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U.S. Branch: 1994Author(s): Ruth HendersonSource: Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 42, No. 2 (April-June 1995), pp. 187-188Published by: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres(IAML)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23508780 .
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NATIONAL REPORTS
New Zealand
An in-depth study of the general music col
lections of the National Library of New
Zealand—and the services based on them—
was undertaken in 1993, and the results
presented to the Management Committee.
After careful consideration, the Manage
ment Committee has noted the considerable
scope, depth, and comparative national and
international strength of all components of
the collection.
The recommendations submitted by the
Manager, Collection Development, have
been accepted. These acknowledge the cur
rent collection strengths, the diverse de
mand for services, and the commitment
made to donors by the National Library.
They also acknowledge the National Li
brary's commitment to the Government's
Outcome No. 4—enriching cultural and com
munity identity by collecting material and
providing library information services which
meet the needs for information and knowl
edge of diverse groups.
The National Library has agreed to make
an on-going commitment to retain and build
the music collections at a modest rate, and
to continue to provide a quality advanced
level reference and research service based
in this subject area. A new comprehensive collection development policy will be
drafted, taking into account the strengths and directions of other collections in New
Zealand.
Other recommendations include the re
valuation of collections, a review of the
choral and orchestral hire service, and an
examination of the ways in which knowledge of the collections can become nationally
accessible.
The acceptance of these recommenda
tions marks an exciting and positive devel
opment for music services within New
Zealand, and affirms the National Library's
commitment in this subject area.
Roger Flury, Senior Librarian (music), Reference and Research Service
Swiss Branch: 1993
The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Branch
took place in Bern at the National Library on
May 7. The topic of the day was: "Music
documentation in Switzerland: which offer
for which demand?". Papers were read
about the role of music in the current reor
ganization of the National Library, the music information available from SUISA and the
SUISA Foundation, and about music infor
mation in the Netherlands.
The General Assembly, which was held
in the afternoon, decided on the creation of a
working group on minimal standards for mu
sic cataloguing with the aims to call the at
tention of the Swiss library world to the
special problems related to music catalogu
ing and to improve the coordination of music
cataloguing in Switzerland.
Finally the project of an annual confer
ence of IAML in Switzerland in 1997 was
discussed.
Kurt Deggeller, President
U.S. Branch: 1994
Kansas City, Missouri, was the site of the
1994 U.S. Branch annual meeting, which
was held in conjunction with the annual
meeting of the Music Library Association
(MLA). The board met earlier in the same
week and again during the IAML annual con
ference in Ottawa.
More than fifty members of the branch
attended the Ottawa conference. Because of
its proximity to the U.S., we were able to
use funds usually allocated to assist our
members with travel expenses to bring a
delegate, Emilia Rassina of the Moscow
Conservatory, to the Helsinki conference
from Russia. Afterward she visited the
RIPM Center at the University of Maryland to work toward resolution of issues concern
ing the integration of a Russian group into
RIPM. A clearinghouse to identify and dissemi
nate music materials to libraries in post
communist and/or developing countries will
be established as soon as details can be
worked out. The second plenary session of
the upcoming annual conference of the Mu
sic Library Association (Atlanta, February
8-11, 1995) will be devoted to international
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188 FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE 42/2
music librarianship and will focus on the re
alities revealed and opportunities presented
by recent changes in world politics. Don
Roberts, IAML President, will discuss the
current international scene and IAML's out
reach program. Aurika Gergeleziu, National
Library of Estonia, will describe music li braries and music librarianship in the Baltic
countries, and the problems confronting them in the post-Soviet era. The President
of the US Branch of IAML, Ruth Hender
son, will outline what MLA members can do
to assist their colleagues in other parts of the
world.
We are awaiting word regarding accep tance of our invitation to IAML for a confer
ence in the San Francisco Bay Area; possible
years have been narrowed to 1999, 2002, or
later.
Current members of the U.S. Board in
clude: Ruth Henderson, President; Robert
Follet, Secretary-Treasurer; John Roberts
and David Sommerfield, Members-at-large; Lenore Coral and Don Roberts, Interna
tional Board Representatives.
Ruth Henderson, President
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