There was a time not too long ago when librarians would snarl and hiss at the mention of Wikipedia. Thankfully, that time has passed. Wikipedia has gained credibility over the years and is now credited as a realistic and reliable place to begin your research and...
I'm always interested to see new items pop up on DPLA's App Library. Here are some new apps that deal with data visualization in interesting ways:DPLA Frequency Map - you can use this to see how the frequency of terms varies from state to state. It...
The Mountain West Digital Library might be made of digital collections from land lubbers, but we still have some Pirate themed items to celebrate that most solemn occasion.Ahoy! It is the Pirates Baseball Team from Vernal, Utah!Pirates Baseball Team from the Vernal Express Photograph CollectionWhen...
Last month Jane Park from Creative Commons did a webinar for our network about Creative Commons tools and resources for librarians. Creative Commons licenses are tools that maximize digital sharing and innovation while mitigating risk for institutions and users of content alike.Access to such tools is...
It seems like every other month, someone releases a large set of images into the public domain! These efforts often get great publicity and word of mouth, and it is interesting to see the activity that springs up around these collections.Here is a recent Washington...
One of the benefits of webinars is the ability to record them and view them at a later date. The Mountain West Digital Library has been recording and archiving webinars for over a year and now has 25 different videos available in our training library.If...
Check out this open access article:Demonstrating Library Value at Network Scale: Leveraging the Semantic Web With New Knowledge Work by Kenning Arlitsch, Patrick O'Brien, Jason A. Clark, Scott W. H. Young & Doralyn Rossmann for an interesting overview of what the Library can provide a...
The Mountain West Digital Library recently added two great collections from the Utah State Historical Society.The KUED Topaz Relocation Center Residents Collection contains images of Japanese Americans in the Topaz Internment Camp in Delta, Utah.Topaz School ChildrenThis collection joins many other digital collections the Mountain West Digital...
It is Shark Week! What can we find in MWDL about sharks?Here is a photo of a Man standing with dead shark from Brigham Young University's incredible Edward K. Bryant Photo Collection.Man standing with dead sharkHere is a photo from University of Nevada Reno Special...
The staff of the Mountain West Digital Library were guests today on Dustin Fife's Evil Librarian podcast. For those of you know don't know Dustin Fife, he is our Utah Library Association President Elect, the Director of the San Juan County Library System, and a...