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Information Literacy in the Disciplines
DRAMA/THEATRE ARTS
The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education.
Accrediting Agencies & Professional Associations
National Association of Schools of Theatre
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Theatre Library Association
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."
- Theatre Library Association: Symposium II
"Performing arts libraries and archives play a critical role in recreating performance and supporting the construction of production histories. Research – in the context and breadth of collection documents – assumes a creative role in interpretation, artistic choices, and revisualization in production. In this sense, we posit the library as a living, breathing entity and proactive collaborator in restaging of works. Examining performance in its broadest sense - theater, dance, musicals, and film - we anticipate a dynamic dialogue between producers, directors, choreographers, librarians, archivists, dramaturgs, and scholars on this creative nexus between research and production, aesthetic questions of reinterpretation as works are updated for the present, ethical issues in determining artists' original intentions, and how the benefit of new technologies both facilitates and challenges the rebirth of classical works from previous eras." (Conference)
Additional Resources
Adams, Dennis, and Mary Hamm. 2000. Media and Literacy: Learning in an Electronic Age--Issues, Ideas, and Teaching Strategies. Second Edition. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd. (See chapter 6: "Aesthetic Literacy: Dance, Music, Theatre and the Visual Arts")
Alexander, B. 2002. Intimate engagement: Student performances as scholarly endeavor. Theatre Topics, 12 (1), 85-89.
Atkins, Priscilla. 2001. Information literacy and the arts. College & Research Libraries News 62 (11), 1086.
Fliotsos, Anne, and Gail Medford. 2004. Teaching Theatre Today: Pedagogical Views of Theatre in Higher Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kasperek, Sheila, Amber Johnson, katie Fotta, and Francis Craig. 2007. Do a little dance: The impact on students when librarians get involved in extracurricular activities. Journal of Academic Librarianship 33 (1): 118-126.
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