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The article presents a report from the International Association of Music Libraries Archives & Documentation Centres New Zealand Branch (IAML NZ) on the provision of music services and access to music resources within National Library of New Zealand in response to National Librarian's presentation at conference in 2013. The IAML (NZ) explores how the music services are organised and its impact on customers. The role of the National Library and its support to public and libraries is outlined.

The article presents a reprint of the interview "Farewell Roger Flury" by Chris Szekely which appeared as a blog post on national National Library website. Topics discussed include music curator Roger Flury's recruitment in the National Library of New Zealand, his role as president of musical organization International Association of Music Libraries and views on the book "Giacomo Puccini: A Discography" written by him.

The article focuses on the sheet music related to the First World War of 1914-1918 in Hocken Collections, a research library in Dunedin, New Zealand. It informs that the music collected at the library presented national patriotism, which helped to provide support for the war effort and emphasise the allegiance of New Zealanders. It mentions several songs including "Tarakoi Waltz" by James Brown, "Our Territorials: A Chorus March by A.R. Don and "The Soldier: Patriotic Song" by Albert Light.

In this article, the author focuses on the lyrical content and cover illustration of pre-World War One military music kept at the Mosgiel Library in New Zealand. He informs that donors of music scores include Amy Osborne, F.B. Muir and L.B. Borrow. He mentions several songs preserved at the library including "Old England and the New," "The Lads in Navy Blue" and "Charge of the Light Brigade March."

The article presents updates related to the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentations of New Zealand Branch Inc. and the journal. It informs that the 30th Annual General Meeting of the association was held in Wellington, New Zealand on November 3, 2011 and editors of the journal are working on the special issues on the music of World War I to be released in 2014. It mentions that the World War One sheet music will be digitised.

The article discusses the availability of on-line musical scores and its benefits . As stated, depending on their accessibility they can be broadly categorized as commercial, online aggregators and libraries. Benefits of online musical scores includes ability to download missing instrumental part from a set, to keep with the other parts. Disadvantages to electronic musical score, are also discussed.

The article provides information on the late composer/architect Richard Fuchs. The local police constable described Fuchs, in support of his application for New Zealand citizenship, as a man of considerable ability, of a retiring nature, very musical, whose life was wrapped up in music, his chief form of recreation. Fuchs' compositions are now in the manuscript collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library, part of the National Library of New Zealand.

The article offers information about the paper presented at the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) New Zealand Branch conference on November 3, 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand. The paper highlights the author's challenge for people to put the spotlight on Auckland City Libraries music collections. The paper also outlines the specific projects undertaken by the Auckland City Libraries including the NZ Music Month, Free Thursday Lunchtime Concert series in 2005, and Ensemble Philharmonia concerts series in 2004.

Information about the topics discussed during the 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on November 5, 2004 at the Wellington City Library in New Zealand is presented. The meeting highlights the election of new president, treasurer, and secretary of the New Zealand Branch of International Association of Music Libraries. It also features a visit to the Radio New Zealand Music Library and a presentation by Penny Fenwick about the developments of the New Zealand School of Music.

Information about the Biennial Conference of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers, Australia & New Zealand Branches, entitled "Music in digital world: directions, initiatives and collaboration" held in Canberra from September 12-15, 2004 is presented. Topics include digitization for music collection and development, preservation and physical digital audio colletions management. The conference was supported by the organization's worldwide members.

The article offers information regarding the compilation of Grove's Dictionary of music and musicians by George Grove, in which it serves as a platform for presenting specific interpretations of musical achievements in England. According to the author, articles on Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert was the extensive contribution of Grove to the dictionary. He added that Grove's desire to place English music in an important position is evident from correspondence and other archive materials that are related to the development of the project. In addition, the list also includes many singers and musicians including organists.

Information about the topics discussed during the annual conference of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) New Zealand Branch on November 27 to 28, 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand is presented. It highlights a talk given by retired broadcaster Des Wilson about music from a point of view of the listener. It also features a very entertaining look at the world of cataloguing presented by cataloguer Rose-Marie Tonk.

The article offers information about the 2003 annual report of the president of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) New Zealand Branch. The report highlights several activities undertaken by IAML including the 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference on November 21 to 22 and promotional evening for IAML on July 23 at the Auckland City Libraries. The article features the Statement of Financial Performance of IAML for the year ended December 31, 2002 with net assets of 25158.92 New Zealand dollar.

