RILM will participate at this year’s meeting of the German group of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres (IAML) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 17 to 20 September 2024.

This event represents the group’s annual working and training conference for professionals from all areas of the German music library system.

On Wednesday, 18 September, at 1:00 pm local time, Editor and MGG Online Product Development Coordinator Georg Burgstaller will give a company presentation updating delegates on new developments at RILM. 

In addition, Georg will be present at the RILM exhibitor’s booth throughout the conference. Please feel free to come by to ask questions, provide feedback, or just say hello. You can find more details on this event on the conference website, which also includes a link to the conference schedule.

RILM will participate at this year’s 6th meeting of the IMS Regional Association for Latin America and the Caribbean (ARLAC) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, Mexico, from 7 to 10 August 2024.

On Thursday, 8 August, at 9:00 am local time, RILM’s Executive Editor and DEUMM Online product coordinator Zdravko Blažeković will moderate the panel “DEUMM Online: Reconceptualizing Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti for 21st-Century Music Research”, which presents plans for the coverage of music and musical life in South American music. He will be joined by discussants Antonio Baldassarre, Egberto Bermúdez, and Daniela Castaldo.

Please feel free to find Zdravko and ask questions, provide feedback, or just say hello. You can find more information on the conference website, which includes the complete schedule of events.

RILM Abstracts with Full Text just added ten more titles to its full-text journal collection. The new titles are:

• A handbook for studies in 18th-century English music. London: Gerald Coke Handel Foundation, 1987–. ISSN 0000-0000
• Context: A journal of the postgraduate students of the University of Melbourne School of Music. Melbourne: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, 1991–. ISSN 1038-4006
• Contrapulso: Revista latinoamericana de estudios en música popular. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2019–. ISSN 2452-5545
• Hoquet: Revista del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga. Málaga: Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga, 2001–. eISSN 2340-454X
• The Haydn yearbook/Das Haydn Jahrbuch. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser Company, 1962–1978. ISSN 0073-1390
• Lien: Revue d’esthétique musicale. Ohain: Musiques et Recherches, 1988–. ISSN 0776-4650
• Muzikologické fórum: Časopis České společnosti pro hudební vědu/Journal of the Czech Musicological Society. Praha: Česká Společnost pro Hudební Vědu, 2012–. ISSN 1805-3866
• Muzikos komponavimo principai/Principles of music composing. Vilnius: Lietuvos Muzikos ir Teatro Akademija, 2001–. ISSN 2351-5155
• Музыкальная академия [Muzykal’naâ akademiâ/Music academy]. Moskva: Kompozitor, 1933–. ISSN 0869-4516 and eISSN 2686-9284
• Southern music education journal. Jackson: University of Mississippi, 2004–2010. ISSN 1557-0835

These additions exemplify RILM’s commitment to providing full-text content that is truly international in scope, with coverage that embraces a diversity of languages, nations, subject matter, and approaches to music research.  

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text is a comprehensive bibliography of writings on music, featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. It covers over one million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects, enhanced with full text.

If you do not already subscribe to RILM Abstracts with Full Text, get in touch with your EBSCO sales representative, or email information@ebsco.com.

RILM will participate at this year’s meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres (IAML) in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 23 to 28 June 2024.

On Thursday, 27 June, at 2:00 pm local time, RILM’s Executive Director Tina Frühauf will chair the RILM general information session titled “Africa in Focus”. Tina will be joined by Patricia Achieng Opondo (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa) and Suzanne Strauss (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa) as speakers on the panel.   

RILM’s Commission Mixte will convene on Tuesday, 25 June, at 2:00 pm local time. 

On Wednesday, 26 June, at 11:00 am, Tina will chair the RILM Business Meeting for National Committees. That evening, RILM will host a reception for IAML attendees (open to all conference attendees, RSVP required).

Please feel free to find Tina and ask questions, provide feedback, or just say hello. You can find more details on this exciting event on the conference website, which also includes a link to a PDF with the preliminary conference schedule.

RILM will participate in this year’s meeting of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) Performing Arts of Southeast Asia Study Group (Study Group-PASEA). The meeting will take place from 20 to 26 June 2024 in the city of Iloilo in the Philippines.

On Tuesday, 25 June at 2pm local time, RILM Editor for Southeast Asia Russ Skelchy will present a paper entitled “Locating the Ethnomusicological Field through Digital National Research Repository Systems” as part of the panel Archive and Modernities.

