TCDL 2026 has ended

TCDL 2026

Attendees must register in order to attend TCDL. Once you register, you will be invited to Sched to build your schedule.

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Addison Ashworth

University of Texas at Austin Libraries

Lead Software Developer/Analyst

1:30pm CDT

P1 TCDL 2026 Opening Plenary & Keynote Big TexElliot Williams • Cristina Berron • Jessie Contour • Kelcey Gray • Kelly Visnak

3:30pm CDT

P2 Poster Pitch! Big TexMaria Balduf • Marian Smith • Abigail Fosburgh • Millicent Weber • Michael Shensky • Damith Perera • Xuan Zhou • Jane Scott • Diana Dulek • Vyacheslav Zavalin • Alejandro Sobalvarro • Viktoriia Savchenko • Oksana Zavalina • Mike Crowe • Federico Verlicchi • Jameson Worley

4:00pm CDT

R1 Reception Atrium

9:00am CDT

1A PRESENTATION: EPIC Gamification: Applying a Model for Iterative Metadata Improvement LonghornWhitney Johnson-Freeman • Sophie Walker • Sarah Lynn Fisher • Jacob Lord

10:15am CDT

2C LIGHTNING TALKS: Session 1 Lil TexMillicent Weber • Kelly Drifmeyer • Damith Perera • Corina Barr • Andrew French • Gio Gottardi

11:30am CDT

S2 SWAG: “A Day in the Life of” an Academic Librarian Panel Lil TexSusan Hoover • Ian Barba • Bonnie Gardner • Theresa Hefner-Babb • Ana Krahmer Ana Krahmer • Andrea Schorr

2:00pm CDT

GM2 MEETING: Imaging Interest Group StadiumChristina Kellum • Marcia McIntosh

3:15pm CDT

6A PRESENTATION: Texas Digital Collections Showcase StadiumMaria Balduf • Betsy Evans Helesic • Noah Garcia • Christina Kellum • Bree'ya Brown • Marcia McIntosh 6B PANEL: Building a Culture of Open Data: Insights from Three Years of the TXST Open Datathon Lil TexAteanna Uriri • Xuan Zhou • Alexa Hight • Erin Dorrell • Jose Anza Garcia

9:00am CDT

7B PRESENTATION: Playful Innovation in Digital Projects Workflows Lil TexMarcia McIntosh • Kristin Clark • Daniella Flores • Kristin Law • Vic Rocha • Elliot Williams

10:15am CDT

8A PRESENTATION: Practical Persistent Identifiers LonghornAteanna Uriri • Bryan Gee • Michael Shensky • J.J. Bennett

11:30am CDT

9A BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER: BattleBots for Repositories: Managing Crawlers in the Age of AI LonghornKristi Park • Nicholas Lauland