CPR RESOURCE CENTRE - INTRODUCTION
THE CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE IS HOUSED IN NEW PURPOSE BUILT FACILITIES, THE SPACIOUS LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE BOAST:
- the entire CPR catalogue available in one purpose-built room
- several study tables for both individual and group work
- AU networked and public access PCs
- laser printer and photocopier
- six televisions with combined DVD and VHS playback
- comfortable seating areas for reading
THE RESOURCE CENTRE MAY BE USED BY:
- Members of the CPR Friends Association
- Staff and Postgraduate students of the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University.
- Undergraduate students of the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University , but only following satisfactory completion of a certificate of reference, which is available from the Centre.
The CPR Resource Centre is an internationally recognised reference library and archive of books, journals, CDs, videos and photographs focusing on theatre and performance from around the world - contemporary and traditional, global and local - emphasizing the physical, visual and interactive aspects of theatre rather than approaching it from a literary perspective. It promotes a dynamic exchange between scholarship and practice in the expanding field of performance. It is interdisciplinary and international in scope and aims to be an active and contributive resource for contemporary theatre research, practice and scholarship.
The Printed Collection specializes in contemporary visual and experimental performance; the traditional, ‘classical’ and folk culture of Asia, Africa and the Americas (especially India, China, Japan and Indonesia) as well as twentieth century theatre, dance, Live Art and performance (especially from Europe, the Americas and Australasia but also including Asia and Africa).
The Audio-Visual Collection has a wide range of instrumental and vocal music from world cultures and documents the work of contemporary theatre groups and practitioners that emphasize the performer and their physical abilities, and the traditional and codified forms of theatre from around the world that place the performer (actor/dancer/singer) at the centre of their work. Its importance is based on the range of material from other cultures, continually added to both by the work of CPR (conferences, workshops, festivals, performances and lectures) and by gifts and purchases.
The Video Archive of the Resource Centre is substantial: over the last thirty five years CPR has tracked the techniques, training, processes and thinking that inform performance practice across a wide range of contemporary and traditional forms, both in this country and abroad. In addition to videos collected globally, there are some 500 audio-visual tapes, generated at source, documenting the proceedings of the many seminal festivals, workshops, lectures and conferences organized by the CPR, such as international conferences - Past Masters, Points of Contact, Performance Studies International and Towards Tomorrow; international festivals – Restless Gravity; Giving Voice and our international summer school, The Summer Shift.
We are a reference only library therefore users are not permitted to borrow any of the material from the Centre, nor copy any audio visual footage.
The Resource Centre is open during the following times:
Monday ---------- 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 17:30
Tuesday --------- 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 17:30
Wednesday ---- 9:30 - 11:30 ---- 14:00 - 17:30
Thursday -------- 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 17:30
Friday ------------ 9:30 - 13:00 ---- 14:00 - 16:30
Please note that Resource Centre operates on an APPOINTMENT basis. If you wish to use the facilities please make an appointment in advance by calling the Resource Centre on (01970) 622024 or e-mailing Dominika at the CPR on ddk@aber.ac.uk . Without prior booking, we cannot guarantee that use of the Centre will be available.
The Resource Centre database will be searchable on line by Autumn 2008. In the meantime you can download a list of our video collection by clicking on the link below.
If you have any questions about books, journals and video holdings within the CPR Resource Centre, or would like to make an appointment to use the resources, please contact the CPR Archivist. Remember you need to be a member to access the Resource Centre.
We are always looking for and delighted to receive donations to our collections with the aim of making as much material as possible available to our members. If you have material you would wish to house in the archive, such as, videos or print documentation then we would be delighted to discuss this further with you.
To join the CPR mailing list please contact us by email, giving your first and last name.
We are in the process of converting our catalogue into an on-line database. In the meantime the existing catalogues can be downloaded in RTF (Rich Text Format) here:
cprVIDEOcatalogue.doc.rtf, cprDVDcatalogue.doc_1.rtf
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