Call for Participation from the Texas Digital Library GIS Day PechaKucha Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 , 12-1:30 pm CST Register here GIS and geospatial data services are popping up in academic libraries and archives all over Texas! Is your institution part of the trend? We want to hear about it! Texas Digital Library’s GIS Interest Group is hosting a “PechaKucha Day” to share experiences, plans, and ideas about how libraries and archives are supporting and promoting GIS activities throughout the state. Whether you’re…
Find out more »Register here for the series. Webinar #1 | Research Integrity: Concept and Applications Thursday, February 4, 2021 | 11am – 12pm CST Background Reading: Herr, Melody. “Responding to Research Misconduct: A Primer for LIS Professionals” (2019) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0194262X.2019.1644268 Leonard, Michelle; and Denise Beaubien Bennett. SPEC Kit 336: Responsible Conduct of Research Training. (2013) https://publications.arl.org/Responsible-Conduct-Research-Training-SPEC-Kit-336/ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Fostering Integrity in Research. (2017) https://www.nap.edu/catalog/21896/fostering-integrity-in-research Register here for the series. This series is free and open to anyone who is interested. Registration is required. Register here for…
Find out more »Register here for the series. Webinar #2 | Incorporating Research Integrity into Library Services and Programs Thursday, February 11, 2021 | 11am – 12pm CST Resources for Teaching Research Integrity: Ethics Education Library: http://ethics.iit.edu/eelibrary/about Case studies: http://ethics.iit.edu/eelibrary/case-study-collection NIH: https://oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/ethical-conduct/responsible-conduct-research-training Case studies: https://oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/ethical-conduct/responsible-conduct-research- training/annual-review-ethics-case-studies Office of Research Integrity: https://ori.hhs.gov/ Case studies: https://ori.hhs.gov/rcr-casebook-stories-about-researchers-worth-discussing Register here for the series. This webinar series is hosted by Texas Digital Library. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact TDL at info@tdl.org.
Find out more »Registration is required. Please register here. Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo (Texas State University), Jessica Trelogan (University of Texas at Austin), John Watts (Texas A & M University) Geospatial data are a valuable product of research with potential for sharing and reuse that can be especially powerful for maximizing resources and accelerating the pace of scientific discovery. However, the complex structures, myriad formats, and unique dependencies of GIS technologies, data, and metadata can create barriers to making them findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable…
Find out more »Navigating the Field of Academic Libraries March 25, 2021 1-2PM CST | Register here Please join Texas Digital Library in welcoming our presenters: Phyllis Earles, University Archivist for Prairie View A&M University Peace Ossom-Williamson, Director of Research Data Services and a health sciences liaison at the University of Texas at Arlington Catherine Rudowsky, PhD, Dean of Libraries at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. Presenters will share their experience interrogating the hierarchy, politics, and bureaucracy attendant to working in academic…
Find out more »Please join Texas Digital Library in welcoming Madelyn Shackelford Washington, Coordinator of the Music Library at the University of Houston, and Kelly Gonzalez, Assistant Vice President of Library Services at UT Southwestern Medical Center. This event was originally scheduled for February 25, 2021. Topics include: Tips on having difficult conversations Addressing microaggressions Hiring practices Registration for this event is required. Please register here. Once you've registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom that will include a link to…
Find out more »April 29, 2021 1-2PM CST | Register here. Registration for this event is required. Please register here. Once you've registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom that will include a link to join as well as a calendar invitation for download. Presenters: Michele Gorman, Assistant Director of Public Services, Fort Worth Public Library Mark Phillips, Associate Dean for Digital Libraries, University of North Texas Kimberly Vardeman, User Experience Librarian, Texas Tech University Moderated by Ramona Holmes, Associate Director for…
Find out more »FREE WEBINAR: Strategies for Student Engagement in OER Click here to register Hosted by the Texas Council on Academic Libraries and the Texas Digital Library Panelists: Ashley Morrison, Tocker Open Education Librarian, University of Texas at Austin Nathan Smith, PhD, OER Coordinator & Philosophy Faculty, Houston Community College Madeleine Thompson, Writing Consultant at Center for Academic Learning and Support, Texas A&M University at Galveston Moderated by David Baca, Library Director, Texas A&M University at Galveston This webinar is free and open to…
Find out more »BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ORAL HISTORIAN & ARCHIVIST Monday, July 26m 2021 | 1-2pm CST Jena Heath, Associate Dean Arts & Humanities, Associate Professor Journalism & Digital Media, Coordinator Journalism and Digital Media program, St. Edward’s University Megan Firestone, Head of Special Collections and Archives, Southwestern University Registration required. Click here to register. Please contact Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org if you have questions or suggestions.
Find out more »Join Texas Digital Library members for an introductory look at accessibility practices for audio / visual materials in digital collections. TDL WEBINAR: Intro to Accessible AV Wednesday, March 30, 2022 1pm - 230pm Central Registration is required and open to anyone who is interested in joining us. Click here to register. Once you've registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom with a customized link to join and a calendar invitation to download. This webinar, the first part of…
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