{"id":3110,"date":"2024-07-24T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/?p=3110"},"modified":"2024-07-29T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T10:17:00","slug":"contributions-to-the-iaml-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/2024\/07\/24\/contributions-to-the-iaml-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"SU presentations at the IAML conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u200bThe International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) is a global organisation that fosters the activities of music libraries, archives, and documentation centres. These efforts support projects in music bibliography, music documentation, and music library and information science at both national and international levels. A key component of IAML’s work is its annual international congress, which rotates among different countries each year, offering a platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and the celebration of musical heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year the congress was held for the first time on African soil and it was organised by the Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service, in collaboration with representatives from the University of Cape Town. Delegates from 28 countries attended the congress. <\/span>The programme included sessions on cataloguing and metadata, user experience and service development, historical and composer collections, church music, radio archives, digital collections, and the use of AI and machine learning in libraries, among other topics. The programme strongly emphasised African content, reflecting the continent’s diverse musical traditions and contemporary innovations. Sessions also covered colonial and post-colonial impacts, digital collections, music institutions, music encoding, indigenous and folk music and instruments, and popular culture in Africa. This thematic emphasis celebrated African musical heritage and fostered dialogue and collaboration among international and African scholars and practitioners.<\/p>\n

In total about 107 presentations were presented during the week-long congress, with 11 presentations by Stellenbosch University:<\/p>\n