Dvořák Society Library and Record Services
Page last updated 11 April 2007
Library Service
The Dvořák Society has a collection of publications, recordings and scores. Historically this material has been stored in the home of the Librarian and made available for loan to Society members. The Society has also made this available to others: namely bona fide students, researchers and other specialists.
In the last few years there has been a tremendous growth in the volume of our Library material (in the main, thanks to the very generous donations of many members). The result of this is that the total volume of items is now more than can be expected of any one member to adequately house and administer. It has been clear for some time that new arrangements for housing and running the Library would be necessary. After much consideration and exploration, it has been decided to move the contents of the Library, which will be housed under the auspices of Cardiff University.
In searching for a suitable partner, it was essential for the Society to retain full access to this resource for our members, to ensure the items would be adequately preserved and that they would be well catalogued. In selecting Cardiff and having the support of professional Librarians, we believe that this objective has been achieved. Importantly, the Society retains the ownership of the items deposited.
There are still some detailed points to complete, so for the time being we regret that the Library Service is temporarily in suspension.
We offer thanks to those who have housed and administered the Library since its inception, particularly Vera Marsden, for her excellent work on cataloguing this resource, and more recently to Philip Carlin.
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Record Service
For further information about the Record Service, please contact Bill Marsden (Record Service Administrator). The address is—
www.dvorak-society.org32, Blundell Drive,
Southport,
PR8 4RE
UKTelephone: 01704 564 025 (outside the UK: +44 1704 564 025)
E-mail: billandvera@btinternet.com