Expand access and visibility of DC newspapers with The People’s Archive! Help add digitized newspaper issues to the DC Public Library’s historic digital collection, Dig DC.
Attend one virtual event to learn how to create descriptions, called metadata, for issues of the Washington Blade
During the month of May create descriptions for 3 newspaper issues on your own time.
No prior knowledge of metadata or the Washington Blade is required to participate. All skill levels are welcome. This event will be completely virtual and registration is required. After you register, you will be sent the virtual meeting link closer to the event date.
The Washington Blade collection in Dig DC contains digitized editions of the historic independent newspaper from 1969 to 1989 and is presented in partnership with the Washington Blade. For current and recent editions, and information about reprints visit The Washington Blade.
The Washington Blade has been Washington, D.C.’s principal lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) newspaper since its first issue in October 1969. It began as a monthly news sheet and a replacement for the Mattachine Society of Washington’s newsletter of the 1950s and early 1960s. The Blade quickly grew, adding images and additional pages, and expanding its run to twice a month, and then weekly. The Blade covered current events from an LGBT perspective as well as LGBT life in D.C. and the social and political progress of the gay rights movement.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Collections | LGBTQ Pride |