Category Archives: Brooks McNamara Scholarship
Join Us for the 2017 TLA Book Awards Ceremony
The Theatre Library Association is thrilled to invite you to the annual presentation of the TLA Book Awards, honoring English language works of scholarship on theatre, film, and broadcasting, published in 2017. The TLA Book Awards Ceremony will include remarks from some of this year’s winners and a pop-up exhibition of materials from the holdings of the New York Public Library for the […]
2016 Elections are now open – cast your vote!
An online ballot was sent to TLA personal and institutional members in good standing earlier this past month to vote in the 2016 Elections. Voting is open now, and will continue until 5:00 PM ET on Friday, October 14, 2016. If you are a TLA member and have not received a ballot or are experiencing […]
2016 Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award and Brooks McNamara Scholarship Winners
The Theatre Library Association Professional Awards Committee is honored to announce the winners of the 2016 Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award and Brooks McNamara Scholarship. The 2016 Louis Rachow Award goes to Rob Melton, who has had a stellar career as a performing arts information professional, and has been associated with […]
2016 Brooks McNamara Performing Arts Librarian Scholarship
The Theatre Library Association is pleased to sponsor the Brooks McNamara Performing Arts Librarian Scholarship in memory of the achievements of this beloved theater historian, scholar, educator, and mentor. The Brooks McNamara Performing Arts Librarian Scholarship acknowledges outstanding accomplishments of promising students currently enrolled in ALA-accredited MLIS or archival training programs specializing in performing arts […]
TLA Announces Rachow Award and McNamara Scholarship Winners
Theatre Library Association has announced the 2014 winners of its Professional Awards. The Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award will be given to Jacqueline Z. Davis, the Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The Brooks McNamara Performing Arts Librarian Scholarship will be […]
End of Summer
The end of summer is upon us. Best wishes to all of you in academic libraries for a terrific year ahead. To those of you not on the semester calendar, continued great work in the coming year. It has been a productive (and terrific!) year for TLA. The summer was filled with activity beginning with […]