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Holistic Collection Assessment

Description: This report asserts that the UNT Libraries has been making efforts to address the vestiges of systemic oppression of socially and politically minoritized populations. The project team members conducted a survey and a focus group, and they consulted with an advisory group consisting of representatives from the library, student affairs, and the professorate.
Date: September 30, 2022
Creator: Byrne, Sephra; Harker, Karen; Leuzinger, Julie & Rich, Jack
Partner: UNT Libraries

Metadata Quality in Digital Libraries: An Analysis of Survey Response Data

Description: Presentation describing results and analysis of a 2019 survey of digital libraries conducted by a subgroup of the Digital Library Federation Assessment Interest Group (DLF-AIG) Metadata Working Group. It includes background information about respondent organizations and repositories, metadata quality priorities, specific element usage and evaluation, and discusses the potential for this information to lead toward generalizable metadata benchmarks or guidance.
Date: August 2022
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Gentry, Steven
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Role of Open Access in Promoting Equitable and Human-Centered Teaching and Learning Environment: Post-Pandemic Academia

Description: Presentation discusses how the synergies of numerous emerging trends are making resource integration much easier. All these developments provide users with access to more diverse and previously unavailable content and services that span myriad technologies across institutions and nations.
Date: August 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Laughton, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries

Collection Assessment Through DEI Lenses: Venturing into (nearly) uncharted waters

Description: Presentation for a panel discussing UNT Libraries' journey to address systemic and systematic vestiges of oppression of socially and politically minoritized populations. For this purpose, the Collection Assessment Department is planning on evaluating the UNT Libraries’ collections, identifying sources of diverse materials, and connecting with our communities. They will conduct focus groups and pilot a method on one aspect of their collections. For this panel discussion, self-selected members of… more
Date: July 29, 2022
Creator: Harker, Karen; Leuzinger, Julie; Wolf, Stacey; Rodriguez, Allyson; Brannon, Sian & Byrne, Sephra
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Creating Open Access to a Historic Newspaper from an International Port City [Article]

Description: Article exploring a collaboration between the University of North Texas' The Portal to Texas History and the Rosenberg Library to archive and provide digital, open access to Galveston's newspapers. It was published as part of the conference proceedings from 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) held in 2022.
Date: July 13, 2022
Creator: Edsall, Brooke; Martino Henry, Lauren & Krahmer, Ana
Partner: UNT Libraries

Moving the End of Term Web Archive to the Cloud to Encourage Research Use and Reuse

Description: 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.
Date: June 24, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Alam, Sawood
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Moving the End of Term Web Archive to the Cloud to Encourage Research Use and Reuse

Description: 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.
Date: June 24, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Alam, Sawood
Partner: UNT Libraries
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With great power comes great responsibility: Libraries & publishers providing accessible content

Description: Article reporting on a panel session of the same title from the Charleston Conference 2021. The panelists revealed how their organizations implemented accessibility initiatives that provide print disabled users with greater access to online content, and the author provides an overview of their discussion.
Date: June 16, 2022
Creator: Dawson, Jill
Partner: UNT Libraries

Extractive Automatic Text Summarization Techniques for Afaan Oromoo - Afroasiatic Language in Ethiopia

Description: Presentation describes how there is an enormous amount of textual materials, which can be difficult for humans to distil effectively. Researchers have targeted producing summaries of doctors' prescriptions, lengthy information articles. These manner readers can take advantage of quite a few records on numerous subjects inside a brief span.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Moissa, Ramata
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Metacrisis of Meaning: Seeking Nature through Symbolic Metalanguage

Description: This conference paper explores how what we perceive differs from what we believe. The authors bring three perspectives together with the aim of seeking meaning in our relationship with our natural “arena” through symbolic metalanguage:1) comprehending a gestalt approach to perception and narratives as metaphor; 2) gaining perceptual reciprocity to enhance our relationship with nature; 3) overcoming the obstacles of misinterpretation and unreliable narratives of the simulacra. It was presented a… more
Date: May 26, 2022
Creator: Henson, Jim; Henson, Brea; Henson, Adam & Henson, Sue
Partner: UNT Libraries

TRAIL Microcard Update

Description: Presentation discussing the status of the TRAIL Microcard Scanning Project at the University of North Texas. This presentation was given at the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) annual meeting on May 25, 2022.
Date: May 25, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries

University of North Texas Open Access Publication Review (2019-2021): Workflows and Insights

Description: This poster presents results, workflows, and process insights into an Open Access publication review of UNT-affiliated authors. Publication data from 2019-2021 of UNT-affiliated authors was reviewed for the purpose of including it in the institutional repository, UNT Scholarly Works. It was presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries which was held virtually May 23-26, 2022.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: Scott, Megan E. & Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R.
Partner: UNT Libraries

From Originating to Onboarding: Improving the Hiring Experience

Description: Presentation on the hiring process in an academic library from the perspective of the search committee chair and the hired candidate. It includes: drafting a job advertisement, recruiting, candidate review, interviews, making the offer, and onboarding. It was presented at the 2022 Amigos Member Conference that was held virtually on May 11, 2022.
Date: May 11, 2022
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Brannon, Sian
Partner: UNT Libraries
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