The UT Libraries announces the inaugural Scholars Lab Fellowship Program. This paid two-semester long program is aimed at UT graduate students. We will select up to five (5) total Fellows who will complete a project that involves data, digital collections, digital media, or digital methods/platforms. Fellows will receive: project support… read more
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Affordable Education Champion Profile: Dr. Michael Aubrey
Dr. Michael Aubrey Department of Chemistry As the 2023-2024 academic year comes to a close, the Senate of College Councils and UT Libraries partnered to solicit nominations from students across campus to recognize instructors who increased access and equity by selecting free or low cost course materials for their classes. … read more
Spring workshop series
The Libraries’ is pleased to announce the schedule for our Digital Humanities Workshop Series and the Data & Donuts workshops for Spring 2024. Digitization, Digital Projects, and Copyright Issues Friday, 2/2, 12:00-1:00 pm Join us for a discussion about some of the common copyright issues that pop… read more
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Data & Donuts Fall Workshop Series
Looking to develop your data management skills and realize the full potential of your research data? Consider attending the UT Libraries’ Data & Donuts workshops this semester! The UT Libraries Research Data Services team is excited to announce the schedule for its Fall 2023 Data & Donuts workshop series which… read more
Open Research Toolkit
Christopher Eaker from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has created a resource called the Open Research Toolkit (ORT). It’s designed with librarians in mind and aims to teach open research concepts and skills. The ORT is published on the Open Science Framework (OSF) and is licensed with CC-BY license. The… read more
TSW Highlights: McDonald Observatory
Today marks the anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s historic first steps on the surface of the moon. 52 years later, space tourism is becoming a reality as two multi-billionaires have traveled to space in the last few days. With that in mind, we wanted to focus on UT’s McDonald Observatory which… read more
TSW Highlights: Pride Month
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest May 16-31, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 28 Over 800 European research institutions and funders urge publishing reform | News | Chemistry World: chemistryworld.com/news/over-800-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 27 Eric Carle, Creator Of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Has Died npr.org/2021/05/26/970… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 26 Research lobbies lock horns with science publishers over open access sciencebusiness.net/news/research-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 25… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 1-15, 2021
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 9 A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing nature.com/articles/d4158… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 8 $1.4M Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant expands Enslaved.org research msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/ensl… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 8 TSW Highlights: Arab-American Month sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 7 Twitter won’t let National Archives revive @realDonaldTrump politi.co/3wyfSye via @politico… read more
