PUBLIC LIBRARIES PROFESSIONAL BRANCHAuthor(s): Eric CooperSource: Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (Januar-Juni 1982), p. 11Published by: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres(IAML)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23505377 .

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IAML Annual Conference in Budapest 11

PUBLIC LIBRARIES PROFESSIONAL BRANCH

There were three meetings of the Branch, with attendances of between 30 and 45 people. Projects in progress were reviewed, and it was decided that two would have to be regarded as being in abeyance: those on a) standards - because no report had been received during the present year, and b) the possibil ity of published editions of selected musical works to be found in manuscript in library collections - be cause of doubt as to the current availability of many of the scores thought likely to be source material. The International basic list of professional literature, on the other hand, was very much alive and well, thanks to the work of the editor Evelyn van Kaam, who despite considerable difficulty over the past few years in ob taining contributions had now completed the first draft. A small committee of Bodil Foss, Heinz Werner and Thor Wood was formed to scrutenize the titles; once the final draft was approved it would be submit ted to Fontes for publication in either the journal itself or an appendix, hopefully in 1982.

Although the new Rules of Procedure governing the internal affairs of the Association have yet to be adopted, elections in the Branch were due this year and duly took place. Eric Cooper (England) was re elected President on the understanding that he wishes to retire at a further election to be held as soon as the new Rules are in operation. Evelyn van Kaam (Holland) was elected Vice-President, and Liz Hart (England) re-elected Secretary. In addition Bodil Foss (Denmark) agreed to be nominated as Fontes As sociate Assistant Editor for Public Libraries, a nomination later confirmed by IAML Council.

The greater part of each session was devoted to prepared papers which are printed in full in the follow ing pages. The first of these, on public music libraries in Hungary was given, appropriately, in the Munici pal Ervin Szabo Library Music Division, whose interior had just undergone major alterations and was not at that time re-opened to the public. Members of the Branch were fully appreciative of all the library staffs efforts in preparing the library for the meeting, and were delighted to congratulate the Librarian Agnes Szalai on having been awarded the Ervin Szabo Medal, one of only two librarians in the country to have received it.

Eric Cooper, President Eric Cooper,

La Musique et le Centre Pompidou Maria Nyéki (Paris)

Le Centre National d'Art et Culture Georges Pompidou se compose de trois départements: du Musée national d'art moderne; du Centre de création industrielle; de l'Institut de recher che et de coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM) et de la Bibliothèque publique d'infor mation (BPI). Sur une surface totale de 100.000m2, d'une architecture hardie, les espaces intérieurs sont sans mur, la circulation du public se faisant à l'extérieur du bâtiment.

L'IRCAM est construit hors du bâtiment entièrement en sous-sol, et insonorisé. Une salle

expérimentale dont l'acoustique et le volume sont variables, sert à la recherche et aux

concerts. La BPI s'étend sur trois étages d'une surface de 14.460 m2, à laquelle s'ajoutent la

salle d'actualité et la bibliothèque des enfants au rez-de-chaussée.

L'IRCAM, dirigé par Pierre Boulez, est doté d'une technologie moderne. Il associe musi

ciens et scientifiques afin d'orienter la création musicale vers des voies encore inexplorées. En

dehors des travaux de recherche et de création, des activités s'ouvrent aux musiciens exté

rieurs telles que: formation des compositeurs à la technologie; conférences scientifiques; cours de programmation; séminaires de Pierre Boulez au Collège de France; colloques. La

bibliothèque de l'IRCAM est réservée aux chercheurs pour une consultation sur place. Elle

contient 2300 partitions de musique contemporaine, 2280 livres et 50 périodiques, 300 disques et 34 cassettes (choix des bandes de travaux et de concerts, archivées au Département son). L'IRCAM organise des cycles de concerts soit à l'extérieur, soit à la Grande salle du Centre, soit parfois au Musée, lors de certaines expositions.

La BPI est une bibliothèque encyclopédique, ouverte à tous sans formalités, de 12h à 22h en

semaine (sauf le mardi) et de 10h à 22h le samedi et le dimanche. La bibliothèque est réservée à la consultation sur place, sans prêt à domicile. Les lecteurs ont l'accès libre aux 400.000

documents classés selon leur sujet. L'une des particularités de la bibliothèque réside dans la

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