Documents Added, New Features and Fixes

An updated version of LTDL was released today containing new documents as well as some new features and fixes.

Additions to the UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos Collection at Internet Archive:
Twenty seven (27) tapes from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute collection, which contains videos from the Tobacco Institute and Council for Tobacco Research, have been uploaded to the UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos collection on Internet Archive (IA). These are available for immediate viewing or downloading. To find these available videos, search LTDL for records that have “RPCI” in the “special collection” field and “IA” in the “access” field (Example - speccoll:rpci access:IA)

The UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos collection now contains more than 500 items. If you have questions or need additional information please contact Polina Ilieva, Project Archivist at (415) 476-1024 or by e-mail - polina.ilieva(at)library.ucsf.edu


Document Additions to LTDL:
-219,906 new Philip Morris documents have been added to LTDL. The vast majority of these are from Barbara Schwab, et al. v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al.

-2164 RJ Reynolds documents have also been added.


New Popular Documents section: California's Tobacco Propositions
The UCSF Library's Tobacco Control Archives previously contained a selected documents collection known as the "California Documents from the State of Minnesota Depository." This special collection has been has been modified and moved to the Popular Documents section of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library.

A companion to "Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles" by Stan Glantz and Edith Balbach, this research collection provides insight into industry plans to fight local smoking initiatives, weaken enforcement of and support for California's 1995 smoke-free workplace legislation, and undermine California's tobacco control program.

Dates are more "readable" in document records:
While the date fields in each document are still in the YYYMMDD format, we have added an additional format of "Month Day, Year" (for example, October 15, 2000) for each date field where there is a full date available. We hope this will help users scan the results when looking for documents with specific dates.

Users are now able to exclude "file folders" from a search:
This exclusion is done by default in the Basic and Advanced Search screens. In the Expert Search screen, users will now have a check box to "exclude folders". This exclusion only applies to documents that have "folder" or "tab" in the Document Type (dt:) field and are 1 page in length. If you want to include folders in your search, simply uncheck the box.

MSA Collection choice:
In the collections box on the search screens, users could previously choose "all", to search all collections, or "none" to clear the boxes for individual selection. Users now have the option to choose “MSA” in all three search screens. This will select just the seven Master Settlement collections (PM, RJR, Lorillard, B&W, AT, TI and CTR).

As always, we value your input on these new features and fixes! Please contact us with any feedback, problems, or praises.