Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341 (August 2014)

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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture”
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/surviving_and_thriving.html
NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture" -Traveling Banner Display and Online Exhibition
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/surviving_and_thriving.html[7/10/14 12:01:13 PM]
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Michael Callen (at typewriter) and
Richard Berkowitz, 1984
Courtesy Richard Dworkin
In 1982, Michael Callen and Richard
Robert C. Gallo, MD, at the National
Institutes of Health, early 1980s
Courtesy National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health
NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture" -Traveling Banner
Display and Online Exhibition
The National Library of Medicine has launched a traveling banner exhibition and online adaptation of Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics,
and Culture, an exploration of the rise of AIDS in the early 1980's and the evolving response to the epidemic over the last 30 years.
In 1981, a new disease appeared in the United States. Reactions to the disease, soon named AIDS (acquired immune deficiency
syndrome), varied. The exhibition illustrates an iconic history of AIDS alongside lesser-known examples of historical figures who changed
the course of the pandemic. Utilizing a variety of historic photographs, pamphlets, and publications, Surviving and Thriving is divided into
five historical investigations, each of which highlights how different groups responded to AIDS. Early responders cared for the sick, fought
homophobia, and promoted new practices to keep people healthy. Scientists and public health officials struggled to understand the disease
and how it spread. Politicians remained largely silent until the epidemic became too big to ignore. Activists demanded that people with
AIDS be part of the solution.
The title Surviving and Thriving comes from a book written in 1987 by and for people with AIDS that insisted people could live with AIDS,
not just die from it. Jennifer Brier, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago), the exhibition's curator, explains that, "centering the experience
of people with AIDS in the exhibition allows us to see how critical they were, and continue to be, in the political and medical fight against
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS." This exhibition presents their stories alongside those of others involved in the national AIDS
crisis.
The companion website includes an extensive selection of NLM's diverse poster collection about HIV/AIDS. This "Digital Gallery" displays
238 posters grouped into fifteen thematic clusters, providing viewers new historical avenues to explore beyond the exhibition. Brier sees
these as invaluable resources for multiple audiences: "not only will these visual materials be incredibly useful for teachers interested in
engaging students in historical thinking about HIV/AIDS, but they will also allow the general public to learn more about how public health
efforts relied on graphic design and imagery to effect behavior change." The website is augmented by education resources that investigate
the exhibition content, including two lesson plans for grades 10-12 three six-class higher education modules and two online activities. In
addition, a selection of published landmark HIV/AIDS articles are provided by NLM's PubMed Central, which freely provides access to over
2.8 million life science journal articles and modern day information is provided by AIDSInfo/InfoSIDA.
Early stops for the traveling banner exhibition include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Library Information
Center, Atlanta, GA Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York, NY University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA University of
Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of Health Sciences, Chicago, IL. For more information about
Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture or to book the exhibition for your site, please visit the traveling exhibition services
website.
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture”
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/surviving_and_thriving.html
NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture" -Traveling Banner Display and Online Exhibition
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/surviving_and_thriving.html[7/10/14 12:01:13 PM]
Contact NLM
Home About the NLM News &Events
Michael Callen (at typewriter) and
Richard Berkowitz, 1984
Courtesy Richard Dworkin
In 1982, Michael Callen and Richard
Robert C. Gallo, MD, at the National
Institutes of Health, early 1980s
Courtesy National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health
NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture" -Traveling Banner
Display and Online Exhibition
The National Library of Medicine has launched a traveling banner exhibition and online adaptation of Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics,
and Culture, an exploration of the rise of AIDS in the early 1980's and the evolving response to the epidemic over the last 30 years.
In 1981, a new disease appeared in the United States. Reactions to the disease, soon named AIDS (acquired immune deficiency
syndrome), varied. The exhibition illustrates an iconic history of AIDS alongside lesser-known examples of historical figures who changed
the course of the pandemic. Utilizing a variety of historic photographs, pamphlets, and publications, Surviving and Thriving is divided into
five historical investigations, each of which highlights how different groups responded to AIDS. Early responders cared for the sick, fought
homophobia, and promoted new practices to keep people healthy. Scientists and public health officials struggled to understand the disease
and how it spread. Politicians remained largely silent until the epidemic became too big to ignore. Activists demanded that people with
AIDS be part of the solution.
The title Surviving and Thriving comes from a book written in 1987 by and for people with AIDS that insisted people could live with AIDS,
not just die from it. Jennifer Brier, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago), the exhibition's curator, explains that, "centering the experience
of people with AIDS in the exhibition allows us to see how critical they were, and continue to be, in the political and medical fight against
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS." This exhibition presents their stories alongside those of others involved in the national AIDS
crisis.
