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[Handout to Accompany Poster on Implementation of a New Date/Time Standard]

Description: Handout with supplementary information to accompany the poster "Implementation of a New Date/Time Standard in Digital Library Metadata." In includes examples of dates that meet Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) standards, examples of problems encountered when normalizing date displays for users, additional statistics related to already-valid dates in the digital collections at the time that the standards were formally adopted, and links to online materials.
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries

Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in Digital Collections

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses the implementation of the Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) within the University of North Texas (UNT) digital collections. It includes a summary of the kinds of date formats in the EDTF with examples from the digital collections, a description of methods used to implement and utilize the machine-readability of the format, and an overview of reasons that other institutions may want to con… more
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries

Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library

Description: Presentation on the implementation of the Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) within the University of North Texas (UNT) digital collections, including the results of an analysis performed in February 2013. It provides a summary of the kinds of date formats in the EDTF with examples from the digital collections, a description of methods used to implement and utilize the machine-readability of the format, and an overview of reasons that other institutions may want to consider switching to the EDTF.
Date: September 4, 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Handout to Accompany Poster on Scanning TRAIL Project Technical Reports]

Description: Handout with supplementary information to accompany the poster "Scanning TRAIL Project Technical Reports: A Workflow for a Large-Scale Collaborative Digitization Effort." In includes a brief overview of the project, a list of hardware and software used in the project, and a detailed list of the steps for each stage of the process (Inventory, Scanning, Processing, Metadata, and Upload).
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Willis, Shannon
Partner: UNT Libraries

Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability [Poster]

Description: Poster presented at the 2013 International iConference. This poster discusses factors that affect digital resource discoverability and digital curation activities that enhance the visibility of an institutional repository (IR) in an ever-changing digital landscape.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Partner: UNT Libraries

Creating Order Out of Chaos: Introducing Name Authority into a Large ETD Collection

Description: Presentation for the sixteenth international symposium on electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). This presentation describes the challenges associated with controlling names, the approach of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, the development and implementation of the UNT Name App, and discuss lessons learned.
Date: September 25, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura
Partner: UNT Libraries

UNT Scholarly Works

Description: Presentation for the University of North Texas (UNT) School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) 5740 course, Introduction to Digital Libraries. This presentation discusses the UNT Scholarly Works institutional repository and gives a brief history, submissions and workflow processes, copyright and publisher considerations, and open access issues.
Date: April 24, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura
Partner: UNT Libraries

Online Profiles and Unique Author Identifiers

Description: Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation (SCDC) Affinity Group 2013 Winter Meeting. This presentation discusses online profiles and unique author identifiers, their importance, features, and strategies for successfully using them.
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura & Najmi, Anjum
Partner: UNT Libraries
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