The Theatre Library Association proudly announces its first Symposium to address the cutting-edge issues of performing arts documentation in a virtual environment. Archivists, librarians, curators, conservators, scholars and practitioners are invited to view demonstrations and participate in a dialogue about: * Documentation of online performance * Techniques for performance documentation, reconstruction, and preservation in a digital environment * Development of metadata standards for description and preservation * Models and international consortia for performance and installation documentation and exchange Friday, October 10, 2003 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Avenue/65th Street New York, NY Panelists include: Keynote speaker: Linda Tadic, ARTstor, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Howard Besser, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, New York University Karen Brazell, Global Performing Arts Consortium (GloPAC), Cornell University Hugh Denard, Theatron, U.K. Ann Doyle, Internet2 Manager for Arts and Humanities Initiatives Cheryl Faver, Gertrude Stein Repertory Company Jon Ippolito, Variable Media Network, Guggenheim Museum Catherine Owen, Performing Arts Data Service (U. K.) Richard Rinehart, Archiving the Avant Garde, Berkeley Art Museum David Saltz, Virtual Vaudeville Project, University of Georgia Barry Smith, Digital Performance Archive (U. K.) For the program schedule: http://tla.library.unt.edu/symposiumagenda.htm *Program subject to change* For a registration form: http://tla.library.unt.edu/symposiumregistrationform.html Symposium registration is $75, with $50 for Theatre Library Association members, full-time students (who also receive a one-year complimentary TLA membership with registration) and seniors. American Society for Theatre Research members will receive a special one-year membership in Theatre Library Association as part of their $75 fee. For additional information, please contact the Planning Committee: Pamela Bloom ([log in to unmask]) Ann Ferguson ([log in to unmask]) Kenneth Schlesinger ([log in to unmask]) This Theatre Library Association Symposium is made possible through the generous support of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Shubert Foundation. ______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]