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- Simple Ways to Add Active Learning to Your Library Instruction
- This paper discusses library instruction. Assessments are recommended to determine the effectiveness of student learning. This paper also discusses a project by the UNT Libraries' in which they developed software to assess library instruction, called Library Instruction Software for Assessment (LISA) and the outcome of that study.
- Student Use of Interactive Whiteboards in an Academic Library Setting
- The interactive whiteboard is a learning technology that was introduced in the early 1990s, with the most commonly known product being the SMART Board from SMART Technologies. The main market for interactive whiteboards has been elementary schools, but other markets include secondary schools, higher education, libraries, and businesses. Librarians use the technology to enhance active learning and collaboration in instruction sessions. In January 2011, the University of North Texas Libraries installed two Hitachi StarBoards in the new Collaboration and Learning Commons of the Eagle Commons Library for patrons to use independently. Casual observation suggests that although the StarBoards are popular, the patrons are making minimal use of their interactive functions. The authors propose a study of independent patron use of interactive whiteboards in an academic library setting.
- Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews
- White paper documenting the results of interviews with professionals who manage collections of state or federal documents, and institutional repositories. These interviews gathered information about collection policies and characteristics of born-digital publications that are incorporated into these bodies of materials, to inform future machine learning algorithms.
- Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality
- 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.
- Survey of Benchmarks in Metadata Quality: Initial Findings
- White paper providing general analysis and documentation of results collected by a Qualtrics survey to gather information about metadata assessment practices among digital libraries. It includes an overview of the responses and brief analysis, with some interpretation of trends.
- Opening Up the Urban Archive: Digital Outreach to Urban Studies Scholars
- Paper for the 2015 Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Symposium. This paper discusses opening up the urban archive and digital outreach to urban studies scholars.
- Documenting Times of Difficulty and Crisis: University Case Study of Leveraging an App to Gather University Community Memories
- Conference paper examining the deployment of The Keeper App, developed at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, to help students document their daily lives as members of the UNT campus community. Deployed one year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, the Keeper App soon became a means for students and other members of the UNT community to share their experiences from isolation during the time of crisis.
- The Problematic Future of Research Data Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Patterns Identified by the DataRes Project
- Paper presented at the 8th International Digital Curation Conference on the problematic future of research data management.
- Prospects for Research Data Management
- Paper included in a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on research data management and the DataRes Project. This chapter highlights some of the most provocative findings of the DataRes Project on the topic of research data management in higher education and possible scenarios for the future and the implications of these scenarios.
- Chronicles in Preservation Project
- Paper for the 2012 International iConference. This paper discusses the chronicles in preservation project.
- The DataRes Research Project on Data Management
- Paper for the 2012 International iConference. This presentation discusses data management and the DataRes Project.
- Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks
- This paper discusses digital preservation readiness for growing collections and distributed preservation networks.
- Getting ETDs off the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing ETD Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks
- Paper contributed to the 2009 International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). This paper discusses digital preservation readiness for growing ETD collections and distributed preservation networks.
- Repurposing Existing Digital Resources and Smoothing Interdisciplinary Communication: Environmental Policy Collection Development
- This paper accompanies a poster presentation discussing repurposing existing digital resources and smoothing interdisciplinary communication.
- White Paper: University of North Texas, Information Fluency Initiative
- Paper discussing a proposal for an information fluency initiative at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
- Assessing the Success of Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians
- 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.
- Predicting Student Success with and without Library Instruction
- Conference proceedings paper sharing a study to determine the impact that "one-shot" library instruction sessions had on students' success in two foundational English courses. Overall, attendance in library instruction had a small but statistically significant impact on student success metrics. The main purpose of this analysis was to demonstrate the value of predictive modeling of student success and identify the key groups for which library instruction could provide the most impact. This is the accepted manuscript version of the final paper.
- The Cybercemetery: Prolonging Usable Afterlife
- Paper for the 2004 IS&T Annual Archiving Conference. This paper discusses issues related to digital resource management when capturing and preserving web-based, heterogeneous digital materials produced by a variety of software in various versions.
- Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum"
- Paper contributed to the 2002 Bar Harbor Music Festival. This paper discusses collecting and disseminating new music and the impact of women in music.
- Piercing the Curtain: One Composer's Penetration into Eastern European Music Festivals: An Introduction to the Music of Gloria Coates
- Paper presented at the 2005 Women in Music/Contemporary Music Roundtable at the Music Library Association Annual Conference. This paper discusses the music of Gloria Coates and her radio program in Germany.
- Preliminary Models for a Database of Composition Styles of Twentieth Century Composers
- Paper for the 1992 Music Library Association Contemporary Music Subject Access Roundtable Meeting. This paper discusses preliminary models for a database of composition styles of twentieth century composers.
- Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned
- This white paper provides a summary of grant activities and provides some best practices and lessons learned for other efforts to make out-of-print humanities books available in ebook format.
- Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs
- Paper presented as a keynote address for the 2015 Reinventing University Publishing Symposium. This paper discusses rethinking how we pay for scholarly monographs.
- Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs
- 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.
- The Heart of Librarianship: A Topical Literature Review of Outreach in Academic Libraries
- 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.
