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Item Creative Content Attribution in Digital Publishing(2023-09) Spies Smith, Tara; Van Diest, KristinDo you frequently use images or other forms of creative content in your publications and presentations? Are you uncertain about whether or not you are giving proper attribution? Are you wondering if you need to get permission to use an image or video in your digital publications and presentations? Does all of this sound very mysterious to you? In this workshop we will discuss the open access publishing platforms you might frequently encounter at Texas State, as well as finding and using creative content, the basics of copyright and open licenses, public domain, fair use, and the ethics of attribution. We will also discuss what metadata is and how it can be used to give attribution to your own work and the work you are using. Finally, we will show you how to determine which Creative Commons license may be right for your work, and offer some resources for you to bookmark and return to in your research and creative endeavors.Item Data Integrity: Acquisition, Management, Sharing, and Ownership(2023-01-18) Waugh, LauraNo abstract prepared.Item Open Journal Systems: A Look at Impact and Increased Visibility(2023-05-16) Park, Kristi; Van Diest, Kristin; Elkins, Susan; Hoover, SusanOpen Journal Systems (OJS) is an open-source publishing software for the management of open access peer-reviewed academic journals, created and developed by the Public Knowledge Project. There are over 34,000 journals hosted in OJS around the world, including 75 journals hosted through the Texas Digital Library (TDL) OJS hosting service at member institutions. This poster presents data collected to show the prevelance of use of persistent identifiers, such as DOIs, ISSNs, and ORCID in TDL hosted journals. As well as where the journals are indexed, whether or not they use keywords and if so, how many, and the number of article downloads and abstract views. Recommendations are then made to increase journal visibility and use.Item FAAQ: Frequently Asked Archivematica Questions(2023-04) Goodley, Lauren; Banuelos, Chris; Scott, BethanyAre you a long-time Archivematica user with a deep understanding of digital preservation? This session is for you! Have you heard of Archivematica but don’t really understand what it does and why? This session is also for you! Each panelist will spend 15 minutes reviewing their experiences and highlights of the tool. We will be discussing all phases of Archivematica from choosing to use the system in the first place through active implementation and the challenges we faced along the way. We will also leave plenty of time for questions. Our hope is that the session will be interactive and promise to answer any and all questions, big and small. Digital preservation is complex at all levels of engagement, and we encourage participation from those who don’t identify as digital archivists, or who don’t typically do this type of work. This panel is intended to provide a safe and inclusive space for attendees as every archivist’s area of expertise is valuable. We welcome all archivists to join us in digital preservation discussions.Item Migration from DSpace to Islandora Version 8(2022-05) Peters, Todd C.; Long, JasonThis presentation will discuss the recent installation of an Islandora 8 repository at Texas State University. The University Libraries has maintained a Dspace repository serving as an Institutional Repository for several years. It contains not only scholarship such as electronic theses and dissertations and faculty publications, but also digitized items from special collections. There is general satisfaction with how Dspace supports Institutional Repository scholarship workflows and documents, however, the platform has limitations for support of special collections type material, such as images, audio and video. The University Libraries recently moved special collections materials into a newly established Islandora 8 repository. This presentation will discuss exporting and cross walking Dspace Dublin Core metadata into Islandora using the external Islandora tool, Workbench. Installation and setup of the Islandora 8 software using Docker and customizing Islandora to include searching and faceting will also be discussed.Item An Attempt at Metadata Enhancement through Machine Learning(2022-05) Peters, Todd C.; Long, JasonThis presentation will share what learned about machine learning and applicability to generate metadata to enhance discoverability during a pilot project. Object detection through neural networks is a rapidly developing field. Using machine learning large sets of images can be analyzed, objects detected and classified. We used the pretrained models COCO, Inception, ResNet, VGG19, and Xception to classify objects in images in our San Marcos Daily Record newspaper negative collection. Our initial use of these models did not yield usable metadata, however it did provide a useful first step into machine learning and knowledge to develop future research.Item The Board of Regents Reports and Minutes: A Digitization Case Study(2017-05) Moore, Jeremy D.; North, Megan; Peters, Todd C.; Mazzei, ErinAlkek Library's Digital & Web Services Department at Texas State University is digitizing the University Archives' Board of Regents