Why do academics blog? That’s the question explored in Sara Kjellberg’s article “I am a blogging researcher: Motivations for blogging in a scholarly context,” found in the latest issue of First Monday.
Texas A&M Libraries catalogs 2,300+ ETDs
TDL member Texas A&M University Libraries recently completed a project to catalog an accumulated backlog of some 2,300 electronic theses and dissertations and to make them available in Texas A&M’s DSpace repository.
The team that worked on the cataloging project included Holly Mercer (Head of Digital Services and Scholarly Communications),
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TDL software development team completes tenth TxLOR sprint
Texas Digital Library developers held a sprint review on Tuesday, July 20, during which they demonstrated work completed during a one-week sprint devoted to the Texas Learning Object Repository (TxLOR). The demonstration capped the tenth sprint devoted to TxLOR, and the third TxLOR sprint focused on polishing (or “hardening”) the software in preparation for a Fall 2010 release.
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Posted in Texas Digital Library
Tags: PresNet, scrum, software development, Texas Learning Object Repository, TxLOR, UT TeleCampus
Tags: PresNet, scrum, software development, Texas Learning Object Repository, TxLOR, UT TeleCampus
Development Update: TxLOR sprint review held June 9
The TDL technical team held a sprint review on Friday, July 9, to demonstrate work completed during the ninth sprint for the Texas Learning Object Repository (TxLOR) project.
Posted in TDL News
Tags: scrum, software development, Texas Learning Object Repository, TxLOR, UT TeleCampus
Tags: scrum, software development, Texas Learning Object Repository, TxLOR, UT TeleCampus
Reminder: Sign up for summer training in July and August
The Texas Digital Library will offer four training courses for TDL members during the summer term.
Posted in TDL News, Texas Digital Library
Tags: Electronic Journals, ETDs, repositories, training, user resources
Tags: Electronic Journals, ETDs, repositories, training, user resources
Illinois student newspaper features Vireo
The student newspaper of the University of Illinois discusses its institution’s use of the TDL electronic thesis and dissertation management system in today’s issue.
Video available from Open Access Symposium at UNT
The University of North Texas has mad available videos of presentations from its Open Access Symposium, held May 18, 2010.
June 2010 issue of TDL Update newsletter is available
Check out 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.
Digital repositories in the Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Chronicle of Higher Education provides an update on the state of institutional repositories in US higher education in the article “Digital Repositories Foment a Quiet Revolution in Scholarship.”
The article chronicles some of the disappointments of IRs, but also highlights some successes —
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