With most schools and universities back in session the summer is quickly coming to an end, but before we fall off daylight savings time, we have a few noteworthy MWDL items for you. DPLA Our August DPLA harvest completed several weeks ago and we are up to...
GREGORY C. THOMPSON Gregory C. Thompson, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library for Special Collections and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of History. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University (1965), Bachelor of...
Blue and yellow cloth with many small images of women engaged in various activities, with the text "International Women's Day March 8" in English and French. Small images of an outline of Cameroon, in yellow, red, and green, are repeated across the cloth. What...
It is time for us to make a big change. We're leaving the blogger platform behind for greener pastures. From now on you'll be able to find us atmwdl-epublishing.orgwhere we'll be posting plenty of content including new outreach programs, conference proceedings, and more! Check out...
February is Black History Month and to help celebrate we're going to throw a spotlight on some MWDL collections that highlight some important people, events, and experiences of Black communities in the Mountain West region. Celebrate with us by perusing the collections below! African American...
What a year it's been! We started the year off big in January by welcoming Teresa K. Hebron as our fantastic new Metadata Librarian. Over the next several months we bade farewell to Avalon Snell and Jon Wiggins, and said hello to Arash Tadjiki...
We’re now wading deep into the holiday season! In light of Veteran's Day last week and with Thanksgiving fast approaching, we think it's the perfect time to show thanks. So, as a thank you to both our readers and veterans, we're giving you something to...
From the wild west to giant airplanes and the Las Vegas strip, Mountain West has it all. This week we want to point out which collections to peruse if you're looking for wild stories, movies, monsters and more.Here's a highlight of some of the most...
Have you ever wondered where MWDL users are? We naturally think of our own local user communities comprising students, researchers, genealogists, and the general public, but were you curious where else MWDL users might be located? Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) recently launched a new...
Arash Tadjiki -- Our new Web Developer.Arash, thinking about web development.We're excited to welcome Arash to the Mountain West team and back to the Marriott library. Arash worked at the Marriott Library in one of the computer support groups during his undergrad in CS. He...