- Creating A Featured Book Display: Marrying old and new technologies
- This Tech Talk presentation describes the process used to select the individual works and the inspiration behind the solution to the problem - a physical representation of a digital object. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139460/
- Digital Library Evaluation
- This Tech Talk presentation discusses digital libraries and methods used to evaluate these collections and the practices for developing and maintaining them. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32885/
- Enhancing the Quality of Metadata: Modular Approach to Digital Resource Lifecycle Management
- This Tech Talk presentation discusses digital resource management. The UNT Libraries participate in a number of collaborative and in-house digital initiatives. In managing digital resources, the Libraries utilize locally qualified Dublin Core-based descriptive metadata along with detailed technical and preservation metadata elements. Metadata quality is influenced by both local and collaborative requirements. Because poor metadata quality can result in ambiguity, poor recall and inconsistent search results, the UNT Libraries use quality assurance mechanisms during metadata creation and employ specialized metadata analysis tools after the files are ingested into digital archives. Templates, validation, controlled vocabularies, analysis tools, graphical reports, and more are explained in this presentation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29296/
- Folksonomy
- This Tech Talk presentation explores Folksonomy. Web 2.0 is indeed more than just a buzzword; it is the foundation for delivering a rich experience to end users on the Web while leveraging the benefits of composite applications and ubiquity of the Internet. Folksonomy is a user-generated system that allows users to tag their favorite digital resources with their chosen natural-language words or phrases. The tagging is done in a social environment, or may be generated and shared collaboratively by the creators and consumers of Web content. These tags can be used to classify Web resources and to express users' preferences. In this Tech Talk, the author explores some of the more common aspects of the Folksonomy in the context of Web 2.0. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29300/
- "Good" Digital Collections
- This Tech Talks presentation covers the principles that apply to "good" digital collections and analyzes how objects, metadata, and the user interface together create the users' experience of a collection. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29303/
- How to Take Better Photographs: Control Quality by Controlling the Camera
- In this presentation, the authors demonstrate simple ways to improve a photograph by making use of camera controls and by considering location, lighting, and composition. The authors will introduce basic information about using manual camera settings to control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and the authors will discuss specific "shooting" situations such as portraits, group photos, and events. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc40385/
- Introduction to METS: UNT Libraries' Tech Talks
- This presentation explores METS. The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) is an initiative of the Digital Library Federation. Maintained by the Library of Congress, it provides a standard vocabulary and set of data structures for encoding hierarchical digital object content and metadata. METS employs a METS header, a descriptive metadata section, an administrative metadata section, a file section, and a structural map. In this presentation the author explains more about these parts of METS, and discusses how METS may be applicable to digital collections in the UNT Libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28323/
- An Introduction to MODS: The Metadata Object Description Schema
- This Tech Talks presentation offers an introduction to MODS. We create metadata for a variety of reasons including discovery and identification of resources. The Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a descriptive metadata standard developed at the Library of Congress. Derived from MARC, it was originally designed for library use. However, it may be used for other applications. This overview describes the elements of MODS and presents the advantages and disadvantages of the MODS approach. By utilizing real life examples, the author will also show how MODS can be used with the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29297/
- jEdit
- This Tech Talks presentation discusses the jEdit text editor. jEdit is an open-source text editor available online which is used within the Digital Projects Lab for programming and for editing XML metadata files. In this Tech Talk, Metadata Librarian Hannah Tarver describes some of the ways that jEdit can be customized to make editing quicker and easier for documents that use mark-up languages or plain text. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29306/
- OAI-ORE
- This presentation discusses how the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) and the Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE) are used in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library. OAI-ORE define the standards for the description and exchange of aggregations of Web resources. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28342/
- Unplug Your Mouse: Workflow Automation with AutoHotkey
- This Tech Talk presentation discusses workflow automation with AutoHotkey. AutoHotkey provides an easy to use scripting language for assigning multiple actions to a single key command, or hotkey. The AutoHotkey syntax also supports programming constructs and the creation of graphical user interfaces for developing complex applications. This Tech Talk will demonstrate how to write AutoHotkey scripts and give examples of how the Digital Projects Unit is using the software to streamline repetitive tasks. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146569/
- Web Browser Automation With Selenium IDE
- This Tech Talk presentation discusses web browser automation with Selenium IDE. Selenium IDE is a Firefox plugin that sends commands to the browser according to the instructions contained in user-defined scripts. This Tech Talk will cover the basics of Selenium IDE, present examples of how the Digital Projects Newspaper Group is using Selenium to streamline the process of editing metadata records in The Portal to Texas History and UNT Digital Library, and provide resources for further inquiry. The Tech Talk will conclude with a demonstration of Selenium IDE including a suite of search scripts developed for the UNT Libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78279/