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AIR#11. The DSGS Annual Meeting

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      Pride month is here! Do you want to learn about the latest on LGBTQIA2S+ oral history projects and their archival considerations? Join us at the 37 th Annual Meeting of the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (SAA-DSGS) on July, 7 th , 2025 from 11am to 12.30pm (central). Following brief Section’s business meetings, we’ll hear from two young professionals on this topic: 01- “Visibility is Survival”: Changes to the LGBTQ+ Oral History Inventory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by David Advent. In our current era, where harm against LGBTQ+ communities is on the raise, the need to record and preserve LGBTQ+ histories and stories is tantamount. The University of Wisconsin-Madison LGBTQ+ Oral History Program works directly in this goal to preserve Wisconsin LGBTQ+ history, and recent changes to the program have been made to broaden the scope and impact of the program. David Advent is a Scholarly Communications Librarian at Utah State University, focusing ...
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AIR#10. It's Voting Time

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  Please take some time to review the candidate statements for the 2025-2027 Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section leadership positions before submitting your vote once the ballots open. You will be voting for: 1 Junior Co-chair / Elect Co-chair, and 1 Social Media / Web Liaison 1 Programming Coordinator Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens ! Junior Co-chair / Elect Co-chair Candidate: A. R. Flynn A.R. Flynn (they / them) is Project Archivist for the Glenn Miller Collections ( University of Colorado Boulder) . Flynn received their MLIS in 2024 from the University of Denver (DU) and their BA in History and Russian from Amherst College in 2020. Flynn’s work focuses primarily on the music of the Big Band Era, with an emphasis on highlighting the stories of individuals often underrepresented in archives. Flynn’s research interests center...
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