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Item A Framework for Historic Bridge Preservation(2013-08-08) Puls, Eric MarkIn an inevitably occurring process, bridges possessing historic, artistic, and engineering significance deteriorate and must be maintained and rehabilitated in order to be kept in service. Ideally, all potentially significant bridges would be properly preserved and continue to beautify and bring character to their surroundings for years to come. However, funding is currently limited for transportation projects in general, and even more so for historic bridge preservation, which some may consider less critical in comparison to other transportation needs. Because of this limitation on resources, it is important that bridge-owning agencies use proper planning and management strategies in order to make the best use of available funding. This thesis presents a framework designed to assist agencies in this process. The framework is devised specifically for TxDOT for use in Tarrant County, Texas, but can be used as a model for agencies anywhere with some modifications to fit the inventory under evaluation. Included in the framework are a methodology for prioritization of bridges within an inventory, guidance on financial and legal procedures, identification of potential funding sources, summary and review of condition assessment practices and bridge mitigation strategies, a template for individual bridge preservation plans, and a framework for resource allocation within a bridge inventory. It can be concluded from this research that early detection of defects, preventive maintenance, condition assessment beyond routine inspection, adjustment of evaluation methodology, and use of engineering judgment when using numerical evaluation methods are critical components of proper management of historic bridges.Item The Austin Fanzine Project: Phase Two(2013-03-21) Hecker, Jennifer; Powell, Kevin; University of Texas at AustinA fanzine is a "nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest” (Wikipedia). You can think of them as pre-internet blogs. Fanzines are lately gaining popularity in college classrooms, as professors in journalism, anthropology, art, and literature incorporate them into their curricula, and librarians and archivists all over the world are finding ways to increase access to and preservation of these ephemeral, sometimes unique objects of human expression. Archivist Jennifer Hecker founded Austin Fanzine Project in the summer of 2012 as a way to increase access to the fanzines that document Austin's 1990s underground music scene by crowd sourcing their digitization, transcription and indexing. The project also functions as an ad-hoc learning lab for issues around digitization, transcription, linked data, digital preservation, privacy and copyright, and archival collaboration and innovation. Phase One of the project was a self-contained test run focusing on only one document. Phase Two has already begun and will feature more material, more complex issues, and more collaboration. Ms. Hecker will introduce the project and describe progress made to date, while UT iSchool master's degree candidate, Kevin Powell, will discuss the policy and workflow issues he addressed during his Spring 2013 Capstone work on the project.Item Being an 'a11y': Increasing Accessibility in Born Digital Preservation(2014-03-25) Snider, Lisa; Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at AustinIn the past few years, archivists and librarians have grappled with issues associated with the long term preservation of born digital materials. Are we considering the needs of people with disabilities when preserving these materials? This presentation will explore how we can increase accessibility when preserving born digital materials. Taken from an archival point of view, the presentation will focus on one solution that may make our born digital material more accessible to people with disabilities.Item Data Management 101(2016-11-15) Trelogan, Jessica; University of Texas at AustinThis three-hour workshop provides a high-level overview of a range of topics related to the management of research data. Intended for librarians and library staff who are new to providing research data services to faculty, students, and staff, this introductory course will cover the basics of data management throughout the research lifecycle, from the creation of a data management plan through long-term archiving.Item Designing and implementing a digitization workflow for post-custodial initiatives at the Benson Latin American Collection, UT Austin(2017-05-24) Bliss, David A.; University of Texas at AustinThis poster will detail the book digitization workflow developed at the University of Texas at Austin's Benson Latin American Collection in Fall 2016, implemented as part of a British Library Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) grant project in Michoacan, Mexico. The project will digitize 192 books containing roughly 150,000 pages of valuable but vulnerable historical material over the course of two years. This grant project dovetails with the Benson's commitment to post-custodial archival partnerships with organizations in Latin America and worldwide. Through these partnerships, Benson archivists provide equipment, training, and digital hosting to often under-resourced repositories to make their materials available to researchers -- without physically removing those materials from their original cultural contexts. For this grant