Re: Improved access to California related primary source materials through Calisphere

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

Great posters!
Susan

On Friday, August 17, 2007, at 05:04 PM, Lisa Schiff wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Some of you may recall a really useful website I've sent out  
> announcements about--Calisphere, which is a destination for digital  
> versions of primary source material in the area of California history.  
>  Calisphere is developed by a group of my co-workers at the California  
> Digital Library, which is part of the University of California.  A new  
> version of the site has just come out, so I though I'd send out the  
> formal announcement; all the details are below.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
> Lisa Schiff
> McKinley mom, and other stuff too...
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>
> Calisphere's home page has a new look!
>
> Calisphere’s  Collections for Educators are now the spotlight. Take a  
> look: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
>
> Calisphere  is also giving away your choice of three posters based on  
> compelling historical  images. Click the FREE  Posters link on the  
> home page, or go there now:  
> http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/posters.html
>
>  About  Calisphere
>  Calisphere is a free University of California site that  provides  
> access to primary source materials designed around the needs of K-12   
> educators. The site offers more  than 170,000 primary sources that  
> include  photographs, documents, newspapers, political  cartoons,  
> works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and   
> other cultural artifacts that  reveal the diverse history and  culture  
> of California and its role in national and world history.  The content  
>  is from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses  and cultural  
> heritage organizations across California.
>
>
>  --------------------------------------------------------
>  Rosalie  Lack
> Director, Digital Special Collections
> California Digital Library (http://www.cdlib.org/)
> University  of California
> rosalie.lack@ucop.edu
>  tel: (510)  987-0414
>  fax: (510)  893-5212
>
>
>
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