By Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
One of the most important factors (and one of the biggest challenges) in preserving and making digital objects discoverable is metadata. In simpler terms,
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Digital Collections and Communities
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
Digital archives can also be a home for materials from community members. Stephen F. Austin State’s Community Collections are a great example of bringing community members into the digital archive.
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Scholarly Works in Digital Repositories
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
Digital repositories are often home to recent scholarship. Housing electronic dissertations and theses and other scholarly works in digital repositories gives scholars greater exposure and contributes to the larger scholarly community by sharing research openly.
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What is a Digital Repository?
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
Key to engaging participants in digital preservation is understanding what a digital repository is and its role in preserving digital content. When physical items are preserved,
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Preservation Week
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
This week is the American Library Association’s Preservation Week,
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TDL Members Can Now Save on PressbooksEDU
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Regular members of the Texas Digital Library Consortium can now save on PressbooksEDU book production networks.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2020: The PressbooksEDU Gold plan has been discontinued; it is no longer available to new subscribers. TDL regular members are eligible for 30% off PressbooksEDU Silver plans and also receive a 30% discount when purchasing Pressbooks’ FTE-priced LTI add-on to Silver through Dec.
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Web Archiving Texas
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Web Archiving Texas is an opportunity to build a community around web archiving in Texas, bringing people together to share skills and resources, and to amplify our work that impacts the national and international web archiving community. Join Texas Digital Library at Baylor University in Waco,
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(closed) Call for Comment: DPLA Metadata Guidelines
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Thank you to all who participated in our call for comment.
TDL’s TxHub Metadata Guidelines have been published in our repository.
Texas Digital Library’s DPLA Metadata Working Group has come together to provide guidance on preparing digital collections for aggregation through the TDL DPLA Service Hub,
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TDL is Hitting the Road
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TDLPlans are underway to make site visits to each of our regular member institutions in spring and summer of 2019.
These in-person visits — which we endeavor to carry out every few years — are invaluable for staff at TDL as we think about service improvements and additions and strive to make sure that we’re meeting member needs where we can.
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Getting Started with OER: Free Webinar Series
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TDLNavigate the murky waters of OER by signing up for this free webinar series which will help you get started with OER on your campus.
Texas Digital Library is excited to present a new webinar series highlighting practical steps to getting started with OER (open educational resources).
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