Musicology information service to be continued
Bavarian and Saxon libraries are launching the fifth phase of the Specialized Information Service (FID) for Musicology, a project funded by the German Research Foundation since 2014 and now extended for another three years.
The funding volume of the fifth phase is around 2.4 million euros. The aim of the infrastructure project is to provide relevant information services for musicological research in Germany. Over the next three years, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) and the Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden will be expanding their already established services.
Under the joint label "musiconn. For networked musicology", established services are continuously expanded and optimized. These include the provision and technical development of the online catalog of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM-Catalog) at the BSB. With more than 1.5 million musical sources, this reference tool is the most authoritative database of its kind in the world.
Link: www.musiconn.de
