The Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is an online resource based at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in collaboration with more than sixty international colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, and private collections. It was established to enable researchers to locate and make use of transgender-related materials in digital and physical collections.[1][2] It serves as a finding aid for archival materials and an online hub for born-digital materials and digitized historical materials. According to the archive's website: "In order to address these significant barriers to the accessibility of trans history, the DTA virtually merges disparate archival collections, digital materials, and independent projects with a single search engine. With rich primary source materials and powerful search tools, the DTA offers a generative point of entry into the fascinating and expansive world of trans history."[2]
The DTA co-locates and provides direct access or links to materials from numerous institutions including (but not limited to) Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, GLBT Historical Society, Leather Archives and Museum, Transgender Oral History Project, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives in order to assist researchers in overcoming several challenges in conducting research into transgender history. Materials documenting transgender history are widely dispersed, and the level of description and access for materials varies widely. The creation of this resource makes available materials that were previously unavailable online or very difficult to find in archival collections.[3] Because the term transgender is relatively new, materials processed in archives prior to the 1990s may not contain the now widely accepted descriptive term, so this digital repository seeks to bridge that gap.[4] The DTA contains over 8,500 items, including newsletters, periodicals, photographs, and zines, and—according to one of the originators of the project—"anything related to 'trans-ing gender.'"[5] By digitally merging materials from multiple institutions world-wide, access is greatly increased.
Awards
Associate Professor K.J. Rawson, Project Director of the DTA, received a Digital Innovation Fellowship and subsequent $150,000 Digital Extension Grant from the American Council of Learned Societies for work on the DTA.[6] In 2017, the digital repository received the C.F.W. Coker Award from the Society of American Archivists, which honors "finding aids, finding aid systems, innovative development in archival description, or descriptive tools that enable archivists to produce more effective finding aids".[7]
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^Scott O’Connell (May 10, 2017). "Transgender history archive at Holy Cross gets funding to expand". telegram.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
digital, transgender, archive, online, resource, based, northeastern, university, boston, massachusetts, collaboration, with, more, than, sixty, international, colleges, universities, nonprofit, organizations, private, collections, established, enable, researc. The Digital Transgender Archive DTA is an online resource based at Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts in collaboration with more than sixty international colleges universities nonprofit organizations and private collections It was established to enable researchers to locate and make use of transgender related materials in digital and physical collections 1 2 It serves as a finding aid for archival materials and an online hub for born digital materials and digitized historical materials According to the archive s website In order to address these significant barriers to the accessibility of trans history the DTA virtually merges disparate archival collections digital materials and independent projects with a single search engine With rich primary source materials and powerful search tools the DTA offers a generative point of entry into the fascinating and expansive world of trans history 2 Contents 1 Purpose 2 Awards 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPurpose EditThe DTA co locates and provides direct access or links to materials from numerous institutions including but not limited to Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives GLBT Historical Society Leather Archives and Museum Transgender Oral History Project University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and ONE National Gay amp Lesbian Archives in order to assist researchers in overcoming several challenges in conducting research into transgender history Materials documenting transgender history are widely dispersed and the level of description and access for materials varies widely The creation of this resource makes available materials that were previously unavailable online or very difficult to find in archival collections 3 Because the term transgender is relatively new materials processed in archives prior to the 1990s may not contain the now widely accepted descriptive term so this digital repository seeks to bridge that gap 4 The DTA contains over 8 500 items including newsletters periodicals photographs and zines and according to one of the originators of the project anything related to trans ing gender 5 By digitally merging materials from multiple institutions world wide access is greatly increased Awards EditAssociate Professor K J Rawson Project Director of the DTA received a Digital Innovation Fellowship and subsequent 150 000 Digital Extension Grant from the American Council of Learned Societies for work on the DTA 6 In 2017 the digital repository received the C F W Coker Award from the Society of American Archivists which honors finding aids finding aid systems innovative development in archival description or descriptive tools that enable archivists to produce more effective finding aids 7 See also EditTransgender history Transgender rightsReferences Edit RECOMMENDED Trans ing History on the Web The Digital Transgender Archive dh lib 2016 09 08 Retrieved 2017 06 28 a b Overview Digital Transgender Archive www digitaltransgenderarchive net Retrieved 2017 06 28 Amassing the World s Largest Digital Transgender Archive Hyperallergic 2016 03 24 Retrieved 2017 06 28 the first digital transgender archive is a lesson in history discrimination relationships and everyday life look i D i D Retrieved 2017 06 28 Trans ing History on the Web The Digital Transgender Archive American Historical Association American Historical Association 2016 08 29 Retrieved 2017 06 28 Scott O Connell May 10 2017 Transgender history archive at Holy Cross gets funding to expand telegram com Retrieved June 26 2017 C F W Coker Award External links EditDigital Transgender Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Digital Transgender Archive amp oldid 1102954495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
