2009 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
The University of Texas at Austin
Avaya Auditorium, ACES Building
201 E. 24th Street
Austin, TX 78712
Dates: May 27 – 28, 2009
Theme: Linking Digital Libraries and Users
This year’s conference theme was Linking Digital Libraries and Users, with participants exploring how library technologies and processes can connect with the ways users want to (or actually do) access, manipulate, and utilize objects within digital libraries.
Keynote Speakers: Daniel Chudnov & Dr. David Maidment
Daniel Chudnov
Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress
Opening Keynote Session on May 27, 2009
Danial spoke about ways that digital libraries can expose their collections more effectively to more users by employing Web development practices that facilitate linking between related data on the Web.
Dr. David Maidment
Director of the Center for Research, Water Resources at the UT Austin
Closing Keynote Session on May 28, 2009
Dr. Maidment provided an impressive example of the work researchers can accomplish using digital library resources, and the ways that disparate academic water researchers “can be helped by the common infrastructure that TDL is providing.” In Maidment’s case, the UT Austin digital repository has facilitated the collection of key water documents that contribute to statewide efforts at understanding water quality.
Conference Proceedings
The 2009 TCDL Conference Proceedings are available in the Texas Digital Library (TDL) repository.
TCDL 2009 Announcements
TCDL 2009 Planning Committee
Chair: Mark Phillips, University of North Texas
Ryan Steans, Texas Digital Library
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.