Train to Share: Interoperability Training for Cultural
Heritage Institutions
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission working with the
University of North Texas Libraries, Amigos Library Services, and
other partners, has received a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian
Grant to develop Train to Share, a training program administered
as part of Texas Heritage Online.
This program was designed specifically for Texas librarians, archivists,
and cultural heritage professionals. The three-year project will
address the need, identified nationally, but equally evident at
the local level, to create sharable metadata and develop state-wide
workshops, adapted from the Library of Congress’s “The
Digital Library Environment” series, which provides an overview
of interoperability measures for digitization projects and principles
of sharable metadata.
Selected cultural heritage institutions will collaborate to provide
better access to rare and unique materials, and, in the process,
forge new and sustainable partnerships vital to the ongoing development
of digital projects across the state.
Claudia Rivers, Head of Special Collections at the University
of Texas at El Paso, reviews a rare pamphlet from the
Mexican Revolution that she plans to digitize and describe
for the Train to Share project. The University has partnered
with the El Paso Historical Society and the El Paso Public
Library’s Border Heritage Center to complete the
Train to Share project.
Project Announcements
Training Opportunities
Texans can benefit from the Train to Share project by participating
in its affordable training series. As part of this IMLS-funded initiative,
five short courses will be offered in: developing a digital project,
evaluating library systems, creating metadata records, choosing
content standards, using authority files, and advanced topics.
This five-workshop series will be taught by Bill Walker of Amigos
Library Services and modeled off the Library of Congress’s
series, “The Digital Library Environment.” Courses are
two-day long workshops lasting from 9-4 each day and are available
at different locations across the state.
Train to Share participants, Raquel Estrada, Acquisitions Librarian,
Millie Hernandez, Event & Exhibit Coordinator, and John Hawthorne,
Assistant Director of Special Collections at the University of Texas
Brownsville's Oliveira Memorial Library, take a workshop on Metadata
at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Train to Share Workshop Series
1. Digital Project Planning and Management
Basics
Digital
Project Planning and Management Basics will provide
the basic knowledge and skills needed to plan, implement and assess
a digital project. Click on the link to find more information
and to register.
Dates & Locations:
July 14 - 15, 2009 El
Paso, TX
July 28 - 29, 2009 Lubbock,
TX
August 5 - 6, 2009 Houston,
TX
August 12 - 13, 2009 Dallas, TX
August 26 - 27, 2009 Brownsville, TX
September 2-3, 2009 Austin, TX.
2. Digital Library Systems
Digital
Library Systems will provide information about evaluating,
adapting, and developing systems and applications for born-digital
and digitized material. Click on the link to find more information
and to register.
Dates & Locations:
October 8-9, 2009 Brownsville,
TX
October 19-20, 2009 Lubbock, TX
October 22-23, 2009 El Paso, TX
October 28-29, 2009 Houston, TX
November 10-11, 2009 Dallas, TX
December 2-3, 2009 Austin, TX
3. Metadata Standards and Crosswalks
Metadata
Standards and Crosswalks will provide information
about evaluating, adapting, and providing metadata for both born-digital
and digitized materials. Click on the link to find more information
and to register.
Dates & Locations:
Dec. 9-10, 2009 Austin, TX
Jan. 7-8, 2010 El
Paso, TX
Jan. 11-12, 2010 Austin, TX
Feb 9-10, 2010 Lubbock,
TX
Feb 18-19, 2010 San Antonio, TX
Feb. 22-23, 2010 Houston, TX
Feb. 25-26, 2010 Dallas, TX
4. Principles of Controlled Vocabulary and
Thesaurus Design
Principles
of Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design prepares
digital project staff to use existing controlled vocabularies
or to develop their own lists of specialized terms for specific
applications in digital projects. Click on the link to find more
information and to register.
Dates & Locations:
March 29-30, 2010 Abilene, TX
April 5-6, 2010 Houston,
TX
April 22-23, 2010 Lubbock, TX
May 18-19, 2010 San Antonio, TX
May 24-25, 2010 El Paso, TX
May 27-289, 2010 Dallas, TX
5. Advance Topics
Advanced Topics: Dates and Locations To Be Determined
Project Documents
Project Contacts
Danielle Cunniff Plumer
Coordinator
Texas Heritage Online
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512-463-5852
dplumer@tsl.state.tx.us
Karen L. Frizzell
Training & Outreach Coordinator
Texas Heritage Online
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512-936-0270
kfrizzell@tsl.state.tx.us
Advisory Board Members
Dreanna Belden, University
of North Texas
Gina Minks, Amigos Library
Services
Henry Stokes, Texas
State Library & Archives Commission
Julie Holcomb, Baylor
University
Laura Casey, Texas
Historical Commission
Nicky Ladkin, Museum
of Texas Tech
William Moen, University
of North Texas
Press Releases
The Texas Heritage Digitization Iniatiave is now Texas Heritage Online (DOC)
THO Offers State-Wide Training Initiative through Train to Share Project
(DOC)
Texas
State Library and Archives Commission awarded $536,000 Federal
“Train to Share” Grant (DOC)
IMLS
News & Events (HTML)
Presentations
THO Annual Meeting 2009 (POWERPOINT)
Texas
Library Association, Digitization Expo 2009 (POWERPOINT)
Texas
Conference on Digital Libraries 2009 (POWERPOINT)
Reports
Interim
Report to IMLS, August 2009 (PDF)
Interim
Report to IMLS (WORD)
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