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TDL Update for April is now available
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TDLCheck out the latest issue of TDL Update, the newsletter of the Texas Digital Library, to discover the latest news and learn how TDL is working with its members to advance scholarly communication.
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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Scholarship in the Digital Age
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In the most recent EDUCAUSE Review, Richard N. Katz contemplates the transformation of the scholarly enterprise as disruptive technologies begin to cause colleges and universities to question the established order of things.
From his article, “Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age”:
More recently,
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iPad as digital reader for OJS journals
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Go check out the PKP Blog to see some photos of OJS journals as they appear on the iPad. (Hint: They look great!)
The Texas Digital Library hosts scholarly online journals using Open Journal Systems (OJS) software. Find out more about starting an electronic journal here.
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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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Posted in Preservation Network, Useful resources
Tags: digital preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, user resources
Tags: digital preservation, Preservation Network, PresNet, user resources
Texas ETD Association annual meeting – June 16
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TDLThe Texas ETD Association annual meeting will take place June 16, 2010, in Austin, Texas. The meeting will be held as a pre-conference workshop in conjunction with NDLTD’s ETD 2010 conference.
Posted in Conferences, News, Texas Digital Library, TxETDA, Vireo
Tags: Conferences, ETD 2010, ETDs, Texas ETD Association, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Tags: Conferences, ETD 2010, ETDs, Texas ETD Association, user resources, Vireo, Vireo Users Group
Launching a sustainable online journal
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The latest issue of The Journal of Electronic Publishing contains an article by Gerry Coulter on “Launching (and Sustaining) a Scholarly Journal on the Internet: The International Journal of Baudrillard Studies.”
April and May training sessions offer advanced instruction on DSpace
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Intermediate and advanced users of DSpace have two upcoming opportunities to learn more about customizing and administering DSpace repositories at their institutions.
Presentations available from iPRES 2009
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TDLThe proceedings and presentations from the Sixth Annual Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2009) are now available online on the California Digital Library’s eScholarship site.
Posted in Conferences, Useful resources
Tags: Conferences, digital preservation, iPRES, user resources
Tags: Conferences, digital preservation, iPRES, user resources