[NWDigitalProjects] _\|/_ Potentially Risky URL in Email - Click Carefully _\|/_ Winter Harvest for Northwest Digital Heritage

Robb, Evan evan.robb at sos.wa.gov
Tue Mar 5 12:02:58 PST 2024


This winter the Northwest Digital Heritage hub welcomed digital collection records representing the work of roughly 140 cultural heritage and community organizations. These collections are hosted by libraries and museums throughout Washington and Oregon, and include:


  *   250K records<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?provider=%22University%20of%20Washington%22> from the University of Washington, including materials from its partners in King County and beyond.  Subject terms from the Homosaurus<https://homosaurus.org/> linked data vocabulary are included in UW records for this harvest. Example here<https://nwdh.dp.la/item/6f3dcd6cd5d8cd42ba6c03c8b0433cac>.
  *   Sno-Isle Libraries' Historical Photo Collections<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?provider=%22Sno-Isle+Libraries%22>, contributed by partnering organizations in Snohomish and Island counties.
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Pacific University's digital collections<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?provider=%22Pacific+University%22>, including the multi-institution project, Washington County Heritage Online, and digital exhibits documenting the Forest Grove Indian Training School<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?collection=%22The+Forest+Grove+Indian+Training+School%22> and the Chemawa Indian School<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?subject=%22Chemawa+Indian+School%22>.
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Jefferson County Historical Society's Online Collections<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?provider=%22Jefferson%20County%20Historical%20Society%20(Washington%20State)%22> (Washington State). Highlight: The LingerLonger Lodge Collection<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?q=lingerlonger&provider=%22Jefferson+County+Historical+Society+%28Washington+State%29%22>.
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Salem Public Library's Oregon Historic Photograph Collections<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?provider=%22Salem+Public+Library%22> including early Salem images from the Bush House Museum Collection<https://nwdh.dp.la/search?provider=%22Salem+Public+Library%22%7C%22Bush+House+Museum%2C+Salem+Art+Association%22&page=1>.


The hub is also contributing a portion of its public domain and openly licensed content to Wikimedia Commons through the DPLA's pipeline. This content comes from the Seattle Public Library, Oregon State Archives, and Whitman County Library. In roughly 1.5 years, this content has received ~7.5 million page views across Wikimedia's sites.  We encourage librarians and cultural heritage workers to use our Commons content, located here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_Northwest_Digital_Heritage

Northwest Digital Heritage is a service hub for the Digital Public Library of America, improving access to 50 million records from thousands of institutions across the U.S. To participate in the regional hub, use the contact form at: https://northwestdigitalheritage.org<https://northwestdigitalheritage.org/>.

Evan Robb
Digital Repository Librarian
Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State
(360) 567-9281
evan.robb at sos.wa.gov
https://northwestidigitalheritage.org<https://northwestidigitalheritage.org/>
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