News archive – In memoriam
Remembering Cheryl Martin
We were saddened to hear of the unexpected death of Cheryl Martin on July 15, 2016. Cheryl was the leader of the RISM Canada working group, which she took over in 2011 following William Guthrie’s retirement. Cheryl was a librarian at Western University in Ontario. Her cataloging expertise was always...
23 November 2016
In memoriam: Joachim Schlichte-Bierbaum (1947-2015)
On Monday, April 20, 2015, Dr. Joachim Schlichte-Bierbaum died of heart disease at the age of 68. From 1982 to 1990, he was the director of the RISM Central Office. Schlichte was born in Lübeck in 1947 and studied music education, choral conducting, German studies, art history, and musicology in...
28 April 2015