E-Publishing

August 17, 2016 / by

Welcome Buffalo Bill Center of the West – McCracken Research Library

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August 15, 2016 / by

New Collections from Utah State Archives

I'm happy to announce that we've just added some great collections from Utah State Archives!Ranging from maps, portraits of mayors and firefighters, to primary source documents connected with the trial and execution of Joe Hill.Cedar City (Utah) City and Cemetery MapUtah Semi-Centennial Commission Book of...

July 29, 2016 / by

Three New Collections from University of Nevada, Reno

MWDL has recently added three great new collections from the University of Nevada, Reno Digital Collections. This trio of collections provide highlights from the University of Nevada, Reno Library Special Collections focusing on political history, social justice, and citizen action.   Paul Laxalt and Ronald Reagan ...

April 29, 2016 / by

2016 MWDL Member Spring Repository Meeting and Digitization Committee Meetings – Save the Dates!

The dates for the MWDL Member Spring Repository Meeting and Digitization Committee Meeting will be Monday, June 13th, and Tuesday June 14th, at the Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City.The Member Repository Meeting, for representatives of member repositories only, will be held on the 13th,...

February 11, 2016 / by

MWDL’s Best Practices for Geospatial Metadata Creation now available

If you're interested in having your digital collections materials show up on the map interface provided on the Digital Public Library of America portal, start planning to add geospatial metadata to your records! The Mountain West Digital Library Geospatial Discovery Task Force spent many months...

November 21, 2015 / by

New tools for rapid auditing of your collections metadata

A few months back, we learned about some useful tools for metadata auditing. The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center shared these tools with other Service Hubs in the Digital Public Library of America network, including MWDL. I customized NCDHC's tools to reflect the required and recommended...

November 10, 2015 / by

Need funding to digitize another collection?

Cultural heritage organizations in Utah may want to consider applying for a digitization grant from the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB). The next deadline is December 18, 2015. Contact Janell Tuttle, jtuttle@utah.gov, (801) 531-3845, for more information or check out USHRAB's Grant Information...

October 7, 2015 / by

New self-guided curriculum for digitization

As part of the Public Library Partnerships Project over the last year and a half, Mountain West Digital Library staff and partners helped design, prepare, and present training modules about digital skills training. MWDL was one of four Service Hubs in the Digital Public Library of America to participate...

June 23, 2015 / by

Recent new collections added to MWDL

First of all, let's welcome Stacks from the Idaho Commission for Libraries to the MWDL! We are still working on some additional technical troubleshooting that needs to be completed before we harvest the entire repository, but right now we have over 18,000 of the 27,000...

June 5, 2015 / by

National Doughnut Day!

It is National Doughnut Day today, and MWDL is bring you plenty of doughnut-related materials! Did you know that MWDL has photos of the process involved in making handmade doughnuts from start to finish, thanks to the Utah State University Grouse Creek Cultural Survey: Mormon Buckaroo...