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Meet Meagan, TDL’s New Administrative Associate

On a dark teal background, from left to right: large quotation marks surround text that reads "I have always wanted to support the quest for knowledge." Underneath that text reads "Meet Meagan Hernandez, TDL's newsest staff member. Next to the text on the right is a photograph of Meagan. A womaan in a brown t-shirt standing in front of a tank in an aquarium where a large sea tortoise swims behind her.

Meagan Hernandez (she/her/hers) joined Texas Digital Library staff as an Administrative Associate in December 2022.

Where did you go to school?
I received my B.A. in English with a concentration in Professional Writing from UTSA.

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Welcome to Fall 2020

Member libraries of the Texas Digital Library consortium have created excellent “welcome back” messages to kick off the Fall 2020 semester. We’ve collected a few of them here.

UT San Antonio “Librarians are on it.” (video, approx 90 seconds)

UT Austin

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Posted in Member Story


Meet the OER Ambassadors

TDL’s OER Ambassadors have committed to serve for a minimum of two years by developing a Community of Practice around OER and becoming a source of expertise for all consortium members.

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Posted in Member Story, Open Educational Resources, scholarly communication


Meet the TCDL 2020 Planning Committee

The goal of the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries is to bring together those working on digital projects in order to build a practical, usable, and sustainable model for digital libraries. 

Our planning committee defines the conference each year by developing a theme,

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Posted in Member Story, TCDL


TDL is Hitting the Road

Plans are underway to make site visits to each of our regular member institutions in spring and summer of 2019.

These in-person visits — which we endeavor to carry out every few years — are invaluable for staff at TDL as we think about service improvements and additions and strive to make sure that we’re meeting member needs where we can.

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Posted in Events, Member Story, News


Digital Preservation Management Workshop Offers Roadmap to Starting Point

By 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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Posted in Chronopolis, digital preservation, Institutional Repositories, Member Story, Preservation Network


Map Scanning at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Originally published March 7, 2017 on the Spacial {Query} Lab blog.

One of the most historically significant collections of surveying maps and records in the state of Texas will soon be available online thanks to grants from the Ed Rachal Foundation and a partnership between the Mary and Jeff Bell Library Special Collections and Archives Department,

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Posted in Member Story


Building the Data Environment at the University of Texas at Austin Libraries

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Originally posted January 27, 2017 in Tex Libris, Office of the Director, University of Texas Libraries.

Jessica Trelogan was brought in last year to fill the new position of Data Management Coordinator in order to build, maintain and enhance the data services deployed by the Libraries.

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Posted in Member Story, News, Texas Data Repository


Featured Member Profile: Le Yang

Each issue of the TDL Update Newsletter features a TDL Member Profile highlighting the innovative and important work conducted throughout the TDL consortium. This is also a way for us to keep updated on new projects and get to know individual members in the TDL community. 

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Posted in Member Story, News


Sam Houston State University Digital Resources Department

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Article by Susan Elkins, Digital Resources Librarian, SHSU

Sam Houston State University’s Newton Gresham Library is focused on serving its student and faculty patrons through one-to-one outreach, and electronic services. In particular, the Digital Resources department provides access to SHSU’s growing online collections and scholarly communications resources.

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Posted in Member Story, Texas Digital Library


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