Texas Digital Library

TDL Hangout
2020-04-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2020-04-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-01 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | online
Join Texas Digital Library staff and fellow TDL members for a weekly hangout session, starting in March.
We will not have an agenda but will rather look to our members to drive conversations and share coping tactics during these trying times.
No registration or RSVP required. Come as you are!
Wednesdays, weekly starting March 25, 2020
1-2pm CST

April Member Forum
2020-04-15 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.
The TDL Forums are recorded and made available in the TDL DSpace repository, and on the TDL YouTube Channel, following the meeting.

Texas Data Repository Webinar: Qualitative Data Repository
2020-04-03 13:00 - 14:00 | online
The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) is one of the few data repositories in the world dedicated to the curation, storage, and dissemination of qualitative research data. Sebastian Karcher, QDR’s associate director, will provide a brief introduction to QDR and its operations. He will talk about the special challenges of curating qualitative data and discuss some of QDR’s strategies. He will also discuss some of QDR’s ongoing research on innovations in data sharing and research transparency such as Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) and the Working with Sensitive Research Data (WSRD) project.

TDL Hangout
2020-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 | online
Join Texas Digital Library staff and fellow TDL members for a weekly hangout session, starting in March.
We will not have an agenda but will rather look to our members to drive conversations and share coping tactics during these trying times.
No registration or RSVP required. Come as you are!
Wednesdays, weekly starting March 25, 2020
1-2pm CST
Join URL: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/979687818

Online discussion of library responses to the COVID19 pandemic
2020-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | online
As our universities rapidly transition to online teaching and learning as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, we invite you to join us for an opportunity to discuss how our libraries are responding, what strategies we can deploy, and especially how we can support the shift to online teaching and learning.
This discussion will be led by two leaders in the TDL community: Dr. Bruce Herbert from Texas A&M University and Kelly Visnak from UT Arlington Libraries.
Topics may include:

An instructor’s perspective of online teaching from Dr. Herbert
Libraries’ responses to online teaching needs
Use of OER and/or OA repositories to support online teaching
Strategies for maintain social distancing in physical spaces

Along with hearing from our discussion leaders, this will be an opportunity to share your libraries’ activities and ideas, strategies you are using, and challenges you’re facing.
Date: Friday, March 20
Time: Noon – 1PM (central)
Location: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/620789786
Link to agenda & notes

March Member Forum
2020-03-18 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. Details for joining the next scheduled meeting are below.
To join the TDL Forum in Adobe Connect:

To join the meeting, log-in to Adobe Connect: https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/forum/.
A screen will prompt you for a guest name but no other login is required to enter the meeting.

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

TDL Imaging Group Houston Meetup
2020-03-09 09:30 - 2020-03-10 16:00 | University of Houston, 4333 University Dr, Houston, TX, 77204, United States
This free, two-day meeting will consist of facilitated round-table discussions, tips and tricks informational sessions, and digitization lab tours. The event is completely free to attend; lunch will be provided on day one of the meeting. Our community pulls from libraries, museums, and archives and welcomes anyone interested in working towards tackling the exciting challenges of cultural heritage imaging with us.
Who: Those interested in digital imaging at any level
When: Monday March 9th and Tuesday 10th, 2020
Where: Houston, TX

Day 1 – University of Houston. Digital Research Commons.

MD Anderson Library 4333 University Drive Houston, TX 77204-2000, website

Truck Yard 2118 Lamar St, Houston, TX 77003, website

Day 2 – The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006, website

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, website

Requirements:

This event is intended for non-commercial practitioners.
Please register to let us know you’re coming on Eventbrite
Fill out our Pre-event survey

Texas Data Repository Webinar: Data Curation Primers: Collaborative Resources for Data Curators
2020-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 | online
Need help with curating research data? Data curation primers are concise resources that assist curators with data formats or data curation topics. These dynamic resources are collaborative and will change over time to address new information and best practices. Learn more about curation for data formats such as SPSS and GeoJSON, or topics such as human subjects data. Data Curation Primers were created as part of IMLS grant #RE-85-18-0040-18 and stem from each of the Data Curation Network’s specialized data curation workshops. Presenters will include members of Data Curation Network and selected data curation primer authors.
The webinar series is free, but registration is required. Click here to sign up.

