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The James Hardiman Library at National University of Ireland, Galway, hosted a seminar on Tuesday 4 October which told the story of the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive, created by one of the largest theatre archive digitisation projects undertaken worldwide. It reflected on challenges faced, lessons learned, new opportunities and impact on academic mission, library and archives. All talks have been recorded with audio podcasts available at the following link: https://digital.library.nuigalway.ie/islandora/object/nuigalway%3Aabbeydigitalseminar  Slides from many of the presentations are available here: http://library.nuigalway.ie/about/events/past/digitisingtheabbeytheatrearchive/   PROGRAMME 1100    Welcome and Introduction (John Cox, University Librarian, NUI Galway) 1110    A brief history of the Abbey Theatre archive (Mairéad Delaney, Archivist, Abbey Theatre) 1140    Digitising the archive (Martin Bradley, Archives Consultant, and Aisling Keane, Digital Archivist, NUI Galway Library) 1210    The Abbey Theatre Early Minute Books Project (Cillian Joy, Digital Library Developer, NUI Galway Library, and Patricia O’Beirne, Abbey Digital Archive PhD Fellow, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, NUI Galway) 1340    The academic impact of the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive (Professor Patrick Lonergan, Centre for...

American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association, has published a statement on the role of libraries in bringing communities together: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/statement-libraries-association-diversity-inclusion/...

Congratulations to the new officers of the Theatre Library Association (TLA), which were announced on the organization's website on October 22. Founded in 1937, Theatre Library Association supports librarians and archivists affiliated with theatre, dance, performance studies, popular entertainment, motion picture and broadcasting collections. TLA promotes professional best practices in acquisition, organization, access and preservation of performing arts resources in libraries, archives, museums, private collections, and the digital environment. By producing publications, conferences, panels, and public events, TLA fosters creative and ethical use of performing arts materials to enhance research, live performance, and scholarly communication....