International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts

Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle

AusStage

Recording performing arts events in Australia

Richard Stone
Performing Arts Special Interest Group (Pasig), Museums Australia

Les collections des arts du spectacle et leur traitement
Performing Arts Collections and their Treatment

24ème Congrès International
24st International Conference

Rome, 2-7 septembre 2002
Rome, September 2-7, 2002

Abstract

AusStage has created a database infrastructure to record performing arts events in Australia both current and retrospective. In developing this database it has addressed the complex issues of the classification of ephemeral events, the specification of fields and subfields, and the interpretation of fragmentary and contradictory evidence for performance
events. There is no comparable facility exisiting in Australia nor is there anything paralleling it elsewhere. The other major component in AusStage is an online Directory of performing arts resources in Australia which will be a major research tool. AusStage is a consortia involving eight Australian universities supported by representatives of the theatre industry, the Performing Arts Special Interest Group (PASIG which is an affiliate of SIBMAS), and the major government body, the Australia Council. AusStage has been accorded recognition as the Australian Gateway for performing arts information.

24th Congress

URL: http://www.sibmas.org/congresses/sibmas2002/Rome17.htm