2015 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX 78705
Dates: April 27 – 28, 2015
Keynote Speaker: Bess Sadler
An open source advocate and self-described library “geek”, Bess Sadler is Manager for Application Development at Stanford and was formerly Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment and Research and Development Librarian at University of Virginia Library. She is a co-founder of several successful open source software projects including Blacklight and Hydra, which are used by libraries, museums, archives, and cultural institutions around the world.
You can follow Bess Sadler on Twitter and on her blog “Solvitur ambulando”.
Opening Keynote Session on April 27, 2015
“Libraries and the Long Now”
How do we build digital libraries that will last for centuries? How do we rise to the challenge of long term preservation of digital knowledge? The answers are more cultural than technical. Drawing on lessons learned from the Stanford Digital Repository and the Hydra digital library software project, as well as the philosophy of the Long Now Foundation, this talk will ask the audience to consider long-term thinking as it applies to digital libraries.
Conference Proceedings
The 2015 TCDL Conference Proceedings are available in the Texas Digital Library (TDL) repository.
TCDL 2015 Announcements
TCDL 2015 Planning Committee
Chair: Elizabeth Gushee, University of Texas at Austin
Eric Ames, Baylor University
Ramona Holmes, University of Texas at Arlington
Violeta Ilik, Northwestern University
Jeremy Moore, Texas State University
Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
Laura Waugh, University of North Texas
About the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
Since 2007, the Texas Digital Library has hosted the annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). TCDL covers topics relevant to the creation, promotion, dissemination, and preservation of research, scholarship, and cultural heritage digital materials. The goal of TCDL is to bring together those working on digital projects — including outreach librarians, repository managers, catalogers, faculty members, technical staff, and others — in order to build a practical, usable, and sustainable model for digital libraries.
TCDL encourages and welcomes participation from students, scholars, librarians, researchers, faculty, and users from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. All are welcome!
Read TCDL’s Code of Conduct and Land Acknowledgement.