Mapping Transgender Activism

The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries is home to the world's largest collection of materials related to the history of Trans+ activism. Since 2017, the Mapping Transgender Activism Project has been a partnership between UVic's Chair in Transgender Studies and UVic Libraries.  The project has involved undergraduate and graduate student interns using pre-defined methodologies to read, review, and analyze rare periodicals catalogued by UVic Libraries dating from 1960 onwards. The project records historically important datapoints that appear in each periodical document, including names, dates, events, keywords, and locations, in addition to other textual data. The data is grouped into three main categories: \"Issues,\" \"Articles,\" and \"Events.\"  The top category is \"Issues.\" All \"Articles\" and \"Events\" data correspond with the \"Issues\" file. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the internship moved online during 2020-2021, resulting in some Transgender Archives material being accessed through the Digital Transgender Archive. The \"DTA links\" file lists these issues and links. The \"Issue Cover Scans\" file includes scanned cover images of all indexed issues.  Each data file includes a \"Data Dictionary\" file providing full details. These files are open to review. Data files are restricted and access is provided upon request  After submitting your request for access, please complete the associated online questionnaire.

维多利亚大学图书馆跨性别档案馆（Transgender Archives）馆藏全球规模最为庞大的跨+（Trans+）维权史相关资料。自2017年起，“跨性别维权史测绘项目”（Mapping Transgender Activism Project）由维多利亚大学（University of Victoria，简称UVic）跨性别研究讲席与维多利亚大学图书馆联合发起。该项目招募本科生与研究生实习生参与，采用预设研究方法论，对维多利亚大学图书馆自1960年起编目的珍稀期刊进行研读、梳理与分析。项目将记录每一期期刊中蕴含历史价值的数据点，涵盖姓名、日期、事件、关键词与地点，以及其他文本类数据。该数据集共分为三大核心类别：“议题（Issues）”、“文章（Articles）”与“事件（Events）”。其中顶级类别为“议题”，所有“文章”与“事件”类数据均与“议题”文件相关联。受新冠疫情全球大流行影响，2020至2021年的实习工作转为线上开展，部分跨性别档案馆馆藏需通过“数字跨性别档案馆（Digital Transgender Archive，简称DTA）”获取。“DTA链接”文件列出了上述议题及其对应访问链接；“议题封面扫描件”文件则包含所有已编目议题的封面扫描图像。每个数据文件均附带“数据字典（Data Dictionary）”文件，对全部细节进行完整说明。上述文件可公开查阅，但数据文件需提交申请方可获取。提交访问申请后，请完成配套的在线调查问卷。