2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
Commons Learning Center, Austin, Texas
10100 Burnet Road
Austin, TX 78758
Dates: May 23 – 25, 2017
Theme: Unexpected finds. Unexplained gaps. Unexplored collaborations.
TCDL addresses a wide range of topics including creation, promotion, preservation, and management of digital projects and assets, as well as the software and applications that drive the digital library world. Through a blend of interactive presentations, engaging speakers, and informative workshops, TCDL 2017 will be a great place to network and experience the latest in all things digital.
What kind of broad areas would we hope to see covered at TCDL 2017? Here are some ideas:
- Unexpected finds: present new ways to use existing technology or demonstrate a new piece of software that’s really made an impact on your workflow. Show off a new digital collection or project, or present novel uses of your institution’s collection material.
- Unexplained gaps: present ways the larger digital library community can work together to solve problems; initiate dialogues to answer difficult questions that have faced your institution and to suggest solutions you’d like to see offered at a state or national level.
- Unexplored collaborations: discover ways to partner together to address an unmet collecting need, or novel partnerships that produce interesting results or ideas for greater exposure for collaborative collections.
Keynote Speaker: Mike Casey
Mike Casey is the Director of Technical Operations for Indiana University’s Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative which has digitally preserved more than 150,000 audio and video recordings as of this writing. He is the co-author of Sound Directions: Best Practices for Audio Preservation, a contributing author to IASA-TC 05 Handling and Storage of Audio and Video Carriers, the creator of FACET: The Field Audio Collection Evaluation Tool and the co-creator of the media prioritization software applications MediaSCORE and MediaRIVERS. He also authored the Indiana University Media Preservation Survey report and is principal author for the follow-up publication Meeting the Challenge of Media Preservation: Strategies and Solutions. His article entitled Why Media Preservation Can’t Wait: The Gathering Storm that explores media degradation and obsolescence was published in the IASA Journal in January 2015.
Opening Keynote Session on May 24, 2017
“Why Media Preservation Can’t Wait: The Gathering Storm”
This presentation explores the time-based media preservation problem, detailing how the forces of degradation along with rapidly advancing obsolescence issues taken together result in a short time window in which to digitally preserve audio, video, and film collections. Using a fairytale as a framework, it introduces a character named Degralescence that embodies the major forces that threaten to undermine media preservation efforts. It also proposes a timeframe within which action must be taken to avoid losing the opportunity to affordably preserve large holdings of media recordings. Using the Indiana University collections and the work of the IU Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative as examples, it explores strategies for addressing this impending and inconvenient crisis. Finally, the presentation highlights international progress with an overview of key projects and resources.
Conference Proceedings
The 2017 TCDL Conference Proceedings are available in the Texas Digital Library (TDL) repository.
TCDL 2017 Announcements
Sponsors
Thank you to our 2017 TCDL sponsors!
TCDL 2017 Planning Committee
Chair: Ramona Holmes, University of Texas at Arlington
Vice-Chair: Jee Davis, University of Texas at Austin
Clarke Iakovakis, Univeristy of Houston-Clear Lake
Kara Long, Baylor University
Jeremy Moore, Texas State University
Bethany Scott, University of Houston
Laura Waugh, Texas Digital Library
Le Yang, Texas Tech University
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.