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Archives and Special Collections of the University of California, San Francisco -- covering the gamut of health science and medical humanities history. https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/
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Happy World Digital Preservation Day! Why preserve? Did you know the Industry Documents Library has millions of documents that are considered an endangered digital species? To learn more, check out the @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy Global 'Bit List' of Endangered Digital Species. #WDPD2025
Graphic image of a person with long purple hair and a white t-shirt looking through a pair of binoculars. Image of the cover of The Global Bit List of Endangered Materials. Did You Know There is an endangered digital species list? Green grass along bottom edge of image. Three binoculars on a green background. A screenshot of a section of The Digital Preservation Coalition's annually released "Bit List" of critically endangered digital species, featuring an entry for "Evidence in Court" including an orange seal reading "Critically Endangered." The Digital Preservation Coalition annually releases "The Bit List" of critically endangered digital species. The IDL collects documents form legal proceedings, a category on the list! Green grass along the bottom border of the image. 'Critically Endangered' is one of four classifications. The digital species are at a high risk of total loss and future accessibility is uncertain. Image of a drawn figure with long purple hair and a white shirt looking through a pair of binoculars. Four squares, each containing a different seal from 'The Bit List'. Green seal says "Lower Risk"; yellow seal says "Vulnerable"; orange seal says "Critically Endangered"; and red seal says "Practically extinct." The seals exemplify the four classiciations. Green grass along the bottom border of the image.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Interested in global histories of medicine and technology? ⚕️ Archives like Nichibunken hold more than just Japanese sources! Explore their digitized archives of rare European medical books from 1508–1858 in the Noma Collection! shinku.nichibun.ac.jp/NOMA/new/ind...
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🌟New Publication🌟 The Fourth Workshop on Scientific Archives proceedings, edited by Polina Ilieva & Venkat Srinivasan, is available now! Read global insights on preserving scientific records & the ethics of access this #AskAnArchivist day here: escholarship.org/uc/item/98r6...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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The @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social houses over 4 million documents from Juul Labs. You can access this e-cigarette company’s internal emails, marketing presentations, financial reports, scientific research, Slack DM’s, videos, and more. #ArchivesMonth

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October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Did you know @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social archives publicly available documents from industries impacting public health?!

#AskAnArchivist for tips on exploring the enhanced website, or watch our Website Open House recording for a quick intro to get started. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSo...
UCSF Industry Documents Library Open House Webinar Sept 9, 2025
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October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Taylor Swift’s song Elizabeth Taylor has us revisiting the icon herself.✨ Here’s Ms. Taylor at the 1989 Art Against AIDS benefit w/ Tim Wolfred, former ED of sfaidsfound.bsky.social and former CA senator, Carole Migden from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Collection. #AskAnArchivist #ArchivesMonth
Actress Elizabeth Taylor smiling and seated. Tim Wolfred is smiling and standing to Ms. Taylor's right and Carole Midgen smiling and standing to Ms. Taylor's left.
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🤔Ever wonder what's in #UCSF Archives and Special Collections? Take a quick tour inside our new Rare Books Vault with @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Associate University Librarian/University Archivist Polina Ilieva this #AskAnArchivist Day! www.youtube.com/shorts/Q9vC-...
Discover the Inside of UCSF Rare Books Vault
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October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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This #AskAnArchivist Day we are #UCSFproud to highlight the collection of AIDS and cancer research physician, Jay Levy, MD.

Levy was one of the first to isolate HIV, the cause of AIDS. His collection spans 58 years & includes 87 linear feet of material! #ArchivesMonth

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Dr. Jay Levy, wearing an orange tie and seated in a room with blue walls and lab equipment around him.
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🎉 It’s #AskAnArchivist Day! We are spotlighting the Japanese Woodblock Print Collection that illustrate health-related topics and are a window into traditional Japanese attitudes toward illness, the body, religion, the West. 🖼️ Explore the collection: japanesewoodblockprints.library.ucsf.edu
Japanese woodblock print depicting a California port scene with sailing ships and people in period attire observing from the dock.
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Get ready to celebrate #AskAnArchivist Day with us on October 16! We will be answering one of our most frequently asked questions:

