Embodied Information Teaching Collection

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Embodied Information Teaching Collection 900-2018
Creators:
Sutro Library Staff
Extent:
4.00 linear feet
Language:
English Spanish;Castilian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Embodied Information Teaching Collection, M000004, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

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 Libraryโ€™s historic collections; rather, they were bought specifically for the purpose of allowing intensive hands on use for teaching and learning.

Processing information:

This collection was processed using Archon by Mattie Taormina, 2017.

Arrangement:

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).

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid Authors: Mattie Taormina.
Date Prepared:
2017-06-01
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was encoding in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on July 19th, 2019 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov .

Terms of access:

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 .

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Embodied Information Teaching Collection, M000004, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco, Calif.

Location of this collection:
SFSU - J. Paul Leonard Library
1630 Holloway Ave, Room 610
San Francisco, CA 94132-4030, US
Contact:
(415) 469-6100