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New DuraSpace blog tackles preservation issues
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For those interested in issues of preservation, the DuraSpace Preservation and Archive Solution Community is offering a new resource, in the form of a blog, that is intended to foster the “open exchange of ideas and initiatives around preservation & archiving solutions.”
The effort is part of the DuraSpace “
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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.
Posted in Preservation Network
Tags: digital preservation, preservation, Preservation Network, user resources
Tags: digital preservation, preservation, Preservation Network, user resources
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.
TDL directors travel to iPRES 2009
TDL co-directors Mark McFarland and John Leggett traveled to San Francisco this week to attend the Sixth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects, otherwise known as iPRES 2009.
Posted in Conferences, Texas Digital Library
Tags: Conferences, iPRES, preservation, Texas Digital Library
Tags: Conferences, iPRES, preservation, Texas Digital Library
TDL Update Newsletter, December 2006
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Kristi ParkThe December 2006 issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library
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Tags: Angelo State University, Baylor University, Conferences, ETDs, membership, newsletter, Open Repositories, preservation, Preservation Network, repositories, Texas Digital Library, Texas State University, University of North Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, UT M.D. Anderson
Tags: Angelo State University, Baylor University, Conferences, ETDs, membership, newsletter, Open Repositories, preservation, Preservation Network, repositories, Texas Digital Library, Texas State University, University of North Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, UT M.D. Anderson