April 11th - It’s About a Billion Lives Annual Symposium 2025 | A full-day event, packed with an extended lineup of speakers, posters, research, and a special afternoon session dedicated to the history of the UC San Francisco tobacco industry documents archives. ow.ly/YO4850Vpac3

Happy #IAW2025! Join us online tomorrow at 14:30–15:30 CET to hear about the co-designed Opioid Crisis Community Archive with UC San Francisco speakers: Polina Ilieva, Dan Kabella, Kelly Knight ⚡ Register to attend this and other exciting ICA - International Council on Archives lightning talks: ica.org/event/iaw2025-…

Big Oil, Global Warming, and a Calculated Stitch by 2024 Artist in Residence & UCSF School of Medicine alumna Ruth Tabancay is on view at the Kalmanovitz Library through June 2026! Come see how this exhibition combines textile art, history & health sciences! UCSF Archives Industry Documents Library

The Kalmanovitz Library is getting a new front door! 🚪✨ Construction starts Monday, August 4. The library is open during construction to UCSF ID holders. Entry and exit are redirected through the Hearst Reading Room. 🔗 tiny.ucsf.edu/LibReopen

For #AmericanArchivesMonth UCSF Archives is bringing materials from the UCSF AIDS collections to Mission Bay for our community to view up close! Stop by to take a look and ask questions. 🗓️ Wed. October 8 🕛 12 - 3 pm 📍FAMRI Library, CC 151 Learn more ➡️ tiny.ucsf.edu/ArchivesMB108

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 highlight some of UC San Francisco's very special collections here on X! #ArchivesMonth

🎉 It’s #AskAnArchivist Day! We are spotlighting the @ucsflibrary Japanese Woodblock Print Collection. These prints are a window into traditional Japanese attitudes toward illness, the body, religion & the West.🖼️🇯🇵 Explore the collection: …anesewoodblockprints.library.ucsf.edu #ArchivesMonth

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! oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:%2…

🎞️ Time-based media in archives? Yes! UCSF is digitizing 16mm films and videos from Selma Fraiberg's pioneering Insights for the Blind study, thanks to a Recordings at Risk grant from CLIR. #AskAnArchivist clir.org/2024/10/preser…

Did you know the Industry Documents Library 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 on getting started. youtube.com/watch?v=JZSo_b…

🌟The Fourth Workshop on Scientific Archives proceedings, edited by Polina Ilieva (UCSF Library ) & Venkat Srinivasan (National Centre for Biological Sciences ) is out! Read global insights on preserving scientific records & the ethics of access this #AskAnArchivist day here: escholarship.org/uc/item/98r6g6…

The Industry Documents Library houses over 4 million documents from e-cigarette company Juul Labs. You can access the company’s internal emails, marketing presentations, financial reports, scientific research, Slack DM’s, videos, and more! #ArchivesMonth industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/collec…

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 of San Francisco AIDS Foundation & former CA senator, Carole Migden, from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Collection. #AskAnArchivist #ArchivesMonth

Honoring the ongoing rematriation work of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan—restoring land, ancestors, and cultural items through NAGPRA. Rematriation is more than return; it’s healing, restoration, and honoring the Ohlone people of the Bay Area. #UCSF #UCSFProud #UCSFCareers

It’s Halloween! 🎃 Time to let your skeleton shine! 💀🦴 Are you a dancing skeleton? Celebratory skeleton? This spooky season enjoy these possibilities from the late 19th century by Kawanabe Kyōsai. #ハロウィン Held by UCSF Library: calisphere.org/item/ark:/1303…

TODAY is the opening reception for Patient No More: People With Disabilities Securing Civil Rights, an exhibit on the this history of #DisabilityRights and the #504SitIn UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care 🗓️3 - 4:30 p.m. 📍Kalmanovitz Library, main floor Register ➡️ tiny.ucsf.edu/E827J8

✨ We invite you to explore the UCSF Archives and Special Collections 2025 Year in Review that highlights our accomplishments this year. To everyone who stood with us—sharing expertise, time, funding, and trust—thank you for making this work possible! library.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-asc-…