As a consortium, the Texas Digital Library depends upon the active participation of its members and users to be successful. TDL Users Groups, Working Groups, Committees, and Affinity Groups provide opportunities for member contributions focused on particular services, professional roles, and projects.
If you are part of a TDL member institution and are interested in joining one of our member groups, please email us at info@tdl.org.
Committees | Working Groups | User Groups | Interest Groups | Past Groups
Committees
TCDL Planning Committee
The TCDL Conference Committee is responsible for coordinating the annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL).
The 2023 TCDL Planning committee:
- Chair: Christina Kellum, University of North Texas
- Vice-Chair: Diane Lopez, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Ammi Bui, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Adrienne Cain, Baylor University
- Mingyu Chen, University of Texas at Dallas
- Aaron Choate, University of Texas at Austin
- Lisa Cruces, Texas State University
- Lea DeForest, Texas Digital Library
- Susan Elkins, Sam Houston State University
- Cynthia Henry, Texas Tech University
- Gabrielle Hernandez, University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
- Meagan Hernandez, Texas Digital Library
- Sylvia Jones, Southern Methodist University
- Colleen Lyon, University of Texas at Austin
- Ima Oduok, Texas Digital Library
- Phebe Raglin, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
- Adrian Shapiro, Texas Woman’s University
- Elliot Williams, Texas Digital Library
- Heidi Winkler, Texas Tech UniversityTexas Data Repository Steering Committee
Texas Data Repository Steering Committee
The Texas Data Repository (TDR) Steering Committee is the mechanism for local Data Repository Liaisons at TDR member libraries to provide the Texas Digital Library (TDL) feedback and make decisions about TDR services. The purpose of the Committee is to provide strategic planning support and policy oversight to ensure focus and direction of programs and services.
2021-2022 Steering Committee Members:
- David Baca, Texas A&M University – Galveston
- Reid Boehm (vice-chair), University of Houston
- Christina Chan-Park (chair), Baylor University
- Rogelio Hinojosa, Texas A&M International University
- Hammad Khan, University of Texas at Arlington
- Matthew McEniry, Texas Tech University
- Colleen Lyon, University of Texas at Austin
- Courtney Mumma, Texas Digital Library
- Laura Sare, Texas A&M University
- Adrian Shapiro, Texas Woman’s University
- Laura Waugh, Texas State University
Learn more about the TDR SC at https://www.tdl.org/members/groups/texas-data-repository-steering-committee/.
User Groups
TDL DSpace Users Group
The TDL DSpace Users Group is an open group for anyone in Texas currently using or interested in DSpace repository software. The group meets monthly, and anyone, regardless of their affiliation with Texas Digital Library, may join.
TDL’s DSpace User Group in 2023 is led by:
- Alexa Hight (chair), Texas A&M- Corpus Christi Libraries
The group updates information about training and events on the DSpace Users Group webpage and through the TDL DSpace Users Group Email List. The list provides:
- a forum for discussion and mutual support on issues of concern to the DSpace users community
- a means for the TDL to update members on upgrades, training opportunities, and other DSpace-related work of the TDL staff, and
- a channel for rebroadcasting any LYRASIS news related to the DSpace software to the Texas DSpace community
Anyone wanting to be added to the list can use the “Subscribe” feature at this link, or email info@tdl.org with the request.
Vireo Users Group
The Vireo Users Group (VUG) gathers and prioritizes constituent needs to guide TDL on future development of the Vireo ETD submission and management software. It also provides avenues for the exchange of information about Vireo use and development.
The goals and major activities of the Vireo Users Group include:
- Prioritized lists of user stories are given to the TDL development team.
- A vote on how product enhancements should be prioritized is conducted once a year. The Steering Committee selects the enhancements to be included in the vote.
- Meetings are held at the annual user conference. These meetings give members a forum to express opinions and discuss issues, in person, with other members.
- The list of enhancements and other documentation are organized and made available on the VUG website.
To join the Vireo Users Group list, please use the “Subscribe” feature at this link or contact the Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org.
2020-2022 Vireo Users Group Steering Committee
Co-Chairs:
- Emily Wuchner, University of Illinois
- Billie Peterson-Lugo, Baylor University
Steering Committee
- Christopher Starcher, Texas Tech University (Product Owner)
- Jon Crossno, UTSW-Medical
OJS Users Group
The TDL OJS User Group works to create an active community among TDL’s users of the Open Journal System hosting service. TDL’s OJS Users Group is comprised of library liaisons for campus journals and is an exclusive benefit for TDL members only.
