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2017 TCDL Call for Proposals

Help to build the program for the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries!

The 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries will be held May 23 – 25 at the Commons Learning Center on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin, Texas. The Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) is the premiere gathering of digital library and information professionals across Texas and beyond.

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University Libraries and TTU Press Launch Interdisciplinary Online Journal

Texas Tech University LibrariesThe open-access journal, titled “Archivation Exploration,” will focus on rotating themes as well as the happenings of each year’s Sowell Collection Conference.

Texas Tech University Libraries and Texas Tech Press recently launched the inaugural issue of the online journal “Archivation Exploration,”

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Release of the Texas Digital Library Dataverse Implementation Working Group Final Report

On behalf of the TDL Dataverse Implementation Working Group, we are pleased to announce that the final report is now available. The goal of this working group was to conduct a pilot test, make assessments, and launch a consortial repository for research data archiving and management. The final report describes the process of the working group and the timeline for next steps, 

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Announcing the Texas Data Repository

On behalf of the TDL Dataverse Implementation Working Group, the Texas Digital Library invites you to attend a webinar on October 6th at 10:30am to hear about the launch of the Texas Data Repository, an online platform dedicated to the long-term access and management of research data from TDL member institutions.

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Save the date for TCDL 2017!

Mark your calendars!

The Texas Digital Library conference committee is pleased to announce that the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries will be held May 23 – 25, 2017 in Austin, Texas.

TCDL 2017 will be held at the Commons Learning Center on the J.J.

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TDL is Accepting Applications for a Software Engineer

The Texas Digital Library (TDL) has an opening for the position of Software Engineer. 

The TDL seeks a full-time Software Engineer to design, code, test, and analyze software programs and applications for providing online access to and preservation of the unique digital collections of Texas academic libraries.

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DSpace Education Trainers: Call for Participation

DSpace logoThe TDL DSpace Education Working Group is looking for individuals or groups who are interested in helping others learn about DSpace. If you have any experience or knowledge of using DSpace, you can be a training resource!

While we are trying to grow a pool of trainers who could lead in-person workshops in their local areas,

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Texas Digital Library Awarded Library Cooperation Grant

Texas State Library and Archives Commission logo

The Texas Digital Library, through its home institution the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, is excited to be the recipient of a 2016 Library Cooperation Grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for the project “Development of a Statewide Aggregation Service for Texas Digital Collections.”

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Texas State University, Alkek Library

Technology, Research and Growth

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Texas State University, Alkek Library is focused on technology, research and growth. As a recently designated, Carnegie class higher research university, Alkek library is currently proactively expanding technology capacity, online digital research possibilities and learning commons infrastructures.

In terms of physical technologies,

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Save the Date! TDL Data Symposium

SAVE THE DATE! The Texas Digital Library will hold its first ever TDL Data Symposium, hosted by Baylor University Libraries on November 15th and 16th, 2016 in Waco, Texas.

This two-day event is designed to support the development of a core community of TDL member librarians who support research data services on their campuses.

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