Rescheduled: December GIS Interest Group
2023-12-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | online
This meeting has been rescheduled from December 22 to December 15 due to the holiday break.

TDL’s GIS Interest Group (GISIG) seeks to develop a Community of Practice around geographic information systems (GIS) and become a source of expertise for all Texas Digital Library consortium members and partners.

The GISIG meets monthly on the fourth Friday of the month from 2-3PM CST.

Click to join our GISIG email list to receive updates and meeting invitations: https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/info/tdl-gis

Cancelled: December Member Forum
2023-12-20 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
The December Member Forum is cancelled and will resume in January.

The Texas Digital Library invites members to attend the TDL Forum, a monthly meeting in which members can hear a brief presentation about the activities of the TDL staff and participate in a question-and-answer period. If you have questions about the TDL Forum, you may send them to info@tdl.org.

TDL Forums occur the third Wednesday of every month from 10:30am to 11:00am CST.

Download a calendar invitation: TDL Monthly Member Forum (.ics file).
Join the TDL Forum here.
A Zoom account is required to join. Click here to create a free Zoom account.

The TDL Forums are recorded and made available in the TDL DSpace repository, and on the TDL YouTube Channel, following the meeting.

CANCELLED: December DSpace User Group
2023-12-26 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
This DSpace User Group meeting has been cancelled. See you in the new year!

Texas Digital Library’s DSpace Users Group (DUG) works to create an active community among DSpace users that:

facilitates mutual support for DSpace use and repository management;
identifies areas of work that could be taken on by member working groups or by TDL staff;
connects the TDL DSpace user community to the larger open source DSpace community in North America.

TDL’s DUG meets monthly every fourth Tuesday of the month from 10am – 11am, CST.
Download a recurring calendar invite here.

Any users of DSpace can join the users group, regardless of affiliation with TDL. The group shares updates and information about training and events at our monthly meetings and through the TDL DSpace Users Group Email List. Click here to join.

January OER Users Group
2024-01-09 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Please join us for the monthly meeting of the TDL OER Users Group on Zoom.

ABOUT THE TDL OER USERS GROUP

The TDL OER Users Group (OUG) encourages the widespread use of open educational resources (OER) across Texas institutions by creating opportunities for open education advocates and practitioners to come together to exchange information and create resources for TDL members and the broader OER community.

The meeting will be led by Users Group chair Sabrina Davis (Texas Tech University Libraries) and vice-chair Kate McNally Carter (University of Houston Libraries).

The TDL OER Users Group is open to faculty and staff at all TDL Member Institutions and meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month from 2-3PM CST.

Join us on Zoom. No registration required.

Rescheduled: January OJS User Group
2024-01-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
This meeting has been rescheduled from January 4 to January 11 to better accommodate the return from winter break.

The TDL OJS User Group works to create an active community among TDL’s users of the Open Journal System hosting service in the following ways:

By facilitating mutual support among library managers of the OJS hosting service, including the sharing of resources about library publishing policies and good practices
By facilitating better communication between TDL staff and libraries using this service
By identifying areas of work that could be undertaken by member-led working groups

The OJS User Group meets every first Thursday of the month from 10-11AM CST.

TDL’s OJS Users Group is composed of library liaisons for campus journals and is an exclusive benefit for TDL members only. TDL’s OJS Hosting Service Manager serves as a member of the group. Please contact us at info@tdl.org for more information.

January Member Forum
2024-01-17 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
The Texas Digital Library invites members to attend the TDL Forum, a monthly meeting in which members can hear a brief presentation about the activities of the TDL staff and participate in a question-and-answer period. If you have questions about the TDL Forum, you may send them to info@tdl.org.

TDL Forums occur the third Wednesday of every month from 10:30am to 11:00am CST.

Download a calendar invitation here (.ics file).
Join the TDL Forum here.
A Zoom account is required to join. Click here to create a free Zoom account.

The TDL Forums are recorded and made available in the TDL DSpace repository, and on the TDL YouTube Channel, following the meeting.

January Digital Preservation Interest Group
2024-01-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Texas Digital Library’s Digital Preservation Services Users and other Texas-based workers interested in digital preservation topics meet quarterly on the third Thursday of the month from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM.

This meeting is open to anyone interested in TDL’s and Texas digital preservation efforts and helping us to strengthen our impact by including more voices.

Contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org to be added to the Digital Preservation Interest Group listserv and receive meeting invitations.

January DSpace User Group
2024-01-23 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Texas Digital Library’s DSpace Users Group (DUG) works to create an active community among DSpace users that:

facilitates mutual support for DSpace use and repository management;
identifies areas of work that could be taken on by member working groups or by TDL staff;
connects the TDL DSpace user community to the larger open source DSpace community in North America.

TDL’s DUG meets monthly every fourth Tuesday of the month from 10am – 11am, CST.

Any users of DSpace, regardless of TDL membership, may attend user group meetings and join the DSpace Users Group email list. Voting membership in the DSpace Users Group is limited to users affiliated with TDL member institutions who have a role in managing their DSpace repository. Click here to join the DUG email list.

