Music Librarianship in the UK: Fifty Years of the British Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries

by Richard Turbet (Editor), and Documentation Centres Inte Archives (Corporate Author)

The UK branch of the International Association of Music Libraries was founded in 1953. This volume of specially commissioned essays celebrates the golden jubilee of branch's foundation and surveys the achievements of the last 50 years. With an emphasis on practical music librarianship, the essays examine the challenges that have faced the profession in recent years, as well as current developments in the field and the impact of modern advances in information technology.

377 pages, Hardcover

First published June 18, 2003