User Accounts
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Getting a user account
Access to UTL DAMS is restricted to University of Texas Libraries staff.
Log in to the DAMS Production system at https://dams.lib.utexas.edu and to the DAMS Test system at https://dams-t01.lib.utexas.edu with your EID and password.
Upon your first login, a user account will be automatically created in each system, which initially has no access permissions.
You will see the following message after completing the initial login:The DAMS management team or Collection Supervisors do NOT get a notification about new accounts created on first login. Make sure to follow step 2 in order to get access permissions.
- Determine which tasks you want to perform in the DAMS and which level of access you need for that:
- View-only access: Contact the DAMS management team to get view-only access to assets stored in the DAMS.
- Access for manually ingesting, editing, downloading or otherwise managing assets: Contact the Collection Supervisor for the respective collection in the DAMS. They need to submit a request to the DAMS management team to grant you the necessary permissions in the DAMS.
- Access for batch-ingesting assets (in addition to manual ingest, edit, download, management permissions): Contact the Collection Supervisor for the respective collection in the DAMS and ask them to specify that you need to perform batch ingests. They need to submit a request to the DAMS management team to grant you the necessary permissions in the DAMS.
Roles and permissions
Click here for an overview over the user roles and their respective permissions in the DAMS.
DAMS Management Team
Click here to create a DAMS service request.
DAMS Collections
Architectural Collections
Architectural Collections contain items from UT's Architecture and Planning Library, the Alexander Architectural Archives, other UT repositories, and collections around the world relating to Architecture and Planning.
For more information about the Architectural Collection, please contact:
- Katie Pierce Meyer, katiepiercemeyer@austin.utexas.edu
Architecture & Planning Library - Stephanie Tiedeken, stephanie.tiedeken@austin.utexas.edu
Alexander Architectural Archives
LLILAS Benson Digital Collections
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is a specialized research library focusing on materials from and about Latin America, and materials relating to Latin@ Studies. This repository contains digitized and born digital materials from the Collection.
For more information, please contact:
- Theresa Polk, tpolk@austin.utexas.edu
LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections
Map Collections
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is a general collection of more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world. Many of the maps are included in the Library Catalog. 70,000 map images from our collection are also available in digital format.
For more information, please contact:
- Katherine Strickland, strickland@austin.utexas.edu
PCL Map Collections
Global Studies Collections
The University of Texas Libraries’ Global Studies Collections encompass resources both from and about all regions of the world outside of the United States. Over 350 languages are represented in the UTL Global Studies collections and all formats are included. Individual subsets of the UTL Global Studies Collections vary in their respective breadth and depth but all share a commonality of scholarly approach that is predicated on the geographic, linguistic and interdisciplinary orientation of knowledge that “area studies” encompasses.
For more information, please contact:
- Mary Rader, m.rader@austin.utexas.edu
Arts, Humanities & Global Studies Engagement Team
Fine Arts Collections
Currently not an active collection. Responsible parties and contact information tbd.
Geology Collections
Currently not an active collection. Responsible parties and contact information tbd.
Miscellaneous Collections
Responsible parties and contact information tbd.
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