My first big project since coming aboard to the Mountain West Digital Library was working on the Arizona Memory Project. It was very gratifying seeing our list of partners from Arizona grow as we added these valuable collections.I never have to worry about being busy...
Today, I started the process of recruiting speakers for MWDL's Winter Webinar Series. What is even more astounding than the level of cooperation between all these digital library managers is the level of cumulative talent and expertise spread among them.Want to know about Digital Asset...
Since the launch of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in April, nearly twice as many people on average are visiting the Mountain West Digital Library every day. We have seen a 114% increase in the number of visits over the same time period...
I'm still gathering my thoughts after DPLA fest, but I wanted to share some information today about the new Shelley-Godwin Archive, which I'm sure is going to be a great platform for humanities research.You can read more about the project on the NEH post "Bringing...
Hello digital library friends! Anna, Sandra, and I got back on Saturday from the first annual DPLAfest in Boston, and I am bursting with news that affects our regional digital libraries.The one that I will blog about today is the announcement of a new $1,000,000...
The idea of a national digital library has been in the air for years, a repository where our combined digital cultural treasures can be accessed in one location. Still in the nascent stages, the Digital Public Library of America has taken on this role. This...
One of the many great things I took away from the recent MWDL workshop on Linked Data was an introduction to OpenRefine. Aside from the great activities in using OpenRefine and Mulgara to clean up data, create URIs, and generate RDF files, OpenRefine looks like...
Like a good book, a thorough, well-documented, and rich collection of photographs tells a story and transports the viewer to a different world. One such collection is the Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection from the University of Utah.Lennox Tierney is Professor Emeritus at the...
The results are in. Eighteen of our twenty participants have turned in their workshop surveys and these are the comments our workshop - and mostly our amazing presenters, Silvia and Cory - generated: “Well done, UNLV!”“Thank you. It was awesome!”“I was very impressed with the...
Today I started analyzing responses from a pre-survey for a Linked Open Data workshop that we are conducting this Wednesday (before you even ask, we're full). The responses to one question "What benefits of linked open data are you aware of?" elicited some great responses,...