Volume 37 Issue 4, April 2012

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear NWA Colleagues, I hope that all of you are looking forward to—and planning to attend—this year’s annual meeting in Salem, Oregon. Members of the Local Arrangements and Program committees, respectively chaired by Mary McRobinson and Erin Passehl, have worked hard to create a great conference for us. It is always exciting when we can join our meetings with allied organizations, and this year we are happy to have another joint conference with the Oregon Heritage Commission. Appropriately, collaboration is one of our conference themes. In my January Easy Access message, I mentioned that at the end of our time in Salem President-Elect Janet Hauck will lead the new NWA board in a strategic planning session. The goal of this session is to help us focus on and respond to strategic priorities for our association. Before the meeting, you will be invited to respond to an online survey that will ask for your feedback regarding six strategic areas: 1. Continuing Education / Professional Development (workshops, mentoring, training, etc.) 2. Advocacy / Outreach (new members, new audiences, funding, etc.) 3. Organizational Structure (officers, state representatives, etc.) 4. Committee Structure (current committees, new committees, etc.) 5. Communications / Publications (website, social media, listservs, Easy Access, etc.) 6. Annual Meeting (session content, registration, meetings, etc.) Michael J. Paulus, Jr., [email protected]

THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://SVY.MK/NWARCHIVISTSSURVEY Please complete by April 20th. You can contact Janet Hauck, NWA Vice-President/President-Elect, with questions. 1

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IN THIS ISSUE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: RUTH VONDRACEK, page 3 MEETING INFORMATION: NWA ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION and TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS, page 4 WESTERN ARCHIVAL NETWORK PROJECT: IMPROVING ACCESS TO ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: IMLS-FUNDED GRANT IS UNDERWAY, BY JODI ALLISON-BUNNELL, page 5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES: INTRODUCTORY ARCHIVE WORKSHOP FOR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES and POSSIBLE CERTIFIED ARCHIVIST EXAM SITE IN MONTANA, page 7 CUADRA ASSOCIATES RELEASES VERSION 2 OF STAR KNOWLEDGE CENTER FOR ARCHIVE, page 8 STATE NEWS, pages 9 - 12

EDITOR’S NOTE

NWA… WHO WE ARE, WHY ARE WE HERE?

We had a slow start to spring in the

The Northwest Archivists, Inc. is a non-profit member-oriented

Willamette Valley, but the sun is out

professional regional association of professional archivists, users

just in time for the annual NWA

of archives, and others interested in the promotion and access of

meeting in Salem.

the evolving historical record of the Pacific Northwest. Its

After a year of Facebook fun and a fancy e-version of Easy Access, the Publications Committee will have plenty to chat about when we get together this year! We’ll also be

membership is open to all and institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are well represented. We encourage public interest in and public support for archival facilities in public and private institutions. We are dedicated to sharing information about archival

discussing outreach and marketing,

collections, issues, and methodologies to the profession and the

member needs for news, new or

public, offering a place for the discussion of the creation,

different ways to engage members,

preservation, and use of historical documents, but also for

and ideas for documenting our own

members to advocate the identification, collection, preservation,

history as an organization. If you are

use, and appreciation of historical records and manuscripts in all

interested in joining us, even if you

forms and for all audiences.NWA exists to support and develop

won’t be attending the meeting,

the education of those who collect, care for, and provide access to

please let me know.

the documentary heritage of the Northwest and adjoining areas.

You can find contact information

Because we are committed advocates and supporters of

and Easy Access deadlines on the

historical materials, we promote access to records for present and

last page.

future generations; cooperate with individuals and other

Your fearless editor, Tiah Edmunson-Morton

organizations; develop, offer, and provide support to both archival education programs and our members through workshops, a mentoring program, and a welcoming community of colleagues.

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: RUTH VONDRACEK BY JOSH ZIMMERMAN This month we are spotlighting Ruth Vondracek, a new member from Oregon. The answer (actually a question or comment) to question number 8 will be posted on NWA’s Facebook page so everyone can have a say. You can contact Ruth at [email protected] 1.) Where do you work? Where did you go to school? Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center MLIS: University of Iowa; The Modern Archives Institute Certification National Archives & Library of Congress; BA in Anthropology & German, University of Wisconsin – Madison

5.) What’s your favorite book or author and why? My leisure reading range is hugely eclectic although nearly 100 percent fiction. I hate the favorite book question because I have a hard time choosing just one book or author.

2.) When and how did you become an archivist or become interested in archives? My background is in archaeology, which relies heavily on archival materials for primary research of locations and peoples. I loved discovering those materials and using them as much as I loved doing excavation and survey. It’s all part of the cultural memory. 3.) What do you like best about being an archivist or what do find the most challenging?

6.) What are your hobbies or interests? Reading, painting, walking and gardening. 7.) When explaining archives to someone who does not know what archives are, what is the one thing you hope that person takes away from the conversation? The richness and depth of archives and manuscripts collections. There are hidden gems everywhere.

The continued improvements in technology for accessing and sharing collections is both the most interesting and the most challenging. 4.) Why did you join NWA?

8.) Is there a question or observation that you would like to share with your fellow NWA members? What is the most interesting thing you’ve uncovered using archival materials?

To be more in touch with the NW archival community.

We look forward to seeing you all in Salem for the 2012 NWA Annual Meeting!

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NWA ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION FERTILE GROUND: PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR RESTORATION, INNOVATION & COLLABORATION The Northwest Archivists/Oregon Heritage Annual Meeting will take place April 26-28 in Salem, OR. The conference theme will be "Fertile Ground: Planting the Seeds for Restoration, Innovation and Collaboration." Using the fertile lands of the Willamette Valley as a backdrop, it highlights the multidisciplinary approaches that are strengthening and expanding the capacity of archives and other heritage fields in the Northwest. Robert Sutton, the chief historian of the National Park Service, will be the keynote speaker for the Oregon Heritage Conference/Northwest Archivists Annual Meeting in April. Sutton began his career in the Northwest working for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the Oregon Historical Society. He earned a PhD in history from Washington State University. Prior to his appointment in 2007 as chief historian, he had been superintendent of the Manassas National Battlefield Park for 12 years. This combined meeting gives us a chance to mix and mingle with a variety of colleagues! Attendees will include community leaders, staff and volunteers from archives, records repositories, historical societies, museums, historic cemeteries, ethnic organizations, schools, historic preservation commissions, humanities groups, Main Street programs, the tourism industry, economic development, history buffs and professional historians, youth, and local, tribal, state and federal governments. For registration, go to the NWA website at http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/annualmeeting

TRIBAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED JUNE 2012 The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) has released the preliminary schedule for the June 4-7 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums at the Cherokee-owned Hard Rock Casino and Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, there are nine pre-conferences, 63 concurrent sessions, four evening events, six mini-workshops, seven preservation labs, a dynamic exhibit hall, and three keynote presenters. Early bird registration (before April 30) is $250 and includes several meal functions. To view the preliminary schedule, or for more information on registration, scholarships, exhibitor and sponsor opportunities, and hotel rooms, visit www.atalm.org

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WESTERN ARCHIVAL NETWORK PROJECT: IMPROVING ACCESS TO ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: IMLS-FUNDED GRANT IS UNDERWAY BY JODI ALLISON-BUNNELL Last fall, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a National Leadership Grant to the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah on behalf of three consortia -Utah Academic Library Consortium’s Mountain West Digital Library, Orbis Cascade Alliance’s Northwest Digital Archives, and Rocky Mountain Online Archive, to be hosted by the University of New Mexico. This collaborative planning grant funds the one-year project "Planning for a Western Archival Network: Administrative, Technical, and End User Concerns.” The three multi-state consortia on the grant will explore ways to improve user access to Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids describing the archival materials in our three western regions, possibly via a central “Western EAD search portal.” The three consortia will examine ways to create better user experiences and realize cost efficiencies through shared standards, technology and administration. Engaging other western EAD collaborative groups is an important aspect of the planning. Ultimately, developing a system that can easily incorporate other EAD projects will result in a more useful product. Toward that end, this project will provide recommendations for implementation. This project will have national impact for both end users, and the EAD community at large. It will propose an administrative and technical infrastructure that can be used as a model for similar aggregated EAD arrangements. Once the planning is completed and the methods are implemented, end users will find easier and quicker access to archival materials; they will also encounter a greater amount and diversity of materials. EAD partners will benefit from reduced costs and increased use of collections. Dr. Gregory Thompson, Associate Dean for Special Collections at the Marriott Library, is the principal investigator on the grant. “We are extremely excited about how this grant will open the doors to incredible collections across the west,” explains Thompson. “In the long-term, citizens everywhere will encounter easier and faster online access to historical photographs, manuscripts, oral histories, and many other rare and historic materials.” (article continues on page 13)

Find NWA on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NWArchivists.

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IT’S TIME TO VOTE!

We’ve made it easy for you to participate in the 2012 election for new Northwest Archivists board members! Simply go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5JYQTJW to find a voting form that allows you to cast your vote anonymously and with complete accuracy. However… please only vote one time and make sure to follow the instructions. Before voting, please reference the NWA 2012 Election Guide. The Election Guide has candidate profiles and statements. A copy of or link to the Guide has been e-mailed to all members, is posted on the NWA Facebook page, and is available at the NWA website at the following url: http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/NWA2012ElectionGuide.pdf If you need a copy of the guide, or if you have any questions about this ballot, please contact Tony Kurtz at [email protected].

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INTRODUCTORY ARCHIVE WORKSHOP FOR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES SAN ANTONIO, JUNE 2012 The Catholic Library Association is pleased to

The program,

announce the fifth “Introductory Archive Workshop

directed by

for Religious Communities” will be held at the

professional

Oblate Renewal Center in San Antonio,

religious

Texas from June 24 to 29, 2012. The 5-day

archivists, will

intensive program is directed toward individuals

include lectures,

who are interested in learning about archival theory

tours, and

and practice or who wish to update their archival

opportunities for

training.

sharing

Unlike other archival workshops, the sessions will

experiences. Complete program and registration information

focus on the unique types of records found in the archives of men’s and women’s religious

and a registration form are posted on the Catholic

communities. These records document not only the

Library Association website at

communities themselves, but also the evolution of

www.cathla.org/preservation.php, or contact the

Catholicism in the United States, and its impact on

CLA at [email protected] or phone 312-739-1776 or

educational, social and charitable institutions that

toll free 855-739-1776.

shaped the nation’s history.

INTERESTED IN A CERTIFIED ARCHIVIST EXAM SITE IN MONTANA? BOZEMAN, AUGUST 2012 Interested in taking the Academy of Certified Archivists’ (ACA) exam in the northwest next summer? Francis Shawn Bawden wants archivists in the northwest to take advantage of the ACA’s “Pick Your Site” program (which allows the exam to be given in any city selected by at least 5 applicants) and host an exam in Bozeman. The Academy conducts exam sessions throughout the country. This is an excellent opportunity to take the test at a location near you and significantly reduce travel costs! You can find application materials and information about the exam on the ACA site. Because a minimum of five applicants is needed to

“Pick Your Site.” After you have submitted an

administer the exam, make sure to specify

application (due May 12th, 2012), email Bawden at

“Montana State University, Bozeman” when you

[email protected].

Where?

When?

Renne Library, Montana State U., Bozeman

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CUADRA ASSOCIATES RELEASES VERSION 2 OF STAR KNOWLEDGE CENTER FOR ARCHIVES Cuadra Associates, Inc. (Cuadra), a leading provider of knowledge management solutions, announced the release of version 2.0 of STAR Knowledge Center for Archives (SKCA), its acclaimed archival collections management solution. The centerpiece of this new release is the new Research Services module. SKCA users requested the new module because they wanted to integrate the tracking of requests with the cataloging data already in SKCA, including tracking work done by staff on behalf of researchers, (such as pulling materials from storage, photocopying, digitizing, and research). With SKCA 2.0's integrated approach, a staff member can easily log a request, generate a pull report, identify materials that need digitization, and use batch operations to mark the catalog records of materials that have been pulled, returned and reshelved. In addition, archivists can use the statistical and management reports to help them substantiate the work they have already done and monitor the additional needed work. Customers have been very pleased with the new module. For more information on Cuadra products, contact Ilene Slavick at 800-366-1390 or 310-591-2490 or visit the company's Web site at: http://www.cuadra.com.

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NEWS FROM ALASKA BY MEGAN K. FRIEDEL Here in south-central Alaska, we are experiencing record snowfalls this winter. Nevertheless, our Alaska Northwest Archivists members have been churning out great work, despite (or because of?) the extreme weather conditions. Since we all won’t see break-up for another couple of months, we might as well hunker down in the archives and get things done! In Juneau, Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has

going back almost two hundred years. For more news

received a $150,000 Institute of Museum and Library

from Sealaska Heritage Institute, check out Zach’s

Services grant to research and migrate over 100 Tlingit

blog!

language recordings to digital format. Recordings with

Meanwhile, up in Anchorage, Archives and Special

the potential to aid language students and educators

Collections at the University of Alaska Anchorage

will be placed online. The oldest Tlingit recordings date

received a 2012 Alaska Interlibrary Cooperation grant

to the early 1900s, and SHI will contract fluent Tlingit

to process the Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy papers, a

speakers to listen to the recordings and provide

collection of personal diaries, letters, photographs,

detailed information on topics such as traditional

home movies, and other material kept by a couple who

ecological knowledge and Tlingit history. The grant also

were among the first homesteaders on Bear Cove in

will fund an internship program between the institute

Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska in the

and the University of Alaska Southeast, allowing

late 1940s. The grant also supports the digitization of

undergraduate students studying Tlingit language to

200 photographs and several films from the collection,

become involved in this language-orientated project.

as well as the transcription and digitization of a 1949

Additionally, a sharing partnership with the University of

diary kept by Harold Pomeroy during his first year of

Alaska Fairbanks’ Alaska Native Language Archive will

building his homestead, all of which will be made

be established, meaning the organizations will donate

accessible later this year for online research use

copies of some materials in their archives to each

through Alaska’s Digital Archives. Besides supporting

other.

the arrangement and description of the collection, the

Zachary Jones, Archivist

grant will also function as a pilot project for

and Collections Manager

establishing benchmarks for more detailed processing

at Sealaska, also reports

of Archives collections.

that SHI has received an important collection of papers from cultural anthropologist Dan Vaughan, who from 1974 to 1984 studied the history and culture of the Haida people living in Hydaburg on Prince of Wales Island. The collection includes correspondence and other documents dating back to the 1920s, as well as photographs, field recordings of Haida songs and language, and interviews with residents of Hydaburg.

Across town, the Anchorage Museum reports that

Jones reports that the collection has immense research

nearly 4,000 images from the Museum’s historical

value not only for scholars of Haida culture but also for

photograph collections were recently added to Alaska’s

the Haida themselves, as it contains a great deal of

Digital Archives. These new additions come from the

genealogical data and Haida family history, as well as

Steve McCutcheon collection (Alaska Native people,

information on the general history of the Hydaburg area

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collection (roadhouses, train depots, and South Central

Manuscript unit in 2009 as Assistant Archivist,

Alaska scenery) and Redington Family collection

Reference, and moved into the Associate Archivist

(Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race). This project was funded

position in December 2011. Rachel received her MSLIS

in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services

from Simmons College.

though the Library Services and Technology Act

The Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives at

administered by the Alaska State Library, Alaska

UAF has also recently received several prominent

Community Foundation Anchorage Statehood Project,

collections. The congressional papers of Theodore F.

and Rasmuson Foundation.

“Ted” Stevens (1923 – 2010) arrived at UAF in 2009. In 2010, staff began the task of processing the nearly

Up in Fairbanks,

5000 cubic feet collection, which will open to

the Alaska Polar

researchers in 2015. Now in its second year, the Ted

Regions

Stevens Papers Project hosts a website with several

Collections & Archives at the University of Alaska

themed image galleries and a blog about the progress

Fairbanks welcomes Leslie McCartney as the new Oral

of the project, as well as a YouTube site that

History Curator. She comes to UAF most recently from

showcases video clips from items discovered in the

the London Borough of Camden (Camden Local Studies

collection’s Press/Public Relations series. The Alaska

and Archives Centre), UK and worked on the King Cross

Polar Regions Collections also received the

Voices Oral History Project, which traced immigration,

anthropological research papers of Dr. Ernest "Tiger"

migration, social history and long term residents'

Burch last spring, which has been available to the

experiences. Ms. McCartney holds an M.A. in Cultural

public since Fall 2011 (for more information on this

Anthropology from Trent University in Ontario, Canada.

collection, please the archives catalog), and more

In addition, the department has a new Archivist, Peg

recently, they have also acquired the papers of

Asbury and a new Associate Archivist, Rachel Seale.

