Past Interest Groups

Past Working Groups

TDL DPLA Metadata Working Group, 2019-2020

Charge: The Texas Digital Library DPLA Metadata Working Group will provide guidance to TDL member institutions on preparing digital collections for aggregation through the TDL DPLA Service Hub, with the intent that these digital collections will be shared through Digital Public Library of America.

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Web Archiving Texas Planning Committee, 2019

Web Archiving Texas is an opportunity to build a community around web archiving in Texas, bringing people together to share skills and resources, and to amplify our work that impacts the national and and international web archiving community. Join Texas Digital Library at Baylor University on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, to begin this exciting collaboration.

Learn more about this event at https://www.tdl.org/2019/04/web-archiving-texas/

Statewide OER Coordinating Committee 2018-2019

The OER Coordinating Committee is comprised of the Texas OER Summit Planning Committee, plus new partners from around Texas. The committee is intended to “bridge the gap” between the Summit and any formal coalition or institutional home at which any statewide OER effort might be housed. Reports and other resources from this committee can be found here.

2019-2020 Committee:

DSpace Training and Education Group (2016-2019)

Charge: The Texas Digital Library DSpace Training and Education Group will assess, update, and standardize the DSpace training that the TDL offers to its members.

TDL Dataverse Implementation Working Group, 2015-2016

Charge: To pilot test, assess, and launch a consortial repository for research data archiving and management. The group will address the following:

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Deliverable: Texas Digital Library Dataverse Implementation Working Group Final Report (PDF), released September 30, 2016

TDL DSpace 5 Working Group, 2014-2015

Charge: The TDL DSpace 5 Working Group will test and provide updates, documentation, and resources related to the the upgrade to DSpace 5 for TDL members.

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TDL ETD Metadata Working Group, 2014-2015

Charge: The TDL ETD Metadata Working Group will provide guidance to TDL member institutions and other ETD practitioners on metadata for electronic theses and dissertations, with a particular focus on works published through the Vireo ETD submission and management application.

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Deliverable: Texas Digital Library Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Version 2.0

Data Management Working Group, 2013-2014

The TDL Data Management Working Group convened in Fall 2013 to develop pilot projects and make recommendations for services related to data management, particularly in regard to making research data accessible and reusable.

Deliverable: TDL Data Management Working Group Report (August 2015)

Survey Working Group, 2012-2013

The TDL Survey Working Group was convened in June 2012 to develop and conduct a survey of the TDL membership to determine needs related to TDL services, marketing, and organization. The results of the Survey Working Group were reported to the TDL Governing Board in the fall of 2012 and released publicly in early 2013.

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