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Performing Arts Roundtable Meeting

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Performing Arts Roundtable Meeting Agenda

Time: Wednesday, August 29th 4:00-5:45 PM

Location: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Art Information Center, Visual and Performing Arts Department, 400 South State Street, Eighth Floor (Art Information Center Reference Desk)

MAP and DIRECTIONS to meeting site: http://www.tiny.cc/PArt

Meet us at the Fairmont Hotel Entrance (front curb outside) at 3:20 PM if you want a traveling buddy for the meeting!


• Introductions and general announcements

• Approval of new co-chair (2007-2009 term)

• Discuss proposed changes to governance structure

• Develop strategy for enhancing PAR’s Web presence

• Revision of current mission statement

• Collaboration with allied organizations

• Program: “Chicago Plays a Part in Dance History,” presentation by Bob Sloane, Head of the Art Information Center, Chicago Public Library

• Tours: Chicago Dance Archives, Chicago Artists’ Archive, and the Chicago Blues Archive – all located on the 8th floor of the Harold Washington Library Center.

If there is time, we also will visit the Chicago Theater Archive in the Special Collections and Preservation Department (9th Floor).

Please note the meeting will conclude at approximately 5:45 in order to allow for time to travel back to the Fairmont Hotel.



Excerpt from Message from the Roundtable Co-Chair: Thinking Ahead (originally published in PERFORMANCE! The Newsletter of the Society of American Archivists’ Performing Arts Roundtable Issue for Summer 2007 and included here with permission)

The centerpiece of our meeting will be a presentation by Bob Sloane, Head of the Art Information Center at the Harold Washington Library Center. Mr. Sloane, who has been in charge of the dance collections at CPL for the past eighteen years, is also a strong advocate for the Chicago dance community (as well as a very accommodating and gracious host). His presentation, “Chicago Plays a Part in Dance History,” will draw extensively on video and dance files in CPL’s collections. The presentation will be followed by a tour of CPL’s Chicago Dance Archives, Chicago Artists’ Archive, and Chicago Blues Archive, and, if there is also time, a visit to the Chicago Theater Archive in the Special Collections Department.

Prior to the program and tour, we will be conducting our Roundtable business meeting. While my own term as co-chair concludes after this meeting, Adriana Cuervo will be continuing her term and we will appoint a new co-chair. It is our hope, however, that we also will be able to get even more people actively involved with the work of the Roundtable. To this end, both Adriana and I would like to make this portion of the meeting a forum to discuss how to move the Roundtable forward. Some of the ideas Adriana and I already have considered include: an expanded Web presence and the formation of a steering committee to work on session proposals and to carry out projects not necessarily related to the SAA conference itself. So, please bring your ideas to the meeting! This invitation to participate also is directed especially to those of you who are unable to attend this conference--you are still a valued and much-needed part of the Roundtable! I encourage you to get in touch with either Adriana or myself if you wish to serve, nominate a colleague, or if you have thoughts to share.


Other Resources

Performing Arts Roundtable Web Site

Ephemeral Archives blog

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