Phase 2

 

The Foundations of Western Water Policy project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with a grant from the Division of Preservation and Access in 2007. "These grants support projects that preserve collections and create intellectual access to collections that, because of their intellectual content and value as cultural artifacts, are considered highly important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities." Four academic research libraries at Colorado State University, Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, and Washington State University will partner with the famed Water Resources Center Archives at the University of California at Berkeley to create a new digital collection for the WWDL. Together, they will provide integrated access to key archival holdings related to water policy and environmental history for the Colorado and Columbia River basins.

 

Colorado State University

• Dawn Bastian Paschal
• Assistant Dean for Digital Library & ePublishing Services
• Morgan Library
• Colorado State University
• Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019
• dawn.paschal@colostate.edu
• 970-491-1849

University of Utah

• Greg Thompson
• Assoc. Director for Special Collections
• Special Collections
• J. W. Marriott Library
• 295 S. 1500 East
• Salt Lake City , UT 84112-0860
• greg.c.thompson@utah.edu
• 801-581-8046

Brigham Young University

• Cory Nimer
• Manuscript Cataloger and Metadata Specialist
• L. Tom Perry Special Collections
• Brigham Young University
• Provo , UT 84602
• Office: 1108 HBLL
• cory_nimer@byu.edu
• 801- 422-6091

University of California, Berkeley

• Linda Vida
• Director
• Water Recources Center Archives
• University of California, Berkeley
• lvida@library.berkeley.edu
• 510-642-2666

Washington State University

• Alex Merrill
• Systems/Operations Manager & Digital Initiatives Librarian
• Terrell Library Washington State University
• merrilla@wsu.edu
• 509-335-5426

 

Phase 1

 

The first phase of the Western Waters Digital Library (WWDL) project was led by the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) and funded in 2003 with a two-year National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). National Leadership Grants fund projects that "…provide creative solutions on issues of national importance and provide leadership for other organizations". To establish the Western Waters Digital Library, twelve academic research libraries in eight western states created digital collections focused on four principal river basins: the Platte, Rio Grande, Colorado and Columbia. Project participants were successful in establishing a sustainable technical infrastructure, a model for institutional cooperation and collaboration, and a core collection of digital resources about water in the West. This project laid the foundation for continuous growth and development of the WWDL.

 

Arizona State University Arizona State University Libraries Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006   University of Arizona University of Arizona Library 1510 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721-0055   Colorado State University Colorado State University 501 University Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019   University of Nebraska at Lincoln University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100   University of Nevada at Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas Box 457001 --LLB 237, Mail Stop 7041 Las Vegas , NV 89154-7001   University of New Mexico Zimmerman Library 1900 Roma NE, MSC05 3020 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131

Oregon State University Oregon State University 121 The Valley Library Corvallis, OR 97331-4501   University of Oregon 1299 University of Oregon Eugene , OR 97403   Brigham Young University Brigham Young University 256 JRCB Provo , UT 84602   University of Utah J. W. Marriott Library 295 S. 1500 East Salt Lake City , UT 84112-0860   University of Washington University of Washington Box 352900 Seattle , WA 98195-2900   Washington State University Digital Services/ Collections New Library 1G Pullman , WA 99164-5610

All Participants

GWLA Content Contributing Institutions:

• Arizona State University
• Brigham Young University
• Colorado State University
• Iowa State University
• Oregon State University
• Texas A&M University
• University of Arizona
• University of Hawai'i at Manoa
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• University of Nevada - Las Vegas
• University of New Mexico
• University of Oregon
• University of Texas - Austin
• University of Utah
• University of Washington
• Utah State University
• Washington State University

Non-GWLA Content Contributors:

• California Institute of Technology
• Claremont Colleges
• Humboldt State University
• Northern State University
• Oregon Institute of Technology
• University of Idaho
• University of the Pacific
• Water Resources Center Archives, University of California

Other GWLA Members:

• Baylor University
• Kansas State University
• Linda Hall Library
• Rice University
• Southern Illinois University
• Texas Tech University
• University of Arkansas
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• University of Houston
• University of Kansas
• University of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State University
• University of Southern California
• Washington University in St. Louis
• University of Missouri