Reports and Minutes collection. The collection is comprised of an estimated 45,000 pages including bound books, most of which can be unbound for rapid sheet-feed scanning, and loose-leaf onion skin pages. This presentation will describe the project lifecycle starting with why it was prioritized for digitization, the development, testing, and validation of scanning workflows using FADGI standards, and the creation of custom software to automate processes. We will also explain why our student technicians were more than happy to rescan over 700 images and why it was the best decision to make for consistency, speed, and quality.Item Developing a Long-Term and Large Scale Project to Digitize Photographic Negatives(2017-05) Moore, Jeremy D.; North, Megan; Peters, Todd C.Texas State University received a 2017 TSLAC TexTreasures Grant, funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, to digitize at-risk photographic negatives in the University Archives. For the initial stages of our long-term project we are focusing on the photographic negatives donated by the San Marcos Daily Record to the University Archives in January 2016. The SMDR negative collection includes an estimated 800,000 images and spans approximately 70 years, from the mid-1930s to the 2000s. When combined with the negatives already housed in the University Archives, the number of negatives is estimated at 1.5 million. This presentation will describe the first stages of the project including the on-going development of two custom-built film negative capture stations that are used to digitize negatives and special considerations in the process due to the large scale and long timeline.Item A Geospatially Oriented Humanities Exhibit: Dick Reavis and the National Tour of Texas(2016-05) Peters, Todd C.; Dede-Bamfo, Nathaniel; Long, JasonOn January 1, 1987 Texas Monthly writer Dick Reavis set out on a year-long journey to drive every road on the official map of Texas, and report his experiences in a series of articles. The Dick Reavis Papers at The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University holds a large collection of postcards, color slides, a travel log book, and several hundred pages of typewritten notes from the journey. The Digital and Web Services Department and The Wittliff Collections are building an innovative web exhibit using Reavis’ own shaded highway map to navigate digitized items from the collection by using ArcGIS, Google Maps and web scripting. This presentation will discuss the overall development of the project, digitization of materials, the use of ArcGIS to create shapefiles, and the creation and integration of the website with Google Maps.Item The Making of ...And The Earth Did Not Swallow Him, a Film by Severo Perez(2016-05) Peters, Todd C.Severo Perez’s 1995 film, …and the earth did not swallow him, is adapted from Tomás Rivera’s classic 1971 Chicano novel, …y no se lo tragó la tierra. It beautifully evokes the substance and spirit of Rivera’s work, and has won international critical acclaim, including top honors at film festivals worldwide. An online exhibit built on the Omeka platform was created from clips of the director discussing the making of the film and materials from the production archive for the film housed in The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.Item A Novel Workflow for Large Scale Thesis Digitization(2016-05) Peters, Todd C.; Moore, Jeremy D.; Long, JasonTexas State University recently began digitizing approximately 6,000 theses to create digital preservation copies and electronic versions that may eventually be used for patron access. This presentation will discuss our novel workflow that allows student workers to rapidly scan, process, and perform quality control on the images while managing the metadata necessary for future ingest into our institutional repository. In brief, the process begins with students debinding and scanning theses, downloading MARC records with MARCEdit, and using an in-house web application to sort images based on content. Students then process the images with a combination of BASH scripts, ImageMagick, and Adobe Photoshop as they perform quality control and fix any errors found. The resultant preservation TIFFs are OCR’d and combined into PDFs using ABBYY FineReader 12. A final quality control step is performed by the Digital Media Specialist at which point the electronic conversion has been completed. The workflow allows a student to process approximately 50 theses in a 20-hour work week.Item Research Data Management Needs Assessment for Social Sciences Graduate Students: A Mixed Methods Study(PLOS One, 2023-02-23) Zhou, Xuan; Xu, Zhihong; Kogut, AshlynnThe complexity and privacy issues inherent in social science research data makes research data management (RDM) an essential skill for future researchers. Data management training has not fully addressed the needs of graduate students in the social sciences. To address this gap, this study used a mixed methods design to investigate the RDM awareness, preparation, confidence, and challenges of social science graduate students. A survey measuring RDM preparedness and training needs was completed by 98 graduate students in a school of education at a research university in the southern United States. Then, interviews exploring data awareness, knowledge of RDM, and challenges