Author: 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.
In this presentation, Julia, Janis and Eirini present on 2 LGBT history archiving efforts. The first is 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.