Texas Digital Library is pleased to participate with its members in a pilot project aimed at improving the discoverability and tracking of articles in U.S. repositories, led by the US Repository Network (USRN).
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TDL upgrades hosted digital repositories to DSpace 7
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In June 2023, Texas Digital Library began upgrading its members’ hosted digital repositories to DSpace 7.6, a major new release of the world’s platform of choice for open digital repositories.
About DSpace 7
DSpace 7 marks a major evolution in the DSpace repository platform,
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Exploring Digital Collections of the Texas Digital Library
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The Find Five project intends to showcase the digital collections of Texas Digital Library’s member institutions and encourage non-digital library staff to engage with digital content in repositories. Any professional library and archives staff member or graduate student working in a TDL member library is invited to participate in the Find Five project.
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Bepress to DSpace Migration: A Case Study
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By Nicholas Woodward, Sr. Software Engineer, Texas Digital Library
I’ll start with a little backstory.
Texas Digital Library was formed in 2005 among four ARL libraries in Texas in order to pool resources to build capacity for preserving,
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Digital Collections and Communities
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
Digital archives can also be a home for materials from community members. Stephen F. Austin State’s Community Collections are a great example of bringing community members into the digital archive.
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Scholarly Works in Digital Repositories
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
Digital repositories are often home to recent scholarship. Housing electronic dissertations and theses and other scholarly works in digital repositories gives scholars greater exposure and contributes to the larger scholarly community by sharing research openly.
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What is a Digital Repository?
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TDLBy Rachael Zipperer, Masters Candidate at the University of Texas School of Information
Key to engaging participants in digital preservation is understanding what a digital repository is and its role in preserving digital content. When physical items are preserved,
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Digital Preservation Management Workshop Offers Roadmap to Starting Point
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TDLBy Lea DeForest, Texas Digital Library Communication Strategist
August 28, 2018
For a digital archivist like Kristen Weischedel, being a perfectionist is an internal struggle. Tasked with developing a digital preservation program for her library was a daunting project for Kristen,
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Re-launch of Texas Digital Library DSpace User Group
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TDLWe are excited to announce the re-launch of our DSpace User Group, chaired by Ed Warga, Digital Collections Librarian at TDL member library, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.
Our first meeting (virtual) will be on August 15, 2018 from 2-3pm CST. A sign up form is below.
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FIND FIVE Promotes TDL Member Collections
Attention Texas Digital Library Members: Help us promote your digital collections by participating in the FIND FIVE project!
WHAT IS FIND FIVE?
The Find Five project intends to showcase the digital collections of TDL member institutions and encourage non-digital library staff to engage with digital content in repositories.
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