Policies and Guidelines

Governance

• MWDL Governing Document (2023)
• 2024-25 Governing Body Membership and Rotation

Partnership

• Partnering with MWDL
• Partnership Agreement (2008 version)

Membership & Tools for your Repository

• Joining MWDL as a Member Repository
• MWDL Member Agreement (Revised June 2015)
• MWDL Member Program Description (June 2015)
• Setting Up a Repository for Harvest
• Submit a Collection for Harvest
• MWDL Metadata Audit Tool

Digitization Best Practices

• BCR’s CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices Version 2.0 (pdf)
• MWDL Digital Services Price List 2015

Metadata

• MWDL Metadata Application Profile Version 3, January 1, 2020 on github. Click here to download pdf. Supersedes the 2011 Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Metadata Application Profile Version 2.0 for use with metadata harvested into the MWDL
• General Guidelines for Digital Metadata (accompanies the Application Profile)
• Best Practices for Geospatial Metadata Creation for MWDL Cultural Heritage Digital Repositories (submitted)
• Instructions for Assigning Geospatial Metadata Using GeoNames.org
• CONTENTdm field properties template (V8)
• How to use the CONTENTdm field properties template