| Talk about snail mail...circa 1924. Photo courtesy Calisphere. |
Calisphere, a project of the University of California
Libraries, is an open source platform that allows digital
collections from California's public and academic libraries,
archives, and museums to be shared. Collections that have used products such as
Omeka, Content DM, or Archivists' Toolkit for data management, can
"dump" the data into Calisphere to make collections easier
to browse and search.
Calisphere organizes the information into collections
that include images, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, videos and audio
recordings...and is a great place to search for primary sources. There
are currently over 4000,000 images, texts and recordings available, and the
collection continues to grow.
A list of contributing institutions is included, and collections
can be searched by title or theme. Once you search for a particular
institution's collection, you can refine your search within the collection by
title/keyword, type of item, and even decade.
Happy searching!
Review by Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian
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