TDL GISIG Webinar: Hands-On Tableau Desktop: Mapping the 2016 Presidential Election
2021-01-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Hands-On Tableau Desktop: Mapping the 2016 Presidential Election
Tuesday, January 12th | 11am-12pm CST
Joshua Been, Baylor University
Participants of this introductory webinar will gain hands-on experience generating interactive maps and map-centric dashboards using Tableau Desktop. The content we will focus on during this webinar will be 2016 Presidential election results by voter tabulation district in Texas and Census data from the American Community Survey. (Unfortunately, it is too early to obtain 2020 results by VTD. Stayed tuned for future mapping workshops when 2020 data is released.)
Please register here

TDL and Texas Oral History Association Webinar: Remote Interviews
2021-01-22 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | online
Friday, January 22, 2021 | 11am-12pm CST
Steven Sielaff, Senior Editor & Collections Manager, Institute for Oral History, Baylor University
Registration required. Click here to register.

GIS Day PechaKucha
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | online
Call for Participation from the Texas Digital Library
GIS Day PechaKucha
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 , 12-1:30 pm CST
Register here
GIS and geospatial data services are popping up in academic libraries and archives all over Texas! Is your institution part of the trend? We want to hear about it! Texas Digital Library’s GIS Interest Group is hosting a “PechaKucha Day” to share experiences, plans, and ideas about how libraries and archives are supporting and promoting GIS activities throughout the state.
Whether you’re already offering a full suite of GIS services, planning a one-off event, trying to get some maps online, or are just beginning to imagine how you might make use of GIS technologies, we want to hear from YOU. We invite you to share your work and ideas in what we hope will be an informal, fast-paced, and FUN virtual show-and-tell.
PechaKucha nights traditionally include presentations of 20 images, with 20 seconds commentary on each. In other words…presentations are meant to be LIGHTNING FAST and not very in-depth. Think “talk less, show more.” See some examples here:
https://www.pechakucha.com/
http://healthycitymaps.blogspot.com/2013/11/pecha-kucha-presentation-mapping.html
Please use this form to submit your name, institution, and a brief description of what you’d like to share with us (by Wednesday 1/13.). Slides (20 images by 20 seconds each!) should be submitted no later than Wednesday 1/20.
Any questions should go to Jessie Zarazaga: jzarazaga@mail.smu.edu.
Please register here.
Download calendar invite: TDL GIS PechaKucha Day

Research Integrity Webinar
2021-02-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | online
Register here for the series.
Webinar #1 | Research Integrity: Concept and Applications
Thursday, February 4, 2021 | 11am – 12pm CST
Background Reading:

Herr, Melody. “Responding to Research Misconduct: A Primer for LIS Professionals” (2019) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0194262X.2019.1644268
Leonard, Michelle; and Denise Beaubien Bennett. SPEC Kit 336: Responsible Conduct of Research Training. (2013) https://publications.arl.org/Responsible-Conduct-Research-Training-SPEC-Kit-336/
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Fostering Integrity in Research. (2017) https://www.nap.edu/catalog/21896/fostering-integrity-in-research

Register here for the series.
This series is free and open to anyone who is interested. Registration is required. Register here for the series. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join both webinars as well as a calendar download.
This webinar series is hosted by Texas Digital Library. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact TDL at info@tdl.org.

Research Integrity Webinar
2021-02-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | online
Register here for the series.
Webinar #2 | Incorporating Research Integrity into Library Services and Programs
Thursday, February 11, 2021 | 11am – 12pm CST
Resources for Teaching Research Integrity:

Ethics Education Library: http://ethics.iit.edu/eelibrary/about

Case studies: http://ethics.iit.edu/eelibrary/case-study-collection

NIH: https://oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/ethical-conduct/responsible-conduct-research-training

Case studies: https://oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/ethical-conduct/responsible-conduct-research- training/annual-review-ethics-case-studies

Office of Research Integrity: https://ori.hhs.gov/

Case studies: https://ori.hhs.gov/rcr-casebook-stories-about-researchers-worth-discussing

Register here for the series.
This webinar series is hosted by Texas Digital Library. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact TDL at info@tdl.org.

