Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale

Other · United States

https://www.rilm.org

Tina Frühauf, Executive Director
Phone: 212-817-1991
Email: TFruhauf@gc.cuny.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
RILM is committed to documenting the world’s knowledge about all musical traditions, and to making this knowledge accessible to research and performance communities worldwide via digital collections and advanced tools. RILM’s collections aim to include the music scholarship of all countries, in all languages, and across all disciplinary and cultural boundaries, thereby fostering research in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
  • Publishing activities began: 1967
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: One priority among many
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Some
  • Publishing Languages: over 140

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Organization (e.g., non-profit association, library consortium) that provides or supports library publishing activities on behalf of its library members
  • Advisory/editorial board: Yes
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 40
  • Individual people: 40
  • Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)

Publishing Activities

  • Databases
  • Datasets
  • Expansive digital publications


Highlights

Top Publications:
  • MGG Online (online encyclopedia)
  • DEUMM Online (online encyclopedia)
  • RILM Abstracts (abstract and index)
  • The RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (digital magazine collection)
  • Index to Printed Music (index)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Music
  • Dance

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Graduate students, Undergraduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
Software & Platforms:
  • WordPress