RISM office changes its name
The Swiss RISM office (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) has made a name for itself as a digital infrastructure, not least thanks to the development of cataloging software for musical sources. The Swiss RISM Office Association is now renamed the RISM Digital Center.
The Muscat software was selected by the international RISM community as the standard tool for the worldwide cataloging of historical music sources. Accordingly, the staff of the Swiss office are now also responsible for the installation and administration of Muscat on the servers of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Swiss expertise is also evident in the development of other programs, such as the notation tool Verovio. This gives the Swiss office an outstanding position in the RISM community at an international level. The association and the center will therefore be renamed in January 2021 "RISM Digital Center".
The name change is supported by both the international RISM Association and the Swiss National Science Foundation. The latter has already been supporting RISM Switzerland as an infrastructure company for several years. At the interface between the humanities and technological disciplines with a direct link to Swiss music culture, the project is a prime example of a digital humanities enterprise.
