Food is allowed in the classroom. Please be considerate of fellow attendees and keep noise to a minimum. Meetings are not allowed in this space. If you have any concerns, please visit the Check-in table.
Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm CDT Longhorn10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
Description: Digital preservation work increasingly takes place under conditions of uncertainty: shifting funding landscapes, evolving systems, unclear authority, and emotional strain. While technical assessment frameworks help institutions evaluate infrastructure and workflows, they rarely address the human experience of stewardship work—confidence, safety, belonging, and sustainability. This... See More →
Courtney Mumma is an archivist, librarian, and the Deputy Director of the Texas Digital Library consortium, where one of her roles is managing Digital Preservation Services using distributed digital preservation systems including Chronopolis and DuraCloud@TDL. She has worked in web... Read More →
Lunch on your own. TCDL will not be providing lunch on day 1. The Commons Cafe is open from 7:30 am – 2 pm and is located within the venue. Other nearby meal options can be found on the TCDL Local Resources page.
Tuesday June 2, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT Atrium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
The Opening Plenary session includes a welcome from TDL’s Governing Board, the TDL Awards Ceremony, and the Keynote Address by Jessie Contour and Kelcey Gray.Keynote Title: Illuminating Dropcaps: The Magic of the Collaborative ProcessKeynote Description: Keynote speakers Jessie Contour and Kelcey Gray are serious about play. Last year, the two associate professors of Arts and Entertainment... See More →
Poster Pitch! is an energetic and fun session for all. Each presenter will be allotted up to 1 minute to pitch their poster to the audience and at least 10 minutes for Q&A will be allotted at the end of the session. Sponsors are also welcome to present.
Assistant Director Library Services and Technology, UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
I am the Assistant Director of Library Services and Technology and the administrator for the UT Southwestern Research Data Repository. I also serve on the TDR Steering Committee.
Metadata Librarian, University of Houston Law Center
Diana Dulek is the Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian at the University of Houston Law Library. Diana holds a BA in Spanish from Whitman College and MLS from Texas Woman's University. She's been told she gives off "theater kid vibes."
Research Interests: Cataloging and classification; metadata; subject analysis; information organization; access in digital libraries; data analytics; Big and Smart Data; data visualization and digital imaging;
After sessions end on Tuesday, June 2, a reception will be held in the Atrium. Beverages (water, soda, and an open bar) and appetizers will be served. Posters will be on display for discussion and attendees may participate in the scavenger hunt for a chance to win a prize. Poster presenters and sponsors are not eligible to participate in the scavenger hunt.
Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT Atrium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
Food is allowed in the classroom. Please be considerate of fellow attendees and keep noise to a minimum. Meetings are not allowed in this space during this time. If you have any concerns, please visit the Check-in table.
Wednesday June 3, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT Stadium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
As the bridge that connects users to digitized archival materials, descriptive metadata is an important tool for resource discovery and access. For this reason, metadata should be as consistent and accurate as possible; however, achieving and measuring quality metadata is no easy feat. In June 2025, the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Lab completed digitizing and describing... See More →
I manage the open access institutional repository at the University of North Texas, UNT Scholarly Works. I love that I get to a little bit of everything in my role. Most recently, I've been exploring outreach methods and open access publication practices of UNT authors.
Vireo Roadmap By: Christopher Starcher & Frank Smutniak As Vireo continues to serve as a core system in established ETD workflows, the project is entering a phase focused on intentional planning for long-term sustainability. This session focuses on the Vireo roadmap as a strategic tool and framework for ensuring the project remains technically viable, community-supported, and adaptable to... See More →
Associate University Librarian - Digital Libraries, University of North Texas
Mark Phillips is the Associate Dean for Digital Libraries at the UNT Libraries. His areas of interest include: workflows for digitized and born-digital content, digital preservation systems, Web archives, and metadata quality.
Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT Stadium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
Navigating the Accessibility Labyrinth By: Michelle McCrary & Rebecca Richie Embarking on an accessibility audit of our digital collections felt like stepping into a labyrinth full of twists and turns, unexpected challenges, and enlightening discoveries. With little prior experience, we began this journey to align with updated ADA Title II requirements and quickly realized the complexity of the... See More →
The Texas Digital Library (TDL) and The Portal to Texas History have partnered to develop the TxHub, a statewide service that aggregates and normalizes metadata from cultural heritage institutions across Texas and contributes those records to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Through this collaboration, Texas institutions are connected to a national discovery platform that now includes... See More →
Courtney Mumma is an archivist, librarian, and the Deputy Director of the Texas Digital Library consortium, where one of her roles is managing Digital Preservation Services using distributed digital preservation systems including Chronopolis and DuraCloud@TDL. She has worked in web... Read More →
Associate University Librarian - Digital Libraries, University of North Texas
Mark Phillips is the Associate Dean for Digital Libraries at the UNT Libraries. His areas of interest include: workflows for digitized and born-digital content, digital preservation systems, Web archives, and metadata quality.
Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am CDT Stadium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
Read the abstracts for the lightning talks listed below here.Passing the Baton: A Cross-Institutional Collaboration Developing a Digital Student Handbook for Professional Publication Standards By: Kelly Drifmeyer Optimizing Springshare’s Spaces for Enhanced User Experience By: Damith Perera Meeting ADA Title II through WhisperX AI By: Corina Barr From Shadow Workflows to Standard Practice:... See More →
Andrew French has spent nearly two decades helping libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions find better ways to manage and preserve their collections. For the past five years at TIND, he has worked alongside teams evaluating new technologies and navigating the move... Read More →
Programmer, Software Development Unit, University of North Texas
Hi, I'm Gio Gottardi, a software developer in the Digital Libraries division at UNT. My role mainly involves maintaining websites like The Portal to Texas History, the UNT Digital Library, etc., where I work on features, bug fixes, and desperately try to keep the servers humming... Read More →
Join us for the next topic in the OJS User Group discussion series, Open Access in Practice. This roundtable brings together librarians for an open, collaborative conversation on policy development for open access journals, an important component for ensuring consistency, transparency, and sustainability in library-supported publishing programs. In this informal session, participants will share... See More →
Come get your headshots taken by photographer Parker Lunsford. Those interested can sign-up in the linked Time Slot Signup Form. A max of 5-7 people can sign up for every 15-minute slot. Walk-ups will be allowed if there are available time slots. Photos will be taken in front of a grey backdrop.
New Horizons: How APTrust Developed a Community-Centered Technical Roadmap Process for Digital Preservation By: Melissa Iori This presentation will discuss APTrust’s journey in creating a new technical roadmap planning process. APTrust is a consortium based at the University of Virginia, dedicated to digital preservation and providing preservation storage across multiple geolocations to a... See More →
Courtney Mumma is an archivist, librarian, and the Deputy Director of the Texas Digital Library consortium, where one of her roles is managing Digital Preservation Services using distributed digital preservation systems including Chronopolis and DuraCloud@TDL. She has worked in web... Read More →
I'm Lead Software Developer with APTrust (Academic Preservation Trust). I would love to talk about anything to do with software development for digital preservation.
Associate University Librarian - Digital Libraries, University of North Texas
Mark Phillips is the Associate Dean for Digital Libraries at the UNT Libraries. His areas of interest include: workflows for digitized and born-digital content, digital preservation systems, Web archives, and metadata quality.
Curious about what academic librarians really do day-to-day? This panel, “A Day in the Life of,” offers an inside look at the diverse roles within academic libraries. Featuring librarians from different disciplines within the library environment (such as reference and instruction, research services, cataloging and metadata services, etc.), panelists will share what their jobs entail, how they... See More →
Associate Dean University Archives, Lamar University
This is currently my 26th year as an academic librarian. I have worked in nearly every area of academic libraries … systems is the only exception. For 8 years I worked in university administration with assessment, curriculum planning, and accreditation. I taught courses in U.S... Read More →
Food is allowed in the classroom. Please be considerate of fellow attendees and keep noise to a minimum. Meetings are not allowed in this space during this time. If you have any concerns, please visit the Check-in table.