Striving for FAIR Geospatial Data
2021-03-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
Registration is required. Please register here.
Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo (Texas State University), Jessica Trelogan (University of Texas at Austin), John Watts (Texas A & M University)
Geospatial data are a valuable product of research with potential for sharing and reuse that can be especially powerful for maximizing resources and accelerating the pace of scientific discovery. However, the complex structures, myriad formats, and unique dependencies of GIS technologies, data, and metadata can create barriers to making them findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). In this webinar, presenters will discuss how geospatial data can be aligned with FAIR principles and how librarians can support this effort in concert with researchers.
Registration is required. Please register here.
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TDL Leadership Academy Webinar - Navigating the Field of Academic Libraries
2021-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
Navigating the Field of Academic Libraries
March 25, 2021
1-2PM CST | Register here
Please join Texas Digital Library in welcoming our presenters:

Phyllis Earles, University Archivist for Prairie View A&M University
Peace Ossom-Williamson, Director of Research Data Services and a health sciences liaison at the University of Texas at Arlington
Catherine Rudowsky, PhD, Dean of Libraries at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.

Presenters will share their experience interrogating the hierarchy, politics, and bureaucracy attendant to working in academic libraries and higher education.
Registration for this event is required. Please register here. Once you’ve registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom that will include a link to join as well as a calendar invitation for download.

NEW DATE: Leadership Academy Webinar Series: Inclusivity in the Library
2021-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
Please join Texas Digital Library in welcoming Madelyn Shackelford Washington, Coordinator of the Music Library at the University of Houston, and Kelly Gonzalez, Assistant Vice President of Library Services at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
This event was originally scheduled for February 25, 2021.
Topics include:

Tips on having difficult conversations
Addressing microaggressions
Hiring practices

Registration for this event is required. Please register here.
Once you’ve registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom that will include a link to join as well as a calendar invitation for download.
NOTE: The Leadership Academy planning committee aims to provide a safe, brave space conducive to open dialog among presenters and attendees. Therefore, the Leadership Academy webinars will NOT be recorded. Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org with any questions or suggestions.

TDL Leadership Academy: Leading Remotely
2021-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
April 29, 2021
1-2PM CST | Register here.
Registration for this event is required. Please register here.

Once you’ve registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom that will include a link to join as well as a calendar invitation for download.

Presenters:

Michele Gorman, Assistant Director of Public Services, Fort Worth Public Library
Mark Phillips, Associate Dean for Digital Libraries, University of North Texas
Kimberly Vardeman, User Experience Librarian, Texas Tech University
Moderated by Ramona Holmes, Associate Director for Digital Scholarship, University of North Texas Health Science Center

NOTE: The Leadership Academy planning committee aims to provide a safe, brave space conducive to open dialog among presenters and attendees. Therefore, the Leadership Academy webinars will NOT be recorded.

Free webinar: Strategies for Student Engagement in OER
2021-05-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
FREE WEBINAR: Strategies for Student Engagement in OER
Click here to register
Hosted by the Texas Council on Academic Libraries and the Texas Digital Library
Panelists:

Ashley Morrison, Tocker Open Education Librarian, University of Texas at Austin
Nathan Smith, PhD, OER Coordinator & Philosophy Faculty, Houston Community College
Madeleine Thompson, Writing Consultant at Center for Academic Learning and Support, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Moderated by David Baca, Library Director, Texas A&M University at Galveston

This webinar is free and open to anyone who is interested. Registration is required. Register here for the webinar. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join both webinars as well as a calendar download.
The webinar will be recorded and published to TDL’s YouTube channel. Please contact Texas Digital library at info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions. We look forward to seeing you there!
View slides | recording

ABOUT TDL
Texas Digital Library is a consortium of library and archives professionals that propels the Academy forward by maintaining our past and preparing for the future. Membership in TDL is open to any academic library. Find out more by visiting https://main.tdl.org/members/membership/ or email us at info@tdl.org.

