Chrysalis is also a repository which provides some content that can be used for non-commercial educational purposes. Whilst most of this content is stored as digital assets in a repository some content is accessed via web sites.
Access to the Chrysalis repository is made via
Content which can be reused
The content in the following can be reproduced by without asking permission by:
- Educators within Schools, Further education and Higher Education for their students;
- Staff within museums, art galleries, archives, libraries and charities for any patrons of, or visitors to their organisation
As long as it is for non-commercial purposes and that MLA West Midlands, Chrysalis and the party responsible for the content creation are acknowledged when reusing the content.
Websites |
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BITS for All - Wolverhampton LIS | |
IT training packs in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu to support and promote the use of ICT by over 50s and ethnic minorities. | |
Lovatt Collection - Stoke-on-Trent Libraries | |
James and Charles Lovatt's photographs documenting the changing face of Longton, Normacot and Lightwood within Stoke-on-Trent. | |
Quality on the Web - University of Birmingham | |
Provides access to information on how to evaluate and reference resources retrieved from the Internet. A diagnostic quiz, self-assessment questions and a checklist provide an interactive element for user. | |
Ticket to Find - Wolverhampton LIS | |
Accredited information skills course, which looks at information resources on the internet. | |
Digital Works and Cuttings |
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Art and Design Birmingham Beginnings - University of Central England | |
Historical programmes from one of the regions first Schools of Art & Design. | |
Lowe Collection - Coventry Libraries | |
Scrapbooks dating between 1880 – 1904which contain comprehensive information and illustrations about local events, people and places during important periods of history such as the Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Queen Victoria and the Boer War. | |
Natural History of Staffordshire: Robert Plot - Staffordshire University | |
First edition of Plot from 1686. A facsimile of the original document in the 17 th Century font style (the first use of its type). Chapters 5/6 relating to the ceramics and mining activities of 17 th Century Staffordshire. | |
Digital Images |
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Birmingham’s Buildings and Urban Topography - University of Birmingham | |
Photographs from the 1950's and 1960's by Phyllis Nicklin: 450 images of buildings and street scenes in Birmingham during the 1950s and 1960s. The resource will be relevant to those in the broad education sector, in particular to those seeking resources to support personal research on the West Midlands region, and those embarking on their own learning pathways. |
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Lovatt Collection - Stoke-on-Trent Libraries | |
James and Charles Lovatt's photographs documenting the changing face of Longton, Normacot and Lightwood within Stoke-on-Trent. | |
Pictures of Coventry - Coventry Libraries | |
Photographs showing Coventry people and places through the ages, including the devastation caused by the Second World War. Superior print quality photographs will be available through Coventry Libraries and Information Services. | |
Shropshire Routes to Roots - Shropshire County Library Services | |
A selection of images related to the history of Shropshire provided by the Shropshire Routes to Roots project. | |
Collections with restricted use |
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Content in the following collections can be only downloaded, copied or printed for private study, or personal non-commercial research, and personal non-commercial use. |
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CreationZone - Birmingham Central Library | |
3,000 original images to help designer makers in the jewellery industry with their own creationsstored in an Image Bank | |
Iris Strange Collection - Staffordshire University | |
Sample of the collection relating mainly to the campaign in Britain to secure pensions for war widows and comprises a significant amount of personal and official correspondence between Iris Strange and War Widows. | |