San Antonio OTN Workshop for TDL Members
2020-03-03 08:00 - 17:00 | University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
Texas Digital Library will host train-the-trainer workshops to prepare campus leaders to implement OTN’s OER faculty incentive programs on their campuses. Approximately 30 to 50 members may attend each workshop.
REGISTER FOR SPRING WORKSHOPS HERE.
Accommodations: Doubletree by Hilton San Antonio Northwest
6809 North Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, Texas, 78249
Phone 210-690-0300
SPECIAL ROOM RATES: $126 per night
Group Name: TEXAS DIGITAL LIBRARY
Arrival Date: 01-Mar-2020
Departure Date: 03-Mar-2020
Booking Link: https://secure3.hilton.com/en_US/dt/reservation/book.htm?inputModule=HOTEL&ctyhocn=SATJRDT&spec_plan=CDTUTD&arrival=20200301&departure=20200303&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT
Please note, the entire URL must be copied and pasted for it to work properly.

Cancelled: Dallas OTN Workshop March 2
2020-03-02 08:00 - 17:00 | UT Southwestern, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390, United States
This event has been cancelled until further notice. Please contact info@tdl.org if you have any questions.

Texas Digital Library will host train-the-trainer workshops to prepare campus leaders to implement OTN’s OER faculty incentive programs on their campuses. Approximately 30 to 50 members may attend each workshop.
REGISTER FOR SPRING WORKSHOPS HERE.
Accommodations: Candlewood Suites – Dallas Market Center
7930 Stemmons Freeway — Dallas, Texas, 75247 214-631-3333 Phone – (214) 631-7474
Group Name: TX Digital Library Open Textbook Meeting (UTSW)

Dates of stay: March 1-3, 2020
SPECIAL ROOM RATES: (per night) (Hotel is extending special UTSW affiliate discount rates)
$79.99 – Studio Suite -(klqn) Standard Room Type
$84.99 – One Bedroom Suite – (Olqn) Upgrade Room Type
**Taxes/fees currently 15% (2%TPID Fee, 7% City, 6% state occupancy tax)
ROOM BLOCK
Check In -March 1 | Check Out – March 3, 2019
Check in time: after 3:00 pm, check out before12:00 noon
Hotel shuttle is available for transportation to UTSW (based on availability and regular shuttle schedule)
Additional charges for late check outs may apply unless Front Office Manager/Front Desk Supervisor approves late check out extensions.

RESERVATION METHOD/PROCEDURE:
Reservation Process: Individuals will make their own reservations. Credit or debit card required at time of booking to secure reservation.
Booking link: https://www.candlewoodsuites.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=CW&localeCode=en&regionCode=1&hotelCode=DALSF&_PMID=99801505&GPC=DIG&cn=no&viewfullsite=true
Payment Method: Individuals responsible for own payment.
Reservations may be made by utilizing the booking link provided above, or by calling 214-631-3333 Ext. 0, ask for reservations, or 1-888-226-3539 (CANDLEW) Please identify with group when making reservations to help ensure special group rates.
GROUP CODE – DIG
RESERVATION CUT OFF DATE: The guest room block will be held in full until February 16, at which time, any rooms not picked up (reserved) will be released by the hotel for sale to the general public.
Additional Information: Plenty of free parking, Candlewood Cupboard Is available for food purchases breakfast items, snacks, lunch, and dinner items available. A full service restaurant (Kays-not affiliated, but is within walking distance) is also open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
**Please also reference hotel website for further hotel amenities www.candlewoodsuites.com
GUARANTEE POLICY: Guest rooms must be guaranteed with a valid credit card for late arrival. No-show reservations may be charged one night’s room and tax at the group rate to the individual.
Cancellation: Individual reservation cancellations should be made one day prior to arrival (to avoid potential late cancellation penalty of one night room charge).

Texas Data Repository Webinar: Make Data Count
2020-02-20 11:00 - 12:00 | webinar
Research data are increasingly in the spotlight. To value research data and assess the impact of it, it is essential that we have normalized and open approaches to counting data usage and data citations. The Make Data Count project has built social and technical infrastructure towards open data metrics. Join our webinar to hear about how libraries, repositories, and researchers can contribute to these initiatives and best practices.
The webinar series is free, but registration is required. Click here to sign up.

February Member Forum
2020-02-19 10:30 - 11:00 | online

January Member Forum
2020-01-15 10:30 - 11:00 | online

Topics in Research Data Management Webinar: Data Curation Network
2019-12-19 11:00 - 12:00 | online
Lisa R. Johnston, the Research Data Management/Curation Lead and director of the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM) (http://z.umn.edu/drum) at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Libraries, will discuss the Data Curation Network and how it works “to enable data repositories to better support researchers…to ethically share their research data in ways that make it findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).”
The webinar series is free, but registration is required. Click here to sign up.

[cancelled] December Member Forum
2019-12-18 10:30 - 11:00 | online
The December 2019 member forum is cancelled. Happy winter break from all of us at TDL!
See you next month.