related to RDM were conducted with 10 randomly selected graduate students. All participants had low confidence in using RDM, but United States citizens had higher confidence than international graduate students. Most participants were not aware of on-campus RDM services, and were not familiar with data repositories or data sharing. Training needs identified for social science graduate students included support with data documentation and organization when collaborating, using naming procedures to track versions, data analysis using open access software, and data preservation and security. These findings are significant in highlighting the topics to cover in RDM training for social science graduate students. Additionally, RDM confidence and preparation differ between populations so being aware of the backgrounds of students taking the training will be essential for designing student-centered instruction.Item Research Data Management Needs of Social Science Graduate Students(2023-03) Kogut, Ashlynn; Zhou, Xuan; Xu, ZhihongResearch data management (RDM) training is an essential skill for future social sciences researchers, yet few training opportunities focus specifically on the needs of social sciences graduate students. This poster presents the findings of a mixed methods study that examined social sciences graduate students' RDM awareness and confidence implementing RDM. Find out which areas of RDM social sciences graduate students are unaware. Learn how confidence and preparedness for RDM differ by student's citizenship, race/ethnicity, and years in their program. Leave with knowledge of the RDM training needs of social sciences graduate students to enhance your instruction and consultations.Item Academic Researcher Profiles: Getting Started and Tips for Success(2023-03-22) Zhou, Xuan; Van Diest, KristinAre you publishing or presenting research in your discipline? Do you want to make your research more impactful? Develop an online researcher profile and make your research more discoverable by researchers globally.. Online tools such as ORCID, ResearchGate, Web of Science, and Google Scholar Citations can be useful for establishing a successful online academic profile. They can increase the impact of your research, ensure credit for your work, and streamline the publishing and grant-funding process. In this Shop Talks session, we will show some examples of successful online researcher profiles and the impact you can make by managing your online academic environment.Item Overview of Digital Preservation(2013-04-02) Goodley, LaurenDigitization has provided opportunities for institutions to create digital surrogates for fragile and endangered artifacts, while providing greater access to cultural heritage materials. Libraries, archives, and museums are also increasingly active in preserving community materials that are “born” digital, including photographs, audio, video, and websites. This five-part course reviewed best practices for the care of digital materials and featured case studies that illustrate the best, and worst, experiences of cultural heritage institutions in their efforts to prevent a digital dark age. It is a part of the Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures—Today series. In addition to webinar recording links below, you will also see transcripts of those recordings, resources that were compiled by the course instructors, and PowerPoint presentations. Webinar 1: Overview of Digital Preservation Why is it important to preserve digital materials? What items should we be preserving and why? This session will provide a general introduction to the series and offer strategies to help you identify and select items from your collections for digitization and digital preservation.Item Rubric for Reviews: The Journal of Journal Reviews(2022-12) Neds-Fox, Joshua; Ruen, Matthew; Schultz, Teresa; Selman, Brianne; Sterman, Leila; Towery, StephanieNo abstract prepared.Item Twichell Survey Records Available(Society of Southwest Archivists, 2010-11) Goodley, LaurenThe Archives and Records Program of the Texas General Land Office is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of the Twichell Survey Records. Willis Day Twichell (1864-1959), a prominent surveyor in West Texas and the Panhandle Plains from 1885 until his death in 1959, surveyed a vast amount of land, including the XIT ranch and the disputed Texas-New Mexico boundary along the 103nd meridian, as well as lands and boundaries for the Texas permanent school fund, railroads, and ranchers. Originally brought to Texas by an immigration company to plat the town of Garden City, Twichell ultimately surveyed lands in 165 of Texas’ 254 counties as well as locations in New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Northern Mexico.Item Bit by Bit: Gaining Knowhow with BitCurator(Society of American Archivists, 2014) Goodley, Lauren; Russell, Rebecca; Rushing, Amy; Davis, Nicole; Snider, Lisa; Toups, MeganArchivists from repositories in Texas recently participated in community outreach sessions to learn more about one of these tools: BitCurator.Item [Review] DigitalPreservation.gov(Society of American Archivists, 2014-05-19) Goodley, LaurenNo abstract prepared.Item [Review] Digital Preservation Essentials. Edited by Christopher Prom(Midwest Archives Conferenece, 2017) Goodley, LaurenNo abstract prepared.