Overview of the Collection
Access Terms
Administrative Information
Arrangement of Materials:
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Embodied Information Teaching Collection
Dates: 900-2018
Identification: M000004
Creator:
Sutro Library Staff
Physical Description: 4.00 linear feet
Language of Materials:
English
Spanish;Castilian
Repository:
Sutro Library, California State Library
1630 Holloway Avenue
5th floor
San Francisco, CA, 94132-4030
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/about/sutro_main.html
Email: sutro@library.ca.gov
Phone: 415-469-6100
Access Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Topical Term:
Books--History
Photography--History
Printing--History
Administrative Information
Processing Information:
This collection was processed using Archon by Mattie Taormina, 2017.
Conditions Governing Use:
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please email sutro@library.ca.gov .
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov
.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Embodied Information Teaching Collection, M000004, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco,
Calif.
Arrangement of Materials:
The collection is organized into seven series based on the different mediums humankind has used to capture and convey information
throughout time. Within each series the organizaiton of the materials is based on when the repository aquired the materials
(so the most recent aquisition is at the end of the series).
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection created by the Sutro Library staff in 2017 that allows students to have a hands on experience with
various formats and artifacts that embody the transmission of information throughout time. The samples in this collection
are not from the Sutro Library’s historic collections; rather, they were bought specifically for the purpose of allowing intensive
hands on use for teaching and learning.