Webinar: OTN Member Benefits
2019-12-12 13:00 - 14:00 | online
All current and future Regular and Consortial Members of Texas Digital Library are automatically included in the OTN membership at no additional service cost and receive exclusive benefits as members in the Open Textbook Network.
Join TDL for a webinar outlining your benefits as OTN members.
Click here to register
December 12, 2019
1-2pm CST
Join the webinar at https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/tdl-webinar/.
A screen will prompt you for a guest name but no other login is required to enter.
Contact TDL at info@tdl.org with any questions or suggestions.

DDP Grant Project Partners Meeting
2019-12-06 09:00 - 16:00 | UT Austin Perry Castaneda Library (PCL), Austin, TX, United States
The project leads at the Texas Digital Library (TDL) and the University of California San Diego (UCSD) will use this opportunity to present and discuss information gathered since the project commenced September 2019 and other elements of the planning grant.
DATE: Friday, December 6, 2019
TIME: 9am to 4pm CST (be sure to set your clocks to Central Time)
LOCATION: UT Austin, Perry Castañeda Library (PCL), Room 1.124
ADDRESS: 101 East 21st Street, Austin, Texas, 78712
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Project partners:

AP Trust
Dell Medical School
Johns Hopkins / MARCC
Northeastern University
SecurityMetrics
Smithsonian Institute
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
Texas Digital Library (TDL)
University of California – San Diego (UCSD)
UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC)
UT Southwestern Medical Center

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant # LG-34-19-0055. https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-34-19-0055-19

Topics in Research Data Management: Eugene Barsky, Mark Goodwin, and Paul Dante, University of British Columbia
2019-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | online
December 3, 2019, 12pm CST, Eugene Barsky, Mark Goodwin, and Paul Dante from the University of British Columbia Library, will discuss Geodisy, an open source project to expose Dataverse’s geospatial data to GeoBlacklight for improved searching ability.
The webinar series is free, but registration is required. Click here to sign up.

Intro to Pressbooks | Faculty Edition
2019-11-21 13:00 - 14:00 | online
Regular members of the Texas Digital Library Consortium can now save 30% on PressbooksEDU Silver and Gold book production networks. Join us for a free webinar geared towards encouraging faculty use of Pressbooks.
Sign up for our free webinar
Pressbooks is an online book/document formatting system that you can use to create books that are accessible on all platforms: in print and digital, including all smartphones, tablets, e-reader devices, and computers. Pressbooks enables anyone to produce professional, platform-agnostic outputs of books in multiple formats: PDF (print and digital) | WEB | EPUB | MOBI | ODT| XML | WXR| XHTML.

November Member Forum
2019-11-20 10:30 - 11:00 | online

Archivematica Campfire Stories, hosted by TDL and A-TEX
2019-11-15 13:00 - 14:00 | webinar
Last November, participants from TDL member institutions and beyond took part in Archivematica Camp Houston, learning to use Archivematica as a part of their digital preservation programs. Join us for updates from several Texas institutions on how they’re now using Archivematica in the year following AM Camp. We’ll also hear from Sarah Romkey, Archivematica Program Manager, on new developments in Archivematica over the past year.
Click here to sign up.

GIS Day 2019
2019-11-12 12:00 - 17:00 | Texas A&M University – Galveston, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77554, United States
TDL’s Courtney Mumma will present at Texas A&M – Galveston on November 12 for their GIS Day Open House.
GIS Day TAMUG 2019 Flier
Courtney’s presentation, “The Texas Data Repository: Dataverse for collective research data management and citation in Texas,”
will highlight the Dataverse Global Community, the Texas Data Repository (TDR) Steering Committee, and describe the intersections of GIS data and the TDR.
Registration is required (open to TAMU-G).

Web Archiving Texas
2019-11-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX, 76798, United States

Webinar | Web Archiving in the Library: Policies, Procedures, and Program Integration
2019-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 | online
Web Archiving in the Library: Policies, Procedures, and Program Integration
Presenters will discuss the challenges of setting policies and collection development plans for web-archiving projects.
Date: October 22, 2019
Time: 1-2pm
Presenters: TBD

Sign up for the series

October Member Forum
2019-10-16 10:30 - 11:00 | online

UT iSchool Capstone Coffee Break
2019-10-04 09:00 - 11:00 | UT School of Information, 1616 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
TDL will attend the 2019 Capstone Coffee Break at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information on Friday, October 4. We look forward to meeting with iSchool students and sharing ideas for potential capstone projects.

Member Visit: UT Medical Branch
2019-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 | UT Medical Branch, 914 Market Street, Galveston, TX, 77555, United States

Member Visit: Texas A&M University - Galveston
2019-09-24 12:00 - 16:00 | Texas A&M University – Galveston, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, TX, 77554, United States
