Council of Association RIdIM
Antonio Baldassarre, President (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, CH)
Zdravko Blažeković, Vice-President (The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, US)
N.N., Secretary
Susanne Keller, Treasurer (Zurich, CH)
Daniela Castaldo (Università del Salento, IT)
Alan Green (Ohio State University, US)
José Antonio Robles Cahero (CENIDIM, Mexico City, MX)
Arabella Teniswood-Harvey (University of Tasmania, AU)
Executive Board
The Executive Board of Association RIdIM consists of the President, the Vice-president, the Secretary and the Treasurer.
Executive Officer
Wm. Keith Heimann
Liaison Officers
Association RIdIM maintains partnerships with other international organisations and bodies and these are represented on the Council of Association RIdIM by relevant liaison officers.
International Musicological Society: Alexandros Charkiolakis (The Friends of Music Society, Athens, GR)
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres: Federica Riva (Conservatorio di musica Arrigo Boito, Parma IT)
International Committee of Musical Instrument Museum Collections: Arnold Myers (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Past Presidents
Barry S. Brook (1918-1997)
Statutes of Association RIdIM
Working Groups
To allow for wider participation in the planning and implementation of the projects of Association RIdIM, whilst maintaining an efficient system of management and accountability, Working Groups are established for major projects and disciplines. Each Working Group is headed by a member of the Council or an individual elected by the Council who then draws relevant expertise from colleagues both within the Council and amongst the wider scholarly community.
Current working groups include:
Database Working Group
Dorothea Baumann, Chair
Alan Green
Sean Ferguson
Laurent Pugin
Editorial Centre
The Editorial Centre of Association RIdIM is located at The Ohio State University. It is directed by professional staff holding advanced degrees in library science and musicology, with the assistance of advanced students in related disciplines and access to extensive reference materials in the Music/Dance Library, the nearby Fine Arts Library and online.
Staff of the Editorial Centre:
Alan Green, Project Director
Sean Ferguson, Editor-in-Chief
Jarod Ogier, Associate Editor
The Editorial Centre is engaged in the following activities:
- Providing strategic overview from the perspective of the functionality and usage of the RIdIM database.
- Providing editorial overseeing of the RIdIM database, in consultation with the Council of Association RIdIM, including issues related to quality control and maintenance of content.
- Communicating with RIdIM cataloguers worldwide to provide support and guidance.
- Creating and revising RIdIM cataloguing documentation.
- Entering records into the RIdIM database from a wide range of sources and in particular in areas highlighted as valuable and where there are no cataloguers working outside of Association RIdIM.
- Providing testing and feedback for ongoing enhancements to the RIdIM database.
Contact Sean Ferguson at <ferguson.36[at]osu.edu> regarding database cataloguing policies, procedures or data quality issues, such as:
- Corrections or additions to database records.
- Support for registered cataloguers.
- Questions or suggestions related to database documentation.