{{short description|Canadian archivist, policy advisor and author (born 1976)}} {{Infobox academic | name = Rebecka Sheffield | alt = Rebecka Taves Sheffield | image = | birth_date = 1976 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = Canadian | nationality = | occupation = archivist, scholar, records manager | alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Toronto, University of Saskatchewan}} | workplaces = Archives of Ontario, Simmons University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto | thesis_title = The Emergence, Development and Survival of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives [https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/97285] | thesis_year = 2015 | doctoral_advisor = Patrick Keilty | doctoral_students = | known for = | awards = }}
'''Rebecka Sheffield''' is an archivist, scholar, and policy advisor. She is a Senior Policy Advisor of the Archives of Ontario and teaches information science in American and Canadian universities.
==Biography== Rebecka Sheffield is a previous director of the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives and vice-president of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-22|title=The ArQuives welcomes new Executive Director/Archives Manager|url=https://arquives.ca/latest-news/clga-welcomes-new-executive-directorarchives-manager|access-date=2021-02-01|website=The ArQuives|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-18|title=Rebecka Sheffield Steps Down|url=https://arquives.ca/latest-news/rebecka-sheffield-steps|access-date=2021-02-01|website=The ArQuives|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Association of Canadian Archivists - Board of Directors|url=https://archivists.ca/Board-of-Directors|access-date=2021-02-01|website=archivists.ca|language=en}}</ref> She has a bachelor's degree in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, a master's degree in archival studies from the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Toronto in collaboration with the Mark S. Bonham Center for Sexual Diversity Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rebecka Sheffield|url=https://rebeckasheffield.academia.edu/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=rebeckasheffield.academia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=ORCID|title=Rebecka Sheffield (0000-0003-0762-2550)|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-2550|access-date=2021-02-01|website=orcid.org|language=en}}</ref>
Sheffield is a scholar in archival science. She is the author of ''Documenting Rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times'', which discusses the relationship between archives and social movements within the LGBTQ2+ community.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sheffield|first=Rebecka Taves|url=http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=6241475|title=Documenting rebellions a study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times|date=2020|isbn=978-1-63400-113-7|language=English|oclc=1178650880}}</ref> She has also worked as a public advocate about the preservation of queer cultural history in Toronto.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Micaleff|first=Shawn|date=3 July 2015|title=Taking pride in preserving Toronto's queer culture: Collection began 40 years ago with the files of the activist Body Politic newspaper|page=L2|work=The Toronto Star|url=|access-date=|id={{ProQuest| 1692907136}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Leong|first=Melissa|date=19 Feb 2011|title=Queer & far; As many in the community move elsewhere, the Gay Village works to develop a new identity|page=TO 01|work=The National Post|id={{ProQuest|853016993}}}}</ref>
==Intellectual contribution== Rebecka Sheffield's archival contributions focuses on community archives, and historical and cultural heritage movements in LGBTQ2+ communities.<ref name=":0" />
Sheffield is the lead of an archival and artistic project ''The Bedside Table Archives'', which documents objects found on the bedside tables of lesbian and queer women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bedside Table Archives |url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://www.rebeckasheffield.com/bta|access-date=2021-02-01|website=archive.wikiwix.com}}</ref> The project focuses on the home as a space for identity construction while questioning the heteronormativity of such spaces.
She has also published ''Documenting rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times'', which focuses on four institutions that preserve the records of queer folk.
==Publications== * ''Documenting rebellions : A study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times''. Litwin Books, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Documenting rebellions|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://www.rebeckasheffield.com/documenting-rebellions|access-date=2021-02-01|website=archive.wikiwix.com}}</ref> * "Archival Optimism, or, How to Sustain a Community Archives." ''Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity''. Facet Publishing, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity {{!}} ALA Store|url=https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/community-archives-community-spaces-heritage-memory-and-identity|access-date=2021-02-01|website=www.alastore.ala.org}}</ref> * "Community Archives." ''Currents of Archival Thinking'', 2nd Edition. 2017.: 351–376.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=MacNeil|first1=Heather|title=Currents of Archival Thinking, 2nd Edition|last2=Eastwood|first2=Terry|date=2017|oclc=1084967228}}</ref> * "Take Me Away to Another World ." ''Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer''. Toronto: CoachHouse Press, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jen Agg, Catherine Hernandez nominated for Toronto Book Awards {{!}} CBC Books|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/jen-agg-catherine-hernandez-nominated-for-toronto-book-awards-1.4260846|access-date=2021-02-01}}</ref> * "Privacy, Context & Pride: The Management of Digital Photographs in a Queer Archives." ''Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums''. Litwin Books, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queers Online|url=https://litwinbooks.com/books/queers-online/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Litwin Books & Library Juice Press|language=en-US}}</ref> * "The Bedside Table Archives: Archive Intervention and Lesbian Intimate Domestic Culture." ''Radical History Review'', n°120 (2014): 108–120.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sheffield|first=Rebecka Taves|date=2014-10-01|title=The Bedside Table Archives: Archive Intervention and Lesbian Intimate Domestic Culture|url=https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-2703751|journal=Radical History Review|volume=2014|issue=120|pages=108–120|doi=10.1215/01636545-2703751|issn=0163-6545|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99X_aSn4y_w Interview with Dr. Rebecka Sheffield] (2020) * [http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/programming/documenting-diverse-histories/ Panel Discussion on Diverse Histories in Toronto featuring Dr. Rebecka Sheffield] (2019)
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