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A digital infrastructure for the scholarly activities of Texas universities

A digital infrastructure for the scholarly activities of Texas universities. Challenges. Increasing demands on research and education infrastructure Underutilized intellectual capital on campuses Global movement to transform scholarly communication. Addressing the Challenges.

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A digital infrastructure for the scholarly activities of Texas universities

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  1. A digital infrastructure for the scholarly activities of Texas universities

  2. Challenges • Increasing demands on research and education infrastructure • Underutilized intellectual capital on campuses • Global movement to transform scholarly communication

  3. Addressing the Challenges • A unified Texas Digital Library • Collaboration among Texas ARLs • Sharing of resources • Hard work • Patience

  4. Partners • Initially The 5 Texas ARL libraries: UT, A&M, TT, Rice, UH • Later All of higher education in Texas

  5. TDL • Center of excellence for the creation, curation, and preservation of digital scholarly information for the State • Repository for research output: • electronic theses and dissertations • faculty datasets, departmental databases, digital archives • course management and learning materials • digital media, special collections, etc. • Platform for continued leadership in evolving scholarly communication systems

  6. TDL • Provides an innovative organizational model that effectively leverages advanced technology • Produces institutional efficiencies in operations, equipment, and staffing • Provides a testbed for research • Advances our core research and teaching missions

  7. Location • Initially Central facility in Austin at UT Distributed centers at the 5 Texas ARLs • Later Each university will likely have repositories of their own

  8. Services • Institutional repositories • Learning object repositories • Course management systems • Scholarly publishing • Collections management • Preservation

  9. Technologies • Open source software • Open archives initiative • Internet2 and LEARN • Web • Standards

  10. Status • Lots of activity behind the scenes • Metadata standards for ETDs • Funding and Organization • Technical Briefing Dec. 13, 2005 in Austin • Target: February 1, 2006 • Website • Open Journal System • Journal of Digital Information (JoDI) • Federated Institutional Repository • Electronic Theses and Dissertations

  11. Organization • Executive committee • Technical committee • Staff in Austin (small) • Contributed resources from collaborating partners

  12. Impacts • Increases the institution’s visibility and impact • Increases value of intellectual capital by increasing accessibility to products of scholarship and research • Increases competitiveness for research funding • Maximizes the research capabilities of faculties by increasing the pace of scholarly dissemination and discovery

  13. Impacts • Increases stature as a leader in developing new working models for publication and dissemination of scholarly, research, and educational information • Advances core teaching and research missions by fostering innovation in education and research • Preserves intellectual assets for future generations of researchers, teachers, students, and scholars

  14. The Texas Digital Library will surely become one of the most important tools for research and education in Texas for the future.

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