Canadian Theatre Record/Recueil de thé âtre canadien is underway!

[Moira day]

Dear Lee,
        Congratulations. This is news that definitely leaves all of us in
the discipline winners.

Moira

At 1:49 PM -0400 9/21/01, Lee Ramsay wrote:
>Colleagues:
>
>Just thought I'd let you know the good news: the Toronto Public Library in
>conjunction with the National Theatre School and the Associated Designers
>of Canada has been successful in a joint application to Canadian Heritage
>to create the Canadian Theatre Record/Recueil de théâtre canadien.  Not
>only that, we got all the money we asked for, and have been invited to
>apply for a second year of funding!
>
>The first phase of the project, 2001-2003, will focus on theatre in Canada
>since 1967 and will include programs, posters, production photographs and
>stage designs from 14 companies coast-to-coast.  In the first year we're
>tackling 4 companies: Citadel Theatre (Edmonton), Neptune Theatre
>Halifax), Tarragon Theatre (Toronto) and Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
>(Montréal).  The database is scheduled to be up and running by March 31,
>2002.
>
>Due to IT limitations at the library we will only be able to offer an
>English interface the first year.  However, the library will be moving to
>new IT architecture in 2002 allowing us to employ more sophisticated
>database software and to offer a bilingual interface in Year 2.
>
>Thank you to everyone who wrote or emailed in support of our application.
>We couldn't have done it without you!  I'll keep you posted as the project
>progresses.
>
>Lee Ramsay
>Theatre Librarian
>Performing Arts Centre
>Toronto Reference Library


Moira Day, Associate Professor of Drama
moiraday at duke.usask.ca