Events & training

Interested in music librarianship as a career? Professional and personal development of music library staff, from one–day training courses to our Annual Study Weekend.

We offer opportunities for professional and personal development of music library staff ranging from one–day training courses to the UK & Ireland Annual Study Weekend and to the annual International Congress.

Presentations can be made to Departments of Library and Information Studies and other interested organizations as part of the Branch’s educational remit.

Forthcoming events are displayed immediately below the homepage text. The Events page lists current and recent past courses, professional visits and conferences.

Membership of IAML (UK & Irl) generally confers discounts on course fees. A schedule of current fees can be found here.

Courses on offer include:

  • Music for the Terrified — designed for staff working in music libraries who feel that they lack basic musical knowledge.
  • Virtuoso Skills for Music Enquiries — designed to give staff working in music libraries, or with music collections in multi–disciplinary libraries, the confidence to answer music enquiries at an advanced level, using both printed and online resources.
  • Success with Music Interlibrary Loans — designed to help public and academic music library staff to obtain, confidently and successfully, music materials via the interlibrary loan network.
  • Managing Music Collections — designed to give library staff without a background in music a foundation in the basic principles underlying the successful management of music collections.

Further information is available from the joint Chairs of the Events & Training Committee: Lee Noon (training), Leeds Central Library, and Catherine Small (ASW), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.

The IAML (UK & Irl) guide to Working with music in libraries is available for download.

Information on working in music librarianship is available from the Music Library Association of America (MLA) which is also the US Branch of IAML.