http://lib-php.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/local/C120 en nmasters@usc.edu Copyright 2015 2015-06-10T18:44:09+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/one_archives_completes_clir-supported_project_with_glbt_historical_soc/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/one_archives_completes_clir-supported_project_with_glbt_historical_soc/ ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries recently completed Out West: The LGBTQ Community Archives Cataloging Project, an ambitious collaboration with San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Support from the Council on Library and Information Resources enabled archivists at ONE and GLBTHS to make available 111 previously hidden collections tracing LGBTQ history--and daily life--in California communities. Keep reading for more details and images of unique items uncovered through the Out West project. Collections, ONE Archives, Strategic Planning, Discoverability, Academic Subjects, Gender Studies 2015-04-30T23:32:35+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/monomania_l.a._airs_march_17_on_kcet/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/monomania_l.a._airs_march_17_on_kcet/ What happens when collecting becomes more than a hobby? In an ongoing partnership among KCETLink, USC Libraries and the libraries’ LA as Subject partners, KCETLink’s Emmy Award-winning arts and culture series Artbound presents “Monomania L.A.” The one-hour episode profiles five LA as Subject collectors and their monomaniacal obsession with a particular aspect of Los Angeles history. It premieres at 8 p.m. March 17 on KCET in Southern California and at 8 p.m. March 23 on Link TV nationally. Keep reading to learn more about "Monomania L.A." Collections, ONE Archives, Special Collections, L.A. as Subject, Academic Subjects, Ethnic Studies/Area Studies, Gender Studies, History, Political Science & Public Policy 2015-03-13T19:45:39+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/225_one_archives_collections_cataloged_through_nhprc_grant/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/225_one_archives_collections_cataloged_through_nhprc_grant/ Archivists at the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries recently completed an ambitious 2-year cataloging project. Thanks to generous support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), they processed 225 archival collections on many facets of U.S. LGBTQ life from the 1940s to the present. The collections document the work of early activists and visual artists as well as the daily lives of ordinary people who broke new ground for LGBTQ communities throughout the U.S. Keep reading for more details about the project and photos from the newly processed collections. Collections, ONE Archives, Strategic Planning, Discoverability, Academic Subjects, Gender Studies 2015-03-04T17:35:29+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/research_award_honors_excellent_use_of_primary_sources_in_student_cour/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/research_award_honors_excellent_use_of_primary_sources_in_student_cour/ The USC Libraries are accepting submissions for the USC Libraries Primary Sources Research Award through Tuesday, January 20. Designed to encourage the use of primary source materials from library collections, the award recognizes excellence in USC student papers and essays written as coursework during the 2014 calendar year. There are four prizes: $1,000 for the first-place graduate student submission and $400 for the second-place entry; and $500 for the first place undergraduate submission and $200 for the second-place entry. Winners will be announced at an award reception on April 7. For full rules and guidelines, please refer to this LibGuide. Collections, Boeckmann Center, USC Digital Library, ONE Archives, Special Collections, University Archives 2014-12-09T21:35:21+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/frontiers_magazine_highlights_one_archives_in_feature_on_l.a.s_lgbt_hi/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/frontiers_magazine_highlights_one_archives_in_feature_on_l.a.s_lgbt_hi/ The current issue of Frontiers magazine highlights the role of on the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries in preserving the history of Los Angeles' LGBT artists and activists. As part of an extensive cover package on L.A.'s LGBT history, the magazine featured eleven photos from the ONE Archives' collections. Find the photos on pages 30 and 31 of Frontiers' August 7-20, 2014, issue or in this online slideshow. Collections, ONE Archives, Academic Subjects, History 2014-08-11T19:24:24+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/voices_of_lgbtq_pioneers_now_available_on_usc_digital_library/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/voices_of_lgbtq_pioneers_now_available_on_usc_digital_library/ Thanks to a generous grant from The GRAMMY Foundation®, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries recently preserved and digitized nearly 200 hours of audio recordings from early LGBTQ activists, researchers, and other pioneers. The recordings are now available via the USC Digital Library. Keep reading for more details about the project and links to the recordings. Collections, USC Digital Library, ONE Archives, Strategic Planning, Discoverability 2014-07-18T22:41:06+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/getty_foundation_awards_research_grant_for_mundo_meza_exhibition/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/getty_foundation_awards_research_grant_for_mundo_meza_exhibition/ The Getty Foundation recently awarded ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries a research grant to develop a retrospective exhibition on the Mexican-American artist Edmundo “Mundo” Meza as part of the Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative. Through a series of thematically linked exhibitions, LA/LA aims to take a fresh look at vital and vibrant traditions in Latino and Latin America art. Keep reading for more details about the exhibition. Collections, ONE Archives, Events and Exhibitions, Strategic Planning, Discoverability, Integration with Our Community 2014-06-18T22:11:55+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/winners_announced_for_inaugural_usc_libraries_research_award1/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/winners_announced_for_inaugural_usc_libraries_research_award1/ Two undergraduate students utilizing testimonies from the USC Shoah Visual History Archive earned the top prizes for papers submitted to the first-annual USC Libraries Research Award competition, which encourages the use of primary source materials in student research. International Relations major Nitya Ramanathan took the first prize with her paper entitled How Do We Put Ourselves Back Together? An Analytical Comparison between Transitional Justice in Rwanda and South Africa. History major Diem-Tran Nguyen took second place with The Paradoxical Treatment of Male Homosexual Prisoners During the Holocaust. Both papers were submitted as part of Professor Wolf Gruner's course. Collections, ONE Archives, Special Collections, Events and Exhibitions, USC Libraries Research Award, Academic Subjects, History, Libraries, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library, Doheny Library 2014-05-01T22:05:52+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/one_archives_clir_grant_update/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/one_archives_clir_grant_update/ ONE Archives at the USC Libraries and the GLBT Historical Society are continuing to process collections as part of the CLIR-funded project, Out West: The LGBTQ Community Archive Cataloging Project. Keep reading for an update from ONE archivist Kyle Morgan about the latest collections uncovered by this 2-year project. Collections, ONE Archives, Strategic Planning, Discoverability, Academic Subjects, Gender Studies 2014-04-07T23:09:32+00:00 http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/one_archives_exhibition_screening_series_explores_history_of_west_holl/ http://dotsx.usc.edu/newsblog/index.php/main/comments/one_archives_exhibition_screening_series_explores_history_of_west_holl/ A new exhibition and screening series from the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives explores the history of EZTV, a pioneering video space founded in West Hollywood in 1978. EZTV: Video Transfer opened March 15 and is on display at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum in West Hollywood through June 1. To learn more, see this preview from the Huffington Post. Collections, ONE Archives, Events and Exhibitions, Academic Subjects, Cinema & Television, History 2014-03-24T19:54:56+00:00