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APAC Study Day 2018
Digitisation and Born Digital Collections: Where are we now and what’s the next big thing?
When: Thursday 8 - Friday 9 November
Where: Dublin City Library and Archive and National University of Ireland, Galway
The Association of Performing Arts Collections (APAC)’s 2018 Study Day is open for bookings.
Reserve your place now
The Study Day will take place on Friday 9 November in Galway. The Study Day is free for APAC members and €20 for non-members.
Additional talks and visits have been organised for Thursday 8 November in Dublin. This day is open to APAC members only. If you are not currently
an APAC member, you can
join us here.
APAC members are strongly encouraged to apply for travel grants to attend the Study Day. Travel grants can cover transport and one night of
accommodation. The deadline for applying for a travel grant is Wednesday 10 October at 5pm.
Find out how to apply
Schedule
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Thursday 8 November Dublin: Exploring Dublin’s theatrical past and some of its collections |
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11am |
Arrivals (with tea/coffee) |
Dublin City Library and Archive,
138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 D02 HE37 |
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11.30am - 1pm |
Welcome by Dublin City Archivist Dr Mary Clarke followed by three short talks:
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‘Anna Manahan, Actress’ (Eilis McCarthy, Theatre Archivist, Dublin City Library & Archive)
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‘Ira Allen and the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin’ (Cecil Allen, Theatre Historian)
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‘The Theatre Royal Dublin’ (Conor Doyle, Theatre Historian) |
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1-2 pm |
Lunch (provided) |
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2-5pm |
Walking tour of Dublin Theatre Trail, to include visit to Micheal Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre exhibition at Dublin City Hall. |
Dublin City Centre |
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Evening |
TBC |
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Overnight stay in Dublin |
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Friday 9 November Galway: APAC Study Day: Digitisation and born digital collections – where are we now and what’s the next big thing? |
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7.45am |
Travel to Galway
(suggested bus citylink, arriving at 10.15am) |
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10.30-11am |
Arrivals |
Hardiman Building, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG),
University Road, Galway H91 TK33 |
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11am |
Welcome and APAC introduction |
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11.15-11.45 |
APAC meeting |
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11.45-12.30 |
Introduction and tour of NUIG archives and facilities, including digitisation facilities and access as used for Abbey and Gate
Theatre digitisation projects |
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12.30-13.15
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Lunch (provided) |
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13.15-17.00 |
Study Day, with speakers including:
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‘www.ClassicIrishPlays.com: A mainstream resource incorporating
new digital archival research’ (Dr David Clare, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick)
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‘Opening up arts archives: mass digitisation approaches to making large collections researcher ready’ (Martin Bradley, Archives Ireland Consultants)
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‘Linked Data and Traditional Music Archives – Where can we go from here?’ (Dr Lynnsey Weissenberger, Irish Traditional Music Archive)
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‘Digital Outputs for Funded Projects’ (Chris Jones, Rambert) |
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Evening |
TBC |
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Stephanie Rolt | Secretary
www.performingartscollections.org.uk
Archives Officer
Queen Mary University of London
328 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7882 3874 / +44 (0) 20 7882 3859
www.library.qmul.ac.uk/archives