07/2025: RISM-Workshop at IAML in Salzburg

Thanks to his additional role as music librarian and the fact that the venue in Salzburg is accessible by train, Rolf Wissmann had the opportunity to attend the full IAML conference (6-11 July) for the first time.This diverse conference attracts not only employees of music memory institutions, but also highly decorated international music researchers who work with historical music documents. Numerous experts from the field of digital musicology were invited as speakers (program).The Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) is a key part of any IAML conference. In several presentations, especially from the RISM Digital Center, new features and visions for the RISM Catalogue and RISM Online were introduced. These included the expansion of the data model to enable works to be recorded and/or linked, and plans to include ‘existing’ inventories.On Tuesday, there was the opportunity to participate in the two-part RISM workshop…