Collection-level
description: separating the woods from the trees, by Deborah Stumm,
Susanne Moir and Meredith Lawn. Paper re development of structured machine
readable collection descriptions to provide online access to performing arts
collections at the State Library of NSW. Presented at VALA Conference 2004.
The
computerized gaze and the performing arts. Paper
by Joh Hartog in Australian Drama Studies no 32 (April 98):109-130.
Describes the development of an electronic database to store data relating to
events presented at the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. Has implications for
the way the cultural industry and cultural organisations collect and use
information. Australian Drama studies is published by the Australasian
Drama Studies Centre
For the
record: documenting performing arts audience development initiatives.
A
publication of the Association of
Performing Arts Presenters in the United States, presenting a framework
for developing organisational capacity for documentation and audience
development, setting goals for documentation, employing methods for recording
a project, utilising resources for document projects and performances, and
determining the potential uses for documentation products.
Preserving
America's performing arts.Papers from the
Conference on Preservation Management for Performing Arts Collections, 1982,
Washington DC/ edited by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner and Bridgette Kueppers.
Published by the Theatre
Library Association. Despite advances in technology remains a
useful package of brief papers on managing performing arts documentation.
Performing
Arts Resources.
A series of
publications by the Theatre
Library Association. Includes articles on resource materials in the
fields of theatre, popular entertainment, film, television and radio,
information on public and private collections and essays on conservation and
collection management of theatre arts materials.
Preserve
Inc.
A non-profit
centre for archival documentation and preservation of the performing arts,
particularly dance, in the United States. Services include consultations,
workshops, surveys and publications including Dance archives: a practical
manual for documenting and preserving the ephemeral art.
Singapore's
first performing arts library: library@esplinade.
Article by Ruth Creamer outlining the beginnings, design, galleries, subject
villages and services of the new library at The Esplanade. Art Libraries
Journal, vol 28, no 4 (2003):p34-38.
The
State Theatre, Sydney Currently documenting its performance history and would like to hear from
anyone with memories, recordings, scrapbooks, photographs, playbills and home
movies regarding the live entertainment presented by the State from 1929 until
1952. Would like to hear from musicians and other performers who appeared with
the State Symphony Orchestra, State Havana Band and State Show Band; plus
technicians and stage managers associated with the theatre during this period.
Contact: Brian Barnes, General Manager, GPO Box 1609, Sydney NSW 200. Email admin@statetheatre.com.au.
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Music
Automation
requirements for music information. An article by Lenore Coral. MLA
Notes Sep 1986:14-18, published by the Music
Library Association.
Building a Virtual Music
Library: Towards a Convergence of Classification within Internet-based
Catalogues. an articles by L. Adcock. Knowledge Organization 28(2001)2: 66-74.
Indexing
and retrieving special materials in online catalogues. An article by Lenor
Coral. Fontes Artis Musicae Vol 40 no 2 Apr-Jun 1993: 110-115,
published by the International
Association of Music Libraries.
Issues in content-based music information retrieval.
An article by Aura Lippincott. Journal of Information Science
28(2002)2:137-142
Music
cataloguing and the future. Article by James Cassaro. Fontes Artis
Musicae, Vol 41, no 3 1994:245-250, published the International
Association of Music Libraries.
Music
libraries in Australian tertiary music teaching institutions. A paper by
Georgina Binns, surveying the status of music libraries in Australian
colleges, universities and conservatories since the appearance of major
reports on the subject in 1970 and the impact of diminishing funding. Fontes
Artes Musicae vol 46 no 3-4, Jul-Dec 1999, published by the International
Association of Music Libraries.
Music
libraries online: a virtual union catalogue for music. A paper by
Katherine Hogg. Describes a project which has created a virtual union
catalogue of holdings in nine conservatories of music in the UK using the
Z39.50 protocol to access varying bibliographic and software systems. Fontes
Artes Musicae vol 47, no 1, Jan-Mar 2001: 14-21, published by the International
Association of Music Libraries.
Prelude to a Digital Music Library at the Pennsylvania State University:
Networking Audio for Academic Library Users by Amanda Maple, Tona Henderson.
Library Resources & Technical Services. Vole 44, no 4, 2000:
190-195.
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Preservation
& conservation
Be
prepared: guidelines for small museums for writing a disaster preparedness
plan. A Heritage Collections Council Project undertaken by Soderlund
Consulting Pty Ltd. Canberra: Heritage Collections Council, 2000
Available from the Australian Department of
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
reCollections:
the conservation support and skills manual.
A series of publications aimed particularly at the volunteer
museum sector. Topics include caring for cultural materials, damage and
decay, managing collections, managing people, handling transportation,
storage and display. Available from the Australian Department of
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Significance:
a guide to assessing the significance of cultural heritage objects and
collections. Includes selection criteria, case studies and implementation
options. Canberra: Heritage Collections Council, 2001. Available from the Australian
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
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Press
clippings
Press clippings provide a consolidated picture of
a company's history - particularly performing arts organisations, whose
success is based on critical and popular reaction to its creative endeavours.
When the collection is well organised it provides the organisation with
convenient access to information on the people, events and works which have
shaped its history. The Wolanski Foundation will be developing guidelines on
the management of press clippings on the performing arts and undertaking research into the value and
impact of technology in managing these resources.
LAURIN Project.
Libraries and Archives Collecting Newspaper Clippings Unified for their
integration into Networks. The project aims to develop a generic model for the
digitisation of newspaper clippings.
Making
the words count: towards an analytical database of theatre reviews
Paper by David Roberts in NTQ: New Theatre Quarterly Vol XV Part 4 (NTQ60):
332-338, published by Cambridge
University Press. The article describes the rationale, development
functionality and initial results of an electronic database of theatre reviews
which permits analysis of the form according to the principle of
corpus/linguistics.
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Programs
The
theatre and concert program: ephemera or vital record? A paper on the history of the program,
collections in Australian repositories and technical issues by Paul Bentley. Summary available.
Full text due soon.
The
show goes on!:
preserving performing arts ephemera, or the power of the program.
Paper by Richard Stone on the value and characteristics of programs
and other ephemera and the efforts of Australian libraries and museums
in preserving them and making them accessible. Art Library Journal Vol
25 no 2 (2000):31-35.
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Videorecordings
Best
betrayal: the documentation of performance on video and film, part 1.
Article by Annabelle Melzer on the forms and functions of video documentation.
NTQ: New Theatre Quarterly, Vol 11, no 42, May 1995:147-157
Best
betrayal: the documentation of performance on video and film, part 2.
Article by Annabelle Melzer. NTQ: New Theatre Quarterly, Vol 11, no 43,
Aug 1995: 259-276
A
faithful betrayal of performance: notes on the use of video in
theatre. Article by Marco de Marinis on the potential and pitfalls of
using videorecordings for theatre studies. NTQ: New Theatre
Quarterly Vol 1 no 4, 1985:383-389
From
live performance to the digital stage: a 5 step guide to
contracting and copyright management or digital recordings for the live
performing arts / produced by the Performing Arts Multimedia Library (PAML)
Pilot Project. Melbourne: Performing Arts Multimedia Library, 1999.
Theatre
and video: national and international perspectives. By Ian
Herbert. Theatre Notebook vol 43 no 3, 1989:130-136.
The
video documentation of theatrical performance
Paper
by Gay McAuley in NTQ: New Theatre Quarterly No 38, May 1994:183-194, urging action
by theatre practitioners, funding authorities and university researchers to
ensure the preservation of theatre performances through the use of video
technology..
