The document discusses building an online research community called the Regional Records Network Pilot Project that allows users to search Northwest Coast collections from multiple institutions in a single place. It describes getting started by developing a basic tool and gaining early users. Key steps involved gaining users' trust by letting them search in their own way, addressing partners' concerns about time commitments and data control, and showing value by enhancing data and connecting with communities. The project aims to soon enable a public interface, add new partners, and officially open in June at its website www.rrnpilot.org.