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...
We recently added several great collections from Boise State University!From historic music manuscripts to photos from 1950s Kabul, here are some of the highlights: Peter Beemer Music ManuscriptIn the 1860s Pete Beemer created handwritten musical scores of songs performed by him and his band in...
We’re proud to announce the addition of a number of new William F. Cody Scrapbooks and Photo Albums from the Buffalo Bill Center with more on the way! These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings from each of the regions Buffalo Bill's Wild West show traveled....
We are sad to bid farewell to Avalon Snell, but happy that she will be continuing to work in the field of Libraries and Museums with wonderful colleagues and friends at the Utah State Archives!Avalon has worked in her position as...