1. TDL Forum WEDNESDAY, September 21, 2016 Kristi Park Executive Director
Kristi Park
Executive Director
Ryan Steans
Assistant Director
Laura Waugh
Marketing Coordinator
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2. Agenda Announcements Conferences and Events Community Activities
Operational Updates
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3. https://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2017
Announcements
Save the Date!
2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
May 23 – 25, 2017
Commons Learning Center at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus
Registration and programming information coming soon!
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4. Announcements TCDL 2017 Planning Committee Ramona Holmes (Chair)
Bethany Scott, University of Houston
Le Yang, Texas Tech University
Jeremy Moore, Texas State University
Kara Long, Baylor University
Clarke Iakovakis, University of Houston Clear Lake
Laura Waugh, Texas Digital Library
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5. Announcements Texas Data Repository Learn more: https://data.tdl.org
We sent out an announcement this week announcing the fall “soft launch” of the Texas Data Repository – the culmination of work over the past year of the Dataverse Implementation WG.
The repository and an associated website are up and running – you can look at it at data.tdl.org. TDL will have a number of opportunities over the next few months for you to learn more about it and get your institution involved with it.
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6. https://tdl.org/training/webinars/
Announcements
Upcoming Webinar
Launching the Texas Data Repository: How to Implement TDR at Your Institution
October 6th | 10:30am – 12:00pm (CST)
Registration is required and free for TDL
One of the things we’ll discuss at this webinar is the requirements for participation in the repository – ie what your institution needs to do to be able to offer this service to your campus.
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7. https://tdl.org/2016/08/save-date-tdl-data-symposium/
Announcements
TDL Fall Data Symposium
November , 2016
Baylor University Libraries, Waco, Texas
Up to 2 representatives from each institution are nominated to attend by their Library Dean/Director
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8. Announcements Merce Crosas Data Management 101 Workshop
Chief Data Science and Technology Office at the IQSS at Harvard University
Data Management 101 Workshop
Basic concepts of data management for attendees new to these issues
Presentations and Discussions
Including data management planning and curation of research data
Dataverse Training Workshop
Familiarize librarians with new TDL data repository, launching this fall
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9. https://digital-frontiers.org/
Conferences and Events
2016 Digital Frontiers Conference and THATCamp
September 22 – 24, 2016
Hosted by Rice University
Houston, Texas
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10. Conferences and Events
2016 USETD Association Conference
September 26 – 28, 2016
Columbus, Ohio
Vireo Users Group Meeting
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11. Community Activities DSpace Education Working Group
Looking for individuals or groups interested in helping others learn about DSpace!
If this low-commitment sounds like something you would like to be a part of, please add your name via the TDL DSpace Educator Recruiting Form:
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12. Operational Updates Dataverse Working on Shibboleth integration
Success at Texas A&M and University of Houston
Still working on UT Austin, Texas State, and Baylor
Implementing DUO 2-factor authentication for administrators and non-TDL members
Cleaning up Dataverse website (
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13. Operational Updates Vireo Vireo 4 development ongoing (TAMU crew)
Presenting at USETDA Conference
Vireo Users Group (Steans and Larrison)
Research on Supplementary files in TDL hosted Vireo (Steans)
Call for Vireo developers (contact Ryan Steans,
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14. Operational Updates Digital Public Library of America hub development
Kick-off meeting on September 14
Graduate Research Assistant (Weixuan Fu) researching scope of digital collections statewide
Investigating technology stacks as potential solutions (Woodward)
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15. Operational Updates Open Journal Systems
Launching a new journal at UT Rio Grande Valley
Educational Borders (Lauland)
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16. Operational Updates DSpace Investigating beta for DSpace 6 (Woodward)
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17. Operational Updates Systems
Annual management of AWS systems allocations
Moving remaining members of Auth and local Shibboleth for DSpace
Completing work on moving back-ups to West Coast as well as East Coast
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18. Questions and Discussion