Archive for the ‘Member Story’ Category

Member Story: History of Medical Collections in the UTMB Institutional Repository

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

he Moody Medical Library at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) has added four medical history collections from the Truman G. Blocker Jr. History of Medicine Collections to its Texas Digital Library (TDL) repository.

Member Story: Texas A&M Libraries promotes Open Access to research

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Texas A&M University Libraries, a founding member of the TDL, held a number of activities during Open Access Week 2011 designed to raise awareness about the benefits of free and immediate access to research.

Member Story: CEA journal finds home with TDL

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Looking for a way to enhance the visibility and professionalism of one of its journals, the College English Association (CEA) found a partner in the Texas Digital Library. The CEA, a nationwide professional organization for teachers of college English, has published The CEA Forum since the 1970s. (The CEA itself has been around since 1938.) [...]

Member Story: UH Libraries’ internship program offers valuable digital library experience

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

The University of Houston Libraries is working to prepare librarians for the digital future through a Digital Library Internship that offers hands on experience with the technologies needed in digital library work.

Member Story: UT Southwestern Medical Center launches “Dallas Medical Images: 1890-1975”

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

In March, TDL member UT Southwestern Medical Center Library launched a digital photo repository that, for the first time, makes available online hundreds of photos documenting the history of medicine in Dallas.

Member Story: Texas A&M, TDL provide data management support for researchers

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

A report from Texas A&M Libraries on efforts to support grant-seeking faculty in meeting new NSF requirements to develop data management plans.

Member Story: TDL-hosted Galveston Bay Bibliography disseminates essential information for researchers

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

TDL member Texas A&M Galveston works to safeguard the future of Galveston Bay through the Galveston Bay Information Center (GBIC), a key piece of which is a TDL-hosted DSpace repository.

Member Story: UT Southwestern Medical Center Library moves ETDs to DSpace

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Using TDL services, member institution UT Southwestern Medical Center Library is upgrading its electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) program to streamline submission and management and make theses and dissertations more visible to the worldwide scholarly community.

Member Story: Texas Water Journal launches on TDL Electronic Press

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is excited to welcome the Texas Water Journal, a new research journal affiliated with the Texas Water Resources Institute at Texas A&M University, to the TDL Electronic Press.

Member Story: Texas A&M Libraries chronicles African-American farm life in DSpace collection

Friday, October 15th, 2010

TDL founding member Texas A&M Libraries has published an exciting set of images in its institutional repository dealing with African-American farming life in Texas during the middle of the last century.