2022-2023 OJS Users Group
- Taylor Davis-Van Atta, University of Houston
- Susan Elkins (chair), Sam Houston State University
- Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University
- Alexa Hight, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
- Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
- Denyse Rodgers, Baylor University
- Laura Waugh, Texas State University
- Justin White, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Amanda Zerangue, Texas Woman’s University
Learn more about the TDL OJS Users Group at https://www.tdl.org/members/groups/tdl-ojs-users-group/
Texas Archivematica Users Group
The Texas Archivematica Users Group emerged from an Archivematica Birds of a Feather session at the 2016 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Currently, a significant number of institutions are exploring or using Archivematica within Texas, and the discussion at TCDL 2016 resulted in a consensus that a users group would be a beneficial way to share experiences, workflows, user cases, and more — both online and in person.
Who Should Join:
- The group is open to individuals and organizations in Texas who are actively using, exploring, or testing Archivematica. (Membership in the Texas Digital Library is not required to join.)
- It is also open to those within other user communities that are interested in furthering or promoting the work of the Texas Archivematica Users Group.
- The group welcomes members from a variety of backgrounds and job roles — librarians, archivists, IT staff, etc.
2019-2020 Steering Committee:
- Bethany Scott (chair), University of Houston
- Julianna Barrera-Gomez, University of Austin at San Antonio
- Sean Buckner, Texas A&M University
- Courtney Mumma, Texas Digital Library
- Laura Waugh, Texas State University
Follow this link to be added to the Google Group.
South Central States Fedora Users Group
In conjunction with Duraspace, the Texas Digital Library, the University of Houston, and the University of Oklahoma are establishing a community for developers and users of the Fedora repository system. This users group is open to anyone in the southern, central United States with an interest in Fedora and its use with the Hydra, Islandora or other frameworks and extensions.
The goal of the South Central States Fedora Users Group (SCSFUG) is to boost, support, and educate the local Fedora user base, promote adoption of Fedora, and work with an eye towards reducing duplication of effort while maximizing efficiencies as to scale up the use of Fedora use in the region.
- Join the Google Group and participate: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/scs-fedora-users
- Subscribe to the listserv: https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/info/scsfug
Interest Groups
Digital Preservation Services Interest Group
The Texas Digital Library’s Digital Preservation Services Interest Group is open to all. We meet quarterly and share a listserv (tdl-digipres@utlists.utexas.edu) to discuss strategies and share resources as well as plan collective action among Texas institutions.
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.
Download a recurring calendar invite here.
Sign up for the Digital Preservation Services Interest Group listserv to join.
GIS Interest Group
The GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Interest Group gathers both experts and newcomers to the field of GIS.
To join the GIS Interest Group list, please use the “Subscribe” feature at this link or contact the Texas Digital Library at info@tdl.org.
TDL Imaging Group
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.
TDL Imaging Group Founding Members:
- Marcia McIntosh. Digital Production Librarian, University of North Texas
- Derek Rankin, (formerly of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin)
- Shannon Willis, Digital Projects Lab Manager, University of North Texas
Learn more about the TDL Imaging Group at https://www.tdl.org/2019/11/tdl-imaging-group/.
Web Archiving Texas Interest Group
The Web Archiving Texas Interest Group was formed after the Web Archiving Texas meeting at Baylor University in 2019.
The purpose of the group 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 and international web archiving community.
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 support@tdl.org.
Working Groups
TDL DPLA Metadata Working Group, 2019-2020
Charge: The Texas Digital Library DPLA Metadata Working Group will provide guidance to TDL member institutions on preparing digital collections for aggregation through the TDL DPLA Service Hub, with the intent that these digital collections will be shared through Digital Public Library of America.
Members:
- Kara Long (Chair), Baylor University
- Albert Duran, Houston Public Library
- Hannah Tarver, University of North Texas
- Katie Tomfohrde, Houston Public Library
- Anne Washington, University of Houston
- Nick Woodward, Texas Digital Library
Past Groups
Web Archiving Texas Planning Committee, 2019
Web Archiving Texas is an opportunity to build a community around web archiving in Texas, bringing people together to share skills and resources, and to amplify our work that impacts the national and and international web archiving community. Join Texas Digital Library at Baylor University on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, to begin this exciting collaboration.
