Introduction to DMBF

Dansk Musikbiblioteks Forening (DMBF) - Danish Music Library Association - is a specialist association with representatives from public and research libraries as well as institutions and individuals related to documentation and distribution of music.
The association is open to everybody. Our address is:

Frederiksberg Musikbibliotek
Dansk Musikbiblioteks Forening
Falkoner Plads 3
DK-2000 Frederiksberg

Current information

Members are kept informed about news and problems in the field of music librarianship, for example through our quarterly magazine MusikBIB (in Danish).

The electronic conference for Danish music libraries is working well. Silkeborg library is hosting the conference, which is open to everyone, also subscribers outside Denmark.
To subscribe the mailing list send an e-mail (with no subject and no signature) to:  listserv@silkeborg.bib.dk

For your message, write: JOIN MUSIKBIB YourName

The conference is open for discussion and questions concerning music and music librarianship. Please subscribe!

Arrangements and plans

We arrange seminars, thematic days, and visits to institutions.
At present we are working with topics such as

• music on new media, e.g. Internet
• copyright problems
• the new Danish library bill

International connections

The association is the Danish branch of IAML.
Denmark hosted the 1995 IAML-IAMIC congress which took place in Elsinore. During the one-week congress, about 300 participants from 30 countries discussed music documentation matters. Moreover they were introduced to a wide scope of the Danish music scene and library system. Through the many arrangements the participants got an insight into Danish musical and cultural life now and in the past.