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The Summer Olympics have begun! Los Angeles will be hosting the next Summer Games in 2028. The first time the city hosted was in 1932, followed by 1984🥇

Images from UCLA Library Special Collections.

UCLA Library seeks a creative and collaborative professional to lead its innovative user-centered and mentorship focused processing program.

Reporting to the Director of Library Special Collections (LSC), this position oversees the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) and LSC's processing program. The CFPRT recruits UCLA students with subject and language expertise into a team-based approach to archival processing and provides them with valuable hands-on experience, training, and mentorship through archival and primary source theory and practice.

Applications due by August 30: ucla.in/3Wz8Gkt

UCLA Library seeks a Special Collections Digital Archivist to provide leadership and coordination for collecting and stewarding Library Special Collections’ digitized and born-digital materials and support department efforts to provide access to special collections material across platforms.

This highly collaborative position plays a critical role in cultivating strong cross-departmental relationships with key stakeholders throughout the library to enhance workflows that ensure long-term stewardship and access to digital special collections.

Learn more and apply by Aug. 30➡️ ucla.in/3zWgF2h

Born on this day: novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), who is synonymous with Los Angeles noir and credited with some of Hollywood’s best hard-boiled classics, including the adapted screenplay for “Double Indemnity” (co-written with Billy Wilder) and the literary source for “The Big Sleep” — both films previously restored and preserved by the Archive. Other novels that were adapted into motion pictures include “Farewell, My Lovely,” “The Lady in the Lake” and “The Long Goodbye.”

🗃 UCLA Library Special Collections is home to the Raymond Chandler Papers. Research finding aid: bit.ly/4cSpf0i
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📸 source: Raymond Chandler Papers, UCLA Library Special Collections. “Raymond Chandler seated holding cat Taki, 1948, with inscription by Chandler to Sandoe.”

Remembering renowned American author and cat enthusiast, Ernest Hemingway (b. July 21, 1899), in honor of his recent 125th birthday! 🐈

This 1962 Cinemateca de Cuba poster “Homenaje Nacional en Memoria de Ernest Hemingway” commemorates the one year anniversary of Hemingway’s death. In his later years, Hemingway resided at his property in San Francisco de Paula, Havana, which was endearingly called “Finca Vigía” or “Lookout Farm.”🏝️

See more vintage film posters designed by Cuban artists in the Carteles de Cine Collection 🔗 bit.ly/ucla-cubanfilmposters

🎨: Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, Cinemateca de Cuba, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos, Carteles de Cine Collection, UCLA Library’s International Digital Ephemera Project 📽️

In honor of Nelson Mandela’s birthday (July 18, 1918), we’re highlighting archival materials from UCLA Library Digital Collections.

Mandela was imprisoned from 1962-1990 for his activism against South Africa’s policy of apartheid. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and became South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994. His influence extends beyond South Africa, as noted by his prominence in these materials from Kenya and Brazil.

Post-presidency, Mandela remained an activist and worked to combat poverty and HIV/AIDS in South Africa through the Nelson Mandela Foundation. His legacy as a champion of human rights continues to inspire today.

Digitization of these materials was supported by UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program and International Digital Ephemera Project, funded by Arcadia.

🔗 View the collections: digital.library.ucla.edu

Happy birthday to the legendary Diahann Carroll (1935–2019), who made history as the first African American woman to be the star of a television series in a non-stereotypical role (“Julia,” 1968-71), for which she received an Emmy nomination. The actor and singer also blazed a trail in film and on Broadway, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (“Claudine,” 1974) and a Tony Award ​​win for Best Actress in a Musical (“No Strings,” 1962).

Next month, we will spotlight Carroll’s work in “Sister, Sister” (1982), a television drama film written by Maya Angelou. Before the screening, a selection of stills and other archival materials from the Diahann Carroll Papers in the UCLA Library Special Collections will be on display, thanks to Library Performing Arts Curator Miki Bulos. Saturday, August 17. Learn more: ucla.in/3y4B3NX

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📸 credit: Mary Framption / L.A. Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections. January 12, 1979.

Screening for free on Saturday, July 20, “Ask Any Buddy” (2019) is feature-length mashup of male adult films made between 1968 and 1986, exploring the lives and fantasies of a generation of gay men — or at least how they looked in the movies.

“[Director Elizabeth] Purchell reveals what is joyous in these films and the burgeoning community they document, from drag acts to n**e discos to a KISS impersonator stripper, all set to genuinely great music.”—Screen Slate

Screening at 7:30 p.m. followed by a Q&A with director Elizabeth Purchell!

Part of the Q***r Rhapsody Film Series. Details: ucla.in/3xLGnWy

Applications for Resonate 2024: Open Access Call for Scores are currently open! Apply by July 31: http://ucla.in/4dxtLlR

Calling all composers 🎶 Resonate 2024, an open access call for scores, is now accepting submissions! Sponsored by the UCLA Music Library Davise Fund with Atlanta-based professional contemporary music ensemble Bent Frequency and UCLA music performance professor Jan Berry Baker.

This project seeks saxophone, percussion and piano works. One winning composition, selected by an independent judging panel and Bent Frequency, will receive a $750 prize and a performance of the work in the ensemble's 2024-25 season.

Composers of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Deadline: Wednesday, July 31.

