Where in the World? Nebraska’s Polley Music Library and the World of Music Librarianship

Carolyn DowPolley Music Library, Lincoln City Libraries

Polley Music Library

Polley Music Library 2006

Lillian Helms Polley, 1881-1978

1981 Buying the Opening Collection

Ready for the Public 1982

1982

1993

1993

1993

Spring 2012

1993

I blew up the reference desk!

New Books Display, 2012

MIDI Keyboard & Finale Music Notation Program

Specialized Music Reference and Research Services

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

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

My First IAML Conferences

Ottawa, Canada 1994 Helsingor, Denmark 1995

Perugia, Italy 1996

Hooked on IAML

• 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

Sydney, Australia 2007

Dublin, Ireland 2011

Montreal, Canada 2012

Vienna, Austria 2013

Library Visits

Typical IAML Conference Day

• 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

My IAML Involvement

• Conferences • Papers (Ottawa, Perugia, Sydney, Dublin)• IAML-US Secretary, Treasurer • IAML Public Libraries Branch Chair (2012-

present), Secretary (1996-2002)• IAML Outreach Committee, Programme

Committee, Strategy Committee• IAML Social Media Policy discussion group

What I’ve Gotten From IAML• 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

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