[Libs-Or] PRESS RELEASE: First Anniversary of Northwest Digital Heritage

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Contact:   Wendy Cornelisen
State Librarian
503-378-4367

5/25/2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Salem, Ore - The State Library of Oregon and its partners, Oregon Heritage and the Washington State Library, are pleased to announce the first anniversary of Northwest Digital Heritage.
Northwest Digital Heritage<https://oregon.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91dd1172fce9a235a5e993c03&id=73fbe13305&e=fcfe25ac6a> is a collaborative, regional effort to help support and increase access to digital collections from libraries and cultural heritage institutions throughout Oregon and Washington. Since its official launch in late May 2021 - and despite a myriad of challenges during the pandemic - the project has met some significant milestones during its initial year, including:

  *   Over 190,000 digital item records from Oregon and Washington-based collections now available via the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)'s Northwest Digital Heritage (NWDH) hub
  *   Collections from 115 different libraries, museums, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations represented

  *   An advisory group from contributing institutions formed to help identify potential access points for collections
  *   Ongoing outreach to other organizations to pull future collections into Northwest Digital Heritage
Over the next two years, the program plans to bring even more organizations and collections across the Northwest region into the fold, and both Oregon Heritage and the State Library of Oregon are very excited to bring new funding opportunities, a centralized digital repository, and in-person digitization support to Oregon libraries and organizations.
To learn more about Northwest Digital Heritage, please visit northwestdigitalheritage.org<https://oregon.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91dd1172fce9a235a5e993c03&id=d10e0db40a&e=fcfe25ac6a>, contact us via our website, or email Ross Fuqua, Data & Digital Projects Consultant for the State Library of Oregon, at ross.fuqua at slo.oregon.gov<mailto:ross.fuqua at slo.oregon.gov>.


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