Information about several papers discussed at the International Association for Music Library (IAML) conference on various developments in music libraries, held on August 4 to 9, 2002 at the University of California in Berkeley, California is presented. Topics include the challenges faced by library projects and various issues of music librarianship. The conference featured several speakers including Jill Palmer of Alexander Turnbull Library and Roger Flury of the National Library in Wellington.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of using Music Libraries.

Information about the topics discussed at the 2001 International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) Conference in Périgueux, France on July 8-14, 2001 is presented. The conference opened with the General Assembly Annual General Meeting (AGM) where the association's president and treasurer present their annual reports. One session was dedicated to the sheet music digitization project of the National Library of Canada. The association also held its elections for its officers.

Information about the 32nd Annual General meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries Archives & Documentation Centres (IAML) New Zealand Branch that took place on November 8, 2013. Topics discussed include the New Zealand music, the discovery of musician Harry Norris and the positive outcomes of the refurbishment of the Department of Internal Affairs building. The event featured several experts in the music librarians including Simon Grigg, Peter Downes and Bill Macnaught.

In this article the author discusses, music libraries in New Zealand and trends in country's music community. As stated, libraries all over the country promote their music collections over Internet as well. New Zealand Music Industry Commission (NZMIC) suggests visiting local libraries for detailed and huge collections of music resources.

The article offers information about the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Band music library, a military band which consists some 30 woodwind, brass and percussion musicians. It has a computerised catalogue using a Microsoft Access database. Its sheet music comes from sheet music retailers, its own arranges, and other arrangers and bands. It puts emphasis on sheet music, repertoire available and the maximum efficiency of its functioning. It also has diverse qualifications as compared the other libraries.

The article focuses on the Music Month celebrated by Auckland City Libraries, Wellington City Libraries, and Christchurch City Libraries in New Zealand (NZ) in May 2005. In celebration of the Music Month, the Auckland City Libraries had 18 successful events over the month of May while Christchurch and Wellington have organized a range of events. The annual event was conducted to promote the NZ music, to provide opportunities to musicians, and to support the local music industry. Brendan Adams, Katy Soljak, "Made in Auckland" artists, and the Muse performed during the special events held in Auckland.

The article focuses on the effectiveness of digital strategy in preserving national music collections at the Alexander Turnbull Library in New Zealand. The study discovers that the Turnbull Library used digital strategy in reviewing and processing musical collection to ensure confidence to collect and manage with accurate digital musical resources. It cites that the library venture into two strands for digitization such as timeframes for the illustrative items and the project-based paper past for the digitising newspapers. It concludes that digitization approach creates an effective impact towards the improvement of the library's collection management.

The article discusses the benefits of using Electronic Purchasing In Collaboration (EPIC) to music libraries in Auckland, New Zealand. EPIC allows access to electronic resources that offer music-related information which include biographies, newswires, photographs and graphics. It is expressed that EPIC has been used by different public and special libraries in all school levels. Furthermore, the list of music journals which are included in the MasterFILE Premier is presented including the "American Record Guide," "Bass Player" and "Canadian Composer."

The article highlights the celebration of the NZ Music Month at Auckland City Libraries in New Zealand. It featured musical and educational events such as screenings of musical history and workshops for singer/songwriters. Students from the University of Auckland School of Music recited different compositions while Auckland Mandolinata Orchestra presented concerts arranged for mandolin. Classical concerts were performed by various musicians including Bill Sevisi and Chris Melville. Musicians donated their released compact discs (CDs) to the library to help young and emerging musicians.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being a researcher at different music libraries in Italy.

The article focuses on the effort of O. M. Sandvik, a collector of traditional music at the University of Oslo, to establish a library National Music Collection in Norway in 1927. Sandvik has raised enough money to organize a certain group to collect some European music including Mozart, Palestrina, Rameau, Bach, Handel and even a page of Beethoven manuscript. A special Beethoven collection has purchased from the international collector named Martin Schöyen in 1970. The library is considered the largest among other libraries in the country because it has many source materials of traditional and folk music.

The article presents an archive of New Zealand music at Alexander Turnbull Library from July-December 2014. The donations to the archive include the centenary of the birth of composer Douglas Lilburn and the electroacoustic work made as incidental music to a play that David Groves produced at Victoria University of Wellington. The papers collected by piano teacher Judith Clark are also featured in the archive.

The article focuses on collections from the Alexander Turnbull Library and the National Library of New Zealand. It notes that papers and recordings donated by musician Phil Garland are related to the New Zealand Folklore Society and its Christchurch branch and papers donated by musician Donald Maurice included scores by musician Alfred Hill. It mentions that donations by musician Malcolm Robert Nicholls consist of sound recordings of the church choirs Cantoris and Phoenix Choir.

