I NVESTIGATING Ashley Butler, Rebecka Embry, Jo Lammert INF385S Digital Libraries February 17, 2011

“Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources.” Public service project of the University of California and the California Digital Library (CDL) CDL Executive Director- Laine Farley, MLS, UT-Austin CDL mission statement: “The California Digital Library exists to support the University of California community’s pursuit of scholarship and to extend the University’s public service mission.” CDL Founded in 1997 Calisphere launched in 2006 Origins from the Online Archive of California (OAC) in the 90s.

Primary topic History and culture of California Calisphere Goals Facilitate the “assembly and creative use of scholarship for the UC libraries and the communities they serve” Aid teachers by providing: Primary source material Sample lesson plans Primary source analysis sheets Funded by the department of Academic Planning, Programs, and Coordination at the University of California Office of the President and various grants

R ESOURCES Digitized images and text, such as photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts Over 150,000 digitized items Items are taken from the Online Archive of California and provided by other contributing institutions Calisphere acts as the host for the material Resources are both downloadable and printable from the website

M ETADATA Items are described using Dublin Core Easy to locate for each individual item

O RGANIZATION User Groups: Educators, researchers, historians, scholars, genealogists, writers, students, community members, and the public Designed for classroom use Variety of searching and browsing features Search boxes Drop down menus Browse a-z, search terms selected from California Content Standards By sample lesson plan By primary source sets By “Themed Collections” By California cultures By historical essay

F RUSTRATIONS Image Examples Textual examples N=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=0&toc.depth= 1&toc.id=0&brand=calisphere N=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=0&toc.depth= 1&toc.id=0&brand=calisphere =1&brand=calisphere =1&brand=calisphere Browse A-Z Potential for tagging?