NCompass Live - February 5, 2014. http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/ Carolyn Dow, Polley Music Library Manager, Lincoln City Libraries, will discuss the statewide resource that is the Polley Music Library, along with her involvement in the International Association of Music Libraries, of which she is currently Public Libraries Branch chair.

1. Where in the World? Nebraska’s
Polley Music Library and the World
of Music Librarianship
Carolyn Dow
Polley Music Library,
Lincoln City Libraries

2. Polley Music Library

3. Polley Music Library 2006

4. Lillian Helms Polley, 1881-1978

5. 1981 Buying the Opening Collection

6. Ready for the Public 1982

7. 1982

8. 1993

9. 1993

10. 1993

11. Spring 2012

12. 1993

13. I blew up the reference desk!

14. New Books Display, 2012

15. MIDI Keyboard & Finale Music
Notation Program

21. Specialized Music Reference and
Research Services

22. How Polley Serves Nebraska
• Interlibrary loan of music materials from the
Polley collection
• Reference assistance
• Assistance locating music materials to meet
customer needs
• Nebraska Memories participation

23. Music Library Associations
• Music Library Association – US based
• International Association of Music
Libraries, Archives and Documentation
Centres (IAML) – member of IFLA, IMC and
other organizations
• IAML-US – now merged with MLA

24. My First IAML Conferences
Ottawa, Canada 1994
Helsingor, Denmark 1995

25. Perugia, Italy 1996

26. Hooked on IAML
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Geneva, Switzerland 1997
San Sebastian, Spain 1998
Wellington, New Zealand 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland 2000
Perigeux, France 2001
(Berkeley, California 2002)
Tallinn, Estonia 2003
Oslo, Norway 2004
Warsaw, Poland 2005

27. Sydney, Australia 2007

28. Dublin, Ireland 2011

29. Montreal, Canada 2012

30. Vienna, Austria 2013

31. Library Visits

32. Typical IAML Conference Day
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9-10:30 Papers
10:30-11 Coffee break & exhibits
11-12:30 Papers or Working meetings
12:30-2 Lunch & Committee meetings
2-3:30 Papers
3:30-4 Coffee break & exhibits
4-5:30 Papers or Library visits
7-9 Concerts or receptions

33. My IAML Involvement
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Conferences
Papers (Ottawa, Perugia, Sydney, Dublin)
IAML-US Secretary, Treasurer
IAML Public Libraries Branch Chair (2012present), Secretary (1996-2002)
• IAML Outreach Committee, Programme
Committee, Strategy Committee
• IAML Social Media Policy discussion group

34. What I’ve Gotten From
IAML
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Contacts & networking
Discussion of library issues world
wide
Appreciation for our own
situations in the USA
A chance to see and hear about
how other libraries do things
Reference assistance for my own
customers

35. Contact Polley
• E-mail: polley@lincolnlibraries.org
• Phone: 402-441-8520
• Mail: Polley Music Library, 136 S. 14
St., Lincoln, NE 68508
• Facebook: Polley Music Library