The August issue of Peter Suber’s SPARC Open Access newsletter, released yesterday, offers an in-depth look at the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)
Check out upcoming TDL training opportunities
Registration is open for summer/fall training courses from the Texas Digital Library.
TDL welcomes new CTO Peter Nürnberg
The Texas Digital Library is pleased to announce that Peter Nürnberg has joined the TDL staff as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, Peter will be in charge of all technology and software development for the Texas Digital Library.
Michael Jensen on the future of scholarly publishing
Michael Jensen, Director of Strategic Web Communications at the National Academies Press, has released video of his talk at the Association of American University Presses’ Annual Meeting — the talk is entitled Scholarly Publishing in the New Era of Scarcity 2010-2025.
UNT releases new Portal to Texas History
Congratulations to the Digital Projects Unit (DPU) at UNT Libraries on the official release of the updated Portal to Texas History! In addition to a complete site redesign, the new Portal also features a new digital asset management system which the team designed in-house.
JCDL 2009 is in the books
JCDL 2009 wrapped up last at the University of Texas at Austin. TDL representatives attended the conference, and Adam Mikeal presented on the TDL’s ETD submission and management system, Vireo.
TDL members talk Vireo at ETD2009
Representatives of the Texas Digital Library traveled to Pittsburgh to attend the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, aka ETD2009, which took place June 10-13.
TDL Update Newsletter: Special Edition – TCDL 2009
The Texas Conference on Digital Libraries has drawn to a close for 2009! Catch up on what happened at the conference and learn all about the TCDL Forums in this special edition of the TDL Update.
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Tags: Conferences, newsletter, Open Repositories, TCDL, Texas ETD Association, TxETDA
Tags: Conferences, newsletter, Open Repositories, TCDL, Texas ETD Association, TxETDA
2009 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries held May 27-28
The 2009 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries successfully concluded on Thursday, May 28. The two-day conference was held at the University of Texas at Austin and covered topics relevant to the creation and promotion of digital libraries at Texas institutions of higher learning.