Newsletter of the Theatre Library Association

BROADSIDE  is the principal medium through which the Theatre Library Association communicates news, activities, policies, and procedures. Collectively, past issues also provide historical information about the organization and the profession of performing arts librarianship. BROADSIDE  has no ambition to serve as a scholarly journal. Scholarly and other articles or monographs may be considered for TLA’s other principal publication, Performing Arts Resources.  

In addition, BROADSIDE serves as a means for the exchange among members of information that advances the mission of the organization. Examples of this include short news items about recent activities of both individual and institutional members; short reviews of relevant books and other resources; news of relevant exhibits, conferences, and other developments in performing arts librarianship, collections, and scholarship.

 In keeping with the aims of a newsletter, and to help the editor and the TLA Publications Committee to maintain fair and consistent editorial policies, the Publications Committee has developed the following guidelines.

1.        Priority in the publication of articles will be given to the association’s officers, members of the Board, and chairs of committees. These articles provide the most important means by which the leadership of the association communicates recent Board decisions, upcoming TLA-sponsored events, appeals for member involvement, etc.

2.        TLA members in good standing are encouraged to submit news items that are in keeping with the statement above. All submissions are subject to editing for length, clarity, and factual confirmation.

3.        Letters to the editor are encouraged, but must be limited to 200 words, due to space considerations.

4.        Reviews of books or other resources are an excellent way for members to contribute to TLA and the profession. Reviews should be limited to 500 words and should include a concise summary of the resource, a comparison of it to similar resources, and a brief evaluation. Suggestions and unsolicited reviews should be sent to the Book Review Editor, James Fisher.

5.        The copyright of all articles published in BROADSIDE will be owned by TLA. Permission to re-publish an article may be requested from the editor.

6.        Ideas for articles—other than brief news items, book reviews, or submissions from officers and committee chairs—should be submitted to the editor in advance in order to allow sufficient time to plan layout, provide constructive suggestions, and occasionally seek guidance from the Publications Committee. Articles should relate to performing arts libraries, library resources, or related topics in performing arts scholarship, rather than to general performing arts topics.

For further information, contact The Publications Committee.

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