IAML Australia / IAML Australia Network
The Australian branch of IAML has been promoting the importance of music libraries, archives and document centres and supporting professionals in these fields since 1984.
It was incorporated as an Association in 2006, to better serve the interests of members and to support the delivery of the IAML (International) conference in Sydney in 2007, until 2022 when it cancelled its status as a formal Association to continue as a less formal network known as the IAML Australia Network.
Historical details of the former association: IAML Australia - International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Document Centres, Australia (ABN: 98 356 272 938). Print and electronic records from the association have been archived with the National Library of Australia. Discover more https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-257623507/findingaid
Aims & Objectives
IAML Australia Network supports the aims and objectives of IAML (International).
Principal aims of IAML are:
- To encourage and promote the activities of libraries, archives and documentation centres concerned with music and music materials, to strengthen cooperation among institutions and individuals working in these fields and to publish information concerning their work.
- To promote a better understanding of the cultural importance of music libraries, archives and documentation centres both nationally and internationally.
- To support and facilitate the realization of projects in music bibliography, music documentation and music library science at national and international levels.
- To promote the availability of all publications and documents relating to music, including particularly to encourage international exchange and lending.
- To encourage and support the development of standards in all areas that concern the Association.
- To promote the availability of suitable professional education and training.
- To further the bibliographical control of music materials of all kinds.
- To support the protection and preservation of musical documents of all periods.
- To cooperate with other organizations in the fields of librarianship, bibliography, archival science, documentation, music and musicology.
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