TOHA Webinar: Bridging the Gap Between Oral Historian & Archivist
2021-07-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ORAL HISTORIAN & ARCHIVIST
Monday, July 26m 2021 | 1-2pm CST
Jena Heath, Associate Dean Arts & Humanities, Associate Professor Journalism & Digital Media, Coordinator Journalism and Digital Media program, St. Edward’s University
Megan Firestone, Head of Special Collections and Archives, Southwestern University
Registration required. Click here to register.
Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org if you have questions or suggestions.

Webinar: Intro to Accessible AV
2022-03-30 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | online
Join Texas Digital Library members for an introductory look at accessibility practices for audio / visual materials in digital collections.

TDL WEBINAR: Intro to Accessible AV
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
1pm – 230pm Central
Registration is required and open to anyone who is interested in joining us.
Click here to register.
Once you’ve registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom with a customized link to join and a calendar invitation to download.

This webinar, the first part of a multi-part series, will present the basics of improving the accessibility of digital audio and video collection materials hosted in archives’ and libraries’ digital repositories. During the 90-minute session, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the many benefits—beyond simply satisfying legal requirements—of providing alternative media such as captions/transcripts and other accessibility remediations. Presenters will demystify key concepts and share common approaches and practical first steps to adapting the accessibility of digital (digitized and born-digital) AV holdings, as well as discussing strategies for making the business case for accessibility.

Presenters:

William Hicks, Head, User Interfaces, University of North Texas Libraries
Daniel Jacobs, Captioning and Transcription Service Manager, University of Texas Libraries
Emily Vinson, Audiovisual Archivist, University of Houston Libraries

Contact info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Webinar: Case Studies in Accessible AV
2022-04-13 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | online
Join Texas Digital Library members for a look at different case studies for accessibility practices for audio / visual materials in digital collections.
This webinar, the second part of a multi-part series, will present case studies of institutions in Texas that create and maintain accessible digital audio and video collections or are in the process of making content accessible. Presenters will talk about the content they manage, as well as the systems, workflows, problems they have encountered, and funding models they use. The webinar will provide opportunity for participants to ask questions and share their experiences with the group.

TDL WEBINAR: Case Studies in Accessible AV
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
1pm – 230pm Central
Registration is required and open to anyone who is interested in joining us.
Click here to register.
Once you’ve registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom with a customized link to join and a calendar invitation to download.

Digital Collections Summer Love-In
2022-07-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
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Beat the heat this summer by exploring digital collections around Texas!
Following on our first Digital Collections Love-In, Texas Digital Library wants to hear more about your favorite digital collections and digital exhibits. What do you love about digital collections, and how are you sharing that love with your communities?
During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to briefly share a digital project you or your institution have worked on. We hope this will be a fast-paced and fun way to dip our toes in the amazing digital collections found in Texas libraries.
Join us to share your library’s digital projects, get inspired by others’ work, and celebrate the effort that goes into creating digital collections.
EVENT DETAILS
Digital Collections Summer Love-In with Texas Digital Library
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
1-2pm Central
Registration is required. Click here to register.
Contact info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions.
Header image: “Scene in Sewell Park San Marcos, Texas” from Texas State University

TOHA Webinar: Introducing the Texas Oral History Locator Database
2022-08-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | online
INTRODUCING THE TEXAS ORAL HISTORY LOCATOR DATABASE
Thursday, August 18, 2022, 2pm – 3pm CST
Presented by: Steven Sielaff, Senior Editor & Collections Manager at the Institute for Oral History, Baylor University
Registration required. Click here to register.
Join us on August 18 to learn more about the Texas Oral History Locator Database (TOLD).
Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org if you have questions or suggestions.

Metadata Support Gathering
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | online
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TDL wants to help you improve your metadata and make your collections more discoverable. Metadata is at the core of so many of the benefits that libraries and archives provide, but working with metadata can sometimes feel challenging and isolating. This webinar will be a chance for our community to ask metadata questions, share tips, and get support from other metadata-minded folks.
TDL’s DPLA Aggregation coordinator, Elliot Williams, will offer advice for creating metadata that can be shared across systems, including with the Digital Public Library of America, and tips for assessing metadata quality. Plus there will be lots of time for discussion, commiseration, and advice-sharing.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
This webinar will be recorded. Attendees will have the option to ask questions and share comments anonymously, if desired.
EVENT DETAILS
Metadata Support Gathering with Texas Digital Library
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
11:00am-12:00pm Central
Click here to register.
Contact info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions.
Image credit: “Trapeze artists at the circus, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1954”, The Indiana Album, J. Parke Randall Collection, via DPLA

January Research Integrity Presentation & Meeting
2023-01-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | online
TEXAS DIGITAL LIBRARY RESEARCH INTEGRITY INTEREST GROUP
Thursday, January 26, 2023
2-3pm Central
Join us on Zoom
Download a calendar invitation
No registration required.

Identifying and Reducing Potential Sources of Bias in the Promotion and Tenure Review of University Faculty
Presented by Dr. Cynthia Werner, Texas A&M University
The promotion and tenure process is central to all institutions of higher education, and there is an assumption that the review process is a fair and equitable one. This presentation identifies many different ways that bias can enter into the promotion and tenure review process, whether it’s bias from external review letters, student evaluations of teaching, or metrics used to evaluate scholarly productivity. This presentation shares insights from an ADVANCE workshop on promotion and tenure, as well as a collaborate NSF research project on bias in the promotion and tenure review process.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Werner is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences & former Director of ADVANCE, Texas A & M University. Formerly, Dr. Werner was the director of Texas A&M’s ADVANCE program, which strives to create a psychologically healthy workplace at Texas A&M where all faculty can thrive and succeed. A key objective of ADVANCE is to weave the values of diversity, inclusion, and respect into the culture of the institution.

Stay informed about activities of TDL’s Research Integrity Interest Group by subscribing to our listserv tdl-research-integrity@utlists.utexas.edu and signing up for our newsletters. You can also contact TDL at info@tdl.org with any questions or suggestions.

We hope to see you there!

ABOUT TDL
A collaborative consortium based in Texas and rooted in higher education, the Texas Digital Library builds capacity among our membership for ensuring equitable access to and preservation of digital content of value to research, instruction, cultural heritage, and institutional memory. Membership in TDL is open to any library. Find out more by visiting https://main.tdl.org/members/membership/ or email us at info@tdl.org.

QGIS Webinar Series #1: 3D Modeling of Library Spaces Using QGIS
2023-07-26 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | online
QGIS Webinar Series
Join the GIS Interest Group for the summer 2023 QGIS webinar series. QGIS is open-source and free GIS software available on Mac, Windows, and Linux from here: https://qgis.org/. Absolutely no prior GIS experience is required to fully participate in these webinars.
Webinar #1: 3D Modeling of Library Spaces Using QGIS
Presenters: Michael Shensky (UT Austin) and Katherine Strickland (UT Austin)
In spring 2023 the UT Libraries worked with students in the UT Austin Master of Science in Information Technology and Management program on a project to create a 3D interactive model of the Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL) Map Room that could be deployed as a web app. This project resulted in the successful development of a new web app that was created using open source software and which will allow patrons to locate maps when visiting the PCL Map Room in-person and explore the collection virtually. This webinar will provide an overview of this web app’s development and show how others can use open source tools like QGIS for creating similar interactive 3D models of library spaces.
Registration: Register is required for this meeting:
https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqf-CprjkpHtYAgZnAH-P2mXOFbCuIxwjH
See QGIS Webinar Series #2 here.

QGIS Webinar Series #2: Researching Your Community with QGIS
2023-08-02 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | online
QGIS Webinar Series
Join the GIS Interest Group for the summer 2023 QGIS webinar series. QGIS is open-source and free GIS software available on Mac, Windows, and Linux from here: https://qgis.org/. Absolutely no prior GIS experience is required to fully participate in these webinars.
Webinar #2: Researching Your Community with QGIS
Presenters: Kate McNally Carter (University of Houston) and Joshua Been (Baylor University)
In this webinar, you will learn how you can use open source GIS software to map and analyze features of your local community. Focusing on open data sources, the presenters will walk through the process of locating, loading, and preparing data for analysis. Participants will also gain hands-on practice in analyzing a statewide database. No prior experience with GIS is required. We recommend that participants download the current version of QGIS before the webinar to participate in the hands-on activity during the session.
Registration: Register is required for this meeting: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0of-ugqj4uE9ZAQBdJXvMwC32B291RnbDU
See QGIS Webinar Series #1 here.

October Research Integrity Presentation & Meeting
2023-10-12 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | online
TEXAS DIGITAL LIBRARY RESEARCH INTEGRITY INTEREST GROUP
Thursday, October 12, 2023
2-3pm Central
Join us on Zoom
Download a calendar invitation
No registration required.

Presentation by Jason Ramage, Director of Research Integrity and Compliance at the University of South Florida

Ever wonder what research compliance staff do?
Join us on Thursday, 12 October, to find out! Jason Ramage, Director of Research Integrity & Compliance at the University of South Florida, will begin by explaining his mission to “serve, protect, and educate.” Then we will share ideas for ways in which researchers and everyone who supports them – compliance staff, librarians, grant writers – can collaborate to promote research integrity.
Jason Ramage, Director of Research Integrity & Compliance at the University of South Florida, has worked in government and industry as well as academia. In addition to multiple science degrees, he holds a PhD in public policy. Jay has a reputation for collegiality and a strong interest in collaborating with library colleagues.

Stay informed about activities of TDL’s Research Integrity Interest Group by subscribing to our listserv tdl-research-integrity@utlists.utexas.edu and signing up for our newsletters.

ABOUT TDL
A collaborative consortium based in Texas and rooted in higher education, the Texas Digital Library builds capacity among our membership for ensuring equitable access to and preservation of digital content of value to research, instruction, cultural heritage, and institutional memory. Membership in TDL is open to any library. Find out more by visiting https://main.tdl.org/members/membership/ or email us at info@tdl.org.

OER @ TDL: Support for the Solo Librarian webinar
2024-03-27 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | online
Open education work is often a solitary venture in the library. When you are the solo OER librarian, or the sole librarian whose OER work is an additional duty on top of your main role, it can be especially challenging to maintain momentum for open education initiatives. In this OER @ TDL quarterly meeting, join our panel for an informal discussion on the challenges of sustaining open education initiatives in a solo role, and how we can develop strategies for creating resilient OER programs by leveraging the support of our community. Quarterly OER @ TDL meetings are organized by the TDL OER Users Group and are open to anyone interested, regardless of membership in the Texas Digital Library. The OER @ TDL meetings are not recorded in order to cultivate candid conversations. Presentations and resources shared during the meeting will be shared with registrants afterward.
Panelists include:

Alexa Hight, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Alexander Rodriguez, Senior Research Librarian/Open Educational Resource Librarian, University of Texas at Dallas
Cheryl (Cuillier) Casey, Open Education Librarian, University of Arizona

Moderated by Sabrina Davis, Open Educational Resources Librarian, Texas Tech University Registration is required. Please register here.

