Description: This article discusses the deep web and new tools for searching it. The networked information environment is broad and deep. It includes websites, documents, databases, library catalogs, images, organizations, and much more. While users travel this landscape using a variety of tools, a common component is a Web browser that interacts with resources. A key challenge is understanding the limits and capabilities of tools that make visible the wealth of resources in this networked environment. This article will introduce the concept of the deep or invisible Web, provide some directory resources to deep Web content, and describe the Library of Texas (LOT) resource discovery service.

Description: This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. The Web-at-Risk project is one of eight digital preservation projects funded in 2004 by the Library of Congress. Each of the projects represents a collaborative effort to preserve for future generations born-digital or digitized cultural heritage materials and collections. The Web-at-Risk project is a 3-year collaborative effort of the California Digital Library, the University of North Texas (UNT), and New York University. The project will develop a Web Archiving Service that enables curators to build collections of web-published materials. The content will be collected largely from US federal and state government agencies, but will also include political policy documents, campaign literature, and information surrounding political movements. The project work will be conducted along four paths of overlapping activities. The Web-at-Risk Project work paths include (1) Content identification, selection, and acquisition; (2) Content harvest and analysis; (3) Content ingest, retention, and transfer; and (4) Partnership building.

Description: This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. The Needs Assessment Toolkit created for the Web-at-Risk project describes the project's needs assessment activities and includes data collection tools, which are designated to identify the needs and requirements of curators, web-content producers, and end users with regard to the Web Archive Service. Additionally, information gathered by some of the data collection tools will help to identify curators' requirements for the web crawler and its crawl analyzer tool, which will be developed as part of the project. Each of the assessment activities described in the Needs Assessment Toolkit was designated to follow a collection development framework for web archives. This report contains a data analysis of the survey results. Results from focus group discussions and interviews with content providers and end users are presented in separate reports.

Description: This poster discusses the DataRes Research Project on Data Management. The DataRes Project, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians grant from the IMLS, investigates how the library and information science (LIS) profession can best respond to emerging needs of research data management in universities. DataRes is a collaboration between the University of North Texas Libraries, the UNT College of Information, and the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Description: This presentation discusses the DataRes Project. The DataRes Project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), investigates how the Library and Information Science (LIS) profession can best respond to the emerging needs of research data management in universities. DataRes is a collaboration between the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, the UNT College of Information, and the Council on Library and Information Resources.