Library : Production + Project Management: Reference + Research

Digital Resources

Selected Management Ebooks

The A to Z of Arts Management by Ann Tonks
ISBN: 9780429330001

Publication Date: 2020

The A to Z of Arts Management, Second Edition covers 97 topics about the management of arts and cultural organizations. Each section offers a theoretical and conceptual introduction to the topic, as well as storytelling and reflections about the meaning and application of such theories in the real world.
Arts Entrepreneurship by Richard Andrews
ISBN: 9781317495536

Publication Date: 2019

Arts Entrepreneurship provides the essential tools, techniques, and concepts needed to invent, launch, and sustain a business in the creative sector. Building on the reader's artistic talents and interests, the book provides a practical, action-oriented introduction to the business of art, focusing on product design, organizational planning and assessment, customer identification and marketing, fundraising, legal issues, money management, cultural policy, and career development.
Introduction to Arts Management by Jim Volz
ISBN: 9781474239813

Publication Date: 2017

Introduction to Arts Management offers a unique, dynamic and savvy guide to managing a performing or visual arts organization, be that an arts center, theatre, museum, art gallery, symphony orchestra, or other arts company. For those training to enter the industry, workers in arts administration, or those seeking to set up their own company, the wealth of expert guidance and direct, accessible style of this authoritative manual will prove indispensable.
Stage Money by Tim Donahue; Jim Patterson
ISBN: 9781611172232

Publication Date: 2012

A guide to understanding professional theater finances today through the use of the tools and metaphors of the business world at large.
The Production Manager's Toolkit by Cary Gillett, Jay Sheehan
ISBN: 9780367808174

Publication Date: 2023

The Production Manager's Toolkit offers an up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to a career in theatrical and special event production for new and aspiring professionals, given by expert voices in the field. The book discusses management techniques, communication skills, and relationship building tactics to become effective and successful production managers.

Business Databases + Web Resources

Theatre Facts from TCG (Theatre Communications Group)
In-depth report examining the attendance, performance, and overall fiscal state of the U.S. professional not-for-profit theatre field.
Internet Broadway Database
Statistics and information collected by the Research Department at The Broadway League, intended to serve as a comprehensive history of Broadway.
Entrepreneurship Database
A helpful resource for entrepreneurs with content ranging from the scholarly to the practical, including a full toolkit of sample business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more
Data-Axle Reference Solutions
Current information on 100M+ US businesses, useful for discovering new business opportunities, researching executives and companies, and conducting market research, and more
Business Market Research Collection
Business market research from trusted sources including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, and Barnes Reports

Physical Materials in the Library

Searching the Library Collections

Materials in the library are organized by subject. Browsing the shelves of the library in-person can help you discover new work, materials, inspiration, and connections. Listed below are general call number ranges for business and theatre at UNCSA Library:

HB615-715 - Entrepreneurship
HD28-70 - Management
HB3711-3840 - Business cycles
NX760-770 - Administration of the arts
NX798-820 - Arts centers and facilities
PN 2085-2091 - Theatre > Stage and Accessories

You can search our digital and in-library collections simultaneously by title, author, subject, or keyword via a catalog search. Click Advanced Search for additional search criteria (like material type, language, year, etc.).

Selected Print Books

Technical Management for the Performing Arts by Mark Shanda, Dennis Dorn
Call Number: PN1584 .S53 2016 (3rd Floor Stacks)

ISBN: 9781138910751

Publication Date: 2015

Technical Management for the Performing Arts is a comprehensive guide to the tools and strategies of a successful technical manager. This book demonstrates how you can coordinate personnel, raw materials, and venues, all while keeping a production on a tight schedule and within budget. From concept to realization, through nightly performances, Technical Management for the Performing Arts focuses on the technical and organization skills a technical manager must demonstrate, and emphasizes the need for creativity and interpersonal management of a team.
Collaborating Backstage by Timo Niermann
Call Number: PN2053 .N53 2019 - Stacks (3rd Floor)

ISBN: 9781350072848

Publication Date: 2019

Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company. From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departments working on a production and instructs them on how to unify their individual skills towards a shared goal. From Vaudeville to classical opera, this book establishes the skills that each specialist brings to the production process before demonstrating how each individual contribution can be utilized in tandem with all other creative teams.
Theatre Management: Producing and Managing the Performing Arts by David M. Conte; Stephen Langley
Call Number: PN2291 .C65 2007 - Stacks (3rd Floor)

ISBN: 0896762564

Publication Date: 2007

A broad, comprehensive view of theatre and performing arts management, based on the premise that all of the performing arts share the same core issues: producing or presenting artistically satisfying works in accord with their missions, finding and keeping an audience, providing for the financial and creative well-being of an organization or production, and maintaining good personnel and public relations.
Arts Management by Ellen Rosewall
Call Number: NX760 .R67 2014 - Stacks (3rd Floor)

ISBN: 9780199973705

Publication Date: 2014

Designed for students and practitioners with little experience in not-for-profit management, Arts Management covers the theory and practice of managing arts and cultural organizations through case studies and critical-thinking exercises.