Learn more about grants awarded to the Texas Digital Library.
2019
Preserving Sensitive Data in Distributed Digital Storage Networks – IMLS Grant
Thanks to a new IMLS planning grant, the Texas Digital Library (TDL), in collaboration with the University of California, San Diego Library (UCSD), led the charge to roadmap the first nationally distributed digital preservation service for sensitive data. The Preserving Sensitive Data in Distributed Digital Storage Networks project developed a nationwide model for a DDP service that would close gaps in existing preservation offerings for sensitive data.
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- Texas Digital Library to Transform Digital Preservation Possibilities for Sensitive Data
- IMLS-Funded Planning Grant | Mid-Year Project Update
- IMLS Wrap Meeting
- Preserving Sensitive Data in Distributed Digital Storage Networks
2016
Development of a Statewide Aggregation Service for Texas Digital Collections – TSLAC Grant
The Texas Digital Library, through its home institution the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, was the recipient of a 2016 Library Cooperation Grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for the project “Development of a Statewide Aggregation Service for Texas Digital Collections.”
The TDL and its grant partners, the University of North Texas (UNT) and the Houston Public Library, used the grant funding to plan for and prototype a metadata aggregation service to showcase the digital collections of Texas and ensure their discoverability in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
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- Texas Digital Library Awarded Library Cooperation Grant
- Technology Selection for Texas – Beyond the Portal
- DPLA Hub Expansion Project Update
2007
The Texas ETD Repository: Promoting our Scholarship and Preserving our Legacy – IMLS Grant
The Texas Digital Library, a cooperative organization of institutions of higher learning in Texas, was awarded a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for $824,686. Texas A&M University, as the lead institution for the project, wrote and submitted the grant proposal on behalf of the Texas Digital Library. Partner institutions include Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, and The University of Texas at Austin.
The grant helped fund the development and implementation of the Texas ETD Repository, a state-wide system for managing the entire life-cycle of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) from initial submission to final publication.
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- TDL Receives IMLS Grant
- The Texas ETD Repository: Promoting our Scholarship and Preserving our Legacy
Additional Grant Participation
- University of Texas at Austin’s Planet Texas 2050 (PT2050) Grand Challenge program (2019-2021) DOLCe Project Report: Connecting the TDR Dataverse to TACC storage
- DPSC Planning Project: Sustainable Community-Owned Partnerships in Digital Preservation (2022-2024) World Digital Preservation Day – Advocacy and Readiness as TDL Services