The Queer Japan Web Archiving Project is a joint initiative by the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, led by Japanese Studies librarians at Brown, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale Universities and the University of Pennsylvania, with critical research support and input from Dr. Yoshie Yanagihara (Tokyo Denki University), Dr. Tetsuyuki Shida (Waseda University), and Patrick Carland (University of Pennsylvania). The Archive aims to preserve websites created by non-profit Japanese organizations that research, advocate for, and provide services to LGBTQ communities. From May 2020 onward, the project members expanded the scope of the collection to include websites on non-profit organizations providing social services to LGBTQ communities, mental health services, LGBTQ-focused healthcare providers, educational and political advocacy groups, university clubs, and LGBTQ-centered events and demonstrations. By archiving these websites, the Queer Japan Web Archive strives to guarantee that these potentially ephemeral websites are preserved and remain accessible to researchers and scholars. For the updated and complete collection scope, see:
https://guides.library.yale.edu/QueerJapan.