Wednesday June 3, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT Stadium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
Hobbies develop skills that can be applied to real life situations, such as networking, researching, and managing complex collections. Work experience can also lead to discovering new interests that would otherwise go unnoticed. In the spirit of finding joy, this Birds-of-a-Feather will discuss how information professionals have cultivated and maintained their hobbies through their work while also... See More →
Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) Coordinator, University of Texas at Austin
As the Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) Coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin, I work on digitizing and publishing records while fostering communication between departments at my institution.
The Vireo User Group Steering Committee welcomes Vireo users and those attendees curious about Vireo ETD to a community discussion about the system's current status and its future. Most Vireo users, whether hosted by TDL or not, have moved into Vireo 4. The Steering Committee is interested in hearing your experience using Vireo 4. Vireo leadership and developers are beginning to consider what... See More →
Courtney Mumma is an archivist, librarian, and the Deputy Director of the Texas Digital Library consortium, where one of her roles is managing Digital Preservation Services using distributed digital preservation systems including Chronopolis and DuraCloud@TDL. She has worked in web... Read More →
Head of Acquisitions and Strategic Engagement, UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
I am the Head of Acquisitions & Strategic Engagement at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. I am responsible for the acquisition and licensing of the library's electronic resources, and I ensure that we provide accurate and current links to those... Read More →
Senior Scholarly Communication Librarian, Rice University
As Senior Scholarly Communication Librarian, Shannon helps Rice faculty, staff, and students share their research in ways that expand its visibility, impact, and long-term preservation. She helps manage Rice’s institutional repository, the Rice Research Repository (R-3), and the... Read More →
Wednesday June 3, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT Stadium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
TCDL will provide lunch. If you noted any specific dietary needs when registering for the conference, there is a meal waiting for you; talk to catering staff and they can assist you.
Wednesday June 3, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT Atrium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
The TDL Imaging Interest Group would like to hold their yearly meeting. The meeting is to discuss current imaging issues, general topics, and future plans for the group.
As part of its strategic goal to increase its members’ digital preservation readiness, TDL launched the Peer-Assisted Audit and Assessment program to support two TDL members per year as they assess their digital preservation program in a particular collection, unit, or other definable area of work. This panel will highlight the work of the pilot group for this program from UTSA, TWU and SHSU.... See More →
Courtney Mumma is an archivist, librarian, and the Deputy Director of the Texas Digital Library consortium, where one of her roles is managing Digital Preservation Services using distributed digital preservation systems including Chronopolis and DuraCloud@TDL. She has worked in web... Read More →
Director of Digital Strategies and Scholarship, Texas Woman's University
Kristin Clark is the Director of Digital Strategies and Scholarship at Texas Woman's University. She oversees digitization, digital scholarship, digital preservation, and web services at the TWU Libraries.