"What do you have in the UCSF archives?"🤔

We can't wait to post some of ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social’s very special collections here on Bluesky#ArchivesMonthth
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October 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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New UCSF Library Artist in Residence! 🎉
Meet Michelle Memran, filmmaker+advocate using the UCSF Archive #HIV/AIDS collection to reimagine the power of activism 2 transform how we talk about #Alzheimers & #dementia today. www.library.ucsf.edu/news/meet-th...
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#ArtForChange
Meet the 2025 UCSF Library Artist in Residence - UCSF Library
The UCSF Library Artist in Residence program was first launched in 2020. The program continues to serve as an intersection of arts and sciences and brings a humanities dimension to our health sciences...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Glass eyeballs, century-old prescriptions, a wealth of medical history live inside UCSF’s rare books and artifacts vault. Step inside the newly reconstructed, Gold LEED-certified treasure trove, brought to life through a partnership with UCSF Facilities Services www.instagram.com/ucsf.cls/ree...
UCSF Campus Life Services on Instagram: "Glass eyeballs, century-old prescriptions, and a wealth of medical history live inside UCSF’s rare books and artifacts vault. Step inside the newly reconstruct...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The new UCSF Industry Documents Library website is going live August 18! 💻 🎉

Get ready for:
🔍 advanced search capability
📂 streamlined content organization
♿️ enhanced readability & accessibility

🔔 Set a reminder & explore industrydocuments.ucsf.edu #UCSFIndustryDocs
Blue banner with drug, food, cigarette and chemical icons in the background with an open laptop showing the new IDL website on the screen. Coming Soon, New Industry Documents Library Website - industrydocuments.ucsf.edu. The UCSF Library branding is in the lower right corner.
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We were glad to hear that #Opioid #Archive advisory committee member Menzi Behrnd-Klodt is joining the ranks of the SAA Fellows (joining our own Polina Ilieva, who became a Fellow in 2024)! www2.archivists.org/recipients/2...
Fellow: Menzi Behrnd-Klodt | Society of American Archivists
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July 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Congratulations @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social @ucsflibrary.bsky.social !! 🎉
July 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Its document drop day!
This month IDL staff uploaded 207,000+ documents produced in the multistate litigation against #Juul Labs. When complete, the Juul Labs collection will contain approx 7 million documents.
www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/coll...

#archives #publichealth #libraries
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June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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📣 Join us online tomorrow at noon PT for a Digital Health Humanities Talk, Towards a Living Women’s History of HIV/AIDS with Jennifer Brier, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago). Register here: calendars.library.ucsf.edu/event/14755381
Towards A Living Women’s History of HIV/AIDS: Can History Make You Healthy?
Towards A Living Women’s History of HIV/AIDS: Can History Make You Healthy? Jennifer Brier, PhD Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and History University of Illinois at...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Get excited for the 2025 International Archives Week! Check out the UCSF archives featured on the #ArchivesAreAccessible Map on the International Council on Archives’ website. #ICA #IAW2025

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UCSF Library. Celebrating International Archives Week. June 9 - 13, 2025. #ArchivesAreAccessible. #IAW2025. Graphic image of a hand holding file folders and graphic image of a hand using a computer mouse.
June 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Happy International Archives Week! Join us online tomorrow at 14:30–15:30 CET to hear about the co-designed Opioid Crisis Community Archive. UCSF speakers: Polina Ilieva, Dan Kabella, Kelly Knight #IAW2025 ⚡ Register to attend this and other exciting ICA lightning talks: www.ica.org/event/iaw202...
#IAW2025 Lightning Talks
#IAW2025 Lightning Talks: Archives for Change – Society, Inclusion & Representation | International Council on Archives
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June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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We passed the 5 million documents mark in the #Opioid #Archive today! Check out the latest additions to the Teva and Allergan Documents and consider what you might research in this vast dataset. www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/opioids/coll...
Opioid Industry Documents
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April 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Jay Levy, MD, helped change the course of HIV/AIDS research. Now, his huge professional archive is preserved at UCSF and available for the first time, offering a rare look into decades of work. @ucsflibrary.bsky.social
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February 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM