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Bibliography for "Encouraging Research and Publication among Academic Librarians"
This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the Library Management Institute summer conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to encouraging research and publication among academic librarians. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc157285/
The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto
This poster presentation discusses the Denton Declaration, an open data manifesto, and describes the process of developing the Declaration. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159525/
How Digital Libraries can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus
This panel presentation discusses how digital libraries can create a culture of open access on campus. Five panelists discuss their perspectives, strategies, challenges, and progress. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159535/
Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region's Maps Online
This poster discusses the Mapping the Southwest Project, involving putting our region's maps online. The poster includes background information on the project, the project plan, workflow and equipment, and the impacts and lessons learned. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159528/
Student-Centered Value Research: Assessment activities of the UNT Libraries
This presentation discusses student-centered value research and the assessment activities of the UNT Libraries. The UNT Libraries value research initiatives provide a means of measuring the Libraries' contribution to UNT's strategic goals. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159523/
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. Abstract: In 2008 five United States institutions collaborated to archive the U.S. federal government Web presence: the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the California Digital Library, the Government Printing Office, and the University of North Texas (UNT). Their objective was to document the changes coincident with the shift in leadership of the U.S. executive branch. The five partners identified key resources from the U.S. .gov Top Level Domain and completed crawls from September 2008 until March 2009. The resulting End of Term (EOT) 2008 Web Archive, a 16 TB dataset, was distributed to partners interested in providing local services and access to the archive. The UNT Libraries investigated Portable Document Format (PDF) files, a class of content many information professionals associate with the traditional notion of “discrete documents”. Over four million unique PDF documents were extracted from the Archive and a series of metadata and information extraction processes were conducted for each document. Additionally, derivative raster images of the first page of each document were created. These metrics were ingested into a database for further analysis, which brought to light previously hidden characteristics of the federal government’s Web-published 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. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155622/
In With The New: Adapting To Change Using ILLiad
This presentation discusses adapting to change using ILLiad. Abstract: Interlibrary Loan at the University of North Texas Libraries has experienced many changes during the past year. We've organized into the Access Services Department, moved to a new office, and incorporated fresh techniques for providing customer service. This session will describe how we have incorporated changes through ILLiad, through services for our customers, and by cooperation among Access Services staff. Examples: Implementing Article Exchange and Odyssey for Lending, starting a faculty book delivery service, and loaning media items through ILL. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155625/
Teaching RDA: A First Attempt
This presentation discusses teaching Resource Description and Access (RDA). The author describes a first attempt at teaching two students RDA as part of a formal library-school class on 'Special Problems in Music Cataloging.' digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155615/
Don't judge a book by its Cover: The Human Library
This poster introduces the lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Human Library. Instead of print or electronic media, the books in this library will be human beings who have experienced prejudice due to issues such as race, gender, disability, ethnic origin, sexual preference, mental illness or lifestyle choices. The "books" at this event are people who have volunteered to challenge prejudice through respectful conversation with members of the UNT campus and the greater Denton community who borrow them for fifteen to thirty minute conversation. The Human Library concept was developed in 2000 by members of the Danish Youth Organization Stop the Violence. It is now operational in more than 60 countries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152431/
Classification Of The End-Of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices To Web Archives
This is the final report for the EOTCD project, which is formally titled 'Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives.' The project commenced December 1, 2009 and ended November 30, 2012. The overview includes background information about the End of Term (EOT) 2008 Archive and a brief description of the activities conducted in the project's four work areas. Following the Overview there are three sections: Goals Accomplished; Significant Findings and Accomplishments; and Project Achievements. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152437/
Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability
This document accompanies a poster discussing factors that affect digital resources discoverability. Abstract: In the last decade, a growing body of the scholarly information and instructional materials produced by universities existed primarily in digital format. New digital technologies increased the productivity of scholars. The purpose of an Institutional Repository (IR) is to manage their scholarly work in ways that facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration, and accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation. Academic institutions have increasingly recognized that IRs are a vital part of the scholarly dissemination infrastructure. The goal of an IR is essentially to collect, preserve, and make persistently accessible a variety of scholarly materials. This paper explores digital curation activities that enhance the visibility of IR in an ever-changing digital landscape. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146566/
Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability
This poster discusses factors that affect digital resource discoverability. This poster explores digital curation activities that enhance the visibility of an institutional repository (IR) in an ever-changing digital landscape. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146593/
The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders Partnership
This document accompanies a poster discussing the Lifecycle Management of ETDs project. Abstract: The transition from traditional paper and microfilm formats to electronic theses and dissertations presents a number of significant challenges for academic libraries. To address these challenges, the UNT Libraries, together with their partners, are working on a collaborative project sponsored by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership grant. This paper describes the project objectives, possible outcomes, and proposed deliverables including a toolkit of guidelines, educational materials, and software tools. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146567/
The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders Partnership
This poster discusses the Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project. Abstract: With most theses and dissertations now being created as digital products, lifecycle management of these valuable intellectual documents is an important new responsibility of academic libraries. But it is a responsibility that unfortunately not all libraries have the infrastructure or resources to support. The big question is: 'How will institutions address the entire lifecycle of ETDs, ensuring that the papers acquired from students today will be available to future researchers?' This two-year project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is a collaborative attempt to respond to this question. The authors will promote best curatorial practices to increase the capacity of academic libraries to reliably preserve ETDs by using a three-pronged approach: writing guidance documents, developing software tools, and creating educational materials. All of these resources will be available under an open access license at the conclusion of the project. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146592/
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/
Providing the ETDs of Today for the Researchers of Tomorrow
This presentation discusses Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). This briefing will highlight and discuss the early findings from an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded project hosted by the University of North Texas (UNT) that is researching and documenting a range of life cycle curation and preservation practices for ETDs. An accompanying workshop is planned for summer 2013 in conjunction with United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USetdA) 2013 conference. This project briefing will solicit advice on proper delivery formats. The briefing will also discuss developments toward a series of micro services that will assist ETD programs with enhancing the curation of their ETDs; implementation use cases will be discussed. Partners on this project include Educopia Institute, the Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations, and the university libraries of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Pennsylvania State University, Boston College, Indiana State University, Rice University, and the University of Arizona. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130183/
iCAMP: Curate, Archive, Manager, Preserve
This presentation discusses the iCAMP project; Curate, Archive, Manage, Preserve. It discusses research data management curricula gaps, a summary of other key projects and findings, the iCAMP project aims and research methodology, gives a review of iCAMP results, and offers questions raised for the future. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130184/
Getting to know you... LEAP
This presentation discusses LEAP and getting to know students, mentors, and the University of North Texas (UNT) College of Information faculty. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc132980/
End of Term 2008 Presidential Web Archive: PDF Content Analysis
This presentation discusses the End of Term 2008 Presidential Web Archive. The University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries collaborated with members of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) on the End of Term 2008 Presidential Web Harvest from October, 2008 to February, 2009. The project team archived 160,211,356 URIs during this collaboration, which became a research dataset for an IMLS-funded grant to investigate collection development using web archives. The project team analyzed the 10,318,073 PDFs and developed a retrieval and exploration system for collection developers interested in acquiring and developing born-digital collections from the End of Term Web Archive. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130188/
ASI conference presentations: a content analysis of major topics, 1997-2012
In this article, the author discusses the American Society for Indexing (ASI) conference presentations. The ASI holds annual conferences to keep members informed of new developments in indexing technology and the expanding role of indexing (ASI, 2012). Conferences also facilitate communication among members, provide educational opportunities, and raise awareness of quality indexing. The purpose of this article is to identify major topics discussed at ASI conferences from 1997 through 2012 and to explore how the topics have changed over time. ASI conference programs reflect topics of interest to indexers, and thus provide insight into concerns of the profession at large. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122177/
The Library Publishing Coalition Project
This presentation briefing will discuss a recently launched project to create a Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) dedicated to advancing the emerging field of library publishing, defined as the set of activities undertaken by college and university libraries to support the creation and dissemination of scholarly works. The project is hosted by the Educopia Institute, and has been designated in collaboration with a large number of academic libraries. This briefing will review the initiative and several concrete project deliverables. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130197/
The Success Of A Nation's Soccer Team: A Bellwether Regarding A Nation's Electronic Information Infrastructure, The Legal Regulations That Govern The Infrastructure, The Resulting Citizen-Trust In Its Government And Its E-Readiness In Nigeria, The DPRK, China, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands And The United States
This article discusses a bellwether regarding a nation's electronic information infrastructure, the legal regulations that govern the infrastructure, the resulting citizen-trust in its government and its e-readiness in Nigeria, the DPRK, China, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands and the United States. Information technology infrastructures should be designed with cutting-edge equipment that offers citizens consistent and dependable access to necessary and pertinent information. The infrastructures should be held accountable and regulated by a well-established legal system. Additionally, the infrastructures should create a body politic that trusts its government, is aware of its nation's laws, regulations, and policies, and is motivated to contribute and participate positively in the national economy and political process. In modern societies, the most efficacious means in which a nation-state can create an information infrastructure is via electronic technology ("e-technology"). Some nation-states are currently better prepared than others to provide information to their citizens via e-technologies, and some are more willing to provide a free exchange of electronic information. An assessment of how well a nation can disseminate freely accessible, valid, and reliable information, and how willing nations are to provide complete, accurate, and open information via e-technologies is defined as "e-readiness." Scholars have posited numerous models to measure e-readiness. These models use various factors to measure a nation's e-readiness. This paper takes an eclectic approach from these proposed models and uses three factors to examine and determine the e-readiness of various nation states: 1) whether a nation-state maintains a well-organized electronic information infrastructure ("EII") that distributes valid and reliable information; 2) whether it has a reliable legal system that ensures that the information infrastructure is acting to benefits members of society; and 3) whether the information infrastructure and the regulatory system are increasing societal trust and therefore citizen participation in economic and civic activities. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc132979/
UNT Speaks Out On Coming Home
This video recording is of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home. This series features presentations by Dr. Shelley Riggs, Dr. Adriel Boals, and Doctoral Student Cindy Hasio. Dr. Shelley Riggs is a professor of psychology, director of the Family Attachment Lab, and is conducting the Student Veteran Research Project at the University of North Texas (UNT). She discusses the family relationships of veterans after deployment. Dr. Adriel Boals is professor of psychology and has a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study innovative approaches to understanding and treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other responses to trauma and stress. He discusses what PTSD is and what causes it. Cindy Hasio is a doctoral student in the College of Visual Arts and Design. She discusses methods and findings from a project she participated in related to how veterans narrated their experiences through art. Her component of the study evaluated participants and described what they gained through creating arts and crafts. Stuart Presley, Domingo Rodriguez, and James Rumor are a panel of three student veterans who describe their experiences after deployment. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139523/
Preservation of Newspapers: Preliminary Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project
This presentation discusses the preliminary findings of the 'Chronicles in Preservation' project involving the preservation of newspapers. In this presentation, the authors describe the project background, the state of the field report, and the phase 1 findings and progress. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109725/
Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project
In this paper, the authors describe research led by Educopia Institute regarding the preservation needs for digitized and born-digital newspapers. The 'Chronicles in Preservation' project, builds upon previous efforts (e.g. the U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program) to look more broadly at the needs of digital newspapers in all of their diverse and challenging forms. This paper conveys the findings of the first research phase, including substantive survey results regarding digital newspaper curation practices. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109727/
Portal Partner Update
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. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc110998/
Biography indexes reviewed
This article discusses biography indexes. The author discusses index characteristics considered significant by book reviewers of biographies, drawing on reviews excerpted in the 'Reviewed elsewhere' column of Biography. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103252/
Cataloguing in 2012: On The Cusp Of RDA
This article discusses cataloguing in 2012. Abstract: The major looming changes in music cataloguing today-the cataloguing code 'Resource Description and Access' (RDA); a system of genre/form and medium terms, to be used as "subjects;" and a not-yet-determined replacement for the encoding system MARC-result from a concern for the needs of the user. The first thorough, systematic analysis of user needs was 'Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR).' RDA is designed around the conceptual framework presented in that document. Similarly concerned with user needs is the new system of genre/form and medium terms that will soon replace the current workaround of using "subject headings" for what an item 'is', instead of only for what an item is 'about.' Because catalogue data created according to RDA cannot be adequately expressed in the current MARC format, another initiative is underway to develop a new encoding framework to replace MARC. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109704/
Inadvertent RDA: New Catalogers' Errors in AACR2
This article discusses Resource Description and Access (RDA) and new catalogers' errors in Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed. (AACR2). Abstract: In Fall, 2010, in the Music Library at the University of North Texas, a subgroup of the full-time music catalogers were both participating in the U.S. National RDA Test and overseeing the cataloging of a large gift of scores. Student workers (graduate students in music or librarianship) who had never cataloged before produced the records, using AACR2. The librarians actively working on RDA checked their work. This project provided a treasure trove of errors that suggest new catalogers will often produce RDA-compliant cataloging without ever reading an RDA rule by merely doing what makes sense to them intuitively. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93302/
Is It Really That Bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems
This presentation is for a workshop and discusses full-text linking problems. Full-text linking could be considered in much the same way as Mark Twain considered the weather - everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Many administrators of full-text linking services hear the general complaints that the service doesn't work, but few actually report specific problems that could be tracked and resolved. How can you, as administrator, validate these vague and general concerns? The first step could be simply to determine the extent of the problem. How bad is it? This seems simple enough - pick a few links, count how many get to the full-text and report this result. But how many links? From which sources? To which targets? Using a scientifically-sound methodology that randomly selects links, takes such factors into consideration, and uses statistical techniques to analyze the results, you can feel confident that your tests of the system are valid and reliable. This hands-on workshop will present this method, providing background to basic scientific and statistical methods. Participants will be able to try-out different methods of selecting a sample, determining the sample size, defining the possible outcomes, testing the links, and presenting the outcomes, all using tools available at most institutions. Participants will be able to take home a project plan that can be customized to their library's needs and resources, as well as templates, calculators, and other resources to make it easier. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102282/
Link Resolver Testing
This excel file accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems'. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96818/
Steps for Using the Worksheets for Evaluating Link Resolvers
This worksheet accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems'. Full-text linking could be considered in much the same way as Mark Twain considered the weather - everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Many administrators of full-text linking services hear the general complaints that the service doesn't work, but few actually report specific problems that could be tracked and resolved. How can you, as administrator, validate these vague and general concerns? The first step could be simply to determine the extent of the problem. How bad is it? This seems simple enough - pick a few links, count how many get to the full-text and report this result. But how many links? From which sources? To which targets? Using a scientifically-sound methodology that randomly selects links, takes such factors into consideration, and uses statistical techniques to analyze the results, you can feel confident that your tests of the system are valid and reliable. This hands-on workshop will present this method, providing background to basic scientific and statistical methods. Participants will be able to try-out different methods of selecting a sample, determining the sample size, defining the possible outcomes, testing the links, and presenting the outcomes, all using tools available at most institutions. Participants will be able to take home a project plan that can be customized to their library's needs and resources, as well as templates, calculators, and other resources to make it easier. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96827/
What If... ? Analysis of Demand-Driven Acquisitions of E-Books at UNT
This poster discusses Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) of e-books. In 2012, the University of North Texas (UNT) launched a new strategic plan based on Four Bold Goals, one of which is to become a leader in operational effectiveness. During this same period, the UNT Libraries embarked on a pilot of patron- or demand-driven acquisitions of electronic books. Because little was known about how the e-books would be used, the Libraries chose the service model that enabled the purchase of all titles that met the trigger thresholds. Midway through the pilot, the authors examined the usage of purchased titles to determine if other purchasing models would have been more efficient and effective use of funds, in line with that institutional goal. The authors applied the usage data from the first six months of the program to each of three purchasing scenarios. The poster will visually demonstrate the differences of these scenarios, explain the steps involved, and present the conclusions and decisions that were made based on the results. Librarians who manage similar PDA programs will be able to use information to analyze their own collections, while those who are considering such programs will also be able to consider the results in determining the purchasing model most relevant to their patrons' needs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102304/
Book Reviews in an Electronic Age
This poster discusses book reviews in the electronic age. Book reviews can serve a number of important functions. They can be an aid to collection development. Reviews published in scientific journals also serve to keep scientists informed in their field. The authors looked at book reviews in marine and aquatic journals to gain insight into the characteristics of the reviews, such as length, assessment, evaluation level, recommendations, etc. and their value to librarians and research. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130191/
Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then...
This paper accompanies a poster presentation on patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130195/
Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then...
This poster discusses patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130196/
Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals For Smart Staff Development
This presentation discusses setting goals for staff. Goals can set a course of action for staff and give rationale for decision making on how staff development is presented, funded, and assessed. Organizational goals serve four basic functions: providing guidance and direction, facilitating, planning, motivating and inspiring employees, and helping organizations assess performance for continuous improvement. If goals are not well defined they are meaningless. With the fast pace of change in libraries, while goals are the ends toward which your efforts will be directed, they may need to be changed from year to year or more frequently. This presentation will talk about writing SMART goals that are clear and achievable and that meet the needs of the organization and its individuals for training. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102298/
Using Assessment to Guide Strategic Planning
This presentation discusses using assessments to guide strategic planning. Many libraries are beginning to use multiple research methods to study their students and faculty in an effort to better meet user needs and to guide strategic planning. Triangulation, a technique employed in the social sciences to validate results more than one approach to obtain answers, gives the investigator confidence in results, if the findings are similar, or, if clashing results are obtained, lets the investigator know that there are problems with the research. Multiple methods of assessment can also be used to expand the findings found by one method, such as surveys. This presentation is part of a workshop exploring how to effectively use assessment to guide the writing of the strategic plan. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102277/
Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries"
This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the Library Management Institute summer conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to fostering a culture of research and publications in academic libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86940/
Building a Better Librarian: Why Your Work As A Librarian Begins LONG Before Your Graduate Program
This articles discusses why ones work as a librarian begins long before their graduate program. The field of librarianship has undergone dramatic changes in the past 5 years; perhaps most notably in the number and type of open positions, as well as the job application process itself. Numbers point to a bleak market, and countless blogs lament the situation while offering never ending "to do lists" for the aspiring librarian. The author offers her own suggestions from personal experience; tools that she not only developed to secure a promising position at a prestigious university library in her chosen area, but also continue to use in her present position in anticipation of advancement. This piece is directed to those aspiring librarians seeking advice on the perilous journey ahead, as well as to the author's peers; the colleagues, supervisors, and mentors of aspiring librarians who seek to offer the same assistance we have all benefited from in the past. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96823/
DDA and STEM @ UNT: What we have learned
This presentation discusses Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at the University of North Texas (UNT). For the Texas STEM Librarians' Conference, the author will present data and information about the pilot program, and how the Discovery Collection and the purchased titles are distributed, particularly regarding the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Of particular interest is a scenario analysis of the selections to determine which purchase model would have been most effective for the money spent. This has already impacted decisions being made to expand the program in the next fiscal year. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102303/
Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries
This presentation discusses research and publication in academic libraries. A survey of ARL academic library deans and directors was conducted to determine how they encourage the scholarly productivity of librarians. The results indicate that a variety of strategies are used, including mentoring programs, support for external training, library research committees, manuscript editing assistance, software support, student or graduate assistant help, formal training programs, research funding, release time and sabbaticals. Information also was provided about the requirements for promotion, tenure and continuing appointment at ARL libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93267/
Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets
This presentation discusses measuring the impact of preserving digital assets. The Portal to Texas History is a gateway to humanities collections within the digital library of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries. Currently, materials from more than 190 content partners are available and the number of partners and assets are signs that digitally preserving and making resources Web-accessible is a desirable thing, universities, cultural heritage institutions, and funding agencies increasingly expect measurements that report the impact and value resulting from digitizing and preserving assets. Because the Portal is fairly unique in both the number and scope of its content partners, it serves as a good case study for measuring the impact of digitization for two key digital library stakeholder groups: content providers and users. This presentation reports the initial findings of a study of the impact of digitizing assets, specifically: (a) a framework of impact areas and indicators and (b) findings for the Portal's content partners and users. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86845/
Classifying the End-of-Term Archive
This paper discusses the Classification of the End-of-Term Archive project. Abstract: For users, selecting relevant content from Web archives is often a daunting endeavor. This Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded research project, Classification of the End-of-Term Archive, investigated whether link analysis and the cluster analysis were effective techniques for classifying the materials in the EOT Archive to improve discovery. Classification of the resulting clusters by subject matter experts in government information indicated that the structural analysis was not effective at creating clusters of related websites when authored by four or fewer federal government parent agencies. The results also suggested that cluster analysis might be effective at identifying topically related websites across agency authors, which would be highly desirable to both system developers and users. To investigate this, subject matter experts applied subject tags to the websites in two sets of machine-generated clusters. The findings indicate that the cluster analysis successfully identified strongly related content in 61% of clusters. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93305/
