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State library staff demonstrates Montana History Portal to Belgrade board
Summary
A Montana State Library representative gave a hands‑on demonstration of the Montana History Portal (mtmemory.org), showing how to search, save items to personal collections, tag images and apply to contribute collections to the statewide digital archive.
As part of continuing education, the Belgrade board received a demonstration of the Montana History Portal (mtmemory.org) from Bobby DeMonti of the Montana State Library.
DeMonti walked attendees through the portal’s mission to provide free, statewide access to digitized historical and contemporary Montana materials. He demonstrated search strategies, the portal’s facet filters (by date, geographic coverage and item type), and the option to save items to a personal collection for logged‑in users.
He showed how contributors can apply to add collections, explained metadata training and the review process for submitted recollections and tags, and pointed out tools for ordering reproductions and reviewing copyright and permission details. “This is super helpful for organizing genealogy research,” he said in response to a question, and noted training materials and a MSL Learn course would provide deeper instruction.
The demonstration included practical tips — narrowing results by geographic coverage, using exact‑phrase matching, and adding items and tags to a collection — and concluded with a QR code and links to the recorded session and slide materials that staff said would be made available on the library’s YouTube channel and internal site.
The board thanked DeMonti for the session; staff said it will be added to the library’s training resources.
