The TDL software development team held a sprint review on Friday, September 24 to demonstrate work completed during a two-week sprint (i.e, development period) devoted to improvements in Vireo, the TDL’s electronic thesis and dissertation management software.
TDL team demos improvements to Vireo ETD software
Posted in Texas Digital Library
Tags: ETDs, software development, Texas A&M University, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Tags: ETDs, software development, Texas A&M University, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
New communications resource: The TDL Guide 2010-2011
In order to improve communications with our existing and prospective members, the TDL has created a one-stop reference guide for all matters related to the Texas Digital Library.
TDL Update newsletter for September is available
Read the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to discover the latest news and learn how TDL is working with its members to advance scholarly communication.
Academic librarians and OA: Do as I say or do as I do?
A journal article by Holly Mercer explores whether librarians “practice what they preach” when it comes to self-archiving and open access behaviors.
TDL announces Fall 2010 training schedule
The Texas Digital Library will offer courses, held at Baylor University, covering TDL services and technologies.
Texas Learning Object Repository (TxLOR) update
The TDL launched launched the Texas Learning Object Repository on production hardware on Friday, September 10.
TDL software developers begin Vireo sprint
On Monday, September 13, the TDL software team began a two-week development sprint devoted to improving the Vireo ETD Submission and Management System.
Posted in TDL News, Texas Digital Library
Tags: ETDs, JIRA Studio, NDLTD, software development, Texas A&M University, Vireo
Tags: ETDs, JIRA Studio, NDLTD, software development, Texas A&M University, Vireo
D-Lib issue focuses on repositories
The September/October 2010 issue of D-Lib Magazine is available and focuses on repository-related issues.
Imagining the future of scholarly communications
Cameron Neylon contemplates a future scholarly communications system that matches the realities of modern communications technologies in a post on Science in the Open.
He argues that any system for scholarly publication must perform certain functions:
- Assigning credit/registering ideas
- Archiving/safekeeping research
- Enabling re-use,
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