Dysart School, class photo, Kittitas County, Washington, circa 1900-1909. From the Ellensburg Heritage Collection.Participation
Whether you already have robust digital collections available online or you are starting from scratch, Northwest Digital Heritage invites any Oregon or Washington-based museum, public library, tribe, or organization with cultural heritage materials. Academic institutions that are members of the Orbis Cascade Alliance (OCA) are now welcome to join our effort!
A complete list of current Northwest Digital Heritage partnering organizations can be found below.
Corn Variety trial, Roza, Washington, 1955. From Prosser Heritage Collection.Policies, Guidelines, & Best Practices
Organizations wishing to partipate should consult our new Northwest Digital Heritage Metadata Requirements (v1.0, July 2021) for basic information about what we will need for DPLA participation.
The NWDH Content Policy & Collection Readiness Checklist also provides some additional context on eligibility, rights & permissions, and other collections-related information.
For more guidance on creating well-formed, item-level metadata records, please see the latest version (v3.1 from August 2018) of the Washington Rural Heritage Project Metadata Guidelines. Existing collections may need some metadata cleanup in order to meet NWDH standards and DPLA requirements.
Your selection process and metadata creation and remediation activities should also be informed by the DPLA’s Membership IDEAS statement (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Social Justice) and the DPLA's Statement on Potentially Harmful Content.
We are also excited to share instructions on how to integrate Northwest Digital Heritage content from the DPLA to Wikipedia! Please see this document, Northwest Digital Heritage - Working with Wikimedia Pipeline Content for more information.
