On 16 January, one of our New South Wales State Representatives, Marie Chellos, performed in -barra, as part of the 2022 Sydney Festival. The work was a collaboration between Ensemble Offspring and acclaimed Yuwaalaraay musician and storyteller Nardi Simpson. “From Nhungga-barra dirt country to the flat plains of Mirriaa-barra, from the swamplands of Murrgu-barra to…
IAML (Australia) Executive are aware that many of our members are working hard to undertake contingency planning and implementation in response to the Covid19 pandemic. Whether in schools, universities, special or public libraries we are all feeling the impact. If you would like advice please do not hesitate to contact us via http://www.iamlaustralia.org.au/contact/ The following…
Anna J. Shelmerdine previous IAML Australia President has just published the following article: Library Anxiety: Stories, Theories and Possible Solutions Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2018.1534281 Published 8 November 2018 Anna J. Shelmerdine is a 2nd year PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia and an Outreach Librarian at the…
Announcement to all IAML Australia members: The 2018 Annual General Meeting of IAML Australia will take place on Thursday 27th September at 1pm via videoconference. If you have not received your email invitation to attend the videoconference or you have and agenda item you wish to raise please contact Ryan via before the 12pm on Wednesday…
Registrations are now open for the “Resource Description for the 21st Century” seminar to be held from 10:00 am to 4.30 pm on Monday 13 August 2018 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra. The seminar is being organised by the Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) and is an opportunity to learn about the IFLA-LRM…
University of Queensland School of Music has a new Studio and refurbished Music Technology Lab. UQ School of Music offers Australia’s first university music technology programs built around Ableton Live, Push and Link. With a focus on creative music making, our programs teach students to produce and arrange music, to perform live using Push, Live,…
Louise Dyer and Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre: The Establishment of a Music Press 18-19 May 2018, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Parkville The University Library and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, are hosting a symposium on 18–19 May 2018, entitled: “Louise Dyer and Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre: The Establishment of a Music…
IAML Australia members are currently involved in the selection panel for the Letty Katts Award hosted by State Library of Queensland. The Letty Katts Award supports the research and documenting of Queensland’s music history. It gives a musician, composer, scholar or researcher the opportunity to study, experiment and explore new thinking in their art/study, leading…
Russ Bauer from the New England Conservatorium of Music is looking for unwanted music collections. ******** For some time now, the New England Conservatorium of Music has had access to a collection of orchestral scores, miniatures and LP (vinyl) recordings of art music. Sadly, this collection is owned by the local University, who have just…
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has recently announced proposed dramatic changes to their Reference and Sound Libraries. These proposed changes if implemented will reduce the number of specialist staff, change services to their customers and see the reduction and relocation of parts of the vast audio collections held by the ABC. In response, the IAML Australia…
