AIR#11. The DSGS Annual Meeting

  

 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 37th Annual Meeting of the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (SAA-DSGS) on July, 7th, 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 on research publishing and impact. He recently graduated with his MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked for the LGBTQ+ Oral History Program.

02-One Bit at a Time: Initiating Digital Preservation in Queer Community Archive Oral History Projects by Carmela Furio. In early 2024, the LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library (LIAL) began to revitalize its oral history project -LGBTQ Iowa Narratives (LIN)- on a low budget and with all-volunteer staff. Aiming to conduct, collect, and make accessible audio interviews regarding queer Iowan life, LIN needed to initiate digital preservation to survive.

Carmela Furio is an early career archivist with a background in accessioning, processing, and digital projects. They hold an MLIS from the University of Iowa and Bas in English and Italian. They established the LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library’s digital oral history repository, LGBTQ Iowa Narratives, where they currently manage the collection’s processing and digital preservation needs. They additionally serve on SAA’s Podcast Working Group as a producer for Archives in Context.

We look forward to see you all there. Please register to attend the meeting. Let’s queer the archives through the oral history projects.

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  1. AnonymousJune 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM

    FYI, the registration link in this post and in the SAA Connect listserv aren't working.

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  2. AnonymousJune 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM

    The one from the SAA home page seems to be working
    https://connect.archivists.org/home

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