ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 2003. The UK branch of the International Association of Music Libraries was founded in 1953. This volume of specially commissioned essays celebrates the golden jubilee of branch's foundation and surveys the achievements of the last 50 years. With an emphasis on practical music librarianship, the essays examine the challenges that have faced the profession in recent years, as well as current developments in the field and the impact of modern advances in information technology.

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

Fifty years of IAML(UK)

chapter Chapter 5|15 pages

Musaurus and MusBib

chapter Chapter 7|7 pages

Con Brio: a history of the Branch journal

chapter Chapter 8|10 pages

Making a library for IAML(UK)

chapter Chapter 10|31 pages

Information technology and music libraries*

chapter Chapter 14|16 pages

International outreach: fireworks of the 1990s?