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The 2024 in Stellenbosch, South Africa[2024 IAML Congress](https://www.iaml.info/congresses/2024-stellenbosch){:blank} in Stellenbosch, South Africa marked several firsts: the first time a IAML Congress took place on the African continent, the first time so many of our colleagues from Africa could participate in a IAML event, and for many IAML members it was our first time in Africa.
The [2024 IAML Congress](https://www.iaml.info/congresses/2024-stellenbosch){:blank} in Stellenbosch, South Africa marked several firsts: the first time a IAML Congress took place on the African continent, the first time so many of our colleagues from Africa could participate in a IAML event, and for many IAML members it was our first time in Africa.

In many respects, the congress week was similar to previous IAML congresses in that we had the opportunity to meet with our RISM contributors, hold a RISM cataloging workshop, and host a session dedicated to RISM. What made it stand out was the opportunity to come into conversation with colleagues from South Africa and Africa for the first time and to learn about their collections.

RISM aims to build a database of musical sources from all around the world, with a focus on historical printed music and music manuscripts. We have partnerships with people worldwide and the RISM database can be searched on two platforms, the RISM Catalog https://opac.rism.info/ and RISM Online https://rism.online/. However, we recognize that our coverage is inevitably uneven. Even though our database includes sources from 53 countries, no country from Africa is represented in our database yet.

We hope this changes soon. As part of our work to document musical sources worldwide, RISM assigns an abbreviation, called a siglum, to institutions that hold musical sources or material related to the research of music. Prior to the congress, the Editorial Center expanded its coverage of RISM sigla for South African institutions https://rism.info/new_at_rism/2024/06/27/new-rism-sigla-south-african-institutions.html by adding the institutions and private collections listed in Santie de Jongh’s Directory of South African Music Collections https://libguides.sun.ac.za/SAMusicCollections . As a result, we now have 41 sigla from South Africa, covering 16 cities, with each entry linking to De Jongh’s directory for detailed descriptions of historic music holdings and other archival materials.
We hope this changes soon. As part of our work to document musical sources worldwide, RISM assigns an abbreviation, called a siglum, to institutions that hold musical sources or material related to the research of music. Prior to the congress, the Editorial Center expanded its coverage of [RISM sigla for South African institutions](https://rism.info/new_at_rism/2024/06/27/new-rism-sigla-south-african-institutions.html) by adding the institutions and private collections listed in Santie de Jongh’s [Directory of South African Music Collections](https://libguides.sun.ac.za/SAMusicCollections). As a result, we now have 41 sigla from South Africa, covering 16 cities, with each entry linking to De Jongh’s directory for detailed descriptions of historic music holdings and other archival materials.

In the RISM Catalog, you can find all institutions from South Africa here: https://opac.rism.info/search?View=rism&siglum=ZA-*

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