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TDL announces summer 2010 training courses

The Texas Digital Library will offer training courses on DSpace, Vireo, and other services during the Summer 2010 semester.

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Journal of Virtual Worlds Research featured on Ars Technica

TDL-hosted electronic journal The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (JVWR) was featured yesterday on Ars Technica, a technology news and information website, in a feature on growing academic interest in the sociology of virtual communities.

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Reminder: Vireo Users Group Meeting scheduled for May 19

The inaugural meeting of the Vireo Users Group will take place on the UT Austin campus on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, one day following the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries.

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Featured Resource: The TDL Wiki

The TDL Wiki is a great resource for finding information on TDL services and projects, including user documentation, suggested reading, and updates on development projects.

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TDL Update for April is now available

Check out the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to discover the latest news and learn how TDL is working with its members to advance scholarly communication.

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New DuraSpace blog tackles preservation issues

DuraSpaceFor those interested in issues of preservation, the DuraSpace Preservation and Archive Solution Community is offering a new resource, in the form of a blog,  that is intended to foster the “open exchange of ideas and initiatives around preservation & archiving solutions.”

The effort is part of the DuraSpace “

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Member Story: UH Digital Library

Be sure to read our newest “Member Story,” discussing the work of Michele Reilly and team to create the University of Houston Digital Library.

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Scholarship in the Digital Age

laptop with booksIn the most recent EDUCAUSE Review, Richard N. Katz contemplates the transformation of the scholarly enterprise as disruptive technologies begin to cause colleges and universities to question the established order of things.

From his article, “Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age”:

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