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- Using eReaders to Enhance Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas
- This book chapter focuses on the use of ereaders as a learning tool to motivate and engage students, support content learning, and promote literacy development across content areas.
- Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management
- Chapter from Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs. This chapter describes the roles of metadata in facilitating the ETD lifecycle, methods to capture metadata manually and automatically, examples of programs using metadata to enhance ETD access, and strategies to manage metadata over time.
- Considering the Impact of the WPA Outcomes Statement on Second Language Writers
- Book chapter on considerations on the impact of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA) Outcomes Statement (OS) on second language writers. This chapter examines the extent to which the WPA OS reflects (or does not reflect) the presence and needs of second language writers.
- Reengineering The Portal to Texas History
- This book chapter reports on a case study on the activities, findings, and lessons learned during a project that replaced the legacy Digital Asset Management (DAM) system of The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries with an open source system.
- Vanillin Biosynthesis - Not as Simple as it Seem?
- Book chapter on vanillin biosynthesis. The author gives an introduction to vanillin biosynthesis, the multiple pathways to vanillin, and the way forward.
- Monolignol Biosynthesis and its Genetic Manipulation: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Book chapter manuscript on monolignol biosynthesis and its genetic manipulation.
- Theses and Dissertations from Print to ETD: The Nuances of Preserving and Accessing Those in Music
- Book chapter discussing the unique challenges of digitizing music theses and dissertations.
- "The Silicon Dream": Breaking Glass on the Small Screen
- Book chapter discussing the Brian Gibson film "Breaking Glass" and the author's experiences viewing the film and thoughts about the impressions it made.
- Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review
- This article explores the strengths and limitations of folksonomies through traditional indexing and taxonomies with an emphasis on the history of cultural heritage information retrieval.
- Characteristics of Tweets about African Cultural Heritage
- This article investigates broad characteristics of tweets about African cultural heritage with possible implications for marketing by cultural heritage administrators and other stakeholders.
- The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library
- Book chapter on the evolution of publishing agreements at the University of Michigan Library. Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this chapter discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the University of Michigan Library throughout the evolution of its publishing operation, the advantages of the various models, and the reasons for moving from one to another.
- Documenting Institutional Knowledge Through TRAC Self-Audit: A Case Study
- Book chapter on the Trusted Repository Audit and Checklist (TRAC) process through the lens of contextual dimensions within knowledge management, using the case study of the University of North Texas Libraries.
- Students Collaborate to Develop Educational Green-Clothing Label
- This book chapter describes a project to develop an informative green label that outlines the impact of a product on the environment, to help inform the consumer considering buying the product.
- HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries
- This book chapter discusses how to operationalize acquisitions through a discussion of various models of acquisitions, encompassing budgeting, working with vendors, selection, ordering, receiving, processing, and overall administration of the process.
- Out of the Oven and into the (Reusable) Bag: Sous-Vide Book Delivery
- This is a section of The Sustainable Library's Cookbook, which is a collection of sustainable activities for academic libraries. This particular section explores sustainable practices in the Access Services Department at the University of North Texas.
- Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources
- This book chapter contains a recipe detailing a method to evaluate subscription-based resources based on objective data and subjective input.
- Metaphoric Analysis of a Shipyard Union Dispute: Theory and Method in the Cultural Analysis of Collective Action
- This book chapter discusses the metaphoric analysis of a shipyard union dispute and the theory and method in the cultural analysis of collective action. Rather than treating grievances and political opportunities, given, and exogenous to organized movement groups, cultural analysts of social movements have recently focused on cognitive and linguistic processes by which factors relevant to collective behavior are themselves interpreted collectively.
- Open (Flu) Season: A Case Study of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia
- Book chapter discussing a project by the University of Michigan's Center for the History of Medicine (CHM) in partnership with the University of Michigan Library's MPublishing division, to create an open source digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States.
- Self-Medication Among Older Adults in the United States
- Book chapter discussing self-medication among older adults in the United States.
- Unions of Slavery: Slavery, Politics, and Secession in the Valley of Virginia
- Book chapter discussing research on the issues involved in the secession of Virginia around the Civil War, including slavery and politics.
- Network Theory
- This book chapter discusses network theory, defined as the proposed processes and mechanisms that relate network properties to outcomes of interest.
- Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity
- This book chapter describes two key behavioral economic constructs and four key behavioral economic tools and their application to physical activity.
- Biocultural conservation in Cape Horn: the Magellanic woodpecker as a charismatic species
- This book chapter discusses a research project to promote biocultural conservation in Cape Horn, Chile. In an effort to achieve the goal of transdisciplinary integration, the authors used the strategy of identifying a charismatic species, since doing so serves to motivate people towards biodiversity conservation, to communicate ecological concepts, and to integrate both the ecological and social dimensions of sustainability.
- Creating Student-Centered Classroom Environments: The Case of Mathematics
- This book chapter provides examples of how mathematics instruction emphasized meaning and understanding, skills embedded in context, and connections between and among subject areas and school and life outside of school.
- Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd
- This chapter critiques the use of student labor on digital humanities projects in and out of the classroom.
- Definition and Goals of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork
- Book chapter defining descriptive linguistic fieldwork, explores tasks that fall under this definition, outlines goals of descriptive linguistic fieldwork, and identifies aspirations and limitations of linguistic fieldworkers.
- Was war, was ist, was sein wird: Rezeption der Werke Günter Kunerts
- Book chapter discussing the works German writer Günter Kunert.
- Maintaining Quality Metadata: Toward Effective Digital Resource Lifecycle Management
- Book chapter on maintaining quality metadata and effective digital resource lifecycle management.
- Hiring and Training Graduate Assistants for the Academic Library
- Book chapter discussing hiring and training graduate assistants for the academic library.
- Frances Brooke's History of Emily Montague (1769) Epistolarity at the Transatlantic Intersection of Public and Private
- Book chapter on Frances Brooke's "History of Emily Montague" and the epistolarity at the transatlantic intersection of public and private.
- Крестьянский Союз в 1920-е годы и формирование крестьянской идентичности: модернизационный дискурс: The Peasant Union in the 1920s. The Formation of a Peasant Identity: Modernizing Discourse
- Book chapter discussing the Peasant Union in the 1920s, the formation of a peasant identity, and modernizing discourse.
- Mme Riccoboni Épistolière-Romancière L'Épître-Préface à Garrick et les Lettres de Mme de Sancerre
- Book chapter on the novelist Madame Riccoboni with letters by Madame de Sancerre and a letter addressed to David Garrick.
- Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants: An Overview
- This book chapter gives an overview of engineering disease resistance in plants.
- Annotating and Identifying Emotions in Text
- This book chapter discusses annotating and identifying emotions in text.
- Selection of Ionic Liquid Solvents for Chemical Separations Based on the Abraham Model
- Book chapter on the selection of ionic liquid solvents for chemical separations based on the Abraham model.
- Modeling and Analysis Using Computational Tools
- This book chapter presents two special algorithms, Mean Value Analysis and Convolution Algorithm, for the analysis of closed queuing networks, and an introduction to simulation techniques that are widely used in analyzing queuing systems in general.
- The Peasant Union Movement: The Quest for the Political Organization of Peasants in the Soviet Union in the 1920s
- This book chapter discusses the peasant union movement and the quest for the political organization of peasants in the Soviet Union in the 1920s.
- Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict
- This book chapter provides an overview of teams, complex adaptive systems, conflict stages, and conflict models, while also presenting adaptive leadership as a style that offers organizations with the capabilities of reacting to changing environments quickly.
- The Functional Ontology of Filmic Documents
- This book chapter discusses the functional ontology of filmic documents. The authors examine a few phases of probing of filmic documents, and the relationship between structure and meaning. The authors have taken the liberty of sketching the earlier phases and of presenting the most recent in somewhat more detail. Considerations of the early phases, among other issues of document use, led to the functional ontology construction as a foundation for this probing and for wider concerns within the arena of messages, meanings, and uses.
- Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions
- This book chapter discusses digital collection preservation. The authors provide a philosophical base for cultural memory organizations' need to participate in distributed digital preservation solutions as community-owned and community-led initiatives. This chapter will be useful for all readers, particularly those with questions about the value of collaborative engagement in the digital arena for cultural memory organizations.
- “¿Son Modos? Tonos y salmodia en Andrés Lorente
- This book chapter discusses the distinction between modes and tones as corresponding to different epistemologies.
- Predicting Subjectivity Orientation of Online Forum Threads
- This book chapter discusses predicting subjectivity orientation of online forum threads.
- Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management
- Book chapter from "Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners." This chapter includes both a theoretical and practical examination of planning and improvisation in emergency management.
- Introduction to the Law and the American Legal System
- This book chapter offers an introduction to the law and the American legal system.
- Metadata Enhancement Through Name Authority in the UNT Digital Library
- This book chapter contains a case study discussing the University of North Texas Libraries' implementation of name authority control in the UNT Digital Library as a means of increasing metadata records' quality and consistency, and of improving end-user retrieval.
- Electrochemical Synthesis of Rare Earth Ceramic Oxide Coatings
- This book chapter discusses the electrochemical synthesis of lanthanum, cerium, and praseodymium oxides.
- Beyond Structural Genomics for Plant Science
- This book chapter provides an overview of the genomics and postgenomic technologies that are likely to have the greatest impacts on agronomy over the next 10-20 years and describes a number of case studies of their application.
- Collaborating with Your Local Public Library
- This book chapter discusses collaborating with local public libraries.
- A Voice of Their Own—Letting Library Collections Tell Their Story: The UNT Libraries Collection Map
- This chapter describes the development and use of a unique collection assessment tool, the Collection Map, to track the needs of academic disciplines and their fulfillment.
- Computational Studies of the Thermochemistry of the Atmospheric Iodine Reservoirs HOI and IONO₂
- Book chapter discussing computational studies of the thermochemistry of the atmospheric iodine reservoirs HOI and IONO₂.