1. ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION 701-99 INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SPRING 2014 ALLISON PHILLIPS

2. Mission Statement “Founded in 1937, the Theatre Library Association supports librarians and archivists affiliated with theatre, dance, performance studies, popular entertainment, motion picture, and broadcasting collections. TLA promotes professional best practices in acquisition, organization, access and preservation of performing arts resources in libraries, archives, museums, private collections, and the digital environment. By producing publications, conferences, panels, and public events, TLA fosters creative and ethical use of performing arts materials to enhance research, live performance, and scholarly communication.”* *http://www.tla-online.org/about/mission.html

3. History Founded in 1937 under the directive of Harry M Lydenberg, director of the New York Public Library George Freedley, curator of the Theatre Collection of the NYPL, was elected as the first president Officially became an affiliate of the ALA in 1938 In 2012, the Annual Anniversary Gala celebrated the 75 th anniversary of the association’s founding by staging an abridged reading of the original 1937 roundtable discussion* “TLA has recently taken an active role in the discussion on digital humanities and the performing arts.”** Image: George Freedley *http://www.tla-online.org/about/history.html **http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2013/2013-7-17_NancyFriedland_TLA_President.html

4. Current Leadership/M embership Image: Nancy Friedland Members include: “curators, librarians, historians, archivists, scholars, performers, writers, designers, collectors, and students.”* President: Nancy Friedland of Columbia University Vice president: Angela Weaver of the University of Washington Executive Secretary: Laurie Murphy of NYU Treasurer: Colleen Reilly of Slippery Rock University** *http://www,tla-online.org/about/mission.html **http://www.tla-online.org/about/executiveboard.html

5. Annual Book Awards George Freedley Memorial Award  Annual book award honoring a work on live performance Richard Wall Memorial Award  Annual book award for a work on recorded performance, film, television or broadcasting Special Jury Prizes are also sometimes awarded Awards recognize “exceptional scholarship” in the field* *http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards.html

6. Highlights of Recent Book Award Winners Images: Award Winners 2012 Freedley Award Winner:  Great Lengths: Seven Works of Marathon Theatre. University of Michigan Press, 2011.  “Considers large-scale theater productions that often run five hours or more and present special challenges to the artists.”* Looks at the appeal of these long works in an era of very limited leisure time and endless distractions. 2012 Wall Award Winner:  Soul Searching: Black-Themed Cinema from the March on Washington to the Rise of Blaxploitation. Wesleyan University Press, 2011.  “Reveals how race relations [in the 1960’s] influenced Black-themed cinema before it was recognized as commercially viable by the major studios.”* *http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards.html

7. Additional Awards and Honors Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award  “Honors an individual who has made a noteworthy contribution to the profession”* Honorary Membership is awarded to individuals who have “demonstrated longstanding dedication to TLA”* Brooks McNamara Performing Arts Librarian Scholarship  “Acknowledges the accomplishments of promising students”** *http://www.tla-online.org/awards/professionalawards.html **http://www.tla-online.org/awards/scholarship.html

8. Upcoming Conferences Joint Conference of the International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts (SIBMAS) and Theatre Library Association  Event Title: Body, Mind, Artifact: Reimagining Collections  Event Date: June 10-13, 2014 Joint Conference of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) and Theatre Library Association  Event Title: The Paradox of the Post-Human: Archival Subjects, Systems, and Sites  Event Date: November 20-23, 2014 http://www.tla-online.org/events/conferences.html

9. Events The Executive Board meets three times per year—Winter, Spring, and Fall The Annual Business Meeting is held every October at the NYPL for the Performing Arts in NYC. All members are invited to attend* Symposia held every four years, beginning in 2003. The next Symposia is expected to occur in 2015. The most recent Symposium concerned “authenticity and adaptation” in productions of the works of Shakespeare** Image: Symposium Flier *http://www.tla-online.org/events.meetings.html **http://www.tla-online.org/events/symposia.html

10. Publications Broadside Newsletter  Published three times every year  Established in 1940, then became an online publication in 2006. Back issues are in the process of being digitized  Contains “articles and news items” about relevant topics* Performing Arts Resources, a monograph, is not published on a regular basis A few E-Papers are also published on an irregular basis Members and non-members (who must pay for access) are able to view all materials via the TLA website** Image: Recent Broadside Cover *http://www.tla-online.org/publications/broadside.html **http://www.tla-online.org/publications/otherpubs.html

11. Performing Arts Libraries, Archives, and Museums of the Midwest Chicago Theatre Collection, CPL Indiana University Bloomington Theater and Drama Collection Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, OSU The Newberry Library Dance Collection Roosevelt University Performing Arts Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Music and Performing Arts Library Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research http://www.tla-online.org/links/libraries.html

12. List of Resources http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2013-7- 17_NancyFriedland_TLA_President.html http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2013-7- 17_NancyFriedland_TLA_President.html http://www.aate.org http://www.ala.org/groups/affiliates/affiliates/tla http://www.astr.org http://www.atds.org http://www.athe.org http://www.firt-iftr.org http://www.sibmas.org http://www.tla-online.org

13. Images Slide 1: http://www.tla-online.org/index.htmlhttp://www.tla-online.org/index.html Slide 3: http://www.tla-online.org/about/history.html http://www.tla-online.org/about/history.html Slide 4: http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2013-7- 17_NancyFriedland_TLA_President.html http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2013-7- 17_NancyFriedland_TLA_President.html Slide 6: http://www.tla- online.org/awards/bookawards.html http://www.tla- online.org/awards/bookawards.html Slide 9: http://www.tla- online.org/events/symposia.htmlhttp://www.tla- online.org/events/symposia.html Slide 10: http://www.tla- online.org/publications/broadside.html