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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Presentations available from iPRES 2009
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TDLThe proceedings and presentations from the Sixth Annual Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2009) are now available online on the California Digital Library’s eScholarship site.
Posted in Conferences, Useful resources
Tags: Conferences, digital preservation, iPRES, user resources
Tags: Conferences, digital preservation, iPRES, user resources
TCDL 2010: Extended deadline for proposal submissions
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TDLThe deadline for submission of abstracts and proposals for the 2010 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries has been extended to Monday, April 5, 2010.
Posted in Conferences, News, TCDL, Texas Digital Library
Tags: Conferences, scholarly communication, TCDL, Texas Digital Library
Tags: Conferences, scholarly communication, TCDL, Texas Digital Library
March 2010 issue of TDL Update newsletter now available
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TDLCheck out the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to discover the latest news and learn how TDL is working with its members to advance scholarly communication.
Posted in Conferences, News, newsletter, TCDL, TDL development, TDL Member news, Texas Digital Library, training, TxETDA, Vireo
Tags: Baylor University, Conferences, digital collections, Helpdesk, newsletter, TCDL, Texas Digital Library, Texas Tech University, training, University of North Texas, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group, WebWise
Tags: Baylor University, Conferences, digital collections, Helpdesk, newsletter, TCDL, Texas Digital Library, Texas Tech University, training, University of North Texas, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group, WebWise
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.
Posted in scholarly blogs, Useful resources
Tags: scholarly blogs, scholarly communication, user resources
Tags: scholarly blogs, scholarly communication, user resources
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.
Posted in Texas Digital Library, TxETDA
Tags: ETDs, TCDL, Texas Digital Library, Texas ETD Association, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Tags: ETDs, TCDL, Texas Digital Library, Texas ETD Association, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Journal of Digital Information releases new issue
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The Journal of Digital Information (JoDI), a journal hosted by the TDL Electronic Press, has released a new special issue on Open Repositories 2009.
TDL Metadata Working Group meets at Baylor
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TDLThe TDL Metadata Working Group met on March 17 at Baylor University to discuss progress on its projects for 2010. The mission of the group is to provide general metadata expertise to the TDL community through the development of best practices and communication around trends in metadata development.
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.
At her Book of Tragool blog,
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Tags: open access, open educational resources, open source repository, user resources
Tags: open access, open educational resources, open source repository, user resources
UNT Digital Projects Unit creates the UNT Digital Library
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The Digital Projects Unit at TDL member institution the University of North Texas has released the UNT Digital Library, a centralized repository for digital collections held throughout the university’s schools, colleges, departments, and libraries.