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Vol. 37, No. 1 Fall 2009 Newsletter of the Theatre Library Association Elly Eisenberg, Lisa Schwartzbaum, Tony Kushner, Mark Harris, and Linda Emond at the Book Awards Ceremony Inside this issue President’s TLA Plenary at Broadside Book/Media Report ASTR-TLA News Network Reviews INSIDE THIS ISSUE 4 President’s Report BROADSIDE (ISSN: 0068-2748) is published three times a year and distributed to all members in good standing. Contents ©Theatre Library Association 5 Election Results Access via login—Members contact David Nochimson ([email protected]) 7 Book Awards Ceremony Editor: Angela Weaver ([email protected]), University of Washington 11 TLA Plenary at ASTR-TLA Book Review Editor: Catherine Ritchie ([email protected]), Dallas Public Library 14 TLA at ALA Regional News Editor: Robert W. Melton ([email protected]), 16 BROADSIDE News Network University of California, San Diego 18 Book/Media Reviews BROADSIDE PUBLICATION GUIDELINES BROADSIDE is the principal medium through which the Theatre Library Association 29 Upcoming Events communicates news, activities, policies, and procedures. Collectively, past issues also provide historical information about the organization and the profession of performing arts librarianship. BROADSIDE has no ambition to serve as a scholarly journal. 3 TLA Board Scholarly and other articles or monographs may be considered for TLA’s other principal publication, Performing Arts Resources. 3 TLA Mission Statement In addition, BROADSIDE serves as a means for the exchange among members of information that advances the mission of the organization. Examples of this include short news items about recent activities of both individual and institutional members; 1 Front Cover short reviews of relevant books and other resources; news of relevant exhibits, conferences, and other developments in performing arts librarianship, collections, and scholarship. In keeping with the aims of a newsletter, and to help the Editor and the TLA Publications Committee to maintain fair and consistent editorial policies, the PHOTO CREDITS: Publications Committee has developed the following guidelines. Front cover, left to right: Elly Eisenberg, 1. Priority in the publication of articles will be given to the Association’s officers, Lisa Schwartzbaum, Tony Kushner, Mark members of the Board, and chairs of committees. These articles provide the most Harris, and Linda Emond; Angela important means by which the leadership of the Association communicates recent Weaver, photographer. Board decisions, upcoming TLA-sponsored events, appeals for member involvement, etc. Page 3, Mephisto, University of 2. TLA members in good standing are encouraged to submit news items that are in Washington School of Drama production; keeping with the statement above. All submissions are subject to editing for length, Frank Rosenthein, photographer. clarity, and factual confirmation. 3. Letters to the Editor are encouraged, but must be limited to 200 words, due to Page 4, Kenneth Schlesinger; Susan space considerations. Brady, photographer. 4. Reviews of books or other resources are an excellent way for members to contribute to TLA and the profession. Reviews should be limited to 500 words and Page 7, left to right: Kenneth should include a concise summary of the resource, a comparison of it to similar Schlesinger, Mark Harris, and Kevin resources, and a brief evaluation. Suggestions and unsolicited reviews should be Winkler; Angela Weaver, photographer. sent to the Book Review Editor. 5. The copyright of all articles published in BROADSIDE will be owned by TLA. Page 8, Marian Seldes, Marti LoMonaco, Permission to republish an article may be requested from the Editor. and Louis Rachow; Angela Weaver, 6. Ideas for articles – other than brief news items, book reviews, or submissions from photographer. officers and committee chairs – should be submitted to the Editor in advance in order to allow sufficient time to plan layout, provide constructive suggestions, and Page 13, Tour Participants at the occasionally seek guidance from the Publications Committee. Articles should relate University of Puerto Rico Theatre; Susan to performing arts libraries, library resources, or related topics in performing arts Brady, photographer. scholarship, rather than to general performing arts topics. 