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April 2022
Webinar: Case Studies in Accessible AV
Join Texas Digital Library members for a look at different case studies for accessibility practices for audio / visual materials in digital collections. This webinar, the second part of a multi-part series, will present case studies of institutions in Texas that create and maintain accessible digital audio and video collections or are in the process of making content accessible. Presenters will talk about the content they manage, as well as the systems, workflows, problems they have encountered, and funding models…
Find out more »July 2022
Digital Collections Summer Love-In
View slides | video Beat the heat this summer by exploring digital collections around Texas! Following on our first Digital Collections Love-In, Texas Digital Library wants to hear more about your favorite digital collections and digital exhibits. What do you love about digital collections, and how are you sharing that love with your communities? During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to briefly share a digital project you or your institution have worked on. We hope this will be…
Find out more »August 2022
TOHA Webinar: Introducing the Texas Oral History Locator Database
INTRODUCING THE TEXAS ORAL HISTORY LOCATOR DATABASE Thursday, August 18, 2022, 2pm - 3pm CST Presented by: Steven Sielaff, Senior Editor & Collections Manager at the Institute for Oral History, Baylor University Registration required. Click here to register. Join us on August 18 to learn more about the Texas Oral History Locator Database (TOLD). Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org if you have questions or suggestions.
Find out more »November 2022
Metadata Support Gathering
View slides | video TDL wants to help you improve your metadata and make your collections more discoverable. Metadata is at the core of so many of the benefits that libraries and archives provide, but working with metadata can sometimes feel challenging and isolating. This webinar will be a chance for our community to ask metadata questions, share tips, and get support from other metadata-minded folks. TDL’s DPLA Aggregation coordinator, Elliot Williams, will offer advice for creating metadata that can…
Find out more »January 2023
January Research Integrity Presentation & Meeting
TEXAS DIGITAL LIBRARY RESEARCH INTEGRITY INTEREST GROUP Thursday, January 26, 2023 2-3pm Central Join us on Zoom Download a calendar invitation No registration required. Identifying and Reducing Potential Sources of Bias in the Promotion and Tenure Review of University Faculty Presented by Dr. Cynthia Werner, Texas A&M University The promotion and tenure process is central to all institutions of higher education, and there is an assumption that the review process is a fair and equitable one. This presentation identifies…
Find out more »July 2023
QGIS Webinar Series #1: 3D Modeling of Library Spaces Using QGIS
QGIS Webinar Series Join the GIS Interest Group for the summer 2023 QGIS webinar series. QGIS is open-source and free GIS software available on Mac, Windows, and Linux from here: https://qgis.org/. Absolutely no prior GIS experience is required to fully participate in these webinars. Webinar #1: 3D Modeling of Library Spaces Using QGIS Presenters: Michael Shensky (UT Austin) and Katherine Strickland (UT Austin) In spring 2023 the UT Libraries worked with students in the UT Austin Master of Science in Information…
Find out more »August 2023
QGIS Webinar Series #2: Researching Your Community with QGIS
QGIS Webinar Series Join the GIS Interest Group for the summer 2023 QGIS webinar series. QGIS is open-source and free GIS software available on Mac, Windows, and Linux from here: https://qgis.org/. Absolutely no prior GIS experience is required to fully participate in these webinars. Webinar #2: Researching Your Community with QGIS Presenters: Kate McNally Carter (University of Houston) and Joshua Been (Baylor University) In this webinar, you will learn how you can use open source GIS software to map and analyze…
Find out more »October 2023
October Research Integrity Presentation & Meeting
TEXAS DIGITAL LIBRARY RESEARCH INTEGRITY INTEREST GROUP Thursday, October 12, 2023 2-3pm Central Join us on Zoom Download a calendar invitation No registration required. Presentation by Jason Ramage, Director of Research Integrity and Compliance at the University of South Florida Ever wonder what research compliance staff do? Join us on Thursday, 12 October, to find out! Jason Ramage, Director of Research Integrity & Compliance at the University of South Florida, will begin by explaining his mission to “serve, protect, and educate.”…
Find out more »March 2024
OER @ TDL: Support for the Solo Librarian webinar
Open education work is often a solitary venture in the library. When you are the solo OER librarian, or the sole librarian whose OER work is an additional duty on top of your main role, it can be especially challenging to maintain momentum for open education initiatives. In this OER @ TDL quarterly meeting, join our panel for an informal discussion on the challenges of sustaining open education initiatives in a solo role, and how we can develop strategies for…
Find out more »April 2024
Digital Preservation Decision Trees – Guidance at Workflow Inflection Points
Dr. Nancy McGovern, of Global Archivist, LLC, and a leading digital preservation instructor and expert for several decades, will share a set of guidance documents she has created for the Texas Digital Library consortium and digital preservationists. This webinar will help TDL members understand the steps they should to take to preserve a few common sets of content types, with alternative workflows at crucial decision-points along the way. At the end of the webinar, attendees will have a set a resources…
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