Category Archives: Related Organizations
Shifting Stages, Shifting Sources: SIBMAS 2026 in Reykjavík
The 2026 SIBMAS Symposium, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, from June 8–10, gathered international performing arts archivists, librarians, and curators to discuss the theme “Shifting Stages: Preserving Performing Arts on Moving Ground”. Hosted by the National and University Library of Iceland and the National Theatre of Iceland, the event addressed the complexities of documenting fleeting performance arts in an era of rapid technological and structural change.
ACRL WGSS/TLA Discussion Forum: Social Justice at the Intersection of the Arts and Librarianship
The Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) of ACRL will host its discussion forum, Social Justice at the Intersection of the Arts and Librarianship, co-sponsored with the Theatre Library Association (TLA) on Monday June 25 at 8:30-10:00 a.m. in Morial Convention Center, room 298. The section’s awards ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will […]
TLA President’s Remarks at ASTR/TLA Conference 2017
November 18, 2017 Good afternoon. It is my pleasure and privilege to serve as President of the Theatre Library Association and on behalf of TLA thank you to the ASTR Officers, Executive Committee, Conference Program Chairs, and Conference Program Committee. I begin with a report on the activities of the American Theatre Archive Project on […]
2017 ASTR/TLA Conference: Extra/Ordinary Bodies: Interrogating the Performance and Aesthetics of “Difference”
Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead | Atlanta, Georgia | November 16-19, 2017 Friday, November 17 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Field Conversation 6: Instructional Resources in the Twenty-First Century (co-sponsored by the Theatre Library Association and the ASTR Ad Hoc Committee on Libraries) Sunday, November 19 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM Theatre Library Association Plenary: […]
Call for Proposals: 2016 ASTR Conference — Theatre Library Association Plenary
Trans(in)formation 2016 ASTR Conference — Theatre Library Association Plenary Call for Proposals November 3-6, 2016 Minneapolis Marriott City Center, Minneapolis, MN Transmission, translation, transformation, transplantation — these are just some of the issues that performing artists, theatre historians, archivists and librarians regularly confront. While the trans- prefix seems ubiquitous today, for the 2016 ASTR Conference, […]
ASTR/TLA 2015 Conference
TLA Members at ASTR/TLA 2015 in Portland, OR Several TLA members attended the annual joint conference of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) and the Theatre Library Association (TLA) held in Portland, Oregon in November 2015. Members had great turnout for the TLA events during the conference, including the TLA Plenary “Adventures in the […]
From the La MaMa Archives: Preserving the Videotaped Record of 1970s-Era Experimental Theatre
We had a packed house on October 19 for “Preserving the Videotaped Record of 1970s-era Experimental Theatre: A Screening and Panel Discussion.” More than fifty people gathered in La MaMa’s newest venue, The Downstairs, to screen newly digitized clips documenting La MaMa’s 1972 and 1973 seasons–and to discuss the challenge of preserving this kind of legacy video […]
MLA/TLA Program at the ALA Annual Conference: Performing Vegas: Documenting Music and Stage in Sin City
On Saturday, June 28, it was my pleasure to moderate the co-sponsored 2014 program of the Music Library Association and the Theatre Library Association at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Titled “Performing Vegas: Documenting Music and Stage in Sin City,” the program featured three speakers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas who […]
SIBMAS-TLA Conference: New Paradigms in Performance Documentation Working Session
TLA’s own Laurie Murphy of New York University convened one of the two final working sessions of the conference. New Paradigms in Performance Documentation consisted of a wonderful group of presentations, each focusing upon a unique performance documentation project. While the presentations were devoted to very diverse projects, together they provided insight into the common challenges […]
SIBMAS-TLA Conference: Six Presentations in Sixty Minutes
Exhibition Papers at the SIBMAS-TLA Conference The Exhibition Papers, presented after lunch on Friday, were varied and informative. Chaired by Susan Cole of the Constellation Center, Cambridge, this session consisted of a “lightning round” of 10-minute presentations that introduced a number of projects and initiatives being undertaken by repositories around the world. Presentations included: […]