Cornelius Osgood Papers, former professor of

Peg has worked in the Archives and Manuscripts unit

anthropology at Yale University who researched the

since 1992 and worked as Associate Archivist from

northern Athabascan people. This collection is not yet

1998 to 2011. She received her MLIS from University

processed.

of Texas-Austin. Rachel came to the Archives and

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NEWS FROM MONTANA BY CAITLAIN MAXWELL It’s the Power of the Montana Historical society! Last month, MHS archivists got down and dirty and sorted through over forty boxes worth of soot covered records in the Power Building in downtown Helena. The records were discovered after a fire threatened to engulf the buildings storage area. As cleanup progressed, records were found in an isolated section of the labyrinthine basement…which, oddly enough, is dotted with deserted toilets. We found records scattered across the floor, tucked into metal containers, and stacked in water damaged boxes. The area was so dirty it required dust masks and frequent water breaks Sound like a familiar scenario? The records are a mix of business, financial and legal papers for many of Thomas Charles and Charles Benton Power’s business enterprises dating from the 1870s to the 1970s. T.C. Power was a Montana merchandise, transportation, mining, ranching, banking, and real estate magnate, as well as a U.S. Senator from Montana from 1890 to 1895. His son Charles Benton (C.B.), continued running the family business until his death in 1953. One of the highlights of the new materials was a set of 1960s era catalogs for a women’s clothing store called Tommy’s. After sorting through forty boxes worth of material, the archives staff transported the records over to the Montana Historical Society where they will be added to existing collections for T.C. and C.B. Power – filling in some holes and starting some great new series. And no…we did not take any of the toilets for our museum!

MHS PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES: RECENT PHOTO COLLECTIONS Beth Ferris, a film maker from Missoula, Montana, donated 21 reels of audio and print films of K. Ross Toole, including his speech at the Northern Plains Resource Council conference and an extensive interview from the 1980s with K. Ross Toole, his wife, and Clancy Gordon. K. Ross Toole was the director of the Montana Historical Society and taught history at the University of Montana. Photograph archives also received a collection of 286 glass and nitrate negatives created by Tom Hauser of Canyon Ferry, Gates of the Mountain, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park and other Montana sites taken in the early 1900s.

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NEWS FROM OREGON RESIDENT SCHOLAR PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICANTS FOR 2012 The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center (SCARC) is pleased to announce that applications are once again being solicited for the Resident Scholar Program. Stipends of $2,500 per month renewable for up to three months (for a total maximum grant award of $7,500) will be awarded to researchers whose proposals detail a compelling potential use of the materials held in the Center. Applications are due by April 30, 2012. Now in its fifth year, the Resident Scholar Program provides research grants to scholars interested in conducting work in the Special Collections & Archives Research Center. Researchers will be expected to conduct their scholarly activities while in residence at Oregon State University. Historians, librarians, graduate, doctoral or post-doctoral students and independent scholars are welcome to apply. Grant monies can be used for any purpose. It is anticipated that applicants would focus their work on one of the four main collecting themes of the Special Collections & Archives Research Center: the history of Oregon State University, natural resources in the Pacific Northwest, multiculturalism in the Pacific Northwest and/or the history of science and technology in the twentieth century. For 2012, proposals that focus on using the history of science and technology collections will receive highest consideration, though proposals can address use of any of the SCARC collections. A full accounting of the collections held within the Center are available in two locations:http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/coll/index.html and http://archives.library.oregonstat e.edu/collections Detailed information outlining the qualifications necessary for application, as well as the selection process and the conditions under which awards will be made, is available at the following location (PDF link):http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/residentscholar.pdf. Additional information on the program is available at the Resident and profiles of past award recipients are available here.

