The second meeting of the CTLC was held at the University of Texas at Arlington Library
(702 Planetarium Place · Arlington, TX 76019) on January 24, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm.
The following is the meeting summary notes that were distributed via the CTLC listserv:
CTLC Planning Meeting Summary
January 24, 2013 at the University of Arlington
The University of North Texas Digital Scholarship Co-Operative invites proposals for Digital Frontiers 2013, a conference that brings together the users and builders of digital resources for research and education.
Digital libraries provide unprecedented access to materials, and this has dramatically expanded the possibilities of primary source research in the humanities and related fields.
UNT's 4th Annual Symposium on Open Access will take place May 30-31, 2013.
This year's conference will bring together key stakeholders from for-profit and academic publishing, academic research, and libraries to discuss the Futures of Academic Publishing.
Austin College (Sherman, TX) on February 19 - 21 hosted a colloquium on the topic of digital humanities that was attended by librarians from the Cross Timbers area. This event (http://dh.austincollege.edu/?page_id=485) was an intriguing window into the emerging international landscape of digital humanities, with presenters from as far away as Hong Kong.
HealthLINE ( http://dfwhealthline.org ), the North Central Texas consortium of medical librarians and libraries, is offering the "No More Yawning: Designing and Delivering Successful Presentations" CE class on Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 1:00pm-5:00pm, following the quarterly HealthLINE meeting. The class will be taught by the dynamic Michelle Malizia, Associate Director of the NN/LM SCR Regional Medical Library. Upon successful completion of this class, each participant will receive 4 hours of continuing education credit awarded by the Medical L
April 8, 2013 is the annual Day in the Life of the Digital Humanities (Day of DH). Hosted this year by the Michigan State University MATRIX center, this is "an open community publication project that brings together scholars interested in the digital humanities from around the world to document what they do on one day." The UNT Digital Scholarship Co-Operative will be hosting an all day open house in our newly remodeled facilities, and will make those facilities available
On Friday, April 19, the University of North Texas’ Digital Scholarship Co-Operative (DiSCo) will be hosting The Big Tent Event: Defining Digital Humanities for Graduate and Undergraduate Students. This half-day symposium will introduce undergraduate and graduate students to the field of Digital Humanities, bringing together scholars, students, librarians, and professors from across the disciplines at UNT to begin a dialogue around Digital Humanities research and pedagogy.
Alexia (Lexie) Thompson-Young, Licensing Coordinator for the UT System, and Clint Chamberlain, Coordinator for Information Resources at UT Arlington, are presenting a licensing workshop at the Eugene McDermott Library at the University of Texas at Dallas on Friday, May 10th from 10 am - 3 pm. They will be covering aspects of how they license for both an individual institution and for the UT Digital Library.
If you are interested in attending, please let Ellen Safley know at 972-883-2916.
The keynote presentation at the CTLC Conference on August 16 will be entitled “Entrepreneurial Strategy for Academic Information Services” by Dr. David Croson of SMU. David Croson is Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Business Economics (Clinical Track) at the SMU Cox School of Business, where he has taught MBA-level courses on Entrepreneurial Strategy and Strategic Management since 2005 and now chairs the university-wide committee on innovation. He holds a Ph.D.
The UNT Libraries, UNT Digital Scholarship Co-Operative, The Portal to Texas History, and the Texas State Historical Association invite you to attend Digital Frontiers 2013 - a Conference and THATCamp for the makers and users of digital resources for research, teaching, and learning.