Learn more and submit: ucla.in/4dxtLlR.

Remembing Shelley Duvall (1949-2024). The Texas-born movie star was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman, including “Nashville” and “Popeye,” and co-starred in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” (NPR).

Here she is in a 1976 photo by Kathleen Ballard with her hair “braided for summer.” From the L.A. Times Photographic Collection, stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections.

UCLA Library University Archives are celebrating 75 years! In a new blog, Willa Needham, class of '24, interviews University Archivist Andrea Hoff to discuss the significance of UCLA's campus archives 💙 🐻 💛

Learn about Andrea's role as University Archivist and see some materials found in the collection—including yearbooks, student activism materials, blueprints and even a Nobel Prize: ucla.in/3y2Tx1f

Welcome to the 2024 UCLA Library Senior Fellows! Over the next three weeks, these 20 academic librarians from across the U.S. will learn management perspectives, strategic thinking and practical and theoretical approaches to the issues confronting academic libraries, preparing fellows to pursue advanced leadership roles in the field.

Read more about the current cohort: ucla.in/49hULCz

Remember the pups this 4th of July! 🎆 🐶 🎇

Photos from the L.A. Times Photographic Collection, stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections ⤵️

A generous gift brought medical education librarian Molly Hemphill to a new role at UCLA Library, where she helps users of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library become proficient in research methods.

A Legacy for the Library - UCLA Philanthropy Forward Philanthropic giving provides support to UCLA’s Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library by funding the role of medical education librarian.

Born on this day: French film pioneer Alice Guy Blaché (1873-1968), who is considered the world’s first woman director. Working in France and the U.S., Guy Blaché directed and produced or supervised almost 600 silent films and 150 synchronized sound films. In 1910, she established her own film company, Solax, and two years later built a studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Learn more about Alice Guy Blaché through the Women Film Pioneers Project: bit.ly/3R5NBJu

Some of her films, and the documentary “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché” (dir. Pamela B. Green, 2018), are streaming on Kanopy, free through UCLA Library (with UCLA logon ID) and other participating libraries: kanopy.com

Richard Neutra was a prolific mid-century architect who helped define modernism in Southern California. For the past three years, work to safeguard and rehouse materials from the Richard and Dion Neutra Papers have been underway in UCLA Library's Preservation & Conservation Department.

Stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections, materials from Neutra's personal archives — including sketches and blueprints — require special treatment to ensure they can be used by researchers for years to come. Some items in the collection have been rehoused, while others have been cleaned or repaired by Preservation & Conservation team members.

Read about what MLIS students Caroline Friedman and Krystal Mendez have learned collaborating with paper conservator Devin Mattlin on this project: ucla.in/4eGtddU

The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative and inventive professional librarian to lead the collection management team and stewardship of its rare and unique materials.

Learn more and apply ➡️ ucla.in/3L0LDbH

Did you know UCLA Library is one of the largest student employers on campus? We’re currently accepting applications for a number of open positions across 7 different Library locations and departments!

Find more details and apply via Library Jobs in our link in bio or ucla.in/3q8Joff

✨ Note: While these specific opportunities may close, the Library hires year-round for various positions! You can always check back at the link for the latest student job openings.

🤳 Happy ! To celebrate, we’re going back in time to admire some portraits from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection in UCLA Library Special Collections.

🔗 See more images via UCLA Digital Library: https://bit.ly/uclalatimes

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1: Actress Esther Rolle, 1978
2: Actors Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, 1979
3: Singer Lionel Richie, 1984
4: Walburga Oesterreich (of LA true crime lore), circa 1930

Newspaper games and puzzles have had a recent surge in popularity—but daily games have captivated readers long before the current moment.

In the 1950s, the Los Angeles Times published a daily photograph series called "Know Your City" in which readers would identify Los Angeles landmarks based on a picture and a small clue. 70 years later, the original photographs and captions are preserved in the L.A. Times Photographic Collection in UCLA Library Special Collections.

⭐️ Can you identify these L.A. locations from the archival photographs and clues?

Find the answers in a new blog: https://ucla.in/4evZCDM

📺 Over 175 episodes now viewable online!

Created, hosted and independently produced by former DJ, Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper columnist and L.A. jazz and blues historian Tom Reed, “For Members Only” was an African American news and magazine TV program that aired in Los Angeles from 1980 to the 2000s.

The local series offered viewers Black perspectives on topics ranging from social issues to African American history to popular music. Luminaries on the show included boxer and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, author Alex Haley, Congresswoman Diane Watson, community activist Michael Zinzun, Emmy-winning actress Alfre Woodard, Grammy Hall of Fame Award inductee Nina Simone and many more.

The UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Library Digital Collections are pleased to announce that over 175 episodes of “For Members Only” are now available for free viewing online, as part of a preservation and access initiative.

Learn more + watch online: ucla.in/3VzOtcx

Did you know UCLA Instructional Media Collections and Services (IMCS) is a part of UCLA Library?

Formerly a department of the UCLA Center for the Advancement of Teaching, IMCS is located in Powell Library (room 46) and is the central resource for the collection and maintenance of instructional media.

IMCS department manager Roger Brown shares more information about this library resource →

Head to the link in our bio under "News and Points of View" for more 🔗