The Scottish Theatre Archive
was awarded a grant of £71,600 from the Heritage
Lottery Fund to enhance its web-based, on-line
public catalogue which went live in January
2000. The Friends of Glasgow University Library
also contributed £6000 over three years in
partnership funding.
The Archive (STA for short) performs a
major role preserving Scotland's theatrical
heritage by providing a safe home for archival
material and by making it accessible to all
those interested in Scottish theatre. While the
STA is widely acknowledged as the natural focus
for collecting in the performing arts for the
whole of Scotland, it is especially strong in
holdings relating to Glasgow and the West of
Scotland.
The project was conceived
with the following objectives in mind:
opening up access to the rich
theatrical heritage of Scotland
cataloguing major uncatalogued
collections by adding entries to our
existing electronic database
delivery of this data our via website
to as wide an audience as possible
providing the necessary documentary
descriptive base on which to build a
digital programme to add photographs of
productions, playbills, etc.
