Kate Tasker, MLIS
Associate Librarian
Library
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Kate Tasker is the UCSF Industry Documents Library Managing Archivist. She leads a team to preserve and make publicly accessible millions of documents which shed light on industry influence on public health, including the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents and collections on the drug, chemical, food, and fossil fuel industries. Kate has a Master's in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University and is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists.

Awards

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• Innovation Project Award, National Digital Stewardship Alliance, 2018
• C.F.W. Coker Award, Society of American Archivists, 2018

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 03/2021
• CA Archives & Records Management Academy of Certified Archivists 2012
• MLIS Library and Information Science San Jose State University 2012
• BA History Sonoma State University 2006

Websites

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• LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
• UCSF Industry Documents Library (industrydocuments.ucsf.edu)

Publications (3)

• The Opioid Industry Documents Archive: A Living Digital Repository.
  American journal of public health 2022 Caleb Alexander G, Mix LA, Choudhury S, Taketa R, Tomori C, Mooghali M, Fan A, Mars S, Ciccarone D, Patton M, Apollonio DE, Schmidt L, Steinman MA, Greene J, Ling PM, Seymour AK, Glantz S, Tasker K
• Handbook of Research on Academic Libraries as Partners in Data Science Ecosystems. Edited by Nandita S. Mani and Michelle A. Cawley
  Digital Archives and Data Science: Building Programs and Partnerships for Health Sciences Research 2022 Tasker, Kate; Taketa, Rachel; Macquarie, Charles; Deardorff, Ariel
• Describing Digital: The Design and Creation of a Born-Digital Archival Description Standard at the University of California Libraries
  Journal of Western Archives 2018 Macquarie, Charles, Berdini, Annalise, Peltzman, Shira, Tasker, Kate