In 2025, Texas Digital Library reflects on two decades of community collaboration in support of Open Access, Open Data, Open Education, and Open Infrastructure for digital preservation.
As we mark this milestone, we celebrate our collective progress towards essential, equitable, and sustainable infrastructure for libraries and cultural memory organizations.
And together with our member institutions, we continue to evolve as a model of community-based collaboration that will transform society through the broadening of access to digital materials.
Want to get in on the celebration? Here are some opportunities!
Join us at the 2025 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
The Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) will take place May 20-22, 2025 at the Commons Conference Center in Austin, TX. Join us to reflect on how far we’ve come as a community, review current roadmaps, and discuss our plans for the future. We invite you to consider how collaboration and engagement – both within and beyond the TDL community – can highlight our shared success. Let’s celebrate our achievements, interrogate shortcomings and surprises, and highlight what we’ve learned on the way.
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Contribute to the TDL Reflection Book
To celebrate and commemorate 20 years of TDL, we invite members of the digital libraries and archives community to reflect and share their memories of participating in our programs, committees, member and service groups, or serving as staff or board members throughout the years.
Reminisce, recognize colleagues, and document your contribution to the TDL community! Help us celebrate two decades of collective action and impact across the state of Texas.
Anyone can contribute to the Reflection Book by filling out this form. Submit as many entries as you like through March 30, 2025.
Get Involved
Keep up with the latest 20th anniversary news by following us on social media, subscribing to the TDL Update Newsletter, and joining our TDL announcements listserv. More details can be found on our Get Involved page.
About Texas Digital Library
Texas Digital Library is a library consortium that provides services to its member institutions that enable free and open access to scholarship, cultural heritage materials, and educational resources. These services are built in a shared, open infrastructure and sustained by a collaborative community of library and archives workers. Learn more about TDL membership by visiting https://main.tdl.org/members/membership/ or email us at info@tdl.org.