Texas Digital Library

Mark your calendars for the 2027 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), happening May 25-27, 2027! 📢

We are recruiting planning committee members to help us shape the program. The 2027 conference features our core subcommittees (Posters, Awards, Participant Experience) along with a brand new Short Papers track.

We want to broaden representation across all Texas Digital Library (TDL) regular and affiliate member institutions. Whether you are a veteran or brand new to the TCDL community (no experience required!), your voice matters.

⏰ Deadline to Apply: Monday, August 17, 2026
📝 Committee Member Application Form: https://bit.ly/4yiqG3y
Questions? Email [email protected].

The Conference Proceedings are now available in the Texas Digital Library Repository! ✨

Explore presentations and ideas inspired by this year’s theme, Finding Joy! Playful Innovation and Community in Action, and revisit conversations that highlighted creativity, collaboration, and the future of digital libraries.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4p6Mafu

Don't forget to share your feedback! ✨The deadline is TODAY at 11:59 PM CT.

Complete the survey here: https://bit.ly/3ROhOls

✨We are still feeling the joy from ! Thank you to all our incredible attendees, presenters, volunteers, the planning committee, and our generous sponsors for exploring "Finding Joy! Playful Innovation and Community in Action" with us.

This community wouldn’t be what it is without YOU!

Help us make next year's conference even better. Please take 10 minutes to share your thoughts in our confidential Post-Conference Survey.

🗓️ Deadline: Monday, June 22 at 11:59 PM CT
🔗 Complete the survey here: https://bit.ly/3ROhOls

We’re excited to announce the 2026 Texas Digital Library Award recipients! 🎉

Each year, the TDL Awards recognize the creativity, expertise, and care that library and archives workers bring to advancing digital libraries across our community.

From outreach and student contributions to digital preservation, scholarly communication, and service, this year’s recipients reflect the many ways our community strengthens access to digital content in Texas and beyond.

➡️ Read more about this year’s awardees: https://bit.ly/43FCgrd

Thank you for finding joy and bringing playful innovation to ! ✨

Our Conference Highlights blog post is now live. Read the full recap featuring keynote speakers, TDL Awards and student scholarship recipients, sponsors, and community highlights.

If you attended, please share your feedback to help us plan next year's event. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and closes on Monday, June 22 at 11:59 PM CT.

📝 Read the full blog post: https://bit.ly/4fIwb4A
📋 Share your feedback: https://bit.ly/3ROhOls

4Science International is a Sponsor.

What an amazing few days at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries! We loved being part of this vibrant community and supporting the event as a Visionary level sponsor.

We had great conversations with institutions looking for easier, smarter ways to run their repositories. That’s exactly where DSpaceWay comes in: a fully managed, ready-to-use DSpace service for institutions that want reliability, scalability, and expert support. Curious if DSpaceWay is what your institution has been missing? Let’s keep the conversation going!

Visit 4science.com to learn more.

Thanks so much for a wonderful ! AM's Jameson Worley connected with so many library and archive professionals, demonstrating how AM’s purpose-built archival technology AM Quartex and primary source collections expertise are helping like-minded institutions achieve their digital collections goals.

Learn more at amdigital.co.uk/am-quartex.

📸 Photo credit: Parker Lunsford (Pictured: Jameson Worley, Sales Executive - North America, AM Quartex)

✨We are still feeling the joy from ! Thank you to all our incredible attendees, presenters, volunteers, the planning committee, and our generous sponsors for exploring "Finding Joy! Playful Innovation and Community in Action" with us.

This community wouldn’t be what it is without YOU!

Help us make next year's conference even better. Please take 10 minutes to share your thoughts in our confidential Post-Conference Survey.

🗓️ Deadline: Monday, June 22 at 11:59 PM CT
🔗 Complete the survey here: https://bit.ly/3ROhOls

The Portal to Texas History is proud to be a sponsor of !

The Portal to Texas History is a gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from, or about Texas. Created and maintained by the UNT Libraries, the Portal leverages the power of hundreds of content partners across the state to provide a vibrant, growing collection of resources.

Learn more at: The Portal to Texas History (texashistory.unt.edu)

📷: Bedford. [Portrait of a Boy With a Walking Stick], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1826967/: accessed April 17, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of T. B. Willis.