Participation
Call for Participation
The Program Committee for the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) invites you to submit an abstract for a presentation. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, in English, and double-spaced. It must be submitted by April 14th, 2008. Selected speakers will receive an email notifying them of their acceptance, including guidelines for the presentation, by April 28th, 2008. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for questions. Abstract submissions will be accepted beginning March 15th and should be emailed to Theresa Bond at bond@austin.utexas.edu. Please contact Theresa if you have any questions.
Topics of interest include:
Ways to encourage faculty deposit in your institutional repository
Outreach & best practices
Intellectual property
Copyright
Author rights
National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate
Embedding IRs in the institution
Tools to support faculty
Shibboleth
Student work
Data sets
Media formats
Born digital journals
Digitization projects
Important Dates
| April 14, 2008 | Extended abstract, less than 500 words, double spaced |
| April 28, 2008 | Notification of acceptance |
| May 18, 2008 | Final presentation due |
| June 4 - 6, 2008 | Texas Conference on Digital Libraries |
Program Committee
- Bill Hair, Baylor University
- Cathy Hartman, University of North Texas
- Joan Heath, Texas State University
- Leah Krevit, Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library
- John Leggett, Texas A&M University
- John Lehner, University of Houston
- Mark McFarland, University of Texas at Austin
- Bob Sweet, Texas Tech University
- Stefanie Wittenbach, University of Texas at San Antonio