project, a team of historians from Michoacan, trained by the Benson team, is responsible for digitizing and describing materials. Beginning in July 2016, the Benson team worked to develop set of workflows to be implemented by the local project team. After reviewing various digitization methods and equipment set-ups, the Benson settled on a digitization workflow that uses standard DSLR camera, copystand and lights, and Adobe Lightroom to produce high-quality scans quickly and cost-effectively. My poster will outline the Benson's EAP project and commitment to post-custodial archiving, the digitization workflow that was developed, and the lessons we learned during the build-up to (and following) its live implementation in November 2016. The poster will present the workflow developed as the Benson as an effective method of digitization at small and medium-sized institutions. The poster will also offer insight into the process and challenges of a post-custodial approach to archives, which may be new to many conference attendees.Item DuraCloud™ and Flexible Digital Preservation at the Texas Digital Librar(2015-04-27) Steans, Ryan; Krumholz, Gad; Hanken-Kurtz, Debra; Texas Digital LibraryThe Texas Digital Library is now offering preservation service via DuraCloud™, an open source technology developed by DuraSpace. In 2014, the membership of the TDL formed a Working Group to explore the software and define best practices, given the diverse approaches to the issue of preservation. In January 2015 we first announced the service and made the service available in Spring of 2015. In this presentation, the Texas Digital Library will describe how our implementation of the DuraCloud™ software provides multiple upload options for preservationists through a selection of interfaces and tools intended to serve a variety of audiences, from librarians at their desktop to server administrators working at the command line. We will describe how DuraCloud™@TDL fits in to varying environments as a primary or third party preservation solution, and we will also define the array of options for durable, reliable storage infrastructure for preservationists in the care of the unique collections of their institutions. Looking forward, TDL will discuss the issues regarding preservation management and challenges we are addressing with users such as format management and metadata management within DuraCloud™@TDL. TDL will present planned next steps for additional services such as integration of DuraCloud™@TDL with DSpace, using DuraCloud™ as a platform for utilization of the Digital Preservation Network, and the potential for using DuraCloud™ to serve content to the public. We will be joined by representatives of DuraSpace who will present information about the ongoing development of DuraCloud™as well as future plans for DuraCloud features/functionality and integrations. In addition, TDL and DuraSpace will discuss how TDL community activities tie to the broader trends of DuraCloud customer use and the joint efforts between the two organizations to create resources and best practices around preserving content in a cloud environment. Lastly, ways in which TDL and others can assist development as part of the DuraCloud user-base and the overall DuraSpace community will be highlighted.Item Scanning to PDFA: Buildling a Digital Collection fo rAccess AND Preservation(2010-05-17) Clement, Gail; Halling, Derek; Burford, Nancy; Carrigan, Esther; Moberly, Heather; Texas A&M University; Oklahoma State UniversityThe Texas A&M University Medical Sciences Library partnered with Oklahoma State University Libraries to digitize the Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology, a multilingual periodical published by the US Government Printing Office. This series is a key resource, a historical compendium of the parasitological literature of importance to researchers in re-emerging diseases and global animal health. The compilation of content began in 1892, and resulted in over 100 separate publications comprising over 20,000 pages.With generous grant support from the National Library of Medicine, the Library has digitized 67 publications as of March 10, 2010. This undertaking is intended as a demonstration project to encourage the digitization and preservation of veterinary grey literature.Conversion methods involved high resolution scanning of bound volumes and creation of archival master files in uncompressed TIFF format. Derivative versions of page image files were processed via optical character recognition (OCR) using multiple dictionaries to capture text in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Greek and Russian languages. Each volume was recompiled as a single PDF file with text behind page image, and saved using the PDF/A-1b profile for archiving. Achieving PDF/A compliance was a challenge given the multiplicity of fonts required to represent the typefaces and character sets comprising this body of content. Specific solutions used to address the challenge of PDF/A compliance will be demonstrated.Item Session 3C | This Is the Way: Choosing the Right Digital Preservation Tools for Your Institution(Texas Digital Library, 2022-05-25) Slover, KathrynIn Star Wars: The Mandalorian, titular character Din Djarin learns that there is no one way to be a Mandalorian. The rules and regulations he was raised to follow are one way, but there are many others who do not adhere to this path. Similarly, in the field of digital archives, there is no singular solution to preserve digital