Digital Preservation Decision Trees - Guidance at Workflow Inflection Points
2024-04-11 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | online
Dr. Nancy McGovern, of Global Archivist, LLC, and a leading digital preservation instructor and expert for several decades, will share a set of guidance documents she has created for the Texas Digital Library consortium and digital preservationists.
This webinar will help TDL members understand the steps they should to take to preserve a few common sets of content types, with alternative workflows at crucial decision-points along the way. At the end of the webinar, attendees will have a set a resources that they can bookmark and return to to help them create packages ready to put into digital preservation storage.
Registration is open to anyone with an interest in digital preservation workflows and it is free to attend.
When: Apr 11, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuc-GoqjgvH9CN9P1ZAFC9RdgmIAcdl9gM
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Mid-Summer GIS Spotlight: Data & Games!
2024-07-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | online
Join us for an hour of GIS learning and fun!
From 3-3:30pm, Alex Marden (GIS and Geospatial data Coordinator with the UT Libraries) will lead a webinar entitled, Fundamentals and Emerging Trends of GIS Data. Finding and accessing data to use in GIS software is a common task for librarians, but GIS data is highly varied and is often challenging to work with. In this webinar, we will confront those challenges by covering the fundamentals, highlighting valuable data sources and tools, and exploring emerging trends in geospatial data accessibility.
From 3:30-4pm, we will play a group game of GeoGuessr (https://www.geoguessr.com/). GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings. Whether you played before or not, this is sure to be a fun time!
Questions or Comments: Contact us via TDL GIS List: tdl-gis@utlists.utexas.edu
Registration is required for this event.

OER @ TDL: Supporting Open Pedagogy Panel Discussion
2024-11-06 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | online
Open pedagogy is becoming increasingly prevalent in institutions of higher education as a means of engaging with students as co-creators of knowledge. Given their unique expertise in open licensing and assignment planning, librarians are well positioned to provide support for open pedagogy. In this panel discussion, we will hear from three librarians about how they collaborate with faculty members to support open pedagogy assignments at their respective institutions. They will share their favorite resources and best practices that attendees can utilize for growing open pedagogy support at your own institution.

OER @ TDL meetings are organized by the TDL OER Users Group and are open to anyone interested, regardless of membership in the Texas Digital Library.
The OER @ TDL meetings are not recorded in order to cultivate candid conversations. Presentations and resources shared during the meeting will be shared with registrants afterward.

Speakers:

Ariana Santiago, Head of Open Education Services, University of Houston (she/her)

Tricia Boucher, Open Pedagogy Librarian, Texas State University (she/her)

Lauren Ray, Open Education Librarian, University of Washington (they/them)

Moderated by: Kate McNally Carter, University of Houston (she/her)
Date and Time: November 6 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Central Time
Location: Zoom – Registration is required. Please register here.

Texas Digital Library’s Pre-GIS Day 2024: Find Your Bearings with GIS!
2024-11-13 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | online
We’re counting down to the Texas Digital Library (TDL) GIS Interest Group’s Pre-GIS Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 3:30-5:00 pm, and we’d love for you to be part of it!
This year’s event will be packed with exciting activities, presentations, and a few bear-y special surprises! Here’s what you can look forward to:

Engaging presentations
Geography-Themed Zoom Background Contest
GIS Bingo

There should be something for everyone!
Title: TDL’s Pre-GIS Day Celebration
Date: Wednesday, November 13
Time: 3:30pm-5pm
CFP: https://forms.gle/qqYV5rEgsrEoLutH6
Registration is required.

TDL GIS Interest Group's "Georeferenceathon"
2025-07-25 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | online
Georeferenceathon! Join us Friday, July 25 from 1-3:30pm for a free session that will focus on teaching complete beginners how to georeference scanned maps. Feel free to bring your own maps or use maps from our institutions’ collections that we will provide. No prior GIS or georeferencing experience necessary! Also, bring whatever sweet treat, snack, or drink you use to beat the Texas heat!
Georeferencing is the process of converting a static image, such as a scanned map, aerial photograph, or architectural plan, into a usable geospatial dataset. By assigning real-world coordinates to the image, it is transformed from a simple image into a data layer that can be used for analysis within a Geographic Information System (GIS).
The output of georeferencing is a new, spatially-aware dataset that can be integrated with other data for scholarly research. This allows researchers to do things like: analyze historical change, perform spatial analysis, integrate and synthesize data, digitize features, and improve findability.
Georeferencing makes cultural and historical materials machine-readable in a spatial context, unlocking them as valuable sources for data-driven research and scholarship.
Registration is required.
Learn more about the TDL GIS Interest Group: https://texasdigitallibrary.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TDLGISIG/overview

OER @ TDL: OER Course Marking: Promoting Open & Affordable Resources
2025-07-30 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | online
Course marking—the practice of designating courses that use open educational resources (OER) or other no- or low-cost resources—helps students identify affordable course options in their class schedules, enabling them to make informed decisions when they register for classes. In addition to providing valuable information to students, course markings also help institutions assess the use and impact of OER. However, it can be challenging to initiate and maintain this process of marking courses, which often involve a large number of stakeholders across the institution. In this session, we will hear how three institutions have initiated and improved upon course marking processes for their students. They will share their challenges, successes, and future plans to establish sustainable course marking workflows in order to better promote open and affordable resources.