- Leanna Barcelona, Baylor University
- John Bondurant, Texas A&M University
- Lea DeForest, Texas Digital Library
- Phyllis Earles, Prairie View A&M University
- Lauren Ko, University of North Texas
- Anna Lamphear, University of Texas at Austin
- Kara Long, Baylor University
- Courtney Mumma, Texas Digital Library
- Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
- Billie Peterson-Lugo, Baylor University
- Haiying Sarah Li, Texas Southern University
- Mark Phillips, University of North Texas
- Linda Reynolds, Stephen F. Austin State University
- Darryl Stuhr, Baylor University
- Laura Waugh, Texas State University
Learn more about this event at https://www.tdl.org/2019/04/web-archiving-texas/
Statewide OER Coordinating Committee 2018-2019
The OER Coordinating Committee is comprised of the Texas OER Summit Planning Committee, plus new partners from around Texas. The committee is intended to “bridge the gap” between the Summit and any formal coalition or institutional home at which any statewide OER effort might be housed. Reports and other resources from this committee can be found here.
2019-2020 Committee:
- Phillip Anaya, Alamo Colleges
- Lea DeForest, Texas Digital Library
- Kimberly Grotewold, Texas A&M University – San Antonio
- Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University
- Jenny Hock, Angelo State University
- DeeAnn Ivie, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Rusty Kimball, Texas A&M University
- Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
- Danielle Plumer, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Ariana Santiago, University of Houston
- Laura Heinz, Texas Tech University
- Kelly Visnak, University of Texas at Arlington
DSpace Training and Education Group (2016-2019)
Charge: The Texas Digital Library DSpace Training and Education Group will assess, update, and standardize the DSpace training that the TDL offers to its members.
TDL Dataverse Implementation Working Group, 2015-2016
Charge: To pilot test, assess, and launch a consortial repository for research data archiving and management. The group will address the following:
- Costs and possible funding models
- Technical configuration
- Workflows and outreach
- Policy and governance
- Metadata
Members:
- Santi Thompson (Chair), University of Houston
- Jeremy Donald, Trinity University
- Denyse Rodgers, Baylor University
- Sean Buckner, Texas A&M University
- Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University
- Wendi Kaspar, Texas A&M University
- Cecilia Smith, Texas A&M University
- Chris Starcher, Texas Tech University
- Todd Peters, Texas State University
- Ray Uzwyshyn, Texas State University
- Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
- Ryan Steans, Texas Digital Library
- Nick Lauland, Texas Digital Library
- Laura Waugh, Texas Digital Library
Deliverable: Texas Digital Library Dataverse Implementation Working Group Final Report (PDF), released September 30, 2016
TDL DSpace 5 Working Group, 2014-2015
Charge: The TDL DSpace 5 Working Group will test and provide updates, documentation, and resources related to the the upgrade to DSpace 5 for TDL members.
Members:
- Susan Elkins, Angelo State University
- Robert Luttrell, Texas Tech University
- Alexandra Mitchell, Texas A&M University at Galveston
- Laura McElfresh, Texas A&M University at Galveston
- Nerissa Lindsey, Texas A&M International University
- Le Yang, Texas Tech University
- Ryan Steans, Texas Digital Library
TDL ETD Metadata Working Group, 2014-2015
Charge: The TDL ETD Metadata Working Group will provide guidance to TDL member institutions and other ETD practitioners on metadata for electronic theses and dissertations, with a particular focus on works published through the Vireo ETD submission and management application.
Members:
- Sarah Potvin (Chair), Texas A&M University
- Kara Long, Baylor University
- Colleen Lyon, University of Texas at Austin
- Monica Rivero, Rice University
- Santi Thompson, University of Houston
- Kristi Park, Texas Digital Library
Deliverable: Texas Digital Library Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Version 2.0
Data Management Working Group, 2013-2014
The TDL Data Management Working Group convened in Fall 2013 to develop pilot projects and make recommendations for services related to data management, particularly in regard to making research data accessible and reusable.
- Chair: Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University
- Martha Buckbee, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Jeremy Donald, Trinity University
- Maria Esteva, Texas Advanced Computing Center
- Colleen Lyon, University of Texas at Austin
- Mark Phillips, University of North Texas
- Santi Thompson, University of Houston
- Ryan Steans, Texas Digital Library
Deliverable: TDL Data Management Working Group Report (August 2015)
Survey Working Group, 2012-2013
The TDL Survey Working Group was convened in June 2012 to develop and conduct a survey of the TDL membership to determine needs related to TDL services, marketing, and organization. The results of the Survey Working Group were reported to the TDL Governing Board in the fall of 2012 and released publicly in early 2013.
Subcommittee Chairs:
- Jane Scott, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Marketing Subcommittee
- Gail Clement, Texas A&M University – Services Subcommittee
- Jeanne Hazzard, Texas State University – Organizational Subcommittee