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,...
Here's a quick CONTENTdm tip to start off your week!My Favorites is a useful feature in CONTENTdm, but it sometimes does not work consistently across all browsers and platforms. I have been able to save items to My Favorites in Internet Explorer on a PC...
I have many collections on my to-do do list for MWDL ingestion, but the largest task that I've been working on has been the Arizona Memory Project. I still have a few more collections to add, but we have plenty of great collections available now....
Only a few days after registration opened, the first MWDL Workshop is at maximum capacity. Because this is an all-day, hands-on training session, we only had 20 available seats, which were first offered to MWDL partners. The plan was to open up the registration to...
We've made some improvements on the home page for the Mountain West Digital Library. Things might look a little bit funny if you've visited our site before, but if you click the refresh button in your browser, everything should look fine!We have new content coming...
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John WoodenLast Friday, I went to the ULA fall workshop at Utah State University and had the pleasure of hearing Salt Lake Public Library's new executive director John Spears talk about...
One of the first things I focused on after starting work as Digital Metadata Librarian for the Mountain West Digital Library was learning how to add new collections! The MWDL actually has a backlog of new collections to add, so I don't need to worry...
For those of you who don't know, there is a new Outreach Librarian at the Mountain West Digital Library, and it's me! After three weeks of training and strategizing within the safe confines of my office, last week I ventured out to my first outreach...
I've been noticing a few issues with the visual display of items after a recent upgrade to version 6.5. If you are having difficulties resizing the viewing window or printing a document, try hitting the shift key and the refresh button at the top of...
Because Ex Libris Primo, which is the platform for Mountain West Digital Library's harvesting, discovery, and delivery, doesn't include an Open Archives Initiative (OAI) provider for metadata, we had to come up with another way for the Digital Public Library of America to harvest metadata...