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Eira Tansey

Founder and Manager of Memory Rising

Eira Tansey is an archivist, researcher, and consultant based in her hometown of Cincinnati/the Ohio River watershed. She founded Memory Rising, which provides research, consulting, and archival services with expertise in climate change, environmental and labor movements, and Ohio Valley regional history. Memory Rising’s clients have included the Council of State Archivists, METRO, the Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network, the Digital Preservation Coalition, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Previously, Eira worked as an archivist in academic libraries for fifteen years at the University of Cincinnati and Tulane University. Eira’s research on archives and climate change has been profiled by Yale Climate Connections, VICE, and Pacific Standard and has been honored by the Society of American Archivists. Her most recent publication is A Green New Deal for Archives. Tansey is an elected Council member of the Society of American Archivists, the governing body for North America’s largest professional association of archivists.

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