Past APAC Events

APAC organises one or two major events annually. This page lists APAC’s past study days, symposia, and conferences, as well as SIBMAS conferences hosted by APAC or an APAC member. This list is complete from 2002 to the present, and as earlier events come to light, they will be added.

Click the link for a report on the event, or for the programme.

• Study Day: Collections Contexts
  22 November 2019
  The Other Place, Stratford upon Avon
• APAC and STR (Society for Theatre Research) Joint Symposium: Clear Sailing: Navigating the Archive
  1 July 2019
  V&A, London
• Members’ Meeting: Programmes Workshop
  14 February 2019
  Rambert, South Bank
• Study Day: Digitisation and Born Digital Collections
  9 November 2018
  National University of Ireland, Galway
• Symposium: Breaking with Tradition: New Approaches to Performance Collections
  20 June 2018
  John Rylands Library, Manchester
• Study Day: Celebrating Anniversaries
  13 September 2017
  Mercury Theatre, Colchester
• Symposium: Bridging the Gap: The Role of the Archivist and the Researcher
  18 July 2017
  Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
• Study Day: In Good Company: Working with Partners
  7 November 2016
  The Lowry, Salford
• Symposium: Supporting Our Collections – The Value of Volunteers
  4 July 2016
  Bristol Old Vic and University of Bristol Theatre Collection
• Study Day: Costume in Detail
  29 October 2015
  Royal Opera House Production Park, Thurrock
• Panel: Taking the Next Step: New Developments in Performing Arts Collections
  at Discovering Collections Discovering Communities (DCDC) Conference
  13 October 2015
  The Lowry, Salford
• Symposium: Performance Collections and Their Users
  26 February 2015
  University of Birmingham
• Study Day: Performance on Film
  17 September 2014
  Cinema Museum, London
• Study Day: Theatrical Prints: Technology, Audience, and Resources
  4 March 2013
  V&A Archive, Blythe House, London
• 29th SIBMAS Conference, organised and hosted by APAC: Best Practice! Innovative Techniques for Performing Arts Collections, Libraries and Museums
  25-26 October 2012
  V&A Museum, London
• Study Day: Theatre Costume
  28 September 2011
  Royal Opera House, London
• Study Day: Photography
  12 November 2010
  V&A Museum, London
• Study Day: Oral History
  10 July 2009
  British Library, London
  Programme: Rib Davis from the Oral History Society gave the OHS’s ‘Introduction to Oral History’ training.
• 27th SIBMAS Conference: Capturing the Essence of Performance: The Challenge of Intangible Heritage
  25-29 August 2008
  Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
  Organised by SIBMAS and RSAMD
• Study Day: Managing Multimedia Collections
  2 November 2004
  British Library, London
• Study Day: Copyright
  13 October 2003
  Theatre Museum, London
  
• Study Day: Legal Issues for Archives
  9 July 2002
  Theatre Museum, London
• Conference: British Theatre Archives and Education (cancelled)
  To have been held jointly with University of Bristol Theatre Collection
  14-15 September 2001
  University of Bristol Theatre Collection
• Conference: Performing Arts Collections: Profile-Raising for Effectiveness and Profit
  3 September 1999
  Birmingham Central Library
• 22th SIBMAS Conference: Performing Arts Collections: Virtual, Dead or Live?
  1-4 July 1998
  V&A Museum and King’s College London
  Organised by SIBMAS and the hosting institutions
• Conference: Theatre and the Internet
  Held jointly with the Society for Theatre Research (Northern Group)
  16-17 May 1997
  University of Glasgow and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
• Conference: The Art of Controlling Demand: Charging and Other Management Strategies in Arts-Related Libraries and Information Services
  25 September 1995
  Theatre Museum, London
• Study Day: Charging and Copyright
  24 September 1993
  Theatre Museum, London
• Conference: Video and the Performing Arts
  September 1992
• Study Day: Theatrical Databases
  1991
• Conference: Publishing for the Performing Arts
  4 May 1990
  Theatre Museum, London
• Study Day: Theatre Resources
  17 September 1988
  Organised and hosted by the British Theatre Association, London, and the Theatre Museum, London
• 16th SIBMAS Conference: The Theatre and Theatre Collections
  9-13 September 1985
  London