CAML Annual Conference 2025

The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML) invites the submission of proposals for its 2025 virtual conference.  

The conference and AGM will be held May 13 and 14, 2025. The theme of this year's conference is Shaping the Future: Music Stewardship, Advocacy, Technology, and we welcome proposals that explore the following ideas, or otherwise align with the conference theme: 

• Reconciliation in Music Archives
• Changing Practices in Cataloguing and Metadata
• The Role of AI in the Changing Work of Music Libraries
• Beyond Music and Sound: Expanding definitions
• The Intersection of Born-Digital Music and Digital Preservation
• Print in a Digital Age: Coexistence or Obsolescence?
• OMR and MEI: Technologies Shaping the Future of Music Archives
• The Changing Landscape of Music Libraries and Documentation Centres
• Interdisciplinary Futures: Collaborations Beyond Music Libraries
• Building Bridges Between Practice and Research
• Other future possibilities? 

Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute question and discussion period.

Proposals should include a 250-word abstract and a biographical sketch of no more than 100 words.

Proposals for sessions, roundtables, and plenaries are also welcome. 

Please send proposals to Marc Stoeckle, Conference Planning Committee Chair, at mstoeckle@ucalgary.ca by March 2, 2025.