industry documents library

Industry Documents LibraryOverview

Kate Tasker, Industry Documents Library Archivist

Childhood Obesity Conference, Session MP 7.4

July 18, 2019

Industry Documents Library Overview | Childhood Obesity Conference | July 18, 20192

Outline

Origins of the UCSF Industry Documents Library Impact of Industry Documents Current collections The Food Industry Documents Archive


Library Origins


Truth Tobacco Industry Documents14,829,695 documents*

• Internal memoranda• Letters and emails • Slides & conference

proceedings• Board minutes • Unpublished scientific studies

*As of June 25, 2019

• Advertisements• Video & audio

recordings • Legal transcripts &

depositions• Webpages


Smoking and Health Proposal

Author Unknown. SMOKING AND HEALTH PROPOSAL. 1969. Brown & Williamson Records. https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/jryf0138


Industry Documents Use

By:

• Scientists• Public health professionals• Journalists• Attorneys• Policymakers• Community advocates

For:

• Peer-reviewed research• Comments to FDA• Investigative articles• Trial preparation• Legislative background• Education


Impact

7+ million online visits

1,000+ publications

International community of public health researchers and policymakers

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/health/big-tobacco-kool-aid-sugar-obesity.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/health/big-tobacco-kool-aid-sugar-obesity.html


Current Collections

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IDL Document Collections

Industry Area Pages DocumentsTobacco (TTID) 90,189,957 14,829,695Drug (DIDA) 345,839 5,718Chemical (CIDA) 248,811 6,365Food (FIDA) 344,559 77,635Fossil Fuel (FoFIDA) 14,513 1,161

Total: 91,143,679 pages in 14,920,574 documents

As of June 25, 2019

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Tobacco


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Drug


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Chemical


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Food



Food Industry Documents Archive Launch

Symposium at UCSF in November 2018

Keynote speaker Dr. Marion Nestle

Recording available online

https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/research-tools/public-lectures

https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/research-tools/public-lectures

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Fossil Fuel



Defending open access to documents for the public good Secure backup Long-term preservation Full-text search Document-level metadata Cross-searchable documents from Tobacco, Drug, Chemical,

Food, and Fossil Fuel collections

Commitment to Preservation and Access


Thanks to Our Advisors and Partners

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UCSF Library

UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) and CTCRE Advisory Board

UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS)

UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) and Environmental Health Initiative (EHI)


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Dr. Cristin Kearns slides


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Dr. Kim Nguyen slides

Searching the UCSF Food Industry Documents Archive

Rachel Taketa, MLISUCSF Industry Documents Library Specialist

UCSF Food Industry Documents Archive

Mission IDL collects documents from companies that flourish by

means of: - manipulative marketing- industry funded science to foster doubt about harms- influencing legislation meant to protect public health

Understand an industry’s strategies and you can counter them


- 17 collections

- 344,559 pages in 77,635 documents

- 4 person team

UCSF Food Industry Documents Archive –Launched in November 2018

What’s in FIDA?


• Letters• E-mails• Memos• Reports• Publications• Financial Documents

• Influential scientists• Food/Bev companies• Industry-funded professional

organizations & non-profits• Key trade groups

• Nutrition Foundation• American Beverage Assoc• Grocery Manufacturers Assoc

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obesity“sugar association”nutrition AND (partnership OR sponsorship)


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