In this presentation, Julia Rosenzweig, Janis Inzillo and Eirini Melena Karoutsos present on two LGBT-history archiving efforts conducted by the Fall 2021 Projects in Digital Archiving class. The first is the digitization of “Lesbian Nation,” a broadcast radio program from 1972-1974 created by Martha Shelley during the early years following the Stonewall Riots. The second is Gay Morning America, an morning TV program broadcast on public television during the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Both projects highlight challenges as well as opportunities to preserve and make accessible this broadcast content. This presentation will discuss the workflows, challenges, and successes of three aspects of the project: metadata creation, digitization, and curation.

Archiving Early LGBTQ Radio Television #Infoshow21Download

Julia Rosenzweig

Julia Rosenzweig

Julia Rosenzweig is an MSLIS 2021 graduate with a concentration in archival studies. She interned at the Brooklyn Museum archives in the Fall of 2020 and has been involved with the Lesbian Herstory Archives since 2019. Her focus is on community archives, documentation of marginalized communities, and information accessibility.
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Janis Inzillo

Janis Inzillo

Janis Inzillo is an MSLIS 2021 graduate. Her professional interests include data asset management, metadata management, and special collections.
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Eirini Melena Karoutsos

Eirini Melena Karoutsos

Eirini Melena Karoutsos is an MSLIS student at Pratt with a focus in earning her Advanced Certificate in Archives. Her research is focused on metadata, cataloging, and accessibility. Currently, she is a GA at Pratt Manhattan Library and a digital volunteer for the Lesbian Herstory Archive.
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