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The Music Department and Sound Archive of the National Library of Israel regrets to announce the death of Prof. Israel Adler, 84, musicologist, founder of the National Sound Archives of the National Library of Israel, founder and former director of the Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and one of the co-founders of IASA. Prof. Adler passed away on Monday, 17 August, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Michelle, a son and daughter in-law and grandchildren.

The Second Edition of the IASA-TC04, Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects, was officially launched at The British Library's Unlocking Audio 2 Conference in London in March 2009.