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Data for development: The case for Africa

Description: Conference paper presenting the results of a systematic review of data use practices by African countries to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) #2 – agriculture.
Date: October 18, 2019
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Using Metadata Record Graphs to Understand Digital Library Metadata

Description: This paper discusses the use of Metadata Record Graphs as a way of generating network-based metrics for metadata in six digital library collections, and evaluates the usefulness of network analysis versus more standard statistical data.
Date: September 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Zavalina, Oksana & Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Metadata Record Graphs for Six Collections from the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

Description: Paper providing background and the entire processed, intermediary data used for network analysis research regarding metadata from the UNT Digital Collections. It includes background and contextual information to reuse the data and provides complete datasets for metadata in six selected collections: the College of Music Recordings, Technical Report Archive and Image Library, the Texas Patents Collection, Texas State Publications, UNT Theses and Dissertations, and the University Photography Coll… more
Date: August 15, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Tarver, Hannah & Zavalina, Oksana
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Heart of Librarianship: A Topical Literature Review of Outreach in Academic Libraries

Description: This literature review provides an overview of outreach in academic libraries over the last five years. The review aims to centralize the common activities and general purposes of outreach while also bringing emphasis to more strategic outreach efforts such as the incorporation of learning outcomes and assessment into outreach. The review also provides commentary on how outreach can be used to affect information literacy and research.
Date: July 5, 2019
Creator: Henson, Brea
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage

Description: Environmental scan and recommendations for sharing usage data about OA monographs among stakeholders in scholarly communication
Date: May 6, 2019
Creator: O'Leary, Brian & Hawkins, Kevin S.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Building Specialized Collections from Web Archiving

Description: Short paper presented at Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse (AIDR). This short paper presents work on creating datasets of high-value publications and documents from web archives that can be used for machine learning research to help classify these large collections of data.
Date: May 2019
Creator: Caragea, Cornelia & Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality

Description: White paper discussing qualitative research conducted by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries regarding perceptions of quality by metadata creators and their managers. These perceptions of metadata quality are intended to identify gaps in tools and interfaces used to create metadata.
Date: February 19, 2019
Creator: Fox, Nathaniel T.; Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Assessing the Success of Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians

Description: This paper is a part of the proceedings for the 2018 Library Assessment Conference. It describes an academic libraries' assessment of their faculty mentoring program.
Date: 2019
Creator: Harker, Karen; Keshmiripour, Setareh; McIntosh, Marcia; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Experiments in Operationalizing Metadata Quality Interfaces: A Case Study at the University of North Texas Libraries

Description: 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.
Date: September 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program beyond Satisfaction Surveys

Description: Presented with a poster at the 2017 University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute Conference Proceedings. This paper includes experiences in assessing a mentoring program for librarians in a large academic library.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Harker, Karen & O'Toole, Erin
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

Description: This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis

Description: This paper presents results of an exploratory analysis of representation of dates in over 8 million metadata records from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and compares it to Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) specifications.
Date: November 6, 2015
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Tarver, Hannah & Kizhakkethil, Priya
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs

Description: Paper for an invited presentation at a 2015 meeting of the Southwest Area Theological Library Association (SWATLA). This paper discusses rethinking how we pay for scholarly monographs.
Date: October 2, 2015
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs

Description: Paper presented as a keynote address for the 2015 Reinventing University Publishing Symposium. This paper discusses rethinking how we pay for scholarly monographs.
Date: March 18, 2015
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Exploratory Analysis of Subject Metadata in the Digital Public Library of America

Description: Paper describing an analysis of subject representation in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), an aggregate digital library containing more than 8 million item-level metadata records at the time of the study. The findings provide information about the minimum, maximum, and average number of subjects in records from different hubs and hub types, as well as the distribution of unique subject terms across the entire collection.
Date: 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Phillips, Mark Edward; Zavalina, Oksana & Kizhakkethil, Priya
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving

Description: This paper presents the results of a survey of quality assurance (QA) practices within the field of web archiving. To understand current QA practices, the authors surveyed 54 institutions engaged in web archiving, which included national libraries, colleges and universities, and museums and art libraries.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda; Phillips, Mark Edward & Ko, Lauren
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Texas Newspaper PDF Preservation: A Low-Cost Solution with Tremendous Value

Description: Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2014 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress General Conference. This paper discusses Texas newspaper PDF preservation and low-cost solutions with tremendous value.
Date: August 7, 2014
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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