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15 Aug New Collections from Utah State Archives

Posted at 16:27h in Blog, Collections, News by 0 Comments

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 Map Utah Semi-Centennial...

20 Nov Congratulations to University of Nevada Reno on their Digital Collections Redesign!

Posted at 22:24h in Blog, News, Partner Spotlight by MWDL Staff 0 Comments

Digital Collections at MWDL Partner University of Nevada Reno have a new site! Check out the new portal and explore their great digital resources. I was interested to see some of the new ways UNR is encouraging users to interact with their digital collections. You...

14 Nov MWDL Collections Word Cloud with Voyant Cirrus tool

Posted at 16:26h in Blog, Collections, MWDL by MWDL Staff 0 Comments

I’m thinking a bit about the subject coverage across MWDL collections, and the patterns that emerge when we get collections on the same topics across the different states that MWDL serves. I’m just starting to explore the idea of doing some work with visualization tools,...

02 Sep Is your library a Thing?

Posted at 19:00h in Blog, News by MWDL Staff 0 Comments

Check out this open access article:Demonstrating Library Value at Network Scale: Leveraging the Semantic Web With New Knowledge Work by Kenning Arlitsch, Patrick O’Brien, Jason A. Clark, Scott W. H. Young & Doralyn Rossmann for an interesting overview of what the Library can provide a...