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.

Co-Coordinators: Claire Fox, Alexa Goff

As of July 2025, BDIG is an emerging NWA interest group and is actively recruiting new members. If you are interested in joining and/or learning more about the group, please review our petition and contact Claire or Alexa. You can find the approved petition here: NWA_BDIG_Petition_2025-07-23.pdf

Current member roster:

Claire Fox, Yale Library (Oregon)

Alexa Goff, University of Oregon (Oregon)

Mahala Ruddell, University of Oregon (Oregon)

Marie Williams Chant, Museum of Glass (Washington)

Mariecris Gatlabayan, University of Washington (Washington)

Nicole Martin, Human Rights Watch (Oregon)

Laura Cray, Oregon Historical Society (Oregon)

Gwen Higgins, University of Alaska Anchorage (Alaska)

Nikki Koehlert, Multnomah County Archives (Oregon)

Will Allen, Whitman College and Northwest Archives (Washington)