Anatomy of a Digital Project – The UCLA AIDS Poster Collection

Stephen Davison; Katharine E. S. Donahue

doi:10.1515/MFIR.2007.49

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Anatomy of a Digital Project – The UCLA AIDS Poster Collection

Published/Copyright: December 12, 2007

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From the journal Volume 36 Issue 2

In August of 2004 the History & Special Collections of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA purchased a collection of 625 AIDS posters from 44 countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, China (and Hong Kong), Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Martinique, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tahiti, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The posters were issued by a variety of institutions and organizations to educate and warn people about AIDS and to offer advice and information in visual form. Some are more blunt and graphic than others, and they come in many styles.

Published Online: 2007-12-12

Published in Print: 2007-June-26

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