The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in Toronto Getting an Upgrade
From the CBC:
The world’s largest independent lesbian and gay archive [Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives] — which happens to be right here in Toronto — is about to get a little bit larger.
At its last council meeting before the Christmas break, councillors voted to free up about $50-thousand to renovate the century old building on Isabella Street so that it’s accessible.
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Founded in 1973, the archive is not just a resource for the gay community,” [archive president Dennis] Findlay says.
“It’s very interesting the number of non-LGBTQ people who come here to do research,” he says.
“Because they realize the kinds of struggles that we went through are in many ways the kinds of struggles that other communities of minorities are also going through.”
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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