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UCLA Library bridges collections, scholarship and innovation, helping students, faculty and public scholars generate knowledge at the intersection of teaching, learning and research.
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
Happy first day of winter! Take a winter walk through some Los Angeles parks with these photos from the LA Views Photograph Collection 99, stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections ❄️ 🏞️ ucla.in/4akT9fs
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy first day of winter! Take a winter walk through some Los Angeles parks with these photos from the LA Views Photograph Collection 99, stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections ❄️ 🏞️ ucla.in/4akT9fs
During International Education Week, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson joined UCLA faculty, staff and students to discuss and exchange ideas about shaping the future of international education through global perspectives: ucla.in/4a91CSX
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
During International Education Week, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson joined UCLA faculty, staff and students to discuss and exchange ideas about shaping the future of international education through global perspectives: ucla.in/4a91CSX
UCLA Library has been awarded a $296,615 Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, enabling the Library to increase access to its significant collection of Middle Eastern and Islamicate manuscript volumes: ucla.in/4qgfZJY
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
UCLA Library has been awarded a $296,615 Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, enabling the Library to increase access to its significant collection of Middle Eastern and Islamicate manuscript volumes: ucla.in/4qgfZJY
Season's greetings from UCLA Library! Wishing you a season of joyful turns and gliding momentum into a bright New Year 🎁❄️
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Season's greetings from UCLA Library! Wishing you a season of joyful turns and gliding momentum into a bright New Year 🎁❄️
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
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Friday 12/19, 7:30 p.m.
Punishment Park (1971) — 35mm
Ice (1970)
In Peter Watkins’ mockumentary, dissidents are given a choice: go to prison or try to survive 3 days while being hunted by cops. Next, Robert Kramer depicts a revolutionary network organizing against a fascist takeover ucla.in/4s6bpzG
Punishment Park (1971) — 35mm
Ice (1970)
In Peter Watkins’ mockumentary, dissidents are given a choice: go to prison or try to survive 3 days while being hunted by cops. Next, Robert Kramer depicts a revolutionary network organizing against a fascist takeover ucla.in/4s6bpzG
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Friday 12/19, 7:30 p.m.
Punishment Park (1971) — 35mm
Ice (1970)
In Peter Watkins’ mockumentary, dissidents are given a choice: go to prison or try to survive 3 days while being hunted by cops. Next, Robert Kramer depicts a revolutionary network organizing against a fascist takeover ucla.in/4s6bpzG
Punishment Park (1971) — 35mm
Ice (1970)
In Peter Watkins’ mockumentary, dissidents are given a choice: go to prison or try to survive 3 days while being hunted by cops. Next, Robert Kramer depicts a revolutionary network organizing against a fascist takeover ucla.in/4s6bpzG
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In honor of #OurLadyofGuadalupe, the David Lopez mural that was originally located in the Maravilla Housing Project (now located here: maps.app.goo.gl/on4BQw5SFwsg...).
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In honor of #OurLadyofGuadalupe, the David Lopez mural that was originally located in the Maravilla Housing Project (now located here: maps.app.goo.gl/on4BQw5SFwsg...).
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
Matthew Vest, a music inquiry and research librarian at the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, has received a UCLA Global Research Award for Resonate 2026, a global open access musical score project.
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Matthew Vest, a music inquiry and research librarian at the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, has received a UCLA Global Research Award for Resonate 2026, a global open access musical score project.
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
The Contemporary Music Score Collection, published by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library and Hugo and Christine Davise Fund, has reached 500,000 views on eScholarship! 🎶
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Contemporary Music Score Collection, published by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library and Hugo and Christine Davise Fund, has reached 500,000 views on eScholarship! 🎶
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
Good luck on finals, Bruins! Whether you’re hitting the books in one of our libraries or studying elsewhere, UCLA Library is here to support you 💙📚 ucla.in/46LsgPZ
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good luck on finals, Bruins! Whether you’re hitting the books in one of our libraries or studying elsewhere, UCLA Library is here to support you 💙📚 ucla.in/46LsgPZ
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
This winter, the @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, brings a dynamic mix of programming to the Billy Wilder Theater @hammer.ucla.edu.
Dozens of screenings of restorations, premieres and film and TV treasures are free to the public, Jan 16-March 22.
Full lineup: ucla.in/3YdQLzE
Dozens of screenings of restorations, premieres and film and TV treasures are free to the public, Jan 16-March 22.
Full lineup: ucla.in/3YdQLzE
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This winter, the @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, brings a dynamic mix of programming to the Billy Wilder Theater @hammer.ucla.edu.
Dozens of screenings of restorations, premieres and film and TV treasures are free to the public, Jan 16-March 22.
