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A presentation to the Research and Learning Services department at the University of Utah. The 20 minute presentation included an overview of the Mountain West Digital Library and the Digital Public Library as research resources and ended with live demonstrations on how to navigate both interfaces effectively.
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MWDL and DPLA as research resourcesRebekah Cummings, Assistant Director
University of Utah, RLS ForumNovember 7, 2013
Roadmap
1. MWDL and DPLA overview
2. Search interface tips
What is the Mountain West
Digital Library?
What is the Mountain West
Digital Library?
• BYU• Dixie State• Salt Lake CC• Snow College• SUU• University of Utah
(Go Utes!) • Utah State Library
• Utah State University• Utah Valley University• Weber State • Westminster
In the beginning…
MWDL Growth
• 124 Collecting Institutions • 6 states
– Utah– Nevada– Arizona– Idaho– Hawaii– Montana
As of 2013…
Types of resources
Photographs, maps, artworks, scholarly documents, music, sounds, books, birth and death records, finding aids, and more!
Over 800,000 resources in 563
collections
For example…
Slave owner’s letter
Civil Rights PhotosConfession Letters
Where does the content come from?
MWDL
U of U
Weber
State
USU
Utah Valle
y
BYU
DPLA
• 124 Partners• 30 Hubs• 1 of 9 service hubs to
DPLA
What is DPLA?
“The Digital Public Library of America will make the cultural and
scientific heritage of humanity available, free of charge, to all.”
Tiered Infrastructure
1.Digital Commonwealth 2.Digital Library of Georgia 3.Empire State Digital Network4.Kentucky Digital Library 5.Minnesota Digital Library 6.North Carolina Digital Heritage 7.The Portal to Texas History 8.South Carolina Digital Library9.Mountain West Digital Library
“Leverage the existing infrastructure of the nation”
Searching MWDL
• Start at http://mwdl.org/• Ways to search:
– Basic– Advanced– By Partner– By Collection
Searching DPLADigital Public Library of America
• Search DPLA– Basic search– By place– By date– By exhibition– By bookshelf
Thanks!
Questions? Ask now or…
Email me [email protected] me (801) 587-8893Tweet me @MWDigLib
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