Digital & Web Services
Digital & Web Services Contacts
- Todd Peters, Head Digital & Web Services, (512) 245-3963
- Laura Waugh, Digital Collections Librarian (512) 245-1776
- Jason Long, Programmer Analyst (512) 245-2286
- Erin Mazzei, Digital Media Specialist (512) 245-7303
- Paivi Rentz, Library System Coordinator, (512) 245-7552
- Harrison Walker, Digital Media Assistant (512) 245-3719
Mission Statement
Enable students, staff, faculty, and other researchers to effectively discover, access, and navigate the library's resources by supporting and managing digital and web services.
Digital Projects
Read Digital Collections News for updates on projects from the Digital & Web Services Department.
Highlighted Projects
Cabeza de Vaca - a digitized version of a 1555 edition of La relación, a book written by Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and originally published in 1542.
The Pedagog - Texas State University’s student yearbook
Flickr Commons - images from the University Archives football and yearbook negative collections
The National Tour of Texas - an exhibit for The Wittliff Collections showcasing material from the Dick J. Reavis collection
The Making of Severo Perez's "...and the earth did not swallow him" - an exhibit for The Wittliff Collections showcasing material from the Severo Perez collection.
Santiago Tafolla - an exhibit for the Wittliff Collections showcasing material from the Santiago Tafolla collection.
Faculty Digitization Services
Digitization services range from the digitization of original primary source materials to assistance with descriptive metadata creation, digital preservation, and online access.
Digitization Equipment
| Phase1 IQ180 80mp digital back, 645DF+ camera, RCAM 72mm SES lens | very high resolution camera for cultural heritage digital photography up to 30” x 40” on table, larger possible w/ horizontal photography |
| Sony Alpha a7R II | mirrorless digital camera with 42 megapixel Full-Frame 35mm Exmor R BSI CMOS sensor and Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS lens |
| Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED Film Scanner | scan 35mm film at an optical resolution up to 4,000 dpi |
| Plustek OpticBook A300 Scanner | A3 scanning size up to 12" x 17", output resolution up to 1200 dpi, specially designed edge allows placement of book spine within 2mm of the scanning surface edge |
| Fujitsu fi-6670 sheet feed scanner | high-speed color duplex scanning of books and documents that can be disbound |
| Epson Expression 10000XL-Photo Scanner | scan documents, photographs, slides, negatives up to 12.2" x 17.2" up to 2400 x 4800 dpi resolution |
| Sony DSR-PD150 | miniDV, mini DVCAM video cameras |
| JVC SR-DVM600U | miniDV, HDD, DVD |
| Sony SVO-1520 | VHS record/play deck |
| Panasonic AG-5700 | SVHS record/play deck |
| JVC HR-S9911U | SVHS record/play deck |
| Sony VO-5800 | U - Matic record/play deck |
| Sony BVW-70 | Betacam record/play deck |
| Sony CCD-TR818 | hi8 video camera |
| Black Magic Intesity Pro 4K | video digital capture card |
| AVT-8710 Time Base Corrector | stabilize VHS capture |
| Nakamichi MR-1 | cassette record/play deck |
| Tandberg 9043X | open reel record/play deck |
| Sony LX520 | turntable (33 1/3, 45 rpm) |
| Benchmark ADC | analog to digital capture |
| Benchmark DAC | digital to analog playback |