Managing Performing Arts Collections in Academic and Public Libraries

Managing Performing Arts Collections in Academic and Public Libraries
Author: Carolyn A. Sheehy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1994-07-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 031336382X

This professional reference provides solid advice to academic and public librarians for managing performing arts collections. The volume is divided into sections on the history of performing arts librarianship, dance collections, film studies collections, music collections, and theater collections. Each chapter is written by one or more expert contributors and presents current and reliable information on collection management. They discuss personnel management, collection development, technical services, public services, the impact of new technologies, facilities management, financial planning, and political considerations. Each chapter closes with references cited in the chapter, and the volume concludes with a valuable selected, annotated bibliography of important background sources and management tools.

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Author: Irving Brown (Consulting Bibliographer)
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136119000

An annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series.

Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition

Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition
Author: Allen Scott
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253014565

Since it was first published in 1993, the Sourcebook for Research in Music has become an invaluable resource in musical scholarship. The balance between depth of content and brevity of format makes it ideal for use as a textbook for students, a reference work for faculty and professional musicians, and as an aid for librarians. The introductory chapter includes a comprehensive list of bibliographical terms with definitions; bibliographic terms in German, French, and Italian; and the plan of the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal music classification systems. Integrating helpful commentary to instruct the reader on the scope and usefulness of specific items, this updated and expanded edition accounts for the rapid growth in new editions of standard works, in fields such as ethnomusicology, performance practice, women in music, popular music, education, business, and music technology. These enhancements to its already extensive bibliographies ensures that the Sourcebook will continue to be an indispensable reference for years to come.

Sourcebook for Research in Music

Sourcebook for Research in Music
Author: Phillip Crabtree
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1993
Genre: Bibliographical literature
ISBN: 9780253213235

This bibliography of bibliographies lists and describes sources, from basic references to highly specialized materials. Valuable as a classroom text and as a research tool for scholars, librarians, performers, and teachers.

The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies

The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies
Author: Christopher B. Balme
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2008-09-18
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1316264963

Providing thorough coverage of the methods and tools required in studying historical and contemporary theatre, this Introduction examines the complexities of a rapidly changing and dynamic discipline. Following a cross-cultural perspective, the book surveys the ways theatre and performance are studied by looking initially at key elements such as performers, spectators and space. The central focus is on methodology, which is divided into sections covering theatre theory, historiography and textual and performance analysis. The book covers all the main theatrical genres - drama, opera and dance - providing students with a comparative, integrated perspective. Designed to guide students through the academic dimension of the discipline, the volume emphasizes questions of methodology, research techniques and approaches, and will therefore be relevant for a wide variety of theatre studies courses. Informative textboxes provide background on key topics, and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter.

European Sculpture and Metalwork

European Sculpture and Metalwork
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588394417

Guide to Reference Materials for Canadian Libraries

Guide to Reference Materials for Canadian Libraries
Author: Kirsti Nilsen
Publisher: Published for the Faculty of Library and Information Science by University of of Toronto
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1992
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

**** About itself the 8th edition notes: "Primarily intended as an instructional guide for library personnel and researchers who work with reference materials, the Guide surveys the basic and most familiar or typical resources for general reference work, and for work with the disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and pure and applied sciences." The 7th edition, titled Guide to basic reference materials . . . , is recommended by ARBA, v.16, but is missed by BCL3 and Sheehy. A solid work marred by the flimsy paper binding--a shockingly bad production decision: a bibliography gets repeated use. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Theatre Management and Production in America

Theatre Management and Production in America
Author: Stephen Langley
Publisher: Drama Publishers/Quite Specific Media
Total Pages: 720
Release: 1990
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

In this second revised edition of his book first published in 1974, Langley analyzes theater management principles and practice with updated examples. He has added major new chapters on non-profit professional theater, presenting organizations, and budget planning; and he has expanded existing material on marketing, computerized ticketing, advertising, fundraising, U.S. labor law and collective bargaining, audience psychology, and managing the artisic temperament. The appendices include a sample National Endowment for the Arts application form and an annotated guide to national and regional arts service organizations. ISBN 0-89676-115-0: $37.50.