 3:30-4 Coffee break & exhibits• 4-5:30 Papers or Library visits• 7-9 Concerts or receptions
My IAML Involvement
• Conferences • Papers (Ottawa, Perugia, Sydney, Dublin)• IAML-US Secretary, Treasurer • IAML Public Libraries Branch Chair (2012-
present), Secretary (1996-2002)• IAML Outreach Committee, Programme
Committee, Strategy Committee• IAML Social Media Policy discussion group
What I’ve Gotten From IAML• Contacts & networking• Discussion of library issues world
wide• Appreciation for our own
situations in the USA• A chance to see and hear about
how other libraries do things• Reference assistance for my own
customers
Contact Polley
• E-mail: polley@lincolnlibraries.org• Phone: 402-441-8520• Mail: Polley Music Library, 136 S. 14 St.,
Lincoln, NE 68508• Facebook: Polley Music Library
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