IAML—IASA COMMITTEE ON MUSIC AND SOUND ARCHIVES / COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAND TRAININGAuthor(s): Derek LewisSource: Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 28, No. 1/2, TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OFMUSIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRES: CAMBRIDGE/ENGLAND(Januar-Juni 1981), pp. 113-114Published by: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres(IAML)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23505775 .

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sought. The matter was being dealt with by the IASA Executive Committee, and an announcement of a successor would be made in the near future. Ulf Scharlau would be withdrawing from the Committee and it was hoped to find another representative from Germany.

The following matters were on the agenda:

1. Resolution of IASA in Respect of Tax to be imposed on Blank Magnetic Tapes

A draft letter had been compiled at the 1979 Annual Meeting, and the final version was now avail able. The problems of exemption from the tax by recognised and accredited archival institutions were discussed. These varied from country to country, with a major factor being the means of funding the institution, and procedures for reclamation of tax paid. Mr. Trevor Pearcy, representing the UK branch of the 1.F.P.I, was able to report on the progress of discussions so far, and noted that there was to be a further meeting of the 'Private Copying Committee' sometime in September.

2. Report to the General Secretary of UNESCO

The report in its final form was now complete. Briefly, it detailed the terms of reference of the IASA Copyright Committee, and suggested that liaison between the Committee and the Copyright Division of UNESCO would prove beneficial, with the aim of clarifying many at present obscure legal points in the matter of dissemination and exchange of sound documents between authorised sound archives. The sending of the report awaited the election of a new Chairman of the IASA Copyright Committee.

3. U.S. Copyright and Sound Recordings

Gerald Gibson of the Library of Congress had prepared an extremely valuable paper documenting the changes relating to sound recordings in the recently revised Copyright Law in the USA. This was

signed on October 19th, 1976, and became lawon January 1st, 1978 Unfortunately Mr. Gibson was not

present to deliver this interesting résumé himself, and it was read on his behalf.

4. Model Contract

The Chairman referred to the previously discussed 'model contract' which would attempt to con tain all provisos regarding legality of exchange of sound documents between accredited archives. This could only become effective with the co-operation of interested parties in supplying examples of such contracts at present existing within their own organisations. So far response had been limited.

There being no further matters to discuss the meeting closed, with Rolf Schuursma, representing the IASA Executive Board, proposing a vote of thanks to Robert Ternisien for his work as guiding light of the Copyright Committee over the past years.

Derek Lewis, Secretary

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The Training of Sound Archivists

Session held on Wednesday, 6th August 1980; Chairman: Derek Lewis (BBC London), Panel:

Mrs. Prue Neidorf (National Library of Australia, Canberra), Huib Deetman (Openbare Muziekbiblio

theek, Amsterdam), Mark Jones (BBC London), Hansjörg Xylander (Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich)

The Chairman invited Mrs. Neidorf to open the discussion. She began with the contention that

'training' could be a misleading term. She felt strongly that one could not 'train' someone to be a suc

cessful sound archivist. There had in the first place to be a basic expertise or 'flair' which would only show itself in practical working conditions. It was an attitude that could be encouraged and developed, but not in the long run, taught. The most that could be achieved with suitable candidates was to de

velop an existing potential. Her paper aimed to present an identification of the term 'sound archivist', its relation to existing

standards, with special emphasis on IASA based needs. She surveyed the present situation regarding suitable courses (or lack of them) and examined career prospects. Before we could attempt to assess

what might be a suitable course of study for the prospective sound archivist we should need to estab

lish accurate requirements. Huib Deetman then described the various courses available to students interested in pursuing a

career as a sound recording archivist as presently available in the Amsterdam Library School. Courses

covered the outlines of librarianship generally, with follow-up courses of up to two years in length

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concentrating on more specialised areas. It was noted that such courses tended to be geared more to wards written materials rather than other subjects. However, of special interest to the meeting was a

one-year specialisation course designed to accomodate music and record librarians, although 'record

librarianship' played an auxiliary part and was designed more for public libraries rather than specialist sound archives.

From the BBC Sound Archives Mark Jones explained the staffing principle in just such a specialist area in a broadcasting station. On the whole it had been found that formal library training (although its usefulness was not to be denied) was not necessarily an advantage in a broadcasting context. In the BBC Sound Archives (representing a selective collection of original broadcast material) no formal

training was undertaken. Recruitment was based on an assessment of a candidate's ability to respond to the very varied kinds of demand that members of a broadcasting organisation make upon its Sound

Archives, with a special emphasis upon programme needs. What was required was a good level of edu cation and a keen awareness and interest in programme output. Within a broadcasting context, the

flexibility of staff and the diversity of backgrounds had proved more valuable than any formal training or qualifications.

Hansjörg Xylander also had a background of working for a broadcasting organisation, although in this instance he was speaking about the training possibilities for sound archivists as it existed generally in the Federal Republic of Germany. To date there was no generally accepted training in the field of

broadcasting and television archives. However the Educational Institute for Documentation had been

offering courses for documentation specialists for over 25 years. As in Holland the concentration was on written materials rather than sound recordings. He described the three major courses available, and it was recognised that those who had completed a course were most likely to be given preference over other candidates for posts in documentation units. Hansjörg Xylander drew the attention of the meet

ing to an important paper published in 1979 in the journal Nachrichten für Dokumentation 30 repre senting the first attempt to define the functions of media archivists and to summarise a uniform

description of the profession. He noted that since 1979 there had been an accumulated joint effort from interested parties in the media of press, broadcasting and film to investigate the results of the

present courses and to expand them to advantage. The general consensus seemed to be that the needs of recording archives were not being met at

present by existing training courses. Despite the often unique nature of many such archives, which would imply special requirements for individual staff members, there would still seem to be consider able room for expansion in the general basic courses.

The Commission on Education and Training had already elected to enter into this matter more

fully, and to report further on their findings at the next annual conference. It was hoped that the pa pers offered at this present session would have made a useful contribution to their work, and it was

suggested that Mrs. Neidorf be invited to co-operate with them, using her paper as a basic reference document.

Claes Cnattingius then asked the meeting to consider a matter continuing from a session the previ ous year at the Salzburg conference, namely the Code of Conduct, being a list of pieces of information considered essential to accompany any published commercial recording. These were as follows: a) The date(s) of recording b) The place(s) of recording (to name the actual recording venue as well as town and country, and to

indicate if the recording derived from 'live' performances) c) The musical edition used, with indication of any major cuts or significant departures from the

published score or source

d) The performing forces used

e) The duration of items, individual items, Acts etc.

f) The name of recording producer, recording/balance engineer, and editor (Schnitt, Montage sonore) It was agreed that these requisites were essential documentation, and it was reasonable to expect a

recording company to supply them. The finalised list would be presented to the I.F.P.I, and it was

hoped to arrange for publication in the major international magazines dealing with record reviews and information.

Derek Lewis, Secretary

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