January GIS Interest Group
2024-01-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
TDL’s GIS Interest Group (GISIG) seeks to develop a Community of Practice around geographic information systems (GIS) and become a source of expertise for all Texas Digital Library consortium members and partners.

The GISIG meets monthly on the fourth Friday of the month from 2-3PM CST.

Click to join our GISIG email list to receive updates and meeting invitations: https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/info/tdl-gis

February OJS User Group
2024-02-01 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
The TDL OJS User Group works to create an active community among TDL’s users of the Open Journal System hosting service in the following ways:

By facilitating mutual support among library managers of the OJS hosting service, including the sharing of resources about library publishing policies and good practices
By facilitating better communication between TDL staff and libraries using this service
By identifying areas of work that could be undertaken by member-led working groups

The OJS User Group meets every first Thursday of the month from 10-11AM CST.

TDL’s OJS Users Group is composed of library liaisons for campus journals and is an exclusive benefit for TDL members only. TDL’s OJS Hosting Service Manager serves as a member of the group. Please contact us at info@tdl.org for more information.

February OER Users Group
2024-02-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

February Member Forum
2024-02-21 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

TCDL 2024 Co-Working Session
2024-02-22 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Co-Working Session Slides

Not sure about your research topic, want some help writing, or want to find someone to co-present with at TCDL? Attend our TCDL 2024 Co-Working session where conference committee members will informally talk about the theme and presentation types and allow time for you to chat with us and each other, write your proposal quietly, or connect with other co-presenters.

EVENT DETAILS
TCDL 2024 Co-Working Session | Virtual
Thursday, February 22, 2024
10am – 11:30am Central
Registration is required for speakers and attendees. Click here to register.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

View the TCDL 2024 Call for Proposals

Contact info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions along the way. We hope to see you there!

TCDL 2024 Planning Committee:
Chair: Diane Lopez, University of Texas at San Antonio
Vice-Chair: Heidi Winkler, Texas Tech University
Ian Barba, Texas Tech University
Susan Elkins, Sam Houston State University
Karina Franco, University of Texas at San Antonio
Ginger Garza, Texas Woman’s University
Paloma Graciani Picardo, University of Texas at Austin
Meagan Hernandez, Texas Digital Library
Ke’ara Hunt, Texas Digital Library
Sylvia Jones, Southern Methodist University
Colleen Lyon, University of Texas at Austin
Tom Lyons, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Marcia McIntosh, University of North Texas
Courtney Mumma, Texas Digital Library
Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
Joseph Pruett, Angelo State University
Phebe Raglin, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Jane Scott, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Adrian Shapiro, Texas Woman’s University
Jeremy Thompson, University of Texas at Austin

ABOUT the 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.

February GIS Interest Group
2024-02-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

February DSpace User Group
2024-02-27 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

March OJS User Group
2024-03-07 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

Rescheduled: March OER Users Group
2024-03-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The March OER Users Group meeting has been rescheduled from March 12 to March 19.

Please join us for the monthly meeting of the TDL OER Users Group on Zoom.

ABOUT THE TDL OER USERS GROUP

The TDL OER Users Group (OUG) encourages the widespread use of open educational resources (OER) across Texas institutions by creating opportunities for open education advocates and practitioners to come together to exchange information and create resources for TDL members and the broader OER community.

The meeting will be led by Users Group chair Sabrina Davis (Texas Tech University Libraries) and vice-chair Kate McNally Carter (University of Houston Libraries).

The TDL OER Users Group is open to faculty and staff at all TDL Member Institutions and meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month from 2-3PM CST.

Join us on Zoom. No registration required.

March Member Forum
2024-03-20 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

March GIS Interest Group
2024-03-22 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

March DSpace User Group
2024-03-26 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

OER @ TDL: Support for the Solo Librarian webinar
2024-03-27 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago)
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.

April OJS User Group
2024-04-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

April OER Users Group
2024-04-09 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

Digital Preservation Decision Trees - Guidance at Workflow Inflection Points
2024-04-11 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
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.

April Member Forum
2024-04-17 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

April Digital Preservation Interest Group
2024-04-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

April DSpace User Group
2024-04-22 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Texas Digital Library’s DSpace Users Group (DUG) works to create an active community among DSpace users that:

facilitates mutual support for DSpace use and repository management;
identifies areas of work that could be taken on by member working groups or by TDL staff;
connects the TDL DSpace user community to the larger open source DSpace community in North America.

TDL’s DUG meets monthly every fourth Monday of the month from 3pm – 4pm, CST. Any users of DSpace, regardless of TDL membership, may attend user group meetings and join the DSpace Users Group email list. Voting membership in the DSpace Users Group is limited to users affiliated with TDL member institutions who have a role in managing their DSpace repository. Click here to join the DUG email list.

April GIS Interest Group
2024-04-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

TCDL 2024 Speaker Orientation
2024-04-30 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Attend a special virtual orientation just for TCDL presenters. The TCDL Conference Committee will deliver a brief presentation about the conference program, site, and helpful hints on how to make your TCDL experience a success.
TCDL 2024 SPEAKER ORIENTATION
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. CST
Registration is required. Click here to register.
Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a calendar download.
Please contact info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions. We hope to see you there!

May OJS User Group
2024-05-02 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
