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SUMMARY:Washington Blade Describe-A-Thon
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DESCRIPTION:Expand access and visibility of DC newspapers with The People
 ’s Archive! Help add digitized newspaper issues to the DC Public Li
 brary’s historic digital collection\, Dig DC..\nhttps://dclibrary.l
 ibnet.info/event/8062480
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h3>How it works</h3>\n<p>Attend one virtual 
 event to learn how to create descriptions\, called metadata\, for issues o
 f the Washington Blade&nbsp\;<br />During the month of May create descript
 ions for 3 newspaper issues on your own time.</p>\n<h3><br />What to know<
 /h3>\n<p>No prior knowledge of metadata or the Washington Blade is require
 d to participate. All skill levels are welcome. This event will be complet
 ely virtual and registration is required. After you register\, you will be
  sent the virtual meeting link closer to the event date.</p>\n<h3><br />Ab
 out Washington Blade</h3>\n<p><a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1961/dcplisla
 ndora:2841">The Washington Blade collection</a>&nbsp\;in Dig DC contains d
 igitized 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&nbsp\;<a href="htt
 ps://www.washingtonblade.com">The Washington Blade</a>.</p>\n<p>The Washin
 gton Blade has been Washington\, D.C.&rsquo\;s principal lesbian\, gay\, b
 isexual\, and transgender (LGBT) newspaper since its first issue in Octobe
 r 1969. It began as a monthly news sheet and a replacement for the Mattach
 ine Society of Washington&rsquo\;s newsletter of the 1950s and early 1960s
 . The Blade quickly grew\, adding images and additional pages\, and expand
 ing 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 socia
 l and political progress of the gay rights movement.</p>\nhttps://dclibrar
 y.libnet.info/event/8062480
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