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.

If you would like to join the group, please fill out this form.

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 (Co-Coordinator), Yale Library (Oregon)

Alexa Goff (Co-Coordinator), University of Oregon (Oregon)

Will Allen, Whitman College (Washington)

Erin Baucom, University of Montana (Montana)

Marie Williams Chant, Museum of Glass (Washington)

Laura Cray, Oregon Historical Society (Oregon)

Brooke Davey, Walla Walla University (Washington)

Emily Dominick, Washington State Archives (Washington)

Ryan Anthony Donaldson (Washington)

Becky Butler Gallegos, University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections (Alaska)

Mariecris Gatlabayan, University of Washington (Washington)

Amy Gipson, Gates Foundation (Washington)

Rebecca Gordon, Stanford University Library (Oregon)

Kate Guyon, Alderwood Water and Wastewater District (Washington)

Rebecca Hastings, University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives (Idaho)

Gwen Higgins, University of Alaska Anchorage / Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library Archives and Special Collections (Alaska)

Anna Hurwitz (Washington)

Olivia Inglin, University of Puget Sound (Washington)

Aubrey Jaap, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives (Montana)

Nikki Koehlert, Multnomah County Records & Archives (Oregon)

Ann Lally, University of Washington (Washington)

Nicole Martin, Human Rights Watch (Oregon)

Lindsay Mulcahy, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives (Montana)

Heather Mulliner, Montana State University (Montana)

Rhian Peterman, Saint Martin's University (Washington)

Evan Robb, Washington State Archives (Washington)

Mahala Ruddell, University of Oregon (Oregon)

Christopher Russell, Oregon State Archives (Oregon)