PSD’s Archival Advisory Group at ARCHIVES*RECORDS
In August 2025, the Archival Advisory Group had the honor of presenting a poster at ARCHIVES*RECORDS, the Society of American Archivists’ annual conference in Anaheim, California. The poster focused on our work developing a unique meta-data schema as well as the community cataloging day we facilitated in partnership with UCLA’s Information Studies and Media Preservation Lab. You can learn more about our community cataloging day here and view our poster here. In addition to our poster, which outlined our approach in handling sensitive materials, we put together a webpage with resources about Self-Care in Archives & Memory Work that we hope can continue conversations around trauma-informed archiving practices. Thank you to all the conference attendees who stopped by to talk with us.
Image Description: Postal Service for the Dead’s Archival Advisory Group talking with conference goers at the Society of American Archivists’ annual conference called ARCHIVES*RECORDS
Postal Service for the Dead’s Archival Advisory Group
Danielle Galván Gomez (she/her) is an Information Professional, Artist, and Cultural Worker who is currently the Civic Art Registrar for the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. Danielle has a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Washington Information School and received the prestigious Spectrum Scholar from American Library Association
Isabella León-Chambers (she/her) is an archivist and memory worker of multiracial descent based in Los Angeles. She earned her MLIS from UCLA and graduated summa cum laude from New York University.
Sydney Kysar (they/she): Los Angeles born-and-raised, Sydney has helped refurbish over a hundred elementary school libraries in the LA-area: painting murals and building library collections.While interviewing librarians for mural concepts, Sydney was introduced to library science and graduated with a Masters in Library and Information Science from UCLA in March 2025 with a focus on archival work centered on community collaboration.
Janelle Ketcher (she/her) is an artist, library science professional, and Founder of Postal Service for the Dead. She is originally from Iowa and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Janelle holds a BFA in Painting, Art History and Social Practice from The Kansas City Art Institute; received the Certification in Social Emotional Arts from Arts & Healing Initiative, completed the End of Life Training Program at Going with Grace, and is pursuing a MS in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her focus is to encourage creative expression throughout our entire lifespan-from youth programming to end of life projects through the intersections of resource access, archiving, and public service.