The Texas Digital Library is compiling documentation and information about the TDL organization and its services into a comprehensive guidebook for new and prospective members, as well as for long-time partners in the consortium.
VUG prioritizes feature requests for Vireo
The TDL Vireo Users Group has created a prioritized list of desired features and enhancements to the Vireo ETD management system.
TDL developers complete seventh PresNet sprint
The TDL software development team held a sprint review on Monday, August 23, to demonstrate work completed in preparation for deployment of the TDL Preservation Network.
Posted in TDL News, Texas Digital Library
Tags: digital preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, software development
Tags: digital preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, software development
New Shibboleth resource for TDL members
The Texas Digital Library has created a new e-mail list for systems administrators who manage the Shibboleth installations at their institutions.
Posted in TDL News, Texas Digital Library
Tags: LEARN, Lonestar Education and Research Network, Shibboleth, user resources
Tags: LEARN, Lonestar Education and Research Network, Shibboleth, user resources
Surveying the growth of open access research
An article in Science explores the growth of online, open-access journals over the last decade.
Can you have a successful institutional repository without a mandate?
The UK’s Open University argues, in a poster presented at Open Repositories 2010, that a successful institutional repository can be built through active advocacy and management — without a mandate.
Posted in Texas Digital Library
Tags: Institutional Repositories, open access, Open Repositories, repositories
Tags: Institutional Repositories, open access, Open Repositories, repositories
DSpace course added for August 26
An “Introduction to DSpace” course has been added to the TDL training schedule for August 26.
Posted in TDL News, Texas Digital Library
Tags: DSpace, Open Conference Systems, Open Journal Systems, training, user resources
Tags: DSpace, Open Conference Systems, Open Journal Systems, training, user resources
Member Story: UT Southwestern to digitize History of Medicine photographs
The UT Southwestern Medical Center Library has received a $25,000 grant to create a digital photo repository entitled Dallas Medical Images, 1890-1975.
TDL Update newsletter for July/August 2010 is now 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.
TDL team completes infrastructure development sprint
The TDL software development team transferred all work related to the development of the TDL Preservation Network into JIRA Studio, a hosted software tool that facilitates more efficient software development.
Posted in TDL News, Texas Digital Library
Tags: JIRA Studio, Preservation Network, PresNet, software development
Tags: JIRA Studio, Preservation Network, PresNet, software development