The National Science Foundation has released its new Data Management Policy for researchers preparing grant proposals.
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TDL developers complete seventh PresNet sprint
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The TDL software development team held a sprint review on Monday, August 23, to demonstrate work completed in preparation for deployment of the TDL Preservation Network.
TDL team completes infrastructure development sprint
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TDLThe TDL software development team transferred all work related to the development of the TDL Preservation Network into JIRA Studio, a hosted software tool that facilitates more efficient software development.
Why is digital preservation important?
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TDLThe Library of Congress has produced a video that provides a nice beginner’s guide to some of the issues surrounding the long-term preservation of digital assets.
See the video here.
From the video’s description:
Traditional information sources such as books,
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Tags: digital preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, user resources
Tags: digital preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, user resources
PresNet development sprint underway
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The TDL team has begun work to advance the development of a Preservation Network (PresNet) that will store multiple copies of TDL assets at geographically distributed nodes.
Posted in Conferences, News, Preservation Network, PresNet Users Group, TCDL, TDL development, Texas Digital Library
Tags: digital preservation, ETDs, Federated ETD Collection, iRODS, preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, PresNet User Group, software development, TCDL, texas advanced computing center, texas colleges
Tags: digital preservation, ETDs, Federated ETD Collection, iRODS, preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, PresNet User Group, software development, TCDL, texas advanced computing center, texas colleges
Challenges of preservation in a digital world
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TDLThe New York Times highlighted the unique challenges of archival preservation of born-digital materials in an article published yesterday.
Digital Preservation Task Force report now available online
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A Blue Ribbon Task Force formed in 2007 to investigate Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access has released its final report. You can read the full report here.
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October issue of TDL Update newsletter is now available
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Check out the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to discover the exciting things going on at the TDL.
Posted in News, newsletter, Preservation Network, TDL development, TDL Member news, Texas Digital Library, training, TxETDA, Vireo
Tags: Lonestar Education and Research Network, Metadata Working Group, newsletter, OA Week, open access, partnership, Portal to Texas History, preservation, Texas Digital Library, Texas ETD Association, Texas Learning Object Repository, training, TxETDA, TxLOR, University of North Texas, user resources
Tags: Lonestar Education and Research Network, Metadata Working Group, newsletter, OA Week, open access, partnership, Portal to Texas History, preservation, Texas Digital Library, Texas ETD Association, Texas Learning Object Repository, training, TxETDA, TxLOR, University of North Texas, user resources
Texas Digital Library and LEARN announce strategic partnership
The Texas Digital Library and LEARN (the Lonestar Education and Research Network) have formed a strategic partnership that will support collaboration among Texas higher education institutions and scholars by enhancing access to online scholarly communication services and strengthening the preservation of digital assets.