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Item Capstone Project Case Study: Texas Data Repository (TDR) Dataverse Integration with R(Texas Digital Library, 2021-05-24) Pechenina, Anna; Boehm, ReidItem A Consortial Response to Data Sharing: The TDL Data Management Pilot Project(2014-03-25) Hanken-Kurtz, Debra; Texas Digital LibraryIn February 2013 the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a mandate requiring federal funding agencies that spend at least $100 million per year on research and development to mandate public access to the metadata, published research, and data outputs that result from this funding. In response to the OSTP mandate and to the stated needs of its member libraries, the Texas Digital Library began to plan for a consortially developed and run data management service that would meet the requirements of the mandate and position libraries to play a crucial role in on-going conversations about data management at their universities. A working group of representative TDL member schools and the Texas Advanced Computing Center began meeting in Fall 2013 to create a cross-institutional pilot project to ingest and make data accessible on the web. The goals of this pilot are: To create services that meet emerging federal requirements for data and research publication for federally-funded research projects. To design and integrate a system for curating and managing data that support novel interdisciplinary research. To design services that will support the dissemination of research to the public in ways that are useful and effective in meeting the goals of the member institutions. The group is working with environmental science research groups identified at Texas A&M University to ingest data in a variety of formats, develop and apply metadata to maximize discovery, measure access and usage, and track costs. The project will build on existing TDL technologies and resources, including hosted DSpace institutional repositories, DuraCloud, and large-scale storage at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. It will deploy these resources strategically to develop a working service and identify areas of need for future development. The pilot project will be completed in the fall of 2014. This presentation will provide an overview of the project and the group’s assumptions in taking it on, our progress to date, and information about the challenges faced thus far.Item The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto(2013-03-26) Keralis, Spencer; Stark, Shannon; University of North TexasOn May 22, 2012 at the University of North Texas, a group of technologists and librarians, scholars and researchers, university administrators, and other stakeholders gathered to discuss and articulate best practices and emerging trends in research data management. The resulting document, The Denton Declaration, bridges the converging interests of these interest groups and promotes collaboration, transparency, and accountability across organizational and disciplinary boundaries. This poster presentation will describe the process of developing the Declaration, crediting collaborators and participating institutions; will discuss why we chose the genre of the Manifesto (rather than a more traditional report), reproduce key principles of open data from the Declaration, illustrate the international network of cosigners that have championed the Declaration, and invite the TCDL community to join us in advocating these principles throughout the academy.Item How Digital Libraries Can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus(2013-03-21) Keralis, Spencer; Helge, Kris; Waugh, Laura; Stark, Shannon; Najmi, Anjum; University of North TexasAs Open Access has flourished into an International movement that is shaping the progressive landscape of scholarly communication, a growing number of institutions are implementing policy changes aimed at the higher institutional levels. Policy implementation, however, is only the one step in creating a culture of Open Access on a campus. Digital Libraries have led the movement by instituting Institutional Repositories for scholarly works and research data, but it has become increasingly evident that academic institutions must implement strategies for raising the awareness of Open Access and promoting the involvement of their academic scholars and students. It is no longer a question of whether or not to promote the open accessibility of these works among our academic community, but how best to do so. This roundtable discussion will offer ideas, strategies, and thoughtful conversations on how to equip a campus with the resources it needs to promote and assist researchers in adopting Open Access. This panel will feature faculty; a graduate student; scholarly communications, institutional repository, and strategic projects librarians to provide a balanced perspective of Open Access implementation at one Texas institution.