October 2020 @ TDL

Posted on September 21, 2020 by

Upcoming Events

All events are online, in Central Standard Time (CST), and require a Zoom account to register and attend. Click here to create a free Zoom account.

Oct 2 @ 11am | OERTX Demo
TDL has partnered with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to offer a demonstration of Texas’ new statewide OER repository, OERTX. This event is free and open to anyone who is interested, with priority registration given to Texas Digital Library members. Registration is required. Click here to register for this event.

Alternate Wednesdays @ 1pm | TDL Hangouts
Join Texas Digital Library staff and fellow TDL members for a hangout session on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. No agenda and no registration or RSVP required. Come as you are! Pets and family members are welcome to stop by. September Hangout Schedule: Oct 14 and Oct 28
Download calendar invites: recurring 2nd Weds and recurring 4th Weds

Oct 15 @ 2pm | Digital Preservation Interest Group quarterly meeting
TDL’s Digital Preservation Services Users and other Texas-based workers interested in digital preservation topics meet quarterly on the third Thursday of the month from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM. Contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org to be added to the Digital Preservation Interest Group listserv and receive meeting invitations.

Oct 21 @ 10:30am | TDL Member Forum
Texas Digital Library invites members to attend the TDL Forum, a monthly meeting in which members can hear a brief presentation about the activities of the TDL staff and participate in a question-and-answer period. TDL Forums occur the third Wednesday of every month from 10:30am to 11:00am CST.
Download a calendar invitation here (.ics file).

Oct 23 | Open Texas 2021 Proposals are DUE
Open Texas 2021 will bring together librarians, faculty, administrators, and other open education practitioners and advocates in Texas to explore tools and resources to reduce costs of textbooks and learning resources for students. The program committee invites proposals that address topics related to open education practices and advocacy, and presentations for both novice and experienced open education practitioners are welcome. Submit your proposal by October 23.

Oct 27 @ 10am | DSpace Users Group monthly meeting
Any users of DSpace can join the users group, regardless of affiliation with TDL. The group shares updates and information about training and events at our monthly meetings and through the TDL DSpace Users Group Email List.Click here to join!

Oct 27 @ 11am | GIS Library Services: Models for Academic Libraries (webinar)
The Texas Digital Library GIS Interest Group is excited to bring you a new webinar series starting Fall 2020. All webinars in the series will be free and open to anyone who is interested. Please save the date for this upcoming webinar. Registration info will be coming soon!

Oct 27 @2pm | Screen Sharing is Caring with the TDL Imaging Group
The fall 2020 TDL Imaging Group invites participants for its Screen Sharing is Caring Virtual Roundtable on Thursday October 27, 2020 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm CST. Attendees will be given the power to share their screen so that they can give an informal mini-talk on a topic of their choosing, demonstrate a tool or workflow, or show a problem they are having to get feedback from the group. Learn more and register.

Oct 28 @ 8am | September / October TDL Update
TDL’s bi-monthly e-newsletter will hit inboxes the morning of Thursday, October28, 2020. Stay up-to-date: Sign up for TDL’s e-newsletter so you don’t miss out!

Oct 29 @ 1pm | Intro to Oral History Webinar
Texas Digital Library is excited to partner with the Texas Oral History Association (TOHA) to bring you a new webinar series starting Fall 2020. All webinars in the series will be free and open to anyone who is interested. Registration info will be coming soon. Sign up for TDL’s newsletters for announcements.

Digital Preservation Interest Group

Next meeting: Thursday, October 15, 2-2:50 p.m.

Description
Over the past couple of years, Texas Digital Library hosted a closed meeting for its Digital Preservation Services users and recently opened up that meeting quarterly to include folks not affiliated with the service. This meeting has been updated to the more inclusive quarterly meeting for several reasons, the most significant being: to better align with the amount of time most TX digital preservation practitioners have allotted to work with digital preservation in their institutions; to broaden our reach and awareness about TDL’s and Texas digital preservation efforts; to strengthen our impact by including more voices.

Meetings
TDL Digital Preservation Services Users and other Texas-based workers interested in digital preservation topics meet quarterly on the third Thursday of the month from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM.
Next meeting: Thursday, October 15, 2-2:50 p.m.

How to join
Contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org to be added to the Digital Preservation Interest Group listserv and receive meeting invitations.

DSpace Users Group

October meeting: Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 10am – 11am, CST.

Description
Texas Digital Library’s DSpace Users Group (DUG)works to create an active community among DSpace users that:

facilitates mutual support for DSpace use and repository management;
identifies areas of work that could be taken on by member working groups or by TDL staff;
connects the TDL DSpace user community to the larger open source DSpace community in North America.

Meetings
TDL’s DUG meets monthly every fourth Tuesday of the month from 10am – 11am, CST.
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 10am – 11am, CST.

How to join
Any users of DSpace can join the users group, regardless of affiliation with TDL. The group shares updates and information about training and events at our monthly meetings and through the TDL DSpace Users Group Email List. Click here to join!

