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The Handbook of Texas: Past and Future

Description: Presentation for the 2012 Digital Frontiers Conference. The central challenge before the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is to seize the unprecedented opportunities of the 'Handbook of Texas' in the digital age in order to reshape how history will be accessed, disseminated, understood, and preserved in the twenty-first century. This presentation describes how the TSHA is facing the challenges along with its plans to realize the opportunities.
Date: September 21, 2012
Creator: Calder, J. Kent

Data Rescue Denton

Description: Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management during the panel session on Big Data, Ethics and Public Engagement. This presentation discusses the Data Rescue Denton 2017 event.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Caldwell, Deborah

Building Specialized Collections from Web Archives

Description: Presentation given at the Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse (AIDR) 2019 conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This presentation discusses 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

This Side of the Border: The Mexican Revolution through the Lens of American Photographer Otis A. Aultman

Description: This presentation discusses the Mexican Revolution, as seen through the camera lens of American photographer Otis A. Aultman. In 2009, El Paso Public Library's Archivist Marta Estrada received a grant from the UNT Libraries to digitize a portion of their Otis Aultman Photograph Collection and add it to The Portal to Texas History. El Paso Public Library's collection on the Portal consists of more than 500 digitized glass plate negative photographs that documents the Mexican Revolution through t… more
Date: February 17, 2011
Creator: Carlisle, Tara

Mining Newspaper Archives

Description: This presentation discusses mining online newspaper archives. The topics in this presentation include the types of information found in these newspapers, the technology and standards for digitizing newspapers and offering effective search and navigation, ways to search, view, and browse the newspapers and how to use the search results.
Date: February 2, 2012
Creator: Carlisle, Tara & Murray, Kathleen R.

Portal Partner Update

Description: This presentation was given at a dinner celebrating The Portal to Texas History. The presentation describes recent projects, discusses feedback from Portal users, describes the work of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program, and provides examples of how graduate students have used The Portal to Texas History for their research.
Date: September 20, 2012
Creator: Carlisle, Tara; Krahmer, Ana & Liles, Deborah

Using Primary Sources to Enrich Class Research

Description: Presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference Government Documents Round Table on using primary sources to enrich class research.
Date: April 11, 2014
Creator: Carlisle, Tara; Leuzinger, Julie & Sears, Suzanne

An Integration-Based Conceptual Framework for Scientific Information Analysis

Description: Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation describes the traditional scientific information analysis (SIA) workflow and proposes an integration-based conceptual framework for the National Science Library at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Chen, Wei

What I've learned as a Feedback Assistant

Description: This presentation shares the author's experiences working as a Feedback Assistant in the UNT Digital Library. It was presented at the UNT Libraries' 2023 Student Snapshots Symposium held in Denton, Texas.
Date: April 18, 2023
Creator: Coates, Maci

The Engaged Subject Librarian

Description: Presentation for the UNT Libraries Subject Librarian Workgroup August 2018 Meeting. This presentation recaps the presentation "Transforming Liaison Services at the UNT Libraries: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Library Liaisonship" from the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative annual conference for an internal audience.
Date: August 30, 2018
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie

Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative

Description: Presentation highlighting the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative at the University of North Texas Libraries. The Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative aims to remove some of the barriers trans individuals face accessing information and to provide more equitable access to our services and collections. The presentation shares the different phases of the project with guidance for others looking to start similar initiatives at their library, even if there is little administrative support.
Date: March 22, 2023
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie

Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative

Description: Presentation with speakers' notes describing the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative at the University of North Texas Libraries. This initiative uses findings documented in recent studies addressing information seeking behaviors of transgender persons and their perceptions of the library to provide more equitable access to their services and collections. The presentation shares the needs assessment, collection development process, promotion and outreach, and next steps related to this initiat… more
Date: July 23, 2021
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie

Transforming Liaison Services at the UNT Libraries

Description: Presentation for the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative annual conference. This presentation reviews the process used to revamp the the University of North Texas Libraries philosophy for supporting subject librarians as they provide library services to the university community.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie

EDI in Organizations: A Libraries' Perspective

Description: Presentation from librarians at the UNT Libraries share some of the EDI initiatives taking place in the UNT Libraries stemming from a multi-level climate survey, how the libraries as a whole is trying to be a better ally, and how we can help other departments with their EDI initiatives. It was presented at the 2022 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference held on March 23, 2022.
Date: March 23, 2022
Creator: Condrey, Coby; Dooley, Yvonne; Wolf, Stacey & Yanowski, Kevin

Preserving the Archival Histories of Space Flight

Description: Presentation for the 2017 Digital Frontiers Conference. This presentation discusses the data management strategies and practices for building an archive for space history.
Date: September 22, 2017
Creator: Coopersmith, Jonathan

It's in the Bag: Creating Sustainability in the Faculty Book Delivery Service

Description: Presentation for the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Annual Conference. This presentation describes the University of North Texas Libraries Access Services Department's development of a sustainable faculty delivery service.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Cornell, Emily; Brand, Rebecca; Keshmiripour, Setareh; Cunningham, Chris & Johnston, Pamela

The Portal to Texas History Usability Test

Description: This presentation discusses a usability test conducted on users of The Portal to Texas History website managed by the University of North Texas. The study looks at the navigation of the Portal website and recruited users that UNT sees as their target audience. This presentation discusses the purpose of the usability testing, the test environment, test methodology, the usability scenario and tasks, user profiles, findings and analysis, and recommendations.
Date: May 2, 2011
Creator: Crane, Kate; Gilmore, Linda; Khammassi, Khouloud & Krahmer, Ana
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