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

April DSpace User Group
2024-04-22 15:00 - 16:00 | online
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 | online
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

TCDL 2024 Speaker Orientation
2024-04-30 14:00 - 15:00 | online
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 | online
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.

Cancelled: May OER Users Group
2024-05-14 15:00 - 16:00 | online
This meeting is cancelled. The TDL OER Users Group will instead meet in person at TCDL on Thursday, May 23 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
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 3-4PM CST. Join us on Zoom. No registration required.

CANCELLED: May Member Forum
2024-05-15 10:30 - 11:00 | online
The May Member Forum is cancelled due to TCDL and will resume in June.
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.

Texas Conference on Digital Libraries 2024
2024-05-21 - 2024-05-23 | Commons Conference Center, 10100 Burnet Road, Building 137, Austin, TX, 78758, United States
We’ve adapted, innovated, and survived, but now it’s time to reignite our curiosity! The Texas Conference on Digital Libraries welcomes you back to Austin to share your new endeavors and inspire each other with pioneering projects, services, and ideas. The TCDL Planning Committee invites you to consider how curiosity brings life and imagination to your work in libraries and archives.
Register for TCDL 2024
See the TCDL program schedule
Learn more about our keynote speaker Patricia Hswe

May GIS Interest Group
2024-05-24 14:00 - 15:00 | online

Cancelled: May DSpace User Group
2024-05-27 15:00 - 16:00 | online
The May DSpace Users Group meeting is cancelled due to Memorial Day.

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.

June OJS User Group
2024-06-06 10:00 - 11:00 | online

June OER Users Group
2024-06-11 15:00 - 16:00 | online
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 3-4PM CST. Join us on Zoom. No registration required.

Cancelled: June Member Forum
2024-06-19 10:30 - 11:00 | online
The June Member Forum is cancelled due to the holiday.

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.

June DSpace User Group
2024-06-24 15:00 - 16:00 | online
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.

June GIS Interest Group
2024-06-28 14:00 - 15:00 | online

July OER Users Group
2024-07-09 15:00 - 16:00 | online

July Member Forum
2024-07-17 10:30 - 11:00 | online
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.

Mid-Summer GIS Spotlight: Data & Games!
2024-07-17 15:00 - 16:00 | 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.

July Digital Preservation Interest Group
2024-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | online

July DSpace User Group
2024-07-22 15:00 - 16:00 | online

July GIS Interest Group
2024-07-26 14:00 - 15:00 | online

August OJS User Group
2024-08-01 10:00 - 11:00 | online

August TDL Imaging Group Meeting
2024-08-08 14:00 - 15:00 | online
Started in 2019, the Texas Digital Library Imaging Group is open to all non-commercial parties who would like to learn, contribute, or discuss regional digital imaging and digitization best practices.
Interested in joining or getting involved in the TDL Imaging Group?

Join our listserv tdl-imaging-group@utlists.utexas.edu

August OER Users Group
2024-08-13 15:00 - 16:00 | online

August Member Forum
2024-08-21 10:30 - 11:00 | online

August GIS Interest Group
2024-08-23 14:00 - 15:00 | online

August DSpace User Group
2024-08-26 15:00 - 16:00 | online

September OJS User Group
2024-09-05 10:00 - 11:00 | online

September OER Users Group
2024-09-10 15:00 - 16:00 | online

Imaging Group: September A Round Tuit
2024-09-12 10:00 - 11:00 | online
Join the TDL Imaging Group in a scheduled time to work on those things you would like to get A Round Tu!
When: Every 2nd Thursday of the month from 10-11 am
Interested in joining or getting involved in the TDL Imaging Group?

Join our listserv tdl-imaging-group@utlists.utexas.edu.
