Hi, I’m the Metadata Assistant here at Mountain West. I returned last week from a long hiatus from work during which I partook in an intensive Russian language program in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan as an awardee of the Foreign Language and Area Studies scholarship (FLAS)...
With July coming rapidly to a close, we have lots of milestones and events to celebrate in the MWDL community! July is National Ice Cream Month, so grab a cone and cool off with this news update.MWDL Summer ConferenceJ. Willard Marriott Library at University of...
The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) is excited to host their Summer 2018 Conference! Registration deadline for the Conference is Friday, June 27th! The conference consists of the All Hubs Meeting (for Hub Members only, on 7/10), and the Digitization Community Day...
How is it already almost June? Rolling stones gather no moss, and MWDL is rolling right along! Here are a few noteworthy items. Save the Date: MWDL Annual MeetingThe MWDL Annual Hubs and Member meeting will be taking place at J. Willard Marriott Library...
We're pleased to announce that our public metadata auditing tool, first launched in late 2015, has been updated this spring! With the addition of Oregon Digital to the MWDL member network, I thought it would be a good time to review the tool and make...
With the addition of several new collections in April from Utah State Archives and Oregon Digital, we thought it would be interesting to highlight materials in MWDL pertaining to the World War II-era Japanese internment camps. In the following collections you can find comprehensive materials...
We are thrilled to welcome yet more collections to MWDL! This week saw the addition of another three collections from Boise State University-Alberstons Library, one from Orem (UT) Public Library, and five from Utah State University-Merrill-Cazier Library. Read on to learn more about these collections!...
Oregon Digital is one of our newest members and they are doing a splendid job of sending us new collections to work with. We look forward to the next set. We spotlighted some of our favorites below along with links to the rest of the...
Happy National Library Week! If you haven't already, take a look at American Library Association's post about it. In the theme of Libraries Lead, take a look at several of our public library partners' collections! Many of these collections are the results of library-led...
The Mountain West team is happy to say that we have just harvested quite a few new collections from the Utah State Archives. Some of the highlights include:Salt Lake City (Utah) School Children's Constitution and Flag Monument Books This collection contains two books compiled...