University of Oregon

The Orbis Cascade Alliance is a combination of 35 academic libraries in the states of Washington and Oregon. One of the Alliance's programs is the Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA), a 31-institution consortium of archives in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana that currently maintains a database of finding aids for its members’ archival collections. The grant, part of a long-range planning process, will support the second stage of planning, in which the group will determine solutions to specific problems that are currently impeding the development of sustainable digital programs. The project will be a collaborative effort of the Alliance, Washington State University, Lewis & Clark College, Whitman College, and Whitworth University.