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BORN-DIGITAL INTEREST GROUP

The Born-Digital Interest Group (BDIG) is a community of practice focused on building knowledge and skills for practitioners working with born-digital cultural heritage collections in the Northwest region of the United States.

BDIG was established with approval of the NWA Board in 2025.
View the petition here: NWA_BDIG_Petition_2025-07-23.pdf


Events and Announcements

Quarterly Events FY27

Fall (October): Ryan Donaldson (organizing) and Marie Chant (presenting)

This event will be in-person in Seattle on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 6:30pm. Please join us!
More info here: https://www.folioseattle.org/event-details/choose-your-own-adventure-exploring-seattles-archives

Winter (February): Nikki Koehlert (organizing), Laura Cray (presenting)

Details forthcoming

Spring (March): Rebecca Gordon (organizing), Erin Baucom (presenting)

Details forthcoming

2026-2027 Volunteers

If anyone else would like to volunteer, it's not too late — please reach out to Claire or Ann if you'd like to chat about the roles or other ideas you may have.
We're still looking for people to work on a vendor guide for reformatting services, too.

Membership

BDIG is actively recruiting new members! If you would like to join the group, please fill out this form.

Thank you for your interest in joining this group! The only current requirement to join this group is to live and/or work in a state represented by NWA, which includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. While there are no participation requirements at this time, we encourage members to participate by attending at least two BDIG events during the NWA fiscal year.

Current BDIG Member Roster

Updated 2026-10-08

Alaska
Member Since Name Institution
2025 Becky Butler Gallegos University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections
2025 Gwen Higgins University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections
2026 Iz Klemmer


Idaho
Member Since Name Institution
2025 Rebecca Hastings University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives


Montana
Member Since Name Institution
2025 Aubrey Jaap Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives
2026 Erin Baucom The University of Montana
2026 Heather Mulliner Montana State University
2025 Lindsay Mulcahy Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives


Oregon
Member Since Name Institution
 2025  Alexa Goff  University of Oregon
2026 Christopher Russell Oregon State Archives
 2025  Claire Fox  Yale Library
2026 Daryl Faulkner Muninn Archives & Legacy
2025 Laura Cray Oregon Historical Society
2025 Mahala Ruddell University of Oregon
2026 Mia Ferm Oregon Public Broadcasting
2025 Nicole Martin Human Rights Watch
2025 Nikki Koehlert Multnomah County Records & Archives
2026 Rebecca Gordon Stanford University Library


Washington
Member Since Name Institution
2025 Amy Gipson Gates Foundation
2025 Ann Lally University of Washington
2025 Anna Hurwitz
2025 Brooke Davey Walla Walla University
2026 Elif Kaya University of Washington
2026 Emily Dominick Washington State Archives (Puget Sound Branch)
2025 Evan Robb Washington State Archives
2026 Grant Mandarino The Evergreen State College
2026 Joanna Steusloff Museum of History and Industry
2026 Josh Zimmerman Archdiocese of Seattle
2025 Kate Guyon Alderwood Water and Wastewater District
2025 Marie Williams Chant Museum of Glass
2025 Mariecris Gatlabayan University of Washington Libraries
2026 Megan Weese Washington State Archives
2025 Olivia Inglin The University of Puget Sound
2025 Rhian Peterman Saint Martin's University
2025 Ryan Anthony Donaldson Private Family Archives
2026 Sandy King Densho
2026 West Bales Wizards of the Coast
2026 Will Gregg Washington State University
2026 Will Jenkins Washington State Digital Archives


Curious about skill-building for born-digital archival work?

We encourage you to join BDIG! Learning and information exchange are one of the benefits to joining our community of practice.

Outside of BDIG, here are a few places to start:


The Northwest Archivists Blog features stories on members and Pacific Northwest repositories. 

Mel Pomeroy is the current NWA Webmaster. Please contact her with any requested updates to the website, or promoting a job posting. 

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