SLA@WSU tour of the Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library at the Michigan Opera Theater!

All LISP students are invited to attend the SLA@WSU tour of the Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library at the Michigan Opera Theatre on Thursday, February 12^th at 4:15 pm.

What:
The Michigan Opera Theater Archive is the official repository of the Opera's forty year history, as well as home to the beautiful Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library - specializing in research materials specific to dance, opera, and related performing arts. Students from the IMLS cohort have developed a unique online archival catalog designed specifically for the MOT and created the first searchable database of all MOT performances. Several students from our LIS program are involved in management and digitization of materials, photographs, and audio recordings in a production environment as well as cataloging numerous library items. The digitization process and state of the art tools like Archivists' Toolkit for EAD encoding will be demonstrated – see behind the scenes of how this library is set up.

Tim Lentz, Chief Archivist for the Michigan Opera Theatre is offering tour

participants a 25% discount on tickets for the following performances:

Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Feb. 12, 7:30 PM

Aladdin - The Grand Rapids Ballet Company, February 28, 5PM

Romeo and Juliet - American Ballet Theatre March 13, 7:30PM

Brundibar, MOT Children's Chorus March 21, 5PM

Where:
Michigan Opera Theatre

Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library
Detroit Opera House

1526 Broadway
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 961-3500

When: Thursday, February 12^th at 4:15 pm
RSVP: Please e-mail sla_wsu@wayne.edu if you plan to attend.