KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE

The Dutch branch of IAML (NVMB) has organized four musical courses, designed for library employees without special knowledge or skills concerning the musical collections they have to work with. Subjects were World Music, Pop Music of the Last 15 Years, Introduction to Jazz, and Classical Music in Public Libraries. Teachers were mostly recruited among the ranks of the NVMB. To accommodate the students, these courses toured as small travelling shows through the country. All courses were successful and were repeated several times. Most students came from public libraries; some came from the libraries of music education institutes. To meet the growing demands and to professionalize the education for music librarianship, The Educational Institute for Information Professionals (GO) has taken over the course from NVMB. Now that an official training institute is giving official courses, education for music librarians is returning, step-by-step.