Hosting the Digital Humanities: A Project-Based Approach By: Bryan Tarpley & Kayley Hart The field of the Digital Humanities (DH) is a big tent that encompasses several disciplines that can be supported by a variety of functions and personnel from within the Library. This presentation explores a digital project-based approach to “doing DH,” one that focuses on walking faculty and graduate... See More →
Digital Humanities Librarian, Texas A&M University
Bryan Tarpley is Digital Humanities Librarian at Texas A&M University Libraries. With a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in English, he bridges academic and technological worlds by building shared infrastructure, training faculty and graduate students across diverse... Read More →
Head of Digitization, University of Texas Libraries
As the head of digitization at UTL, I work closely with my physical and digital preservation colleagues to ensure our library and archive collections remain accessible for as long as possible. I oversee the digital reformatting of bound volumes, audio reels, architectural drawings... Read More →
This meeting will consist of TCDL members interested in digital preservation. We'll discuss the following topics: current digital preservation environment, building capacity internationally, offsite storage, A/V preservation, and AI in repositories. Additionally, a co-host for NDSA's Levels of Digital Preservation will be in attendance to discuss the sustainability updates to the Levels. We will... See More →
Since its launch in 2024, the Texas State University Open Datathon has grown from a small pilot into a multi‑campus event that engages students across disciplines in hands‑on data analysis, open data literacy, and collaborative problem‑solving. This presentation offers a three‑year retrospective on the Datathon’s development, tracing its evolution from the inaugural competition to its... See More →
Assistant Director, Research Data Services, Texas State University
Talk to me about library-based digital publishing, open access, and research data management. Also books of all kinds, dogs, cats, traveling, or Gilmore Girls :)
Work in Progress: Alpine Restaurant Mapping Project By: Betsy Evans Helesic “What is there to eat around here?” is a common question heard in small-town Alpine, Texas, gateway community to the Big Bend of far west Texas and home of Sul Ross State University and the Archives of the Big Bend. This presentation introduces the Alpine Restaurant Mapping Project. The overarching objective for this... See More →
Graduate Services Assistant (Former), UNT Libraries - Digital Projects Lab
Noah Garcia is an emerging information professional and lens-based artist from Northeast Texas. He earned a B.S. in Liberal Studies from East Texas A&M University (2023) and graduated with a M.S. in Library Science - Archival Studies (2025) and an M.F.A. in Studio Art - Photography... Read More →
Digital Archivist, University of North Texas Libraries
Bree'ya N. Brown is the Digital Archivist for Special Collections at the University of North Texas. In this role, her responsibilities include managing digital archives and leading digitization projects. Her academic work spans audiovisual preservation, archival practice, and digital... Read More →
Food is allowed in the classroom. Please be considerate of fellow attendees and keep noise to a minimum. Meetings are not allowed in this space during this time. If you have any concerns, please visit the Check-in table.
Thursday June 4, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am CDT Stadium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
The TDR Steering Committee Annual Meeting provides a dedicated in‑person working session for committee members to review progress, conduct business, and define strategic priorities for the coming year. This session allows members to assess user and member activity within the Texas Data Repository, evaluate ongoing initiatives, address challenges, and identify opportunities for growth and... See More →
Courtney Mumma is an archivist, librarian, and the Deputy Director of the Texas Digital Library consortium, where one of her roles is managing Digital Preservation Services using distributed digital preservation systems including Chronopolis and DuraCloud@TDL. She has worked in web... Read More →
Whittle While You Work: Streamlining Digitization Workflows and Taming Transfers By: Kristin Clark Two years ago, TWU Libraries began overhauling its thesis and dissertation digitization workflow, moving from the slow dance of scanning bound volumes to the quickstep of feeder scanning. But why stop there? With each volume literally in our hands for debinding, we decided it was time to tackle the... See More →
Director of Digital Strategies and Scholarship, Texas Woman's University
Kristin Clark is the Director of Digital Strategies and Scholarship at Texas Woman's University. She oversees digitization, digital scholarship, digital preservation, and web services at the TWU Libraries.
