Texas Digital Library

October Member Forum
2020-10-21 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

TDL Hangout
2020-10-14 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-09-23 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-09-09 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-08-12 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-08-05 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-07-22 13:00 - 13:45 | 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
1-1:45pm CST

GIS Interest Group Meeting
2020-10-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2020-09-09 11:00 - 12:00 | online
Join us with our GIS Interest Group as we discuss topics concerning Geospatial Information Systems. If you are interested in joining this group, please email us at info@tdl.org.

Exploring Collaboration Possibilities: OER Grant Project
2020-10-07 12:30 - 13:30 | online
Texas Digital Library would like to gauge interest in a community-led proposal for the recently announced funding opportunity from the Department of Education: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Open Textbooks Pilot Program.
MEETING DETAILS
Topic Exploring Collaboration Possibilities: OER Grant Project with TDL
Date Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Time 12:30pm – 1:30pm CST
Audience TDL members and Texas HBCU partners interested in pursuing grant-funding opportunities for open textbook initiatives on their campus.
RSVP This meeting is invitation only. Registration is required.
Preparation To prepare for this meeting, please read through the full grant notice, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Open Textbooks Pilot Program, and complete our pre-meeting survey (sent to registrants).
This meeting will be recorded. The recording and notes will be shared with registrants afterwards.
Contact info@tdl.org with questions.

OER Ambassadors Meeting
2020-10-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2020-09-01 15:00 - 16:00 | online
Join TDL for our monthly OER Ambassadors Meeting! If you are interested in joining please visit our OER Ambassadors page here.
Texas Digital Library is expanding our services to include support for Open Educational Resources (OER). Driven by initiatives to increase the adoption of OER from across our consortium of academic libraries, TDL is responding to the needs of our members as well as the needs of Texas higher education students to meet their scholarly and financial challenges.

OERTX Demo
2020-10-02 11:00 - 12:00 | online
Join Texas Digital Library and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to offer a demonstration of Texas’ new statewide OER repository, OERTX.
This event is free and open to anyone who is interested, with priority registration given to TDL members. Registration is required. Click here to register for this event.
A Zoom account is required to register and attend. Click here to create a free Zoom account.
Learn more about the new OERTX repository.

TDL GIS Interest Group Webinar Series: Intro to GIS Webinar
2020-09-30 11:00 - 12:00 | online
The Texas Digital Library GIS Interest Group is excited to bring you a new webinar series starting Fall 2020. All webinars in the series will be free and open to anyone who is interested.
Speakers
Michael Shensky, University of Texas at Austin
Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo, Texas State University
Cynthia Henry, Texas Tech University
Join us for our first GIS Interest Group webinar! In this webinar we will touch on basic GIS concepts, in particular we will address the following topics:

What is GIS
GIS Models
GIS data types
GIS software platforms

This webinar will also include software demonstrations focused on GIS in physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Please register here
Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org if you have questions or suggestions.

Annual TDL Member Board Meeting
2020-09-24 12:00 - 13:30 | online
EVENT DETAILS
2020 TDL Member Board Meeting
Thursday, September 24, 2020
12:00 pm – 1:30pm CST
Virtual meeting; Zoom link provided with registration.
This meeting is invitation only to deans and directors (or their proxies) of TDL’s member board. If you have any questions or would like to learn how to become a member, please contact info@tdl.org.

USETDA 2020 Conference Vireo User Group Meeting
2020-09-23 16:35 - 17:15 | online
Breakout 11: Vireo Users Group Meeting Courtney Mumma, Emily Wuchner, Texas Digital Library, Vireo Users Group Steering Committee. Moderator: Emily Wuchner

USETDA 2020 Conference Virtual Town Hall Meeting
2020-09-23 12:00 - 17:30 | online
The USETDA has announced USETDA 2020, the 10th annual conference. In an effort to provide a safe meeting environment as well as to preserve the work and funding already put into this year’s conference, we sought new opportunities for outreach and engagement. As a result, this year we are pleased to announce:

The USETDA 2020 Conference has been changed to a free online Virtual Town Hall Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2020 from 1:00 – 6:30 pm (Eastern)
The USETDA conference (face-to-face meeting) has been postponed until September 2021, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio.

Please visit USETDA 2020 Conference Update – COVID-19 Statement for complete information about this this transition.

DSpace User Group Meeting
2020-09-22 10:00 - 2020-09-29 11:00 | online
Join us for our monthly DSpace User Group Meeting.
Purpose of the group: The TDL DSpace Users Group 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.

