With the invigorated protests concerning civil rights and this being a presidential election year, this academic research about the Voting Rights Act and its place in today’s political climate is now more important than ever. Read what those from UT Austin have to say here: https://bit.ly/3l9Oq4l
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Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest June 16-30, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 30 An Invisible Threat: Compassion Fatigue in Libraries-bookriot.com/compassion-fat… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 26 The Endangered Internet Archive Is Full of Treasures gizmodo.com/the-endangered… via @gizmodo Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 25 People are microwaving library books and masks to kill COVID-19 — and that’s bad freep.com/story/news/loc… via @freep… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest May 16-31, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 27 Hemingway’s Reading Habits Revealed After Parisian Library’s Records Digitized insidehook.com/daily_brief/bo… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 26 Rising Voices Library Highlights Stories Of Black And Latino Boys wbur.fm/2X003k3 via @hereandnow Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 26 Open Access Stakeholders Make Their Case to White House aip.org/fyi/2020/open-… Texas ScholarWorks… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest April 16-30, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 29 The Library of Congress wants to help you remix public domain audio clips theverge.com/2020/4/27/2123… via @Verge Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 27 Here’s what you need to know about UNC libraries, Elsevier and open access dailytarheel.com/article/2020/0… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 27 Open Access, Open Source, and… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 1-15, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 14 Coronavirus article free access ‘doesn’t go far enough’ timeshighereducation.com/news/coronavir… via @timeshighered Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 13 Your Guide To Free Google Books (And Its Limitations)- bookriot.com/2020/04/13/fre… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 10 Nature to join open-access Plan S, publisher says nature.com/articles/d4158… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 9… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 01-15, 2020
Mar 9 VCU Libraries will close Open Access Fund for faculty authors July 1 library.vcu.edu/about/news/202… Mar 9 Elsevier signs contract with California State University: News from the CSU Libraries Network: libraries.calstate.edu/csu-elsevier-r… Mar 5 Open Access at UT Blog: Open Education Week 2020 sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Mar 4 The Michael J. Fox Foundation… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest
Starting this month, we will create a digest every 2 weeks of the tweets we have sent out via Texas ScholarWorks and share it here. We try to find any interesting news pertaining to Open Access, archives, and libraries, in general. Remember, you can also follow us on Twitter here:… read more
Check out the first Texas Data Repository Annual Report
Check out our first Texas Data Repository Annual Report, which reports on UT-Austin’s activities in the consortium over the last two years since its launch. https://hdl.handle.net/2152/74154 Some highlights include: • Many upgrades to Dataverse: currently at version 4.9.4 (thanks TDL!!) • 77 dataverses (collections), 430 datasets, and nearly 7000 files.… read more
The Flora of Forfarshire: A publication of historical and botanical value available in modern collections and public platforms.
During the spring semester 2017, UT Libraries and the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center worked together to digitize the Flora of Forfarshire and make it available to the public through the Texas ScholarWorks repository. The Flora of Forfarshire is an emblematic botanical work by the Scottish botanist, William Gardiner… read more