The article presents information on several donations related to musical collection received by the music libraries Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland, New Zealand and National Library of New Zealand. The libraries received recordings of jazz improvisations of the groups that formed the musical group Braille Collective. A list of the music collections donated by several musicians including John MacGibbon, Jack Body and Chris Prosser is also presented.

The article offers the author's insights on the launch by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) of its "Strengthening the Profession" project aiming to develop the profession of music librarians. The author states LIANZA's project could help promote the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) in library community in New Zealand. She adds that among the things that could promote IAML include media communication.

In this article, the author talks about the changes and developments that were made to the journal in previous years. It informs that a new improved version of the journal was produced and the thesis on music was published which was later republished online. It further informs that the Roger Flury was replaced as the chairman of the Rèpertoire International de Littèrature Musicale (RILM) by Elizabeth Smith.

The article presents the author's insights on preserving musical recordings in various media in New Zealand in 2011. The author emphasized the importance of preserving musical records to be better prepared in unexpected disasters like the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Furthermore, the author provides various music collection preservation and disaster preparation tips including shelf reinforcement, repairing audio and video (AV) materials, and electronic storage.

The article offers information on New Zealand (NZ) Music Month 2010. It mentions the events featured during the NZ Music Month such as the showcase of a trio local artists including the Honeybone, Leo Ladell and Marcus Tuwairua. It notes the participation of community libraries wherein their musicians volunteered their time to perform their talents. It also reveals the additional partnership with Trade Aid which is considered the additional twists on the NZ Music Month.

The article presents a message from the president of the International Association of Music Libraries depicting on the Music Collections of the National Library of Australia. He mentions that a range of organizations and individuals had as interest on music collections and services and among them are librarians, music organizations, and composers. He states that the most common discussion on the collection was the idea of overseas music.

The article presents the hints and principles used by practicing music librarians in material evaluation in New Zealand. Librarians should know what they are getting and try to determine the size and condition before they accept it. They should ensure that the donor is aware of the rare or special item among the collection of library items. They should have a collection development policy for a reason and that their acceptance should include a rider to the donor that does not include all items in their collection.

Information about the European Conference on Digital Libraries held in Aarhus, Denmark in 2008 is presented. Among the main themes of the conference are the universal right and access to knowledge, building bridges to knowledge and the necessity for high quality content in the public sector. Europeana was also introduced with its content themes including first notes, music theatre, learning music and dance.

Two tables are presented showing the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) New Zealand Branch's statement of financial performance and its position as of December 31, 2007.

The article presents the report of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) New Zealand branch president for the fiscal year 2007-2008. She notes that the Association accepted a Code of Professional Conduct at its Annual General Meeting. She relates that it further raised its profile and highlight the expertise of its members. She points out its plan to develop a draft brochure which sets out some options for teachers and those who want to donate their music collections to libraries and attemps to increase communication between the branch and its members. She adds that it also concerns on the specialist music services, specifically those related to the international music under threat at the National Library.

The author offers his insights on the retirement of Jill Palmer from the Alexander Turnbull Library in Auckland, New Zealand in April 26, 2006. He looks into the achievements of Palmer, including the development of music services within the National Library and her involvement in the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML), Archives and Documentation Centers. He claims that Palmer, who has hosted the International IAML Conference in Wellington, has been rewarded with Life Membership of IAML and has helped in managing the national library's financial performance. In addition, he describes Palmer as a great music librarian and archivist.

Several photographs of the 2007 International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) conference held in Australia are presented, along with highlights of the said events.

The article offers information on the Discover — Te Kohinga Tonga, a database of art and musical resources launched by the School Services National Library of New Zealand. It is designed for school students and teachers to improve the arts and Nga Toi curriculum. It provides essays concerning the traditional Maori music, history of the country's music and music in the community along with music clips and photographs. The database also presents specific learning examples related to arts and music activities.

The article focuses on the comprehensive guide of music librarianship in New Zealand. Music Libraries Trust and the Open Learning Unit at the University of Wales have supported the self-study guide which contains two main volumes including the third booklet of readings and the compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM). The two main functions of CD-ROM include the specific examples of information sources, binding or formats and the introduction of Internet which covers the usage of search engines. The author further emphasizes that the guide can demonstrate self discipline to the music librarians.

Information about the topics discussed at the 2001 International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) Conference on October 18-19 in Auckland, New Zealand is presented. The first speaker was composer Edwin Carr, who talked about the state of classical music in the country. Another speaker was librarian Helen Polglase who described her experiences using Dutch music libraries as part of her study of baroque cello performance. Other speakers are Glenda Keam and Roger Flury.