TCDL 2025

The check-in and information table is open all day.

A workshops ticket is required to attend this session.

Description
Copyright plays a crucial role in fostering access to knowledge, yet navigating its complexities, including fair use, public domain, library licensing, and Creative Commons licenses, can sometimes feel overwhelming. This workshop transforms learning about copyright into an engaging and interactive experience.

Part 1: Understanding Copyright, Fair Use, and Open Licensing
Through a series of brief presentations with engaging review games, attendees will explore:
Fundamentals of Creative Commons licenses
Leveraging fair use and public domain materials for education and research
Library licensing’s role in providing legal access to content

Part 2: The Copyright Quest
Following the presentation and mini-games, participants will put their knowledge retention to the test in an escape room-style game. Working in teams, attendees will solve puzzles and unlock clues, applying their understanding of copyright, fair use, and library and open licensing concepts to be the first team to complete the Copyright Quest and win the grand prize. The final game will reinforce key takeaways while adding an element of play and collaboration, all in pursuit of affordable higher education for our students.

Why This Workshop?
This session blends education and gamification to provide an enjoyable, informative introduction to copyright. In this workshop, we make a sometimes-complex topic more accessible and fun by incorporating an escape room activity to ensure that attendees walk away with practical knowledge they can apply in their own institutions. Attendees will be able to increase access and community impact by utilizing the concepts they learn to benefit their students.

A workshops ticket is required to attend this session.

This 2-hour workshop will give participants the knowledge and tools they need to understand users and improve their digital collection and discovery environments. In this workshop, participants will learn about User Experience (UX) testing and how it can contribute to improved user-centered design of our patron-facing digital interfaces. They will learn the different types of UX studies and when they should be used. They will learn how to create a test plan for a UX study and have the opportunity to draft a plan for a current collection or project. Participants will also observe or participate in example study sessions conducted with the group. This workshop is intended for anyone who creates, publishes, or manages digital content. There are no prerequisites or knowledge needed prior to participating. If you have a laptop, you are encouraged to bring it with you, but it is not a requirement.

A workshops ticket is required to attend this session.

CanopyIIIF is a robust, open-source framework that utilizes the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) to create interactive, searchable, and customizable digital exhibits or digital scholarship projects. Content-agnostic, CanopyIIIF supports the integration of images, text, audio, and video works to build dynamic experiences with diverse content. It simplifies the process of developing new projects by enabling the remixing and reuse of existing content from external sources. Additionally, CanopyIIIF provides intuitive components that make it easier to add meaningful context, tell compelling stories, and breathe new life into online resources.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to create their very own CanopyIIIF project hosted on GitHub Pages. Attendees will explore how to discover and remix content from a variety of libraries, archives, and museums, as well as how to host their own content from scratch using Tropy and tropyiiify. The workshop will also cover how to design custom pages and create compelling stories using Markdown, MDX, and custom Canopy components. No prior programming experience is necessary, and by the end of the session, participants will have the knowledge and confidence to independently implement a static site powered by CanopyIIIF tailored to their own needs.

A workshops ticket is required to attend this session.

This workshop offers a practical, people-centered approach to making your work easier and more sustainable. Process management provides a structured framework for analyzing, designing, and optimizing workflows to meet organizational needs. Unlike project management, which focuses on delivering specific outcomes, process management emphasizes continuous improvement and efficiency within the systems that sustain digital library and archive operations.

But process management isn’t just about workflows—it’s about fostering clarity, collaboration, and meaningful impact. This workshop will show how refining everyday processes can reduce stress, empower teams, and help you and your organization thrive. Participants will learn how to identify and address bottlenecks, streamline processes, adopt tools that truly support their work, and establish sustainable practices that allow them to focus on what matters most.

Drawing insights from the author's recent book, this session provides a comprehensive foundation for implementing process-oriented solutions tailored to digital library ecosystems. Through interactive exercises, relatable case studies, and hands-on practice with effective methodologies, attendees will leave equipped with actionable strategies to lighten their workload, strengthen their teams, and build more resilient systems.

A workshops ticket is required to attend this session.

During this workshop session we will be providing information about all the basics of professional papers and profiles - from Resumes and CVs to Cover Letters to LinkedIn profiles. The session will also include time to work on drafting a resume, CV, and/or a Cover Letter.

A workshops ticket is required to attend this session.

The TDL community has played an important role in preserving information from the web for many years. As web archives continue to grow, they present challenges of scale and complexity for those that seek to facilitate access and integrate archival data in research and teaching. Web archives are increasingly important primary sources for historians and digital humanities scholars, and computational methods, like text mining and data visualization, show promising pathways for scholarly use of born-digital archives. During this 90 minute workshop, participants will be introduced to web archives as a primary source; gain familiarity with web archive research use cases and how libraries support them; and acquire hands-on experience creating web archive collections and computationally analyzing web archives.

In this demonstration led by Internet Archive’s team, participants will understand how the WARC file format is used for both preservation and computational access and gain hands-on experience using representative processes for analyzing research datasets.

TCDL will provide lunch to attendees who purchased the Workshops ticket only. Must show nametag with workshop designation.

Designated quiet room for day 1. Art supplies will be provided. Food is allowed in the classroom.

Please be considerate of fellow attendees present in the quiet space and keep noise to a minimum. If you have any concerns, please visit the Check-in table.

The Opening Plenary session includes a welcome from TDL’s Governing Board, the TDL Awards Ceremony, and the Keynote Address by Dr. Katherine Skinner.


Keynote Title: Navigating the Now: Shared Values as Our Compass for Community Action

Keynote Address Description: Rapid-fire change is a defining characteristic of 2025, both in and beyond the US. Research and education have come under attack, resulting in a broad range of science, education, and knowledge management efforts being defunded and/or unsettled by executive orders in the first four months of the year.  Rather than being stymied by fear of these still-developing stories, we have to move with clear intention in common directions. In this talk, Katherine Skinner will spotlight ways we have actually been preparing for this moment for decades - both at TCDL and beyond - and she’ll challenge us to meet it together, united, and with strength.

No sessions.

Poco Loco is an energetic and fun session for all. Each poster presenter will be allotted up to three minutes to pitch their poster to the audience and at least 10 minutes for Q&A will be allotted at the end of the session.

Click here to read the abstracts for each poster.

After sessions end on Tuesday, May 20, a reception will be held in the Atrium. Beverages and appetizers will be served. Each attendee is designated one drink ticket. If you would like to donate your drink ticket, please drop if off at the Check-in table. Posters will be on display for discussion and attendees may participate in the poster scavenger hunt for a chance to win a prize. Poster presenters and sponsors are not eligible to participate in the scavenger hunt.