materials. Each institution has different needs, resources, and goals, and digital preservation practitioners must recognize that there are a variety of solutions to the challenges they face. This presentation will chart the course taken by UTA Libraries through the asteroid field of early-stage digital preservation efforts that eventually led us to select Preservica as our digital preservation solution. This overview is not intended to be a one-size-fits-all path towards digital preservation enlightenment, but a guide to help any institution choose the solution that best fits their needs.Item Target Practice Makes Perfect: A Guide for Color Management in Digitization Labs(2016-05-25) Rankins, Derek; University of North TexasI propose a 24x7 presentation over the importance of color management in digitization labs. The focus will be based on best practices and standards sourced from a variety of institutions and organizations and put into practice at the Harry Ransom Center. The presentation will be designed to serve as a guide and resource for digitization labs looking to develop color accurate workflows and outputs. Topics covered will include the emphasis of color and grayscale targets, monitor calibration, color space, file formats, and non-destructive editing for a preservation quality workflow.Item The Texas Digital Library Preservation Network(2007-05-30) Maslov, Alexey; Texas A&M UniversityThe Texas Digital Library is a collaborative project between public and private institutions across Texas that aims to provide curation, preservation, and access to digital scholarly information for the State. The preservation component of this mission means that TDL is committed to the long-term maintenance of its digital assets. Accomplishing this goal necessitates the creation of a TDL-wide preservation network. An effective preservation solution would encompass the following characteristics: • No single point of failure: by sharing copies of the same data between multiple geographically distributed locations, we ensure that failure of any one location does not result in permanent data loss. • Local allocation of resources: any member institution that joins the network would retain full control over the utilization of the resources they commit to the network. • Shared responsibility: responsibility for preserving digital assets is shared across all of the members of the network, eliminating reliance on any one institution’s resources. • Architectural flexibility: new locations can efficiently be added to the network, allowing for unforeseen growth. The TDL Preservation Network is a current project that seeks to address these issues. To accomplish these goals, we have designed a system with the following layered architecture: • User layer: represents the pool of users that have access to the preservation network system. This pool will be determined by the established policies and submission agreements at the institution level. • Application layer: contains the set of applications that can generate the data for the network, such as institutional repositories, e-journals, courseware management systems, and faculty archives. • Service layer: consists of a federation of data locations that implement preservation polices. This is the layer where the actual replication of data is performed and agreements between locations are brokered and recorded. • Storage layer: responsible for maintaining the individual copies of the preserved artifacts, and can be implemented with any number of standard technologies. This presentation will describe the current progress toward the implementation of the TDL Preservation Network, and the long-term goals for data preservation in the Texas Digital Library.Item The Texas Digital Library Preservation Network(2009-05-27) Bolton, Michael; Texas A&M UniversityThe TDL is developing a Preservation Network to support the repositories and collections of the scholarly output of the State of Texas. The Preservation Network will be a network of repository and redundant systems, located initially across the State of Texas, which will be able to manage and co-locate data for future research endeavors, as well as preserving data against potential failure at any one location. The Preservation Network is now in its first stages, with testing underway between Austin and College Station locations. TDL will describe the project, provide updates as to their current status, and goals for the near and far future of the project.Item Voices from Small Places(2015-04-27) Snowden, Kelley; Beisel, Perky; Reynolds, Linda; Stephen F. Austin State UniversityWhen the economic power of a small rural community declines, there’s still value in the social history that defines a place. Researchers at Stephen F. Austin State University help communities preserve and pass on what’s most important about the places they’ve called home. Voices from Small Places focuses on documenting and preserving the history of small places (population under 100) found throughout East Texas. It uses a unique combination of methods to create a multidimensional history including photovoice, oral history interviews, a site survey, and the development of a digital collection. Using these methods the history of these small communities is documented and made available to the public. In addition to providing information for research, by documenting the history of these small places and placing them back into the larger historical narrative, East Texas is better understood as a region.