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Each year, on World AIDS Day - December 1 - the National AIDS memorial quilt team works with hundreds of partners to arrange more than 1,000 in person quilt displays across the country. In 2019, the Skyline College Library displayed a block of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in the library to commemorate World AIDS Day. This year, for health and safety reasons, this was not possible.
Instead, the national quilt team has launched a virtual exhibit showcasing the AIDS Memorial Quilt. (Learn more, here). Skyline College Library has created a digital space for our campus community to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS. The Library is hosting a virtual exhibit of eight beautiful quilt blocks. Through March 31, you can view the individual blocks here. (Click on each square for a detailed view).
Blocks in this display: 1272, 1484, 2784, 3042 Blocks in this display: 3620, 4244, 4761, 5061
Librarians across the country have created research guides that are especially useful for students researching the AIDS epidemic.
These guides include both primary and secondary sources for research.
We recommend starting here:
Below is a small selection of e-books for research. Please ask a librarian if you've like help locating additional resources.
Epidemics and Pandemics by Viruses and bacteria are so small that you need a microscope to see them, and yet they are powerful enough to change the course of human history. Ancient epidemics like smallpox and the plague and current scourges like HIV/AIDS and cholera have profound impacts on the way we live today. Epidemics and Pandemics takes you through the science, history, and current status of the severe and often scary world of widespread outbreaks. Each title in this series contains color photos throughout, and back matter including: an index and further reading lists for books and internet resources. Key Icons appear throughout the books in this series in an effort to encourage library readers to build knowledge, gain awareness, explore possibilities and expand their viewpoints through our content rich non-fiction books. Key Icons in this series are as follows: Words to Understand are shown at the front of each chapter with definitions. These words are set in boldfaced type in that chapter, so that readers are able to reference back to the definitions--building their vocabulary and enhancing their reading comprehension. Sidebars are highlighted graphics with content rich material within that allows readers to build knowledge and broaden their perspectives by weaving together additional information to provide realistic and holistic perspectives. Text Dependent Questions are placed at the end of each book. They challenge the reader's comprehension of the chapters they have just read, while sending the reader back to the text for more careful attention to the evidence presented there. Research Projects are provided at the end of each book as well and provide readers with suggestions for projects that encourage deeper research and analysis. Educational Videos are offered through the use of a QR code, that when scanned, takes the student to an online video showing a moment in history, speech etc. This gives the readers additional content to supplement the text.
The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience by For young gay men who came of age in the United States in the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was a formative experience in fear, hardship, and loss. Those who were diagnosed before 1996 suffered an exceptionally high rate of mortality, and the survivors - both the infected individuals and thoseclose to them - today constitute a "bravest generation" in American history.The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience examines the strategies for survival and coping employed by these HIV-positive gay men, who together constitute the first generation of long-term survivors of the disease. Through interviews conducted by the author, it narrates the stories ofgay men who have survived since the early days of the epidemic; documents and delineates the strategies and behaviors enacted by men of this generation to survive it; and examines the extent to which these approaches to survival inform and are informed by the broad body of literature on resilienceand health.The stories and strategies detailed here, all used to combat the profound physical, emotional, and social challenges faced by those in the crosshairs of the AIDS epidemic, provide a gateway for understanding how individuals cope with chronic and life-threatening diseases. Halkitis takes readers on ajourney of first-hand data collection (the interviews themselves), the popular culture representations of these phenomena, and his own experiences as one of the men of the AIDS generation.This riveting account will be of interest to health practitioners and historians throughout the clinical and social sciences - or to anyone with an interest in this important chapter in social history.
Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - HIV by Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - HIV is a book series that brings updated reviews to readers interested in learning about advances in the development of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other disorders associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The scope of the book series covers a range of topics including the medicinal chemistry and pharmacology of natural and synthetic drugs employed in the treatment of AIDS (including HAART) and resulting complications, and the virology and immunological study of HIV and related viruses. Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - HIV is a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists, clinicians and postgraduate students seeking updated and critically important information for developing clinical trials and devising research plans in HIV/AIDS research. The fourth volume of this series features 5 chapters that cover these topics: - Design and Synthesis of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors - Potential Magnetic Nanotherapeutics for Management of neuroAIDS - Syntheses of FDA Approved Integrase Inhibitor HIV Drugs and Improved Manufacturing using Flow Processing - The Development and Clinical Progress on Chemokine Receptor-Based HIV Entry Inhibitors - Sexually Transmitted Co-infections in Persons Living with HIVWorld AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness.
Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day. World AIDS takes place annually Dec. 1.
The theme for this year's 2020 observance of World AIDS Day is “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience and Impact”
Would you like to know more? Here are three short World AIDS Day videos: