Recent TLA News
Book Review: Simming: Participatory Performance and the Making of Meaning
Simming: Participatory Performance and the Making of Meaning Scott Magelssen Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780472072149 249 pp. Few scholarly books open with as enticing a hook as Scott Magelssen’s excellent study of participatory performance, Simming. Magelssen seemed destined to write this book since his career as a simulator began […]
TLA Survey Provides Guidelines for the Future
In an effort to “take the pulse” of our membership and to continually improve the organization, the TLA Membership Committee sent out a survey in September. Some highlights of the survey results are: Most of our respondents are employed full time at academic research institutions. More than half of our survey respondents have been […]
TLA Executive Board in 2015!
Congratulations to Tanisha Jones, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and Joseph Tally, American Conservatory Theater, on their election to the TLA Executive Board. Warm welcome to you both! Congratulations to Diana King and Doug Reside on their re-election to the TLA Executive Board. Angela Weaver and I are both delighted to continue […]
More about the TLA Plenary — ASTR TLA Conference 2014
The 2014 TLA Plenary at ASTR 2014 was a roaring success. Not only did the conference spark dynamic conversations around the topic of the “post-human” and the broadening spectrum of archival subjects, systems, and sites, over 60 attendees were present at the TLA plenary. Focusing on the role information professionals can play in the ever-evolving […]
TLA in 2014
Season’s Greetings from Theatre Library Association TLA is looking back on a fantastic 2014 We co-sponsored the SIBMAS TLA Conference in New York City. TLA launched the new website in July. We published PAR 30 – Holding Up the Mirror: Authenticity and Adaptation in Shakespeare TodaySymposium Proceedings. Our October Event celebrated all of the TLA Awards […]
Highlights from the ASTR TLA Conference
The ASTR TLA Conference was held November 20 – 23 in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference hotel was situated on the Inner Harbor a few blocks from the historic neighborhood of Fells Point. The conference theme focused on the simple question — What Performs? — encouraging discussion on the stuff of theatre such as props and […]
Membership Rates
Dear TLA Members, Congratulations to TLA on a terrific year! The SIBMAS TLA Conference in New York City was a great success. We had more than 100 delegates in attendance and a week of dynamic presentations and discussion. We launched our new website in July and have received wonderful feedback on its design, layout and […]
TLA in October
On Friday, October 17th, at the New York Pubic Library for the Performing Arts, TLA hosted a wonderful evening of celebration and discussion. We celebrated the recipients of our multiple awards and enjoyed a panel presentation entitled Women in Film. The evening began with our Annual Business Meeting. I had a chance to report on […]
Call for Papers – State of the Profession: Performing Arts Librarianship in the 21st Century
Performing Arts Resources – Volume 32 State of the Profession: Performing Arts Librarianship in the 21st Century This volume of Performing Arts Resources will consider the current status of performing arts librarians and archivists – as well as performing arts libraries in general. It will reflect on issues of professional preparation and training, sustainability of the […]
BROADSIDE Digest is Here
Introducing the inaugural issue of BROADSIDE Digest, a digest of TLA website content and news. Don’t have time to click back through all of the previously posted items? No worries; we’ve compiled all of the posts from July 7 through September 20 in one handy document. You’ll be able to find all of the issues of the […]