E-Publishing

MWDL Partner Football Rivalry as seen in Vandal Football Program Covers Collection

We recently added this wonderful collection of Vandal Football Program Covers from the University of Idaho. I thought it would be fun to find some examples of MWDL partner institutions playing against each other, like this example where we have Idaho playing against Montana State...

Great New Collections from Weber State University

We've added a large batch of new collections from the Weber State University Stewart Library recently! I knew that Weber State University had a series of name changes, but I hadn't realized how extensive the name changes were until I was working directly with these...

The new Web Development Assistant

Hi, my name is Evan Young, and I am the new MWDL web development assistant. Starting this month, I will be working with the MWDL team to maintain and enhance our website at mwdl.org. I was born and raised in Oklahoma and have lived in...

How to Make Your Very Own DPLA Twitter Bot

When I saw that @HistoricalCats had launched as part of DPLA’s very nice App Library, I was a bit surprised that it wasn’t followed by a ton of other DPLA Twitter Bots. I had heard other people comment on the lack of a @HistoricalDogs twitter...

Four great new collections from Utah State University

We recently added four great new collections from Utah State University! They are:Historic Postcards of Utah - Browse great postcards of Utah from the early to mid 1900s.Real photo postcard of Dave White on HeadlightJack London Collection - View correspondence, book inscriptions, photos, book covers...

MWDL Statistics from DPLA

Here is some information sent our way from DPLA that gives us an idea of how popular our collections are. I've shared this information in some recent conference presentations and training sessions, but I thought it would be nice to put this out as a...

MWDL Server Upgrade

MWDL had upgraded to Primo 4. The update includes some additional date and faceting search capabilities. Enjoy searching the updated site, and let us know if you have any questions!...

Public Librarian Partnerships Training yesterday funded by DPLA and the Gates Foundation

Eleven public librarians congregated yesterday at the Utah State Library to take part in the Mountain West Digital Library's first public librarian training. We had a jam-packed day that started at 8:30 am over a yogurt bar, fruit, granola, pastries, and coffee. Over the 30-minute...

Top ten reasons to attend a Public Library Partnerships training through MWDL

MWDL is preparing three upcoming workshops to train public librarians in Utah on digitization and curating digital exhibits. Here are ten great reasons to consider signing up for any of the Public Library Partnerships trainings:#1 - 100% free training provided by six experienced and enthusiastic...

Preservation Week!

This week is Preservation Week! There are many resources to discover. One great way of finding great learning materials and online commentary is to follow the #PreservationWeek hashtag on twitter. There's also a Preservation Week Facebook Page. Here are some more resources: Current and Past...