The companion website includes an extensive selection of NLM's diverse poster collection about HIV/AIDS. This "Digital Gallery" displays
238 posters grouped into fifteen thematic clusters, providing viewers new historical avenues to explore beyond the exhibition. Brier sees
these as invaluable resources for multiple audiences: "not only will these visual materials be incredibly useful for teachers interested in
engaging students in historical thinking about HIV/AIDS, but they will also allow the general public to learn more about how public health
efforts relied on graphic design and imagery to effect behavior change." The website is augmented by education resources that investigate
the exhibition content, including two lesson plans for grades 10-12 three six-class higher education modules and two online activities. In
addition, a selection of published landmark HIV/AIDS articles are provided by NLM's PubMed Central, which freely provides access to over
2.8 million life science journal articles and modern day information is provided by AIDSInfo/InfoSIDA.
Early stops for the traveling banner exhibition include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Library Information
Center, Atlanta, GA Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York, NY University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA University of
Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of Health Sciences, Chicago, IL. For more information about
Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture or to book the exhibition for your site, please visit the traveling exhibition services
website.
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NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture”
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NLM Launches “Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture" -Traveling Banner Display and Online Exhibition
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Berkowitz, two gay men with AIDS
living in New York, wrote How to
Have Sex in an Epidemic: One
Approach. The short manifesto
described ways for men to be
affectionate and sexual while
dramatically lessening the risk of
spreading and contracting AIDS. This
booklet was one of the first times
men were told to use condoms when
having sex with other men.
In April 1984, Dr. Robert Gallo of the
National Cancer Institute at NIH isolated
HTLV-III (human T-lymphotropic virus
III) as the cause of AIDS. Scientists later
determined it was the same virus
identified as LAV (lymphadenopathy-
associated virus) by Dr. Luc Montagnier
and his team at the Pasteur Institute a
year earlier. Despite disagreement over
who made the initial discovery, French
and American researchers eventually
agreed to share the credit. In 1986, the
virus was renamed HIV (human
immunodeficiency virus). Identifying a
viral cause enabled the scientific
community to develop a test for HIV and
better confront AIDS with treatment.
Poster for Department of Health
and Human Services
demonstration designed by ACT
UP/DC Women's Committee, 1990
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
In October 1990, ACT UP descended
upon Washington and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta, carrying signs that
demanded the formal definition of
AIDS change to include women.
Excluded from the diagnosis of
having AIDS, women could not
access potentially lifesaving care and
treatment, even as they died of the
disease. By 1992, activists succeeded
in their efforts: women were officially
recognized as people who could have
AIDS.
"Ask for the Test" poster, 2012
Courtesy HAHSTA (HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis,
STD, TB Administration), District of
Columbia Department of Health
In the 21st century, testing for HIV is
the first line of defense in the battle
against AIDS. But when the test was
released in 1985, many people refused
for fear that their names would go on a
registry to deny them health care.
Municipal unions in Washington, DC, are
at the forefront of fighting this persistent
myth and explaining how testing helps
keep people healthy.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Digital Collections card
University of Michigan
quod.lib.umich.edu
D I G I TA L C O L L E C T I O N S
The University of Michigan Library is justly famous for our efforts to digitize our print
collections, and to make them as freely available as possible via the Internet. We
led the creation of HathiTrust, a partnership of institutions offering open access to
millions of readable and fully-searchable volumes.
But our digital initiatives extend much further—for example, at quod.lib.umich.
edu you’ll find more than 250 collections of images, texts, bibliographies, and
finding aids. There you can search for a specific collection, browse by title, format,
subject, and more, and search the text collections for specific words or phrases. These
collections feature our own digitized print materials, as well as those of other U-M
departments, including the Bentley Historical Library, and local institutions, includ-
ing the Ann Arbor District Library.
Among other things, these digital collections enable scholars here and everywhere
to access primary-source and image materials for their research, and for the public to
have ready access to images documenting the rich history of the university.
Featured Digital Collections
(An asterisk indicates that material is restricted to U-M affiliates.)
• Bentley Image Bank: Photographs and other images from the Bentley
Historical Library, the official archives of the university and documenter of the
history of the State of Michigan.
• Bible: King James Version: A fully-searchable text of the King James Bible.
(Four additional collections feature other Bible editions and translations.)
• Clark Library Maps: Digitized maps from the Stephen S. Clark Library at U-M.
• Clements Manuscript Division Finding Aids: Descriptive inventories for
manuscript collections at the Clements Library, which houses resources for the
study of American history and culture from the 15th-19th centuries.
• Art, Architecture and Engineering Library: A portion of the library’s collec-
tion of images via the Imageworks service. (*)
• Making of America: A collection of primary text sources in American social
history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
• Michigan County Histories and Atlases: Digitized images of Michigan county
histories and atlases as resources for historical and genealogical research.
• Middle English Dictionary: Comprehensive analysis of the lexicon and usage
of Middle English, from 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of
over three million citation slips. (*)
To find subscription-based online collections that the library provides to the U-M
community, go to lib.umich.edu/searchtools.
Contact Us
For questions about our digital collections, email dlps-help@umich.edu.

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