Policies and Guidelines

Governance

• MWDL Governing Document (2023)
• Mountain West Digital Library Harmful Content Statement (2026)
• 2026-27 Governing Body Membership and Rotation:
  1. Brian Tober, Utah State Library (UALC, Year 3)
  2. Robyn Ward, Westminster University (Chair; UALC, Year 3)
  3. Alycia Pringle, Utah Valley University (UALC, Year 1)
  4. Lindsey Memory (Brigham Young University, Member Repository, Year 2)
  5. Julia Simic, Oregon Digital (Member Repository, Year 2)
  6. Tyler Clarke, Morgan County Historical Society (Collection Partners, Year 1)
  7. Harish Maringanti, University of Utah (Host Institution, Indefinite)
  8. Teresa Hebron, Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL Director, Ex Officio)
  9. Paul Johansen, University of Utah (Host Institution Finance Director, Ex Officio)

Partnership & Joining MWDL

• Learn more at Get Involved
• Setting Up a Repository for Harvest

Member Tools & Resources

• Submit a Collection for Harvest (link to Google form)
• MWDL Metadata Audit Tool
• Marriott Reparative Metadata Tool (MaRMAT)
• Archivault by Vanderbilt University
• DPLA Webinar on the Wikimedia Workbook for Cultural Institutions (2024)
• MWDL Metadata Application Profile Version 3, January 1, 2020 on github. Supersedes the 2011 Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Metadata Application Profile Version 2.0 for use with metadata harvested into the MWDL. A PDF version of the MAP is available upon request.
• General Guidelines for Digital Metadata (accompanies the Application Profile)
• Best Practices for Geospatial Metadata Creation for MWDL Cultural Heritage Digital Repositories (submitted)
• Instructions for Assigning Geospatial Metadata Using GeoNames.org