- UNT Students' Guide to Voting & Civic Engagement
- Paper sharing resources for voting and civic engagement for UNT students created by the UNT Libraries. At UNT Libraries, we believe in the voices of our students. Your ability to make informed voting decisions while in college affects your voting behavior in the future. We want you to be empowered to use your vote to raise your voice about what matters to you. This packet will walk you through the registration process, provide tips and recommendations for preparing to vote, inform you about what happens at the polls, and offer information about where and how you can vote, as well as share FAQs from Campus Vote Project and helpful resources you can use to learn more about voting in Texas and the counties where UNT students live.
- Metacrisis of Meaning: Seeking Nature through Symbolic Metalanguage
- 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 at the 2022 Association of Philosophy and Literature Conference held May 25-28, 2022.
- Preserving Access to Government Websites: Development and Practice in the CyberCemetery
- This paper discusses the development and practice in the CyberCemetery. In the late 1990's, online U.S. government information was appearing and disappearing at a rapid pace. In 1999, the University of North Texas Libraries (UNT) formed a partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) to address this issue by archiving electronic government websites. This archive, known as the CyberCemetery, provides permanent public access to the websites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. This partnership between UNT and GPO has expanded to include the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This paper covers the CyberCemetery's development and the process of identifying, capturing, and publishing content in the archive.
- Transgender Workplace Belonging in Libraries Survey
- Survey developed as part of a research study related to transgender and gender non-conforming people's experience of workplace belonging in U.S. libraries. The survey was open for responses between September 1, 2023 and November 30, 2023. Results are not included in this document.
- Research Data Management in Policy and Practice: The DataRes Project
- Paper for a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) report on research data management. This paper reports on data management and the DataRes Project.
- Laying the Groundwork for Newspaper Preservation through Collaboration and Communication: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program
- This paper discusses the history of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and associated digital newspaper initiatives at the University of North Texas Libraries.
- Research from Many Angles: Evaluating Usage and Impact of Digital Newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program
- Paper for the 2014 IFLA International Newspapers Conference. This paper discusses evaluating usage and impact of digital newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspapers Program (TDNP).
- Texas Newspaper PDF Preservation: A Low-Cost Solution with Tremendous Value
- 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.
- Using Digitized Historical Newspapers to Engage Sociology Students in Local History [Paper]
- Conference paper highlighting a course developed by Dr. William Scarborough at the University of North Texas (UNT) on intersectionality for undergraduate students. Partnering with the UNT Libraries to engage with primary sources, particularly newspaper collections, to conduct archival analysis related to the history of power, domination and resistance in Texas communities.
- Reducing Service Points in the Academic Library: How to Provide Quality Customer Service in the Face of Budget Cuts
- This paper discusses how to provide quality customer service in the face of budget cuts.
- Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
- This paper will examine ongoing work between two major preservation systems, the Chronopolis Digital Preservation Program, and the MetaArchive Cooperative.
- Applying User-Centered Design Principles to Redesign the Interface to the Portal to Texas History: The IOGENE Project
- This paper discusses applying user-centered design principles to redesign The Portal to Texas History, as part of the IOGENE project at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
- Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets
- This paper discusses measuring the impact of preserving digital assets.
- Classifying the End-of-Term Archive
- This paper discusses the Classification of the End-of-Term Archive project.
- Collaborations, Best Practices, and Collection Development for Born-Digital and Digitized Materials
- This paper discusses collaborations, best practices, and collection development for the preservation of born-digital and digitized materials.
- Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Building Blocks for Successfully Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive
- This paper discusses open source components, standard conformance, and UCD as it relates to The Portal to Texas History.
- Curation of the End-of-Term Web Archive
- Paper for the 2011 IS&T Archiving Conference. This paper discusses the Classification of the End-of-Term Archive research project at the University of North Texas.
- The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions
- This paper discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Portal to Texas History's archival challenges and solutions. The UNT Texas History Portal Project strives to balance the goals of accessibility of information and long-term preservation of digital objects. This poster details the system that automates the collection of metadata records to coordinate access to web-viewable files and preservation of archived master files.
- Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage
- Environmental scan and recommendations for sharing usage data about OA monographs among stakeholders in scholarly communication
- Guidelines for Annex Employees on Accessing the All-Gender Restroom
- Guidelines created to support the University of North Texas Libraries' all-gender restroom in the Annex building.
- Presidential End of Term Web Harvest Lessons Learned
- This paper discusses web harvesting and the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Presidential End of Term Web Harvest Project in which they captured government websites for archiving. In this paper, the author describes what web harvesting is, gives information on the project, and links and tools.
- Moving the End of Term Web Archive to the Cloud to Encourage Research Use and Reuse
- 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.
- Data Desiccation: Facilitating Long-Term Access, Use, and Reuse of ETDs
- This paper discusses data desiccation and facilitating the long-term access, use, and reuse of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
- Understanding Repository Growth at the University of North Texas: A Case Study
- This paper discusses a case study on understanding repository growth at the University of North Texas (UNT).
- Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content
- This paper discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. The paper discusses the overall workflow and describes the tools used to extract document features. Findings suggest opportunities for the development of retrieval tools that will provide new ways of selecting content and building collections from large Web archives.