This GIS Birds-of-a-Feather session is meant to provide an opportunity for TCDL attendees to learn more about the GIS Interest Group and the work and focus of the group. This includes GIS, mapping, GIS tools, AI, working with Faculty and students, and more. The session will provide an opportunity to network with librarians/specialists or others interested in GIS/mapping and working in similar... See More →
Harmful content and description, from offensive language in the catalog to visually graphic media in digital collection portals, can be a sensitive, emotional, and complex topic to tackle ethically on your own. The Harmful Content and Description interest group fosters an environment in which digital library practitioners are supported by cross-collaboration, understanding, and care. In this... See More →
Multidisciplinary Research Proposal Enhancements through Large Language Models By: James Creel, Daniel Xiao & Ethel Mejia Following a TAMU Libraries directive to prepare for disruptions posed by emerging Generative AI technologies, the Office of Scholarly Communications developed a plan to use Scholars@TAMU profiles—supplemented with data on grant funding and other initiatives—as inputs to a... See More →
Director of Scholarly Communications, Texas A&M University Libraries
James Creel is the director of Scholarly Communications at Texas A&M University Libraries. James serves as product owner for many of the Libraries' digital asset management systems including research data management. James holds a MS in Computer Science from Texas A&M Universi... Read More →
I currently manage the implementation of Scholars@TAMU, Texas A&M University's researcher information management (RIM) system. This system aggregates data from TAMU's internal and external web-based systems, for reusability by TAMU stakeholders. My work focuses on research metadata... Read More →
I manage the open access institutional repository at the University of North Texas, UNT Scholarly Works. I love that I get to a little bit of everything in my role. Most recently, I've been exploring outreach methods and open access publication practices of UNT authors.
Piloting a New PID: Exploring Implementation of Research Activity IDs (RAiDs) at UT Austin By: Bryan Gee & Michael Shensky A wide range of persistent identifiers (PIDs) exist for scholarly research, from DOIs for diverse research outputs, to ORCIDs for individuals, to RORs for institutions. Each of these different PID types helps to ensure that research outputs are Findable, Accessible,... See More →
Research Data Coordinator, University of Texas at Austin
I am a research data librarian at the University of Texas at Austin, where I provide cross-disciplinary support to researchers on best practices for managing and sharing research data and software in collaboration with a range of different units in the libraries and across campus... Read More →
Making Metadata Input Accessible: Training Volunteers & Practicum Students for the Sherwin Carlquist Project By: Samantha Ekberg At the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, there is a small team working on the intimidatingly large National Science Foundation grant, ""Collaborative Research: Advancing the Extended Specimen Network: Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection""; a... See More →
How Libraries can Leverage AI to Help Researchers Find Joy in Research Again By: Joshua Been & Millicent Weber While research should focus on exploration and discovery, the joy of inquiry is often lost amidst a sea of tedious tasks and technical friction. In this presentation, we will demonstrate how academic libraries are uniquely positioned to reverse this trend by acting as the bridge between... See More →
Casey Ruegger is the Education Librarian at the University of Texas at Austin. She is interested in scholarly communication, evidence synthesis, and how liaison librarians can support authors with open access and increasing the visibility of their research.
As AI-driven harvesting agents—also known as crawlers, bots, or spiders—proliferate, all digital repositories and other high-value content platforms maintained by memory institutions around the world are experiencing serious problems and feeling the strain. Increased and often aggressive crawling has led institutions to respond in a variety of ways: scaling infrastructure to absorb traffic... See More →
This is an in-person meeting for the Web Archiving Texas Interest Group (WATXIG) open to all TCDL attendees. We welcome anyone actively engaged in or simply interested in web archiving to an open discussion about current web archiving projects, issues, and practices. We will also spend time brainstorming initiatives and training ideas for WATXIG to organize in support of group members and the... See More →
Assistant Director, Research Data Services, Texas State University
Talk to me about library-based digital publishing, open access, and research data management. Also books of all kinds, dogs, cats, traveling, or Gilmore Girls :)
Thursday June 4, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT Longhorn10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
TCDL will provide lunch. If you noted any specific dietary needs when registering for the conference, there is a meal waiting for you; talk to catering staff and they can assist you.
Thursday June 4, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT Atrium10100 Burnet Rd Building 137, Austin, TX 78758
The annual in-person meeting of the TDL DSpace Users Group (DUG) is open to all conference attendees interested in the DSpace open repository platform. This year’s meeting will provide opportunities for DSpace users to share about their repository operations and challenges, feature an update on the status of on-going DSpace development at the global level, and provide updates on upgrades of... See More →
Charity Martin began her career over 20 years ago as a serials cataloger. Since then, she has worked both public and technical services; in academic, public and corporate libraries; and in public education.
