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E-Bank & Repository

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 Click to visit the e-bank

Content which can be reused

The content in the following can be reproduced by without asking permission by:

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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bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon Ticket to Find - Wolverhampton LIS
  Accredited information skills course, which looks at information resources on the internet.
   
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Digital Works and Cuttings

   
bullet point icon Art and Design Birmingham Beginnings - University of Central England
  Historical programmes from one of the regions first Schools of Art & Design.
   
bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon 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.
 
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Digital Images

   
bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon 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.
   
bullet point icon 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.
 
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Collections with restricted use

   

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.

   
bullet point icon CreationZone - Birmingham Central Library
  3,000 original images to help designer makers in the jewellery industry with their own creationsstored in an Image Bank
   
bullet point icon 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.
 
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