IAML Japan

What is IAML?

The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) currently has about 1,450 individual and institutional members in around 40 countries throughout the world. Founded in 1951 to promote international cooperation and to support the interests of the profession, IAML is a respected member of the international library and music communities. It has national branches in 26 countries, five institutional sections, four subject sections and various project groups, and is responsible for several large-scale documentation projects.

The mission of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) is to broaden access to music resources through international collaboration and advocacy, to support research, learning, performance and enjoyment. Our members open up the vast world of information and repertoire in their daily interactions with students, educators, researchers, musicians, and the general public. We work to promote and preserve musical heritage among diverse cultures as we recognise the importance of music in the lives of the world’s people.

Institutional Sections

• Archives and Music Documentation Centres
• Broadcasting and Orchestra Libraries
• Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions
• Public Libraries
• Research Libraries

Subject Sections

• Audio-Visual Materials
• Bibliography
• Cataloguing and Metadata
• Service and Training

Study Groups

• Access to Performance Ephemera（formerly Indexing of Music Performances）
• Linked Data Hub for Music Vocabularies
• National Libraries

Project Groups

• Annotated Exemplars of Music Cataloguing with RDA/LRM in UNIMARC
• Access to Music Archives (2005 - 2017)
• Core Bibliographic Record for Music and Sound Recordings (1994 - 1998)
• Hofmeister（ended）
• Exchange of Authority Data（ended）
• Music Periodicals（ended 2001）
• Core Bibliographic Record for Music and Sound Recordings（ended 1998）

Committees

• Ad Hoc Committee on Organizational Structure（Level 2）
• Advocacy
• Constitution
• Copyright
• Membership
• Online Events
• Outreach
• Publications（to 2014）

IAML Japanese Branch Activities

IAML consists of headquarters and national branches. Currently, there are branches in 26 countries, and the Japanese Branch is one of them.

The branches are currently concentrated in Europe and North America, and except for Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan, they do not exist in Asian, South American, and African countries, and participation from these regions is awaited.

IAML consists of individual members and institutional members. Those who join the Japanese Branch automatically become members of the headquarters. Anyone interested in IAML's activities related to music materials can become a member, including librarians, curators, musicologists, those involved in publishing and distribution, students, and anyone else. In addition to individuals, companies and institutional organizations can also become members.

The IAML Japanese Branch holds the following meetings:

Branch officers are elected in elections held once every three years.

Regular meetings are planned and operated by the officers in charge of meetings, and are sometimes open to the public.

We also publish a newsletter three times a year and update our website from time to time.

Records of the above meetings can be found on the following pages. In addition, we publish a newsletter three times a year.

How to Become a Member

IAML Japanese Branch recruits both institutional members such as music libraries, music archives, research institutions, and universities, as well as individual members.

Recommended for

Librarian
You can participate in international cooperation on music library specialized techniques and help improve user services.

Researchers and Students in Musicology, Music Library and Information Science
Music librarianship is a field at the intersection of musicology and library information science that has historically accumulated many achievements, and is also a new academic field at the forefront of the information society.

Music Library Users
The ultimate goal of international cooperation among music libraries is better service.　 Your ideas and suggestions as users will be helpful for future library management｡

Those involved in or interested in music material production, publishing and distribution
You will gain international perspectives related to this field and obtain hints for new developments.

Member Benefits

• Access to the official journal Fontes Artis Musicae
• Free attendance at Japanese Branch Regular Meetings
• Access to the latest Japanese Branch Newsletter
• Eligibility to use Ongaku Bunken Mokuroku Online (National Bibliography of Music Literature in Japanese)
• Travel grant to attend the IAML Annual Conference (first-time attendees only, subject to selection)
• Discounted registration fee for the IAML Annual Conference
• Access to IAML events and their archived recordings
• Participation in the Japanese Branch General Meeting
• Eligibility to stand for election as a Japanese Branch officer

Membership Categories and Annual Fees

The validity period of our membership is one year (January 1 to December 31), the same as our fiscal year.
Membership fees are determined as follows:

• Institutional Member ￥14,000
• Individual Member ￥6,000

Membership always begins from January 1 of that year.
Even if you apply for membership during the year, your membership will be retroactive to January 1.
There is no discount for mid-year membership.
Even for mid-year membership, you must pay the full annual membership fee for that year.

Latest Issue

The latest issue can be viewed from the members-only.

Issues published more than one year ago are available on this page.

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