My fellowship for the 2022-2023 school year was at the LGBT Center archive, working on a Mellon grant funded Community Archiving and Preservation (CAP) project focused on working with queer community organizations in New York on the creation of their own archives, without the expectation of donation to a larger institution. This project is a poster about my experience on that project and what we did during my time in the role as well as why community archiving is important to the profession and something I am passionate about.
Jacs Rodriguez is an MLIS student at the Pratt School of Information and an aspiring archivist, holding a BA in English Literature from Hunter College. They currently work as an archives fellow at the LGBT Center National History Archive. Their research interests include the importance of community-informed archiving, specifically for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as issues of access and representation. Their passion for libraries and archives is grounded in their love of literature, community, history, inclusivity, and education, and is influenced by their latinx and queer background.