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URL Nominating Tool
This presentation gives an overview of the URL Nominating TOOL project and defines some of the associated key concepts. It explores the entity attribute value data model, URL's and SURTs, and batch imports.
URL Nomination Tool
Presentation for the 2014 International Internet Preservation Consortium (IICP) General Assembly. This presentation discusses the URL nomination tool.
Using Archival Resource Keys (ARKs) for Persistent Identification
This presentation discusses the usefulness of an Archival Resource Key (ARK) and how the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the Digital Projects Unit use ARKs in their system.
Utilizing Digital Library Infrastructure to Build Modern Research Collections
This keynote presentation covers the opportunities that digital library infrastructure offers if utilized effectively as a tool to build novel research collections. It highlights examples from the UNT Libraries and other institutions, which demonstrate these concepts.
Vendor Relations: From Both Sides
This presentation discusses vendor services and relations both as a service provider and as a customer of vendor services, in relation to digital libraries.
Web Archiving at UNT and End of Term Harvest 2008
This presentation illustrates the collaborative project with the University of North Texas (UNT) and the United States Government Printing Office as part of the Federal Depository Library Program. The CyberCemetery was created as an online archive of government websites that have ceased operation. This also discusses the UNT collaboration with the United States Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, and the California Digital Library in an End of Term Harvest project in 2008 to archive the Presidential campaign websites before they ceased to exist.
Web Archiving Workshop: Overview
This presentation gives a brief overview of the history of web archiving and explains key terms and concepts related to web archiving and harvesting with illustrated examples.
Web Archiving Workshop: Tools Overview
This presentation offers a brief discussion of web archiving tools. Tools include Wget, HTTrack, Heritrix, Wayback, and NutchWAX.
Web Curation within Institutions: Dealing with Researchers
Presentation for the 2014 International Internet Preservation Consortium (IICP) General Assembly. This presentation discusses web curation within institutions and dealing with researchers.
XML for Text Markup: An Introduction to XML Markup
This presentation introduces the extensible markup language (XML) for text markup. It explains where XML came from, the advantages, gives a comparison of XML to HTML, and discusses how XML works and can be used.
Moving the End of Term Web Archive to the Cloud to Encourage Research Use and Reuse
Presentation given at the 2022 Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Virtual Workshop, in conjunction with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), on June 24, 2022. This presentation discusses the End of Term (EOT) Web Archive project and process of organizing, staging, processing, and moving these collections into the Amazon cloud.
Moving the End of Term Web Archive to the Cloud to Encourage Research Use and Reuse
Short paper presented at the 2022 Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Virtual Workshop, in conjunction with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), on June 24, 2022. The paper discusses the End of Term (EOT) Web Archive project and process of organizing, staging, processing, and moving these collections into the Amazon cloud.
Data Desiccation: Facilitating Long-Term Access, Use, and Reuse of ETDs
This paper discusses data desiccation and facilitating the long-term access, use, and reuse of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Data Desiccation: Facilitating Long-Term Access, Use, and Reuse of ETDs [Presentation]
Presentation for the 2011 International Symposium on ETDs. This presentation discusses data desiccation and facilitating long-term access, use and reuse of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Web-Archiving: Collecting and Preserving Important Web-based National Resources
Presentation for the National Archives and Library of Ethiopia on web-archiving and collecting and preserving important web-based national resources.
Building Digital Archives
This presentation is about the steps followed in the development of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Library infrastructure, the lessons learned along the way, and the opportunities that are available today.
One Million Pages of Texas Newspapers: Dataset
This dataset represents the first million pages of Texas newspapers added to The Portal to Texas History as part of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program. The dataset consists of 123,184 newspaper issues from 569 titles, comprising 1,000,003 pages. Additionally the 3,349,156 item uses associated with this dataset as of April 7, 2013 are included.
Understanding large digital collections and learning new tools: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program Visualizations
This presentation discusses the Texas Digital Newspaper Program visualizations and learning new tools for digital collections.
Understanding Repository Growth at the University of North Texas: A Case Study
This paper discusses a case study on understanding repository growth at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Digitization Workflows From the Digital Projects Unit University of North Texas Libraries
This presentation gives a basic outline of the work flow and processes involved within the Digital Projects Unit. Topics include scanning, digital preservation, and staffing.
Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content
This paper discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. The paper discusses the overall workflow and describes the tools used to extract document features. Findings suggest opportunities for the development of retrieval tools that will provide new ways of selecting content and building collections from large Web archives.
User-Centered Design for Humanities Collections within a Digital Library
This presentation discusses the infrastructure of the Digital Projects Unit at the University of North Texas (UNT) and the IOGENE project. There are illustrated examples and discussion about the challenges faced with the IOGENE user studies.
Transport Neutral Digital Object Replication
Paper for the 2011 Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference. This paper discusses a project by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to implement a simple transport neutral digital object replication strategy in its production digital repository infrastructure.
