The University of Houston (UH) celebrated the accomplishments of tenured and promoted faculty and librarians at a reception held this spring. The UH Tenure and Promotion Recognition Program was created to honor faculty and librarians who have recently achieved tenure or have been promoted. In the program’s inaugural year, 2015 honorees were invited to select a book that has offered inspiration or encouragement in their professional journey.
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TDL Members receive a discounted registration rate for the 2016 Internet Librarian Conference. The TDL Member discount is for the Full 3-Day Conference Registration.
To receive the TDL Member discount, use the link below or enter the TDL Member discount code to complete online registration by September 16,
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The DSpace Education Working Group has put together a survey to gauge what kind of DSpace training needs there are among TDL’s members. It’s a rather short survey, and we’d love to have your input while we figure out what to share and how to go about sharing it!
Please take a few minutes to fill out the DSpace Training Needs Survey,
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Join us for an upcoming webinar, “Launching DPN’s Texas Preservation Node: Digital Preservation for the Texas Academy.” Leadership from the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) will join the Texas Digital Library staff to discuss the launch of the Texas Preservation Node, an ingestion point to the Digital Preservation Network.
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The Texas Digital Library and the ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group are co-sponsoring two POWRR workshops, to be held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas Thursday July 7 and Friday July 8. Registration is free, but space is limited.
Several travel scholarships of up to $500 are available for TDL Members to defray the costs of travel and accommodation.
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The UNT Libraries’ Digital Collections recently completed a self-audit of their digital repository policies, documentation, and infrastructure in accordance with the Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC). The goal of this audit was to formalize processes and create documentation necessary for the operation of a trusted digital repository.
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The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is a consortium of higher education institutions that builds capacity within the state of Texas for preserving, managing, and providing access to unique digital collections of enduring value.
Help us improve how the TDL can best serve you and your institution by taking the 2016 TDL Spring Survey.
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Congratulations to the 2016 TDL Award recipients!
Excellence in Digital Libraries Award – LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and the University of Texas at Austin Libraries
For their development of the Latin American Digital Initiatives repository,
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Registration is open for an upcoming Vireo 3 Training Class, to be held Thursday, March 24th from 9am to 4pm at the Perry-Castaneda Library at The University of Texas at Austin.
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The 2016 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) and the post-conference TxDHC Mini-Conference proposal deadlines have been extended to Friday, February 12th.
TxDHC Mini-Conference Call for Proposals
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