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Beyond TIGER Files: Federal Government Geospatial Data Sources to Support GIS Research Needs
(2016-10)This presentation featured the numerous federal government data sources available to researchers for further analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including shapefiles, numeric data, and imagery, as well as ... -
Developing a Successful GIS Services Program
(2016-10)Poster presents the Alkek Library's successful implementation of GIS Services, including marketing strategies, recommended hardware and software, graphs of consultations, and a guide containing government sources for ... -
Video Streaming Licenses: Using a Decision Tree and Workflow Chart
(Clemson University Press, 2019)This paper documents the results of a three-year process at a university library to develop a workflow for acquiring streaming video for use in face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. The authors of this paper created ... -
Tattoo You! An Academic Library Tattoo Design Contest
(2019-06-23)A subgroup of the Texas State University Libraries Promotions team, the Tattoo Design Contest Team created a contest allowing students to enter original tattoo designs inspired by Alkek Library. The purpose of the contest ... -
Charles Bowden Comes to the Wittliff Collections
(The Southwest Center, University of Arizona, 2019)The Charles "Chuck" Bowden archive in the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, San Marcos, documents the literary journalist's prolific career from 1970 to 2014, with a few family items dating back to 1947. ... -
Community-driven Collaboration: Texas Data Repository Updates and Activities
(2019-06-21)Since last year's Dataverse Community Meeting, the Texas Data Repository (TDR) has increased our contributions to the Dataverse community by hiring a contractor to contribute software improvements, joining the Global ... -
Assessing the Texas Data Repository: Determining What to Measure and How
(2019-05-22)The Texas Data Repository (TDR) is guided by a Steering committee of liaisons from 11 universities in Texas. From 2017 – 2019, The TDR Assessment Working Group (AWG) evaluated reporting metrics including a survey of TDR ... -
Texas Data Repository Usage up to April 2019
(2019-05-22)The Texas Data Repository (TDR) was launched in Spring 2017. The TDR is built on the Dataverse software platform and hosted by the Texas Digital Library (TDL)—a consortium of higher education institutions in Texas. Currently, ... -
Introduction to Project Management
(2019-05-07)Learn the basic methodology of Project Management from a certified Project Management Professional®. Attendees will learn to author a "business case", understand the "project charter" process, sketch out a basic "work ... -
Intro to MS Project for Project Scheduling
(2019-05-07)Learn how to set up Microsoft Project schedules from a certified Project Management Professional®. In this hands-on session*, attendees will be given a sample project and will design a Microsoft Project file, construct a ... -
Who's Doing What? Using Office 365 to Juggle E-Resource Tasks
(2019-03-05)Processing electronic resources requires a long list of tasks often handled by several people. In this session, participants will learn how we use Sharepoint Lists to assign, monitor, and adjust tasks in the e-resources ... -
A Camera-based Approach for Digitising a Large-scale Photographic Negative Collection
(Henry Stewart Publications, 2019-01-01)The University Archives at Texas State University contains an estimated 1.8 million photographic negatives. In 2017, the University Libraries were awarded a TexTreasures Grant, funded by the US Institute of Museum and ... -
Caption This! Accessibility Law and Providing Captioning Services in Your Library
(2019-03-06)This session demonstrates that captions for streaming video should, and can, be part of every library’s suite of services. It provides information on accessibility law, and how its provisions should guide libraries to more ... -
Wrangling E-Resource Catalog Records at Texas State University
(2019-03-06)Cataloging and Metadata Department at Texas State University Libraries will present methods to 1) Organize e-resource bibliographic information from various vendors, 2) Pre-process records to meet the needs of students, ... -
Developing a Process for Analyzing and Visualizing E-Resource Packages with Power BI
(2019-03-06)Need to develop a process for analyzing and visualizing e-journal packages, DDA programs, and other e-resources? We’ll provide a framework for developing research questions for collection assessment, identifying data ... -
Academic Researcher Profiles: Getting Started and Tips for Success
(2019-02-13)Are you publishing or presenting research in your discipline? Do you want to make the most of the impact of your research? Develop an online researcher profile and make your research more discoverable by researchers globally. ... -
Assessing the Texas Data Repository: Determining What to Measure and How
(2018-12-05)Background: The Texas Data Repository (TDR) was launched in Spring 2017. The TDR is built on the Dataverse software platform and hosted by the Texas Digital Library (TDL)—a consortium of higher education institutions in ... -
Developing a Researcher Profile and Managing Your Research Environment
(2018-10-25)Various online tools such as Google Scholar, Web of Science, and ORCID allow users to register for a unique number so that all of the publications of a given author can be linked together. This has several advantages: Claim ... -
From VHS to MP4: Improving Access to 40 Years of Literary Recordings
(2018-10-04)This poster presentation outlines the collaboration between the academic community involved in this collaborative project, including representatives from a student-run, free, online literary journal as well as university ... -
Introduction to Research Data Management
(2018-08-30)Learn the basics of managing research data well for optimized publishing, sharing, and re-use. An introduction to metadata, disciplinary repositories, and data publication is included, as well as an intro to Texas State ...
