Events

MWDL will hold its annual virtual member meeting on February 9, 2026. Registration is open through Wednesday January 28th. Our theme this year is "Workflows in Progress" and we will have several featured guest speakers!

Roots Tech is the world's largest family discovery event and will be held March 5–7, 2026. Join in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah or online world-wide. See organizer website for more details and pricing!

Utah State Archives is currently accepting applications for summer 2026 internships through Friday, May 1! Please see their blog for more details and application process. There are four (4) positions available and did we mention -- there's a stipend!  

The Call for Proposals for virtual DLF Forum (October 14-15, 2026) is now live! There will be no in-person gathering this year - the Forum is fully virtual. The submission deadline is Monday, May 11 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time (10:59 pm Mountain). For more...

The DPLA Analytics Dashboard recently came back online. DPLA will host a demo and feedback session at 11 AM Mountain/10AM Pacific next Thursday, April 23, 2026. Register here

Theme: Preservision: Where We've Been and Where We're Going This year's Preservation West Symposium will be held November 5-6, 2026. Last year's Symposium was wonderful and we look forward to connecting with many from throughout the MWDL network again this year. A call for presentations...

The UALC Professional Development Committee (PDC) is calling for proposals for the Fall Professional Development Retreat!  This year’s retreat, “Community and Collaboration: Pursuing Connection in the Age of Technology,” will be held at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Taylorsville Redwood Campus on Friday, October 16th,...

The MWDL Governing Body will hold its semi-annual meeting virtually on May 11 from 2:30-3:30 Mountain/1:30-2:30 Pacific. The group last met in November 2025. FY 2026 Governing Body membership  

Join the Linked Data Users Group of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging’s EMCO Wikidata Community of Practice (CoP) for a free, semi-synchronous, week-long virtual event that explores Wikidata. No prior experience is necessary! Project staff will provide...

Teacher Librarian Day has officially transitioned into the TPS Western Region Conference. While the name has changed, the core mission remains the same: to inspire learning with diverse resources and unique perspectives. Come discover how educators throughout the Western Region are successfully bringing the Library...

Introduction The collaborative Utah Humanities/Utah Historical Society Oral History Program supports and deepens oral history work statewide. The goal of this program is to collect and transcribe oral histories, deposit the recorded interviews and transcripts with the Utah Historical Society Collections and other public deposition...

Save the date! Friday, August 7, 2026 will be our annual MWDL Members Meeting. Our agenda and activities are still being planned, but we will gather in-person to discuss current topics such as: ADA compliance & accessibility issues in digital libraries Managing AI/crawler traffic Discussing...