National Library of Australia


Canterbury Bankstown Council

Canterbury Bankstown Library Service


Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):


Performing arts [Basic]

    Comments: Overseas collections in the performing arts are uneven. Good holdings of biographical works & some areas of relative strength such as theatre, ballet & dance. Performing arts in Australia constitute as a strong area within the Australiana collections - Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collection provides access to a range of materials, including programs, brochures, & publicity information. Manuscript, pictorial & oral history holdings are also significant.

    Comments: Printed works from overseas related to film and the film industry have been collected to an intermediate level to support the Library's film and video lending collection, which is now administered and managed in Melbourne by Cinemedia.

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