Managing Performing Arts Collections in Academic and Public Libraries

This professional reference offers advice to academic and public librarians for managing performing-arts collections. It is divided into sections on the history of performing-arts librarianship; dance collections; film studies; music; and theatre. Each chapter presents current information on collection management, and also discusses personnel management, collection development, technical services, public services, the impact of technology, facilities management, financial planning and political considerations. The volume includes references and a selected, annotated bibliography of background sources and management tools.

Author Biography

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.