On the following day, 26 June 2024, Russ will address the PASEA business meeting to introduce RILM and its resources for Southeast Asian researchers and performers.

Please feel free to find Russ after his presentations to chat, ask questions, or give feedback. Also, be sure to stop by the RILM booth at the symposium to learn more about all of RILM’s resources. You can find out more on the conference website, which includes a preliminary schedule.

Looking forward to seeing you in Iloilo!

Executive Director Tina Frühauf and Associate Editor Farah Zahra will be in Paris to meet RILM’s partners at the Institut du Monde Arabe on Monday, 10 June 2024. Then, from 11 to 12 June 2024, Tina will attend UNESCO’s 10th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

On 6 June 2024 at 11am EDT, RILM Editor Beatriz Goubert will host a webinar in Spanish, sponsored by EBSCO América Latina y España, focusing on how changes in research centers and university programs are impacting publications on music and dance practices in Latin America. RILM has enhanced its coverage of publications in the region and expanded its offering of full-text articles to address this challenge. This presentation explores the transformations in music research trends in Latin America. 

Data Coordinator Lindsey Eckenroth and Editor Beatriz Goubert will attend the annual meeting of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US), held at Drexel University in Philadelphia, 11–14 April 2024.

On Saturday, 13 April, 9:30am EDT, Eckenroth will present her co-authored paper “What Kind of ‘Spell’ is This? Self-Scoring Fantasies of Community in Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise” on the panel Urban Disinvestment and Urban Development (8:30–10:00am EDT). Beatriz will also be present that day.

Learn more about RILM and its popular music resources by taking flyers and brochures placed on the display table, and feel free to stop Lindsey and Beatriz for a chat about RILM’s products and news, especially the upcoming release of the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM).  

For more information on the event, head to the conference’s webpage.

This summer, RILM Abstracts with Full Text will add ten more titles to its full-text journal collection. The new titles are:

• A handbook for studies in 18th-century English music. London: Gerald Coke Handel Foundation, 1987–. ISSN 0000-0000
• Context: A journal of the postgraduate students of the University of Melbourne School of Music. Melbourne: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, 1991–. ISSN 1038-4006
• Contrapulso: Revista latinoamericana de estudios en música popular. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2019–. ISSN 2452-5545
• Hoquet: Revista del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga. Málaga: Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga, 2001–. eISSN 2340-454X
• The Haydn yearbook/Das Haydn Jahrbuch. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser Company, 1962–1978. ISSN 0073-1390
• Lien: Revue d’esthétique musicale. Ohain: Musiques et Recherches, 1988–. ISSN 0776-4650
• Muzikologické fórum: Časopis České společnosti pro hudební vědu/Journal of the Czech Musicological Society. Praha: Česká Společnost pro Hudební Vědu, 2012–. ISSN 1805-3866
• Muzikos komponavimo principai/Principles of music composing. Vilnius: Lietuvos Muzikos ir Teatro Akademija, 2001–. ISSN 2351-5155
• Музыкальная академия [Muzykal’naâ akademiâ/Music academy]. Moskva: Kompozitor, 1933–. ISSN 0869-4516 and eISSN 2686-9284
• Southern music education journal. Jackson: University of Mississippi, 2004–2010. ISSN 1557-0835

These additions showcase the depth and range of RILM’s international scope, with full-text coverage that embraces a diversity of languages, nations, and approaches to music research. 

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text is a comprehensive bibliography of writings on music, featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. It covers over one million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects, enhanced with full text.If you do not already subscribe to RILM Abstracts with Full Text, get in touch with your EBSCO sales representative, or email information@ebsco.com.

RILM will participate in the 54th annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association, held in Chicago, 27–30 March 2024.

On Saturday, 30 March, 1:45–2:15pm CDT/2:45–3:15pm EDT, Editor Beatriz Goubert and Data Coordinator Lindsey Eckenroth will present their paper “DIY Punk Culture Meets Digital: A Collection of Zines” during the panel Punk Culture II: Punk Ethos and Education.

Throughout the conference, you can find Beatriz and Lindsey at the RILM booth located in the 7th floor book room. Stop by to discover RILM’s resources for popular music research and beyond.

For more information, head to the conference’s web page and Google site.