Who can join: 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. If you are interested in joining, please email us at info@tdl.org.

September Member Forum
2020-09-16 10:30 - 11:00 | online

TCDL Planning Committee Meeting
2020-09-02 14:00 - 15:00 | online

August Member Forum
2020-08-19 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.

High Performance Computing Birds-of-a-Feather
2020-08-11 13:00 - 14:30 | online
This Birds-of-a-Feather session is aimed at identifying whether there is interest from other librarians in learning about cyberinfrastructure (CI) providers like the Texas Advanced Computing Center, and about high performance computing (HPC) as a tool for research.
The goal is to understand the perspectives and needs of librarians — current levels of awareness and comfort with HPC systems and particular areas of interest to librarians exploring this side of computing — as well as to envision what the role of libraries and archives in HPC support is, and could be.
Please register here.

TDL Awards Ceremony (online)
2020-07-30 10:00 - 11:30 | online
The TDL Awards ceremony, which was originally slated to take place during the opening plenary session on May 19, 2020 at the Texas Conference Digital Libraries, is going to be held online on July 30th. We have a truly inspiring list of award winners this year, and we hope you will be able to attend.

Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Presenters:
Registration is free. Click here to register
Zoom account required.

Web Panel: State of Digital Preservation in Texas
2020-07-23 10:00 - 11:30 | online
In this panel, presenters from TDL member institutions will provide a look at the current state of digital preservation in Texas, through case studies of their digital preservation efforts and activities currently underway.
PRESENTERS

Bethany Scott (moderator), Coordinator of Digital Projects at the University of Houston and chair of Archivematica Texas
Shelley Barba, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Texas Tech University
Lauren Goodley, Archivist, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
Kaitlyn Sisk, Digital Archivist, UT Southwestern Medical Center

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2020
Time: 10-11:30 am Central
Registration is free. Click here to register (Zoom account required).

Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org if you have any questions or suggestions. We hope you will join us!
Recording and slides are available.

Vireo 4 Training
2020-07-17 13:00 - 15:00 | online
Texas Digital Library is offering a free Vireo 4 training. Registration is required.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, July 17, 2020
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm Central
Registration is free. Click here to register.
A Zoom account is required. Click here to sign up for a free Zoom account.
You’ll find the agenda, resources, and registration information on the TDL wiki for the Vireo Service:
https://texasdigitallibrary.atlassian.net/wiki/x/9QDtVw
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org.
View recording and slides

July Member Forum
2020-07-15 10:30 - 11:00 | online

TDL Hangout
2020-07-01 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

Strategies for Advancing Knowledge Through Copyright
2020-06-30 13:00 - 14:00 | webinar
Copyright law is pervasive in the work of information professionals and has a direct impact on how we access, process and use information. Despite its effects on our work, fear and uncertainty about copyright law plagues cultural heritage institutions. This uncertainty can slow efforts to achieve our goals and missions. This session is designed to empower you to feel more confident about copyright and digitization of collections. You will learn the fundamentals of copyright law, including the duration of protection for both published and archival items. This session will also cover fair use and other limitations. You will hear about how rights metadata can help manage large repositories of digitized works and help users understand how those items can be used to create new information, new aesthetics, new insights, and understandings. Finally, this session will review how a library digitized and used two collections in furtherance of its mission, despite ambiguous copyright status and ownership of the items.
Register here

Virtual Birds-of-a-Feather | Imaging Group
2020-06-29 13:00 - 14:30 | online
The TDL Imaging Group was founded in 2019 to address the challenges of cultural heritage imaging among regional practitioners. The groups’ goals include exchanging knowledge on topics such as equipment use, color management, workflows, project management, and other tricks of the trade in a supportive environment.

Date: Monday, June 29, 2020
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Registration is free. Click here to register (Zoom account required).

Virtual Birds of a Feather | Research Data Management
2020-06-25 13:00 - 14:30 | online
Data collected for research that is funded by many grant agencies is now considered a public good and researchers are often required to make their data openly accessible. Journal publishers also are requiring authors to publish data used in articles for reproducibility. Join us as we discuss issues such as FAIR Data Principles, data curation practices, GIS data professional development needs, funding mandates for data management plans and how these provide opportunities for libraries to assist researchers in the research data life cycle.

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2020
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Registration is free. Click here to register (Zoom account required).
