- 21st September 2020
- 1 hr 03 mins
We talk to Orla Egan of the Cork LGBT Archive about how she developed the archive as a volunteer to the multi-format project it now encompasses; the histories and stories of the Cork LGBT community represented in the archive material; the challenges of a community archive project; and the value of community archives as activism.

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In this episode we are joined by Orla Egan of the Cork LGBT Archive. Orla founded the project in 2015, and has developed it to now encompass a digital archive available at CorkLGBTArchive.com , which is also retained as part of both the Digital Repository of Ireland and Europeana ; a physical archive now housed in the Cork City Council Public Museum; a book entitled Queer Republic of Cork ; and a number of exhibitions.
We talk to Orla about how she developed the archive as a volunteer with limited resources to the multi-format project it now encompasses; the histories and stories of the Cork LGBT community represented in the archive material; the challenges of a community archive project; and the value of community archives as activism.
These are the open projects and tools for archives mentioned by Orla:
- Omeka - open source platform for digital collections
- Homosaurus - an international LGBTQ linked data vocabulary
Some materials from the Cork LGBT Archive mentioned in this episode:
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