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WESTERN ARCHIVAL NETWORK PROJECT, cont. from page 3 Grant Activities Representatives for each consortium on the grant project met with project consultants at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in January. Working groups began exploring the issues of governance, technical infrastructure, end user/technical specifications and cost-benefit analysis. Follow up meetings will be held in midApril at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and in September at the University of Oregon in Portland. Based on the planning group’s findings, a recommendations report will be released in October 2012. The three consortia hope to pursue additional collaborative funding for the implementation phase of the project. Three consortia of EAD partners are working together on this project: The Orbis Cascade Alliance (http://www.orbiscascade.org) is a consortium of 36 academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. Alliance member libraries work together to provide outstanding services to students and faculty, share information resources and expertise, develop library staff, and help members allocate financial and human resources to serve the unique needs of each member. To this end, the Alliance considers the combined collections of member institutions as one collection. The Alliance supports a number of services that support this vision, including Summit, a system that allows students, faculty and staff to easily search and request library materials owned by member libraries; courier service offering delivery of library materials in Oregon, Washington and Idaho; the NWDA (http://nwda.orbiscascade.org); cooperative purchasing for databases, ebooks and ejournals; and other digital library services. The University of New Mexico University Libraries (http://elibrary.unm.edu) is the lead institution for the Rocky Mountain Online Archive (http://rmoa.unm.edu), an informal consortium of 30 institutions in New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. Providing technical infrastructure, UNM supports and maintains RMOA as a service to libraries, museums and archives in the three states with the goal of improving access to manuscript and archival collections. Initiated with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2004, continuing support comes from the UNM University Libraries and the Center for Regional Studies. The Utah Academic Library Consortium (http://ualc.net) is a 40-year-old consortium of 14 academic libraries in Utah, along with the Utah State Library and affiliate member libraries in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. UALC partners improve the availability and delivery of library and information services to the higher education community and to the State of Utah, through fostering research, developing and implementing cooperative library programs; providing a means for the exchange of information on cooperative library ventures; improving library methods and avoiding expensive duplicate purchases; maximizing information delivery; and acting as an advocate for excellence in library resources and services. One of the flagship programs of the UALC is the Mountain West Digital Library (http://mwdl.org), a free search portal to 350 digital collections containing over 650,000 resources about the Mountain West region from 62 partnering libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions. Eight partners of the MWDL maintain EAD files, and several more are involved in creating new EAD collections. Please let these contacts know your questions and comments about this grant project. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library contact: Gregory Thompson, Associate Dean for Special Collections, (801) 581-3421, [email protected] Mountain West Digital Library contact: Sandra McIntyre, Program Director, (801) 585-0969, [email protected] Northwest Digital Archives contact: Jodi Allison-Bunnell, Program Manager, (406) 829-6528, [email protected] Rocky Mountain Online Archive contact: Kathlene Ferris, Digital Programs Manager, (505) 277-7172, [email protected] [13]

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IMPORTANT DETAILS 2011/2012 NWA OFFICERS President: Michael J. Paulus, Jr., Seattle Pacific University: [email protected] Vice President: Janet Hauck, Whitworth University: [email protected] Past President: Tony Kurtz, Western Washington University: [email protected] Secretary: Cristine Paschild, Portland State University Library: [email protected] Treasurer: Mary McKay, Willamette University: [email protected] Alaska Representative: Megan Friedel, University of Alaska Anchorage: [email protected] Idaho Representative: Garth Reese, University of Idaho Library: [email protected] Montana Representative: Caitlan Maxwell, Montana Historical Society: [email protected] Oregon Representative: Cassie Schmitt, University of Oregon: [email protected] Washington Representative: Candace Lein-Hayes, NARA- Pacific Alaska Region: [email protected] Easy Access Editor: Tiah Edmunson-Morton, Oregon State University: [email protected] Membership Coordinator: Josh Zimmerman, Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle: [email protected] Publications Committee Chair: Terry Baxter, Multnomah County Archives: [email protected]

Want to get involved? Have questions about advocacy issues in your state? Have a great story you want to tell NWA members? Remember you can always contact your contact the NWA State Rep. Questions about how you can get the most out of your membership? Remember to contact Josh Zimmerman. Want to connect, get educated, advocate for your region, or want to socialize? There are lots of fabulous committees to meet all your needs.

The Easy Access Newsletter is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. Copy Deadlines: December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1. All submissions, advertisements for future issues, letters to the editors, and

inquiries regarding the newsletter should be directed to the Editor, Tiah Edmunson-Morton, at [email protected] or [email protected]. Format for Submissions: Articles and other items submitted for consideration should be sent via e-mail attachment to [email protected]. http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org ©2012

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