This blog post is contributed by Maxwell Gray, a graduate student at the UW-Madison iSchool. Max is one of four practicum and independent study students WiLS is hosting (virtually) from the iSchool this fall. The students are working with Molli Pauliot and Dr. Stephen Kantrowitz of the Department of History at UW-Madison, using Mukurtu CMS… READ MORE
Category: Digital Projects
Updates from the Mukurtu Midwest Hub
For the last three years, WiLS and the University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool have partnered with Washington State University on an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded initiative to establish a regional Mukurtu training and outreach hub. The grant was slated to end in September 2019, however, thanks to IMLS the project has been… READ MORE
Curating Community Digital Collections: Final Cohort Update
Where has the time gone? It’s August and the Recollection Wisconsin consortium is winding down Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) and helping our year two (and final) cohort wrap up their digital preservation projects. The IMLS-funded CCDC program placed UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee information graduate students in small or under-resourced cultural heritage institutions across Wisconsin to… READ MORE
The First Steps to a Digital Archive
by Andrea Cudworth, Midwest Mukurtu Hub Project Assistant Enjoy this guest feature from Andrea Cudworth on her path to becoming Midwest Mukurtu Hub Project Assistant! In 2017 I had the opportunity to take a Service Learning class on Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums (TLAM) in the Information School at UW-Madison. This was a bit of a… READ MORE
GoodWiLS Ambassador to UMDCC: Jessica Behrman
Join WiLS and UW-Madison iSchool student Jessica Behrman in a webinar at 10:00 am on Monday, December 17 to hear her takeaways from the 2018 Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference in St. Paul. As a GoodWiLS Ambassador to the UMDCC conference, Jessica will share her experience with WiLS members, what she learned from the speakers and presentations, and what she’s… READ MORE