TDL Imaging Group

Next meeting: Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2-3:30pm CST

Description
The mission of the TDL Imaging Group is to create and exchange information on both basic and advanced digital imaging and digitization best practices, in addition to establishing an open and inclusive environment for the exchange of information regionally, within the state of Texas, and surrounding areas.

Meetings
TDL’s Imaging Group occasionally hosts meet-ups and virtual birds-of-a-feather meetings, but does not meet regularly as a group. Instead, the Imaging Group utilizes their email list to exchange information and resources.
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2-3:30pm CST

How to join
If you are interested in joining the TDL Imaging Group, please subscribe to our listserv to get involved at tdl-imaging-group@utlists.utexas.edu.

Web Archiving Texas Interest Group

Next meeting: November 2020, date TBD

Description
The purpose of the Web Archiving Texas Interest Group (WATXIG) is to build a community around web archiving in Texas, bring people together to share skills and resources to accomplish shared goals, and amplify our work that impacts the national and international web archiving community. The Confluence wiki page for the group, hosted by TDL, is located here.

Meetings
TDL’s WATXIG meets quarterly, every fourth Thursday from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Central.
Next meeting: November 2020, date TBD

How to join
The Web Archiving Texas Interest Group has a listserv at tdl-watxig@utlists.utexas.edu and quarterly meetings. Anyone is welcome to join the group, whether they are working at a TDL member institution or not. To request to join the list and/or the meetings, please email TDL at info@tdl.org.

GIS Interest Group

Description
TDL’s GIS Interest Group (GISIG) seeks to develop a Community of Practice around geographic information systems (GIS) and become a source of expertise for all Texas Digital Library consortium members and partners.

Meetings
The GISIG meets on a monthly basis (recurrence and times TBD).
Next meeting: TBD – sign up for emails at the link below to receive meeting updates.

How to join
Click to join our GiSIG email list to receive updates and meeting invitations: https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/info/tdl-gis

OER @ TDL

Description
Open Educational Resources (OER) are gaining momentum here in Texas, and TDL is now offering OER support as part of our suite of services.

How to participate
Subscribe to the Texas OER Community for Higher Education Google Group so you don’t miss any updates about upcoming events and other opportunities.

Open Texas 2021
Call for Proposals closes Friday, October 23, 2020. Click here to read the CFP.
Save the date for Open Texas 2021! Texas Digital Library and the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas jointly organize the annual Open Texas conference to convene librarians, faculty, administrators, and other open education practitioners and advocates in Texas. The first ever Open Texas 2021 will be hosted by the University of Houston-Downtown and Houston Community College.
Open Texas 2021 will be held virtually, March 11-12, 2021. Sign up for updates here.

Conferences & Community Events

Register by Sep 30! Oct 8, 2020 | ARL Fall Forum with Keynote Dr. Safiya Noble
The Association of Research Libraries Fall Forum will explore leading libraries toward anti-racism in a changing world. The keynote for ARL’s Fall Forum is Dr. Safiya Noble, author of the best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. Click here to learn more and register.

CFP closes Oct 23, 2020 | Open Texas 2021: Adoption, Engagement, & Impact
Open Texas 2021 will bring together librarians, faculty, administrators, and other open education practitioners and advocates in Texas to explore tools and resources to reduce costs of textbooks and learning resources for students. The conference theme, Open Texas 2021: Adoption, Engagement, and Impact, highlights programs focusing on institutional and individual processes to adopt OER, engaging faculty and students to create openly licensed content, and measuring impact of open education initiatives. Click here to learn more and submit your proposal.

Stay Engaged with TDL

Become a TDL Member
All academic libraries and cultural heritage organizations in Texas are invited to become a member of the Texas Digital Library consortium. Email us at info@tdl.org if you’d like to learn more.

Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
Texas Digital Library’s annual conference, the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), covers topics relevant to the creation, promotion, and preservation of research, scholarship, and cultural heritage digital materials. The goal of TCDL is to bring together those working on digital projects — including outreach librarians, repository managers, catalogers, faculty members, technical staff, and others — in order to build a practical, usable, and sustainable model for digital libraries.

Save the date: TCDL 2021 will take place online during the week before Memorial Day, May 2021. Sign up for TDL’s e-newsletter to receive regular conference updates.

Read our most recent newsletter: July/Aug 2020 TDL Update

Popular Resources

Anti-racism resources
The Texas Digital Library stands against racism and with those working to end systemic injustices. Our staff have been compiling resources on anti-racist work, particularly those relevant to libraries and archives. Visit our Anti-Racism resources page.

COVID-19 resources
TDL is collecting links to resources for libraries and archives during the pandemic. Visit our Covid-19 Resources page to learn more and find links to notes from our recent webinar on Re-Opening the Library.

Trainings and webinars
Visit our Webinars page to learn more, and view recorded and captioned trainings and webinars on TDL’s YouTube Channel. New recordings are added regularly.

ABOUT TDL

Texas Digital Library is a consortium of library and archives professionals that propels the Academy forward by maintaining our past and preparing for the future. Membership in TDL is open to any academic library. Find out more by visiting https://main.tdl.org/members/membership/ or email us at info@tdl.org.

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