TDL Core Staff | TDL Bridge Groups | Governing Board | CIO Advisory Board
The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is staffed by a combination of full-time core staff members and part-time expert contributors from TDL member institutions. The organization also relies on the volunteer contributions of faculty and staff at its member institutions, who provide expertise and advice to the TDL and advocate on behalf of the TDL at their respective institutions.
TDL Core Staff
Organization Chart
Two co-directors — John Leggett, Associate Dean for Digital Initiatives at Texas A&M University Libraries, and Mark McFarland, Associated Director for Digital Initiatives at The University of Texas — lead the Texas Digital Library (TDL) and are responsible for the organization’s vision, direction, and day-to-day operations.
Additionally, the Texas Digital Library employs full-time staff members, including both TDL-funded positions and full-time staff contributions from member institutions. Staff members are located primarily at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University in College Station; TDL Help Desk staff are located at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. This core staff focuses on the development and maintenance of software and hardware systems, user support activities, and communications with TDL members and the general public. See the chart at the right for a visual depiction of the TDL’s organizational structure.
View the TDL Staff Directory.
TDL Bridge Groups
Bridge groups communicate and interpret the work of the TDL for their local institutions and guide the integration of their institutional repositories with the TDL. Thus bridge groups are comprised of staff from a single TDL member institution, and the group’s focus is on local issues rather than TDL-wide initiatives. Nevertheless, the bridge groups’ role is fundamental to the success of the TDL, in that it is through these groups that the TDL’s mission is aligned with that of each university.
TDL bridge groups and their chairs are listed below. For more information about the bridge groups, please contact the chair or the TDL project manager.
- Texas A&M University — chair, Kathy Weimer
- Texas State University — chair, Joan Heath
- University of Texas at Arlington — chair, Ramona Holmes
- University of Texas at Austin — chair, Alexia Thompson-Young
Governing Board
The TDL Governing Board is comprised of library deans and directors from seven TDL institutions. The group provides advice, guidance, and a long-term perspective on the services and administration of the Texas Digital Library. TDL Governing Board members are:
- Colleen Cook, Dean of Libraries, Texas A&M University Libraries
- Don Dyal, Dean of Libraries, Texas Tech University Libraries
- Fred Heath, Vice Provost, University of Texas at Austin Libraries
- Joan Heath, Assistant Vice President University Library, Texas State University
- Pattie Orr, Dean of University Libraries, Baylor University Libraries
- Dana Rooks, Dean of Libraries, University of Houston
CIO Advisory Board
The TDL CIO Advisory Board was formed to provide input on issues and directions in information technology within higher education. Currently the group is made up of nine members from Texas colleges and universities:
- Pierce Cantrell, co-chair, Texas A&M University
- Dennis Fouty, University of Houston
- Maurice Leatherbury, University of North Texas
- Patti Orr, Baylor University
- Brian Roberts, co-chair, University of Texas at Austin
- Sam Segran, Texas Tech University
- Van Wyatt, Texas State University