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TCDL 2026

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Elliot Williams

UT San Antonio Libraries & Museums

Metadata Strategist

9:00am CDT

Check In & Information Table Atrium

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 1B PRESENTATION: Enhancing ETD Workflows StadiumCristina Berron • Christopher Starcher • Frank Smutniak • Mark Phillips

10:15am CDT

2B BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER: Digital Public Library of American (DPLA) StadiumCourtney Mumma • Mark Phillips

11:30am CDT

3A PRESENTATION: Finding Delight in Digital Preservation LonghornCourtney Mumma • Melissa Iori • Mark Phillips • Lauren Ko 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

12:30pm CDT

Lunch Atrium 4A BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER: Hobbies: Keeping the Profession Alive LonghornPhebe Raglin • Jennifer Bussey

2:00pm CDT

5A PRESENTATION: Building Community for Digital Scholarship LonghornTom Lyons • Bryan Tarpley • Kayley Hart • Karina Sanchez • Kiana Fekette • Yi Shan

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

8:00am CDT

Breakfast Atrium

10:15am CDT

GM5 MEETING: Harmful Content and Description Member Group StadiumKarina Sanchez • Karla Roig Blay 8B LIGHTNING TALKS: Session 2 Lil TexCristina Berron • James Creel • Daniel Xiao • Ethel Mejia • Rose Goldey • Steven Sellers • Marcia McIntosh • Whitney Johnson-Freeman • Viktoriia Savchenko 8A PRESENTATION: Practical Persistent Identifiers LonghornAteanna Uriri • Bryan Gee • Michael Shensky • J.J. Bennett

12:30pm CDT

1:45pm CDT

GM8 MEETING: TDL DSpace Users Group StadiumCharity Stokes • Nicholas Woodward • Kristi Park

My Moderators Sessions

1:30pm CDT

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

11:30am CDT

9B PRESENTATION: Supporting Novice Metadata Creators StadiumElliot Williams • Samantha Ekberg • Sarah Lynn Fisher