Managing Performing Arts Collections in Academic and Public Libraries

by Carolyn A. Sheehy

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313279768
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/21/1994
Series:	Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

CAROLYN A. SHEEHY is Clare and Lucy Oesterle Director of Library Services at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. She was formerly an Assistant Professor and Head of the Reference Department at the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Administrative Curator of special collections at The Newberry Library, where she helped launch the Chicago Dance Collection. She has published many works on the performing arts, archives and manuscripts, and public services (including Reference and Information Service in Academic Libraries in Urban and Metropolitan Areas: A Management Handbook, edited by Gerard B. McCabe, Greenwood Press, 1992). She is an active member of several local, state, and national library associations.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Carolyn A. Sheehy
Historical Overview by Carolyn A. Sheehy
Dance Collections by Nena Couch
Film Studies Collections by Kristine R. Brancolini and Beverly L. Teach
Music Collections by Rosalinda I. Hack and Richard Schwegel
Theater Collections by Romaine Ahlstrom, Brigitte J. Kueppers, and Helene G. Mochedlover
Annotated Bibliography by Carolyn A. Sheehy
Index

Editorial Reviews

Sheehy has organized an enjoyable yet practical journey through the development and management of libraries and special collections for the performing arts. Dividing the discipline into four major categories-dance, film, music, and theater-the book falls into neat divisions that operate well in the context of an edited work. Opening with an uncluttered historical account of the formation of the field of performing arts librarianship and its categories, Sheehy sets the stage for the practical chapters highlighting management issues relevant to these collections. Particularly apropos are the sections on the political side of management in the not-for-profit sector, the realities of which rarely seem to be addressed in management texts. Closing with a substantive, well-annotated bib-liography and index, this book will be an interesting tool for any professional in the field of humanities librarianship.-Lorri Zipperer, American Medical Assn., Chicago

Library Journal

Specialists in each field present current and practical information on managing collections of performing arts history, dance, film studies, music, and theater. They discuss personnel, collection development, technical and public services, new technologies, facilities management, finances, and the inevitable politics. Includes an extensively annotated overall bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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