Classifying the End of Term Web Archive
This poster discusses a research project on classifying the End-of-Term Archive. This Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded research project investigates whether link analysis and cluster analysis were effective techniques for classifying the materials in the End-of-Term archive to improve discovery. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93221/
Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets
This paper discusses measuring the impact of preserving digital assets. The Portal to Texas History is a gateway to humanities collections within the digital library of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries (http://texashistory.unt.edu). Currently, materials from more than 190 content partners are available and the number of partners continues to grow. While ever-increasing numbers of partners and assets are signs that digitally preserving and making resources Web-accessible is a desirable thing, universities, cultural heritage institutions, and funding agencies increasingly expect measurements that report the impact and value resulting from digitizing and preserving assets. Because the Portal is fairly unique in both the number and scope of its content partners, it serves as a good case study for measuring the impact of digitization for two key digital library stakeholder groups: content providers and users. This paper reports the initial findings of a study of the impact of digitizing assets, specifically: (a) a framework of impact areas and indicators, (b) findings for the Portal's content partners and users. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93306/
Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Maintaining Metadata Consistency Across Digital Collections
This poster discusses enhancing content visibility in institutional repositories and maintaining metadata consistency across digital collections. This poster discusses strategies to deal with the task of maintaining consistency and the creation of and adherence to institutional-specific policies for metadata quality. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86151/
Lifecycle Management of ETDs: Toward A Collaborative Approach To Stakeholders' Involvement In ETDs Curation
This presentation discusses management and curation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). ETDs represent a wealth of scholarly and artistic content created by Master's and Doctoral students in the degree-seeking process. The successful management of ETDs requires effort across the entire lifecycle to ensure that ETDs are preserved and made accessible in a manner that today's users expect. This poses challenges and presents opportunities to those who organize and provide access to ETDs. This presentation will highlight and discuss the early findings of an IMLS-funded project on Lifecycle Management of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. The project aims to enhance ETD curators' and other institutional stakeholders' knowledge and skills, by promoting best practices and creating tools that address specific needs in managing ETDs throughout their life-cycle. The project partners are the University of North Texas (UNT), the Educopia Institute, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, the Virginia Tech Libraries, Rice University, Boston College, Indiana State University, Penn State University, and the University of Arizona. The partners will develop and share a toolkit of guidelines, educational materials, and a set of software tools for life-cycle data management and preservation of ETDs. This project will take place over a two year period from October 2011 to September 2013. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86158/
"Mapping the Southwest": UNT-UTA Collaborative Project
This presentation discusses a collaborative project between the University of North Texas (UNT) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Mapping the Southwest is a 3-year project (2010 to 2013) funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People grant. For this project, the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries partner with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Library's Special Collections to digitize 5,000 historically-significant (mostly) rare maps. The collection includes maps dating from 1493 to the present and features noted cartographers. While containing maps of all parts of the world, the collection particularly emphasizes the region of the Gulf Coast and the Greater Southwest, which has been defined as the area comprising the state of Texas and the other southwestern states annexed by the United States after the U.S. War with Mexico of 1846-1848. All of the materials digitized for this grant project will be available online for free public access through The Portal to Texas History. More than 1,000 items are already available at http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/UTAM/browse/. The authors have registered almost 20,000 uses, and as the authors complete the project, the authors expect even more users around the world to access this new collection. In addition to showcasing the cartography of the region, the Mapping the Southwest project seeks to promote best practices and to advance the capacity of academic libraries to reliably curate, preserve, and provide seamless access to historic maps, atlases, and related wide-format items. This presentation provides information on the project's background, deliverables, workflow, and major areas of activity. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86156/
Increasing Faculty Usage of Streaming Video: A Webcast
This presentation was given for 'Increasing Faculty Usage of Streaming Video: A Webcast, sponsored by Alexander Street Press and Library Journal. In this presentation, the author discusses when and how video is used in instruction with examples and ideas for increasing faculties' usage of streaming videos. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84313/
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