Transport Neutral Digital Object Replication [Poster]
This poster discusses digital object replication. The University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries has implemented a simple transport neutral digital object replication strategy in its production digital repository infrastructure. This strategy is built with the same ideals as other Curation Micro-Services, in respect to lightweight, software independent specifications coupled to provide a set of services for digital repositories, this approach to replication has allowed the UNT Libraries the flexibility of multiple storage infrastructures and the reassurance the objects are being fully validated as they are replicated throughout the repository.
Comparison of Digital Asset Management Systems (work area E)
Paper for an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) Grant Partner Uplift Project. This paper describes examinations of various digital asset management systems' (DAMS) capabilities and functions. Evaluation is based on the documentation relating to each package.
Installation and Testing of Selected Digital Asset Management Systems (work area E)
Report for an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) Grant Partner Uplift Project. This report contains installation procedures for the Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS) identified as the most suitable candidates for the deployment by the Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative (THDI) partners.
Metadata: Batch Editing of MARC Records (work area D)
Report for an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) Grant Partner Uplift Project. This reports workflows developed for the conversion of two sets of metadata records and serves the following objectives: research different avenues for the batch import and export of MARC records from popular integrated library systems, identify tools/software which aids in batch editing of MARC records, and document workflow for batch editing MARC records.
Enhancing Descriptive Metadata Records with Freely-Available APIs
Article on enhancing descriptive metadata records with freely-available Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
Experiments in Operationalizing Metadata Quality Interfaces: A Case Study at the University of North Texas Libraries
Paper presented at the 2018 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications Initiative (DCMI). This paper describes work underway at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to design and implement interfaces and tools for analyzing metadata quality in their local metadata editing environment.
Analysis of URL References in ETDs: A Case Study at the University of North Texas
Article discussing a case study at the University of North Texas (UNT) on an analysis of URL references in electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Analysis of URL References in ETDs: A Case Study at the University of North Texas [Presentation]
Presentation for the 2013 International Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Symposium. The presentation gives an analysis of URL references in ETDs and a case study at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Appendix A: UNT Libraries TRAC Audit Checklist
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Library by metric, with example evidence and its location as addressed within the TRAC Conformance Document.
Appendix D: The Portal Partnership Agreement
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains a Portal Partnership Agreement outlining the agreement between partner institutions and the University of North Texas when contributing items to the Portal to Texas History.
Appendix E: Portal Memorandum of Agreement for Digital Rights
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains the Memorandum of Agreement for Digital Rights, which describes the permissions granted to the University of North Texas when contributing items to the Portal to Texas History.
Appendix F: Digital Library Memorandum of Agreement for Digital Rights
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains the Memorandum of Agreement for Digital Rights, which describes the permissions granted to the University of North Texas when contributing items to the UNT Digital Library.
Appendix K: Digital Projects Unit Standards
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the standards used by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Lab.
UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document
The UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document is designed to supplement and provide extended reference to the UNT Libraries’ TRAC Audit Checklist (Appendix A), which outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Repository. The self assessment of the UNT Libraries and its Digital Collections encompasses an evaluation of its associated policies, procedures, workflows, modelling, and technical infrastructure in the TRAC audit process.
Appendix P: UNT Libraries' Policy on Creation and Licensing of Metadata
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the UNT Libraries' policy of making its cataloging and metadata records available as Public Domain resources.
Appendix Q: UNT Libraries' Open Source Software Policy
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the UNT Libraries' policy in support of open source software development.
Appendix B: Formal Statement of Conformance to ISO 14721:2012
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains a formal statement of conformance to the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model, based on the official standard ISO 14721:2012.
Appendix H: UNT Libraries' Digital Preservation Policy Framework
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the University of North Texas Libraries' digital stewardship efforts.
Appendix J: UNT Libraries' Digital Collections Usage and Feedback Policy
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the policies governing the interaction of external users with materials in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections.
Appendix L: Preferred File Formats
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the file formats preferred for inclusion in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections.
Appendix N: Coda Repository Screenshots
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains screenshots of the Coda repository, the archival management system used by UNT Libraries.
Appendix O: UNT Libraries' Archival Storage Replacement Fund
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the Archival Storage Replacement Fund as a way of lessening the financial effect of the replacement of archival storage.
Appendix R: Digital Libraries Division Data Loss Escalation Procedures
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the procedures related to the escalation of events for a significant data loss event.
Appendix S: UNT Digital Libraries: Risk Analysis and Management Strategy Plan
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes threats that could disrupt normal operations of the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, as well as risk-minimization strategies, system infrastructures, opening practices, and business relationships employed to reduce potential impact of threats.
Appendix T: UNT Libraries Digital Workflow Diagram
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains a model of the UNT Libraries' digital workflow.
Appendix U: UNT Libraries Ingest Workflow Diagram
Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix contains a model of the UNT Libraries' ingest workflow.
Digitization 101
This document discusses digitization processes, including computer hardware, setting up the computer with Windows XP, setting up Windows 7 for digital projects, identifiers, folder management, standards, scanning, and digital preservation.
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