Quarterly OER @ TDL meetings are organized by the TDL OER Users Group and are open to anyone interested, regardless of membership in the Texas Digital Library.
The OER @ TDL meetings are not recorded in order to cultivate candid conversations. Presentations and resources shared during the meeting will be shared with registrants afterward.

Contributors:

DeeAnn Ivie, Open Education Coordinator, The University of Texas at San Antonio, (she/her)
Lisa Louis, Director, User and Research Services, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (she/her)
Kyle Gullings, Professor, School of Performing Arts, The University of Texas at Tyler (he/him)

Moderator: Kate McNally Carter, Open Education Librarian, University of Houston (she/her)
Registration is required.

Webinar: OJS Accessibility for Journal Managers and Editors
2025-09-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Description
In this webinar, members of TDL’s OJS Accessibility Working Group will discuss federal requirements for ensuring accessibility of digital materials for users with disabilities and their implications for managers of Open Access journals. Attendees will receive information about recommended editorial workflows and journal policies, templates and checklists, and other resources that will help them bring their journal content into compliance with these regulations – and make their journals more readily accessible to a much broader range of readers and scholars.
Intended audience: Faculty and staff who manage or serve as editors for TDL-hosted journals. Librarians supporting Open Access publishing via Open Journal Systems.
This webinar will be recorded and the recording shared with registrants.
Presenters

Mark Baggett, Director of Digital Collections, University Libraries, Texas A&M University
Alexa Hight, Assistant Director for Research and Data Services, Texas State University
Susan Hoover, Metadata Services Coordinator, University of Houston
Michelle McCrary, Head of Digital Initiatives, Sam Houston State University
Kristi Park, Executive Director, Texas Digital Library

Register for the OJS Accessibility for Journal Managers and Editors Webinar. (Free)

WATXIG Browsertrix Workshop
2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | online
Hosted by TDL and the Web Archiving Texas Interest Group, staff from Webrecorder will provide a hands-on workshop where attendees can gain experience archiving content from the Web using Browsertrix. Offered as a cloud-hosted service (possible to run self-hosted), Browsertrix facilitates crawling dynamic content, embedded media, and sites requiring login with features including crawl scheduling, automated quality assurance, and custom browser behaviors. For those more experienced with command-line tools, Browsertrix Crawler, its crawling component, can be run independently at the command-line.
Please join us to learn how Browsertrix might support your library’s high-fidelity web archiving needs. No previous web archiving experience necessary!
Registration is required.

Responsible AI in Practice: The Viewfinder Toolkit for Values-Driven AI in Libraries and Archives
2026-06-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Texas Digital Library (TDL) invites you to an upcoming webinar entitled Responsible AI in Practice: The Viewfinder Toolkit for Values-Driven AI in Libraries and Archives. This will be the first in a summer webinar series on AI and Machine Learning.
Webinar description and details
AI hype is everywhere! Libraries and archives see AI as a potential tool for improving our resources and services, but we also want to uphold our professional values and protect our communities from harm. Our team developed the Viewfinder toolkit to help practitioners reflect on how and whether AI can be implemented responsibly. This webinar introduces the toolkit and guides participants through its use.
Webinar series: AI and Machine Learning
Date: June 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM Central
Location: Virtual | Free registration is required.
Presented by: Sara Mannheimer (Professor – Data Librarian, Montana State University and Director, Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives) and Scott W. H. Young (Professor – UX Librarian, Montana State University)
