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TDL and Scholarly Communication ABOUT THE TEXAS DIGITAL LIBRARY 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 2
What is the TDL? • A consortium of higher ed institutions in Texas • Develops and supports shared technology tools for scholarly communication What is scholarly communication? 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 3
Scholarly Communication = Sharing and publishing research findings Traditionally refers to: • Print monographs • Print academic journals • Conference papers and proceedings But this traditional model is changing…. About the Texas Digital Library 1/27/2011 4
Changing times Pressures on the traditional scholarly communication model • Cost pressures • Preservation needs • Internet technology • Open Access About the Texas Digital Library 1/27/2011 5
Where TDL fits in… The TDL provides tools and services that do three things: 1. Help libraries collect and disseminate the research output of faculty and students. 2. Facilitate new publication models for scholarship . 3. Preserve scholarship and data that is published on the web or contained in digital collections. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 6
The TDL organization 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 7
TDL Staff 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 8
TDL services • • Digital Repositories Electronic journals • • ETD submission & Online Conference management (Vireo) Management • • Federated Repositories Faculty homepages • • Digital Preservation Blogs, wikis, and websites • Helpdesk support & training 1/27/2011 UTB/TSC Students 9
Online libraries for depositing research REPOSITORIES 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 10
About repositories • Allow libraries to manage, publish, and preserve scholarly work • Google searchable, and indexed by open- access harvesters • Can contain any type of content: documents, datasets, images, audio, etc. • Organized into Communities and Collections 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 11
Institutional Repositories 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 12
Special Repository Projects • Border Studies repository (UT Brownsville & partners) • Texas Water Digital Library (UT Austin, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, & partners) • Los Primeros Libros (UT Austin, Texas A&M, & partners) • Dallas Medical History, 1890-1975 (UT Southwestern Medical) 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 13
Border Studies Resource Center • Bilingual, binational resource for research about the border region • Collecting current research and historical documents from multiple institutions 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 14
TDL Federated Repository • Harvests theses and dissertations from member institutional repository into single searchable library of ETDs • http://repositories.tdl.org/tdl/ 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 15
More about repositories DSpace/Repository Resources: • User Documentation – TDL Wiki: https://wikis.tdl.org/tdl/ • TDL Helpdesk – support@tdl.org • Training – http://www.tdl.org/training/ • Technical Interest Group – http://wikis.tdl.org/tig/ • DSpace organization – http://www.dspace.org/ Go to our website to learn more. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 16
Electronic thesis and dissertation submission & publication VIREO 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 17
About Vireo Online submission via 5-step process Grad office/library management Publication to the institutional repository 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 18
Online submission Online submission via 5-step process Grad office/library management Publication to the institutional repository 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 19
ETD management Online submission via 5-step process Grad office/library management Publication to the institutional repository 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 20
Publication to the IR Online submission via 5-step process Grad office/library management Publication to the institutional repository 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 21
Federated ETD Repository The TDL Federated Repository collects ETDs from universities statewide. • All ETDs appear in a single searchable location. • Metadata harvested automatically from member repositories. • Home institution identified within the federated repository. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 22
More about Vireo Vireo Resources: • Vireo Users Group – http://blogs.tdl.org/vireo • User Documentation – TDL Wiki: https://wikis.tdl.org/tdl/ • TDL Helpdesk – support@tdl.org • Training – http://www.tdl.org/training/ Go to our website to learn more. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 23
Online management and publication tools for scholarly journals ELECTRONIC JOURNALS 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 24
Electronic Journals Open Journal Systems: An online publishing and workflow management tool for publishing scholarly, peer- reviewed journals online. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 25
Electronic Journals Open Journal Systems: An online publishing and workflow management tool for publishing scholarly, peer- reviewed journals online. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 26
Online author submission Authors can submit articles online through a easy 5-step process. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 27
Editorial process OJS supports the full editorial process, including peer review. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 28
Other roles OJS provides online interfaces for other editorial and administrative roles, including: • Copyeditor • Layout Editor • Proofreader • Reviewer • Subscription manager 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 29
TDL Electronic Press All TDL e-journals: http://journals.tdl.org/index 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 30
More about e-journals Electronic Journal Resources: How to set up an online journal: • User Documentation – TDL Wiki: Contact the TDL at info@tdl.org. https://wikis.tdl.org/tdl/ • TDL Helpdesk – support@tdl.org • Training – http://www.tdl.org/training/ Go to our website to learn more. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 31
Online management and publication tools for academic conferences OPEN CONFERENCE SYSTEMS 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 32
Online Conference Management An online publishing tool that creates a complete web presence for an academic conference, including… 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 33
A conference website 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 34
Paper submission & review workflows 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 35
Publication tools All conference presentations can be published. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 36
Online registration 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 37
TDL Conference System All TDL conferences: http://conferences.tdl.org/index 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 38
More about conferences Online Conference Management How to set up a conference Resources: website: • User Documentation – TDL Wiki: Contact the TDL at info@tdl.org. https://wikis.tdl.org/tdl/ • TDL Helpdesk – support@tdl.org • Training – http://www.tdl.org/training/ Go to our website to learn more. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 39
Blogs, websites, and wikis for scholars OTHER COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 40
Other TDL services • Blogs and websites (WordPress) • Wikis (MediaWiki) • Faculty Directory 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 41
Scholarly Blogs • Uses popular WordPress blogging software. • Users can create journal for logging or sharing research and engaging with readers. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 42
Websites • WordPress also works as a CMS to create a full- featured website. • Create a website for a research group or an informational site about a scholarly topic. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 43
Research Wikis • Uses MediaWiki platform (same as Wikipedia). • Collaborative editing gives all users the opportunity to write/edit content. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 44
More about blogs, wikis, and sites Resources for blogs, wikis, and sites: How to set up a service: • User Documentation – TDL Wiki: Contact the TDL at info@tdl.org. https://wikis.tdl.org/tdl/ • TDL Helpdesk – support@tdl.org • Training – http://www.tdl.org/training/ Go to our website to learn more. 1/27/2011 About the Texas Digital Library 45
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