Full lineup: ucla.in/3YdQLzE
Dozens of screenings of restorations, premieres and film and TV treasures are free to the public, Jan 16-March 22.
Full lineup: ucla.in/3YdQLzE
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Sun 12/14, 7 p.m.
“British Sounds” (1970)
“The Third Generation” (1979)
A primer in Marx and the deconstruction of capitalist image production, “British Sounds” was Godard’s first completed film with the Dziga Vertov Group. Next, Fassbinder satirizes bourgeois revolutionaries. Free! ucla.in/48ZnqiB
“British Sounds” (1970)
“The Third Generation” (1979)
A primer in Marx and the deconstruction of capitalist image production, “British Sounds” was Godard’s first completed film with the Dziga Vertov Group. Next, Fassbinder satirizes bourgeois revolutionaries. Free! ucla.in/48ZnqiB
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sun 12/14, 7 p.m.
“British Sounds” (1970)
“The Third Generation” (1979)
A primer in Marx and the deconstruction of capitalist image production, “British Sounds” was Godard’s first completed film with the Dziga Vertov Group. Next, Fassbinder satirizes bourgeois revolutionaries. Free! ucla.in/48ZnqiB
“British Sounds” (1970)
“The Third Generation” (1979)
A primer in Marx and the deconstruction of capitalist image production, “British Sounds” was Godard’s first completed film with the Dziga Vertov Group. Next, Fassbinder satirizes bourgeois revolutionaries. Free! ucla.in/48ZnqiB
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📺 “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television”
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
📺 “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television”
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
UCLA Library has completed a yearlong preservation project to digitize 173 audiovisual items from the East West Players — the longest-running Asian American theater group in the United States. Materials are now available for access.
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
UCLA Library has completed a yearlong preservation project to digitize 173 audiovisual items from the East West Players — the longest-running Asian American theater group in the United States. Materials are now available for access.
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
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🎬 Reality Frictions (2024)
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🎬 Reality Frictions (2024)
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
UCLA Library bridges collections, scholarship and innovation, helping students, faculty and public scholars generate knowledge at the intersection of teaching, learning and research.
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
UCLA Library bridges collections, scholarship and innovation, helping students, faculty and public scholars generate knowledge at the intersection of teaching, learning and research.
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
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Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
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Family Flicks: “The Wiz” (1978) ✨
Sun 12/7, 11 a.m.
Director Sidney Lumet’s dazzling adaptation of the hit Broadway musical transplants L. Frank Baum’s fantastical world from somewhere over the rainbow to somewhere over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu
Free! ucla.in/3XvdZRO
Sun 12/7, 11 a.m.
Director Sidney Lumet’s dazzling adaptation of the hit Broadway musical transplants L. Frank Baum’s fantastical world from somewhere over the rainbow to somewhere over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu
Free! ucla.in/3XvdZRO
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Family Flicks: “The Wiz” (1978) ✨
Sun 12/7, 11 a.m.
Director Sidney Lumet’s dazzling adaptation of the hit Broadway musical transplants L. Frank Baum’s fantastical world from somewhere over the rainbow to somewhere over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu
Free! ucla.in/3XvdZRO
Sun 12/7, 11 a.m.
Director Sidney Lumet’s dazzling adaptation of the hit Broadway musical transplants L. Frank Baum’s fantastical world from somewhere over the rainbow to somewhere over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu
Free! ucla.in/3XvdZRO
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Our Father, the Devil (2021)
Sat 12/6, 7:30 p.m.
Babetida Sadjo is riveting as a Guinean refugee and chef in France whose life is upended by the arrival of a priest tied to a harrowing past. Dir. Ellie Foumbi crafts a taut revenge thriller and a profound meditation on healing.
Free ucla.in/3Y1cdYE
Sat 12/6, 7:30 p.m.
Babetida Sadjo is riveting as a Guinean refugee and chef in France whose life is upended by the arrival of a priest tied to a harrowing past. Dir. Ellie Foumbi crafts a taut revenge thriller and a profound meditation on healing.
Free ucla.in/3Y1cdYE
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our Father, the Devil (2021)
Sat 12/6, 7:30 p.m.
Babetida Sadjo is riveting as a Guinean refugee and chef in France whose life is upended by the arrival of a priest tied to a harrowing past. Dir. Ellie Foumbi crafts a taut revenge thriller and a profound meditation on healing.
Free ucla.in/3Y1cdYE
Sat 12/6, 7:30 p.m.
Babetida Sadjo is riveting as a Guinean refugee and chef in France whose life is upended by the arrival of a priest tied to a harrowing past. Dir. Ellie Foumbi crafts a taut revenge thriller and a profound meditation on healing.