37/1 Fall 2009 2 Table of Contents ABOUT TLA EXECUTIVE BOARD MISSION STATEMENT Officers Founded in 1937, the Theatre Kenneth Schlesinger (President, 2009) [email protected] Library Association supports librarians and archivists affiliated Susan Brady (Vice President, 2009) [email protected] with theatre, dance, performance David Nochimson (Executive Secretary, 2009) [email protected] studies, popular entertainment, Angela Weaver (Treasurer, Interim) [email protected] motion picture and broadcasting Martha S. LoMonaco (Past-President) [email protected] collections. TLA promotes professional best practices in acquisition, organization, access Board Members and preservation of performing arts William Boatman (2008-2010) [email protected] resources in libraries, archives, Phyllis Dircks (2007-2009) [email protected] museums, private collections, and John Frick (2009-2011) [email protected] the digital environment. By producing publications, Nancy Friedland (2009-2011) [email protected] conferences, panels, and public Stephen Johnson (2009-2011) [email protected] events, TLA fosters creative and Beth Kerr (2007-2009) [email protected] ethical use of performing arts Stephen Kuehler (2007-2009) [email protected] materials to enhance research, live performance, and scholarly Francesca Marini (2009-2011) [email protected] communication. Tobin Nellhaus (2007-2009) [email protected] Karen Nickeson (2008-2010) [email protected] Ellen Truax (2007-2009) [email protected] Angela Weaver (2008-2010) [email protected] Ex-Officio Georgia Harper (Legal Counsel) [email protected] Brook Stowe (TLA/Freedley Book Awards Chair) [email protected] Ellen Truax (Webmaster) [email protected] John Wagstaff (TLA listserv) [email protected] Theatre Library Association c/o The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza JOIN US! New York, New York 10023 Membership TLA website: http://tla.library.unt.edu (Annual dues: $30 personal, $40 institutional; $20 student/non-salaried TLA listerv: To Subscribe: members) includes Performing Arts 1) Send email (nothing in the subject) to: [email protected] Resources, published occasionally. For 2) in the body of the email message type the following line: availability and prices of past issues of SUBSCRIBE TLA-L your name PAR and BROADSIDE, contact the Executive Secretary ([email protected]) 37/1 Fall 2009 3 Table of Contents PRESIDENT’S REPORT my friend and mentor, Bob Taylor, ongoing leadership and vision of Curator emeritus of the Billy Rose Chair Rob Melton. Rob has Theatre Division; and thrilling for us assembled a strong Committee all to extend Honorary Membership who now solicits and reviews to Louis Rachow, affectionately PAR Proposals, has developed known as ―Mr. TLA.‖ an Author’s Agreement, and is beginning to explore the One of the appealing aspects of possibility of migrating to an open TLA and its members is that we are access format in a few years. equally cognizant and respectful of our distinguished legacy, while One of Rob’s chief achievements simultaneously interested in cutting over the last quarter was to -edge digital technologies as a successfully have erroneous and means to preserve access to this misleading TLA copyright notices special heritage. Hearing Dr. removed from a major performing Bladell speak of our founder arts database. Try to imagine George Freedley and 44 years of how many e-mails this took! service in the Theatre Division, it inspired me to consider instituting Society of American Archivists’ an oral history program to both Publications Department has engage our legendary senior accepted Susan Brady and Nena members, as well as maintain a Couch’s PAR 25, Documenting: record of performing arts Lighting Design, for inclusion in scholarship in the latter half of the its upcoming catalog. Nancy 20th century. We have begun Friedland has nearly completed discussions of a 75th Anniversary editing its successor volume, issue of Performing Arts Resources Documenting: Costume Design, for 2012. which contains some extraordinary essays and visual I do want to express special kudos resources. to Book Awards Chair [and newly elected Board member] Brook Based on Publications’ Stowe, who stepped into the role recommendation, the Board last year. We thought that approved Stephen Johnson’s Kenneth Schlesinger in Puerto succeeding longtime Awards Chair proposal for PAR 28, which will Rico Dick Wall would be an impossible be dedicated to Brooks task—and Brook made it look McNamara. Tentatively titled, A easy—so I’m afraid he’s Tyranny of Documents: The The Book Awards are always the condemned to staying in this Performing Arts Historian as Film highpoint of TLA’s ―season.‖ This position for awhile! Brook has Noir Detective, it will examine year we were treated to the already made several interesting those troublesome archival pleasure of Mark Harris proposals to make the Awards documents that intrigue and discussing his fascinating work, Ceremony even more stimulating bewilder us. Pictures at a Revolution, as well and meaningful to the audience. as the debt he owes to creative Conference Planning and non-judgemental
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