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Academic blogging: escaping the ivory tower
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The UC Berkeley alumni magazine California has published an article on academic blogging, with tales of some of the more well-known bloggers of the genre like Brad DeLong, John Holbo, and Dan Drezner.
Vireo Users Group Meeting set for May 19
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TDLThe Texas Digital Library is offering existing and potential users of its Vireo ETD management system an opportunity to gather and discuss the software, as well as other issues surrounding ETD management, at a Vireo Users Group Meeting to be held on the UT Austin campus on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.
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Tags: ETDs, TCDL, Texas ETD Association, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Tags: ETDs, TCDL, Texas ETD Association, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Defining “open”
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The library and academic worlds are teeming with various species of openness: open access, open source, open educational resources, and the list goes on. Understanding all these concepts — both how they’re distinct and how they’re related — can be a daunting task.
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Digital Preservation Task Force report now available online
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A Blue Ribbon Task Force formed in 2007 to investigate Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access has released its final report. You can read the full report here.
TDL offers courses on Vireo and Open Conference Systems
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Sign up now for March 25 training courses: ETD Management with Vireo and Online Conference Management with OCS.
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Tags: ETDs, Open Conference Systems, training, user resources, Vireo
Tags: ETDs, Open Conference Systems, training, user resources, Vireo
Scholarly Electronic Journals training course rescheduled for March 11
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The Scholarly Electronic Journals training course originally planned for February 23 has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 11, 2010. The course had been postponed due to inclement weather in the Waco area.
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Tags: Electronic Journals, training, user resources
Tags: Electronic Journals, training, user resources
JISC offers resource for digital repository management
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TDLJISC has released the Digital Repositories InfoKit, a resource for planning and managing digital repositories.
February issue of TDL Update newsletter now available
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Check out the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to learn how the TDL and its members are working together to advance scholarly communications.
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Tags: newsletter, repositories, software development, TCDL, Texas Tech University, Texas Water Digital Library, training, user resources, Vireo
Tags: newsletter, repositories, software development, TCDL, Texas Tech University, Texas Water Digital Library, training, user resources, Vireo
February 23 training classes postponed due to inclement weather
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Because of a forecast for inclement weather in the Waco area, the Texas Digital Library will not hold training courses at Baylor University on February 23 as planned. An announcement regarding makeup sessions for the classes will be forthcoming.