Free ucla.in/3Y1cdYE
This #GivingTuesday, donate to the University Librarian’s Greatest Needs Fund at UCLA Library! Your contribution will support librarians and the Bruin community in driving academic research and expanding student resources.
Support UCLA Library today: ucla.in/49EjFA3
Support UCLA Library today: ucla.in/49EjFA3
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This #GivingTuesday, donate to the University Librarian’s Greatest Needs Fund at UCLA Library! Your contribution will support librarians and the Bruin community in driving academic research and expanding student resources.
Support UCLA Library today: ucla.in/49EjFA3
Support UCLA Library today: ucla.in/49EjFA3
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Announcing our free events for winter 2026! Screening January through March: Chinese-language films rescued by the Archive from the shuttered Sing Lee Theatre in L.A.’s Chinatown, anti-fascist Hollywood classics preserved by the Archive, Rod Serling and Gene Hackman TV + more: cinema.ucla.edu/events
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Announcing our free events for winter 2026! Screening January through March: Chinese-language films rescued by the Archive from the shuttered Sing Lee Theatre in L.A.’s Chinatown, anti-fascist Hollywood classics preserved by the Archive, Rod Serling and Gene Hackman TV + more: cinema.ucla.edu/events
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🇺🇦 “Eyes on Ukraine” (2025)
Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for the official premiere of this powerful doc that explores the intersection of two crises — war and HIV. It looks to the resilience of a new generation, navigating survival and community through art and activism.
Free: ucla.in/4hMXfi9
Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for the official premiere of this powerful doc that explores the intersection of two crises — war and HIV. It looks to the resilience of a new generation, navigating survival and community through art and activism.
Free: ucla.in/4hMXfi9
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🇺🇦 “Eyes on Ukraine” (2025)
Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for the official premiere of this powerful doc that explores the intersection of two crises — war and HIV. It looks to the resilience of a new generation, navigating survival and community through art and activism.
Free: ucla.in/4hMXfi9
Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for the official premiere of this powerful doc that explores the intersection of two crises — war and HIV. It looks to the resilience of a new generation, navigating survival and community through art and activism.
Free: ucla.in/4hMXfi9
The Villa of the Birds located in Alexandria, Egypt hosts a stunning array of Early Roman mosaics conserved by five transnational agencies between 1998-2000.
View more photos documenting the conservation process through the UCLA Library International Digital Ephemera Project: ucla.in/4nNOgOT
View more photos documenting the conservation process through the UCLA Library International Digital Ephemera Project: ucla.in/4nNOgOT
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Villa of the Birds located in Alexandria, Egypt hosts a stunning array of Early Roman mosaics conserved by five transnational agencies between 1998-2000.
View more photos documenting the conservation process through the UCLA Library International Digital Ephemera Project: ucla.in/4nNOgOT
View more photos documenting the conservation process through the UCLA Library International Digital Ephemera Project: ucla.in/4nNOgOT
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Sun 11/23: “Born in Flames” (1983) + “Stranger Inside” (2001)
Lizzie Borden’s “Born in Flames” is a radical vision of feminist revolt set in a dystopian NY. Followed by Cheryl Dunye’s “Stranger Inside,” a women’s prison drama centering a young Black lesbian.
Borden in person!
Free: ucla.in/3LUEYU1
Lizzie Borden’s “Born in Flames” is a radical vision of feminist revolt set in a dystopian NY. Followed by Cheryl Dunye’s “Stranger Inside,” a women’s prison drama centering a young Black lesbian.
Borden in person!
Free: ucla.in/3LUEYU1
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sun 11/23: “Born in Flames” (1983) + “Stranger Inside” (2001)
Lizzie Borden’s “Born in Flames” is a radical vision of feminist revolt set in a dystopian NY. Followed by Cheryl Dunye’s “Stranger Inside,” a women’s prison drama centering a young Black lesbian.
Borden in person!
Free: ucla.in/3LUEYU1
Lizzie Borden’s “Born in Flames” is a radical vision of feminist revolt set in a dystopian NY. Followed by Cheryl Dunye’s “Stranger Inside,” a women’s prison drama centering a young Black lesbian.
Borden in person!
Free: ucla.in/3LUEYU1
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📺 “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles”
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
📺 “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles”
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
Sat 11/22, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a specially curated best of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles” (1964–9) featuring Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Sunset Blvd., the long-lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and other iconic places. Free! ucla.in/4921qo0
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🔔 Reminder: Monday, November 17 is the preliminary application deadline for 2025-26 UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants.
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
📣 2025-26 grant applications for the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archive Program (MEAP) are open!
Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.
Applications due Nov 17, 2025.
Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.
Applications due Nov 17, 2025.
Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🔔 Reminder: Monday, November 17 is the preliminary application deadline for 2025-26 UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants.
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS
Full application details: ucla.in/4n8aJGS