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A For-Fee Library-Based Publishing Service: Eagle Editions at the University of North Texas Libraries [2]
Poster presented at the 2015 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Annual Conference. This poster provides an overview of a recently launched scholarly publishing service at the University of North Texas.
Government Information Connection @ the Eagle Commons Library: University of North Texas Libraries' Nomination for Depository Library of the Year
This document is the nomination of the University of North Texas Libraries' Government Information Connection at the Eagle Commons Library for "Depository Library of the Year 2015."
Turning News Into Learning Opportunities
This article discusses turning news into learning opportunities.
Disaster Management in the Church and Synagogue Library
Presentation for the 2015 National Church and Synagogue Library Association Conference. This presentation discusses disaster management in the Church and Synagogue Library.
Copyright and Authors' Rights: Fact or Fiction?
Presentation for the Toulouse Graduate School summer workshop series. This presentation discusses copyright, authors' rights including creative commons licensing, repositories, and open access.
Content Curation and Online Portfolios: Tools and Tips
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association Annual Assembly Continuing Education Program. This presentation discusses tools and tips for content curation and online portfolios.
The Impact of Open Access on the Current Landscape of Scholarly Communication
Presentation for Jimma University in summer 2015 discussing the impact of open access on the current landscape of scholarly communication.
BARC Tips for Tiny Libraries
Report providing tips for small libraries to get started using Biblionix Automated Retrospective Conversion's (BARC's) "Apollo" integrated library system.
Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet) Comments
This document provides comments by Dr. Martin Halbert at the Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet) 2015 meeting.
So Many Bits, It Hertz: Digital Recordings and Sound Quality
Presentation for the 2015 International Association of Music Libraries Annual Conference.This presentation discusses digital recordings and sound quality.
What is it Worth? A Guide to Art Valuation and Market Resources
This article serves as an introduction to new and mostly free online art auction and market sites and some traditional paper resources that are essential to answer reference questions about art value.
Report on the pilot phase of the UNT Libraries Scholarly Publishing Services
Report for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries on the pilot phase of the UNT Libraries scholarly publishing services.
UNT Libraries Microforms Usage Report and Recommendations
This report contains usage statistics of the microforms collection from May 1, 2014-May 31, 2015.
Indexes in award-winning cookbooks
Article discussing indexes in award-winning cookbooks and whether the quality of a cookbook is reflected in the quality of its index.
Spotlight on North Texas: Grant Materials
These grant materials were prepared for a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage program to digitize, preserve, and provide access to community historical records. The award funded digitization of print and media items related to the motion picture history of Denton County and a lecture highlighting Denton’s film history and materials discovered during the program. For this grant, UNT served as the lead institution and collaborated with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. The grant materials include a history of Denton County’s involvement in film production and distribution, digitization standards, and a work plan for the project. This proposal was funded for $11,840.
Teaching Information Literacy: A Performance Based Cycle
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Association of School Library Administrators. This presentation discusses teaching information literacy and a performance based cycle.
Status of the UNT Libraries 2015: Library Town Hall Meeting on Library Budget and Other Issues
Presentation for the May 2015 Library Town Hall Meeting. This meeting discussed the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries current budget status and other related issues.
Automated Creation of Analytic Catalog Records for Born-Digital Journal Articles
Article summarizing the approach to bibliographic metadata development at the University of Michigan Library for journal articles published and archived in HathiTrust.
Recommended Library Contributions to Retention of Premedical Students
Poster for the 2015 Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. This poster discusses recommended library contributions to the retention of premedical students.
Publishing by Academic Libraries
Presentation text for the 2015 Open Access Symposium discussing publishing by academic libraries.
Fear of Negative Evaluation: Differences amongst librarians
Article on the fear of negative evaluation and differences amongst librarians.
University of North Texas Libraries: We make a difference in our student's and faculty's lives
Poster for the 2015 UNT Student Portraits Symposium. This poster discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries making a difference for students and faculty.
OER: Open Educational Resources
Presentation for the Tarrant County College Northwest Campus discussing copyright, open educational resources, and creative commons licensing.
Digitization Project Rubric
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This presentation discusses a Project Completion Rubric developed at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to provide realistic estimates for digitization projects.
Piloting a Peer-Review Process for Trusted Digital Repositories
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This presentation discusses a collaborative peer-review process for the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist (TRAC).
Emerging Trends and Evolving Issues in Open Access and Scholarly Communications
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This presentation discusses emerging trends and evolving issues in open access and scholarly communication.
Academic Library Innovations and Developments in Support of Student Learning
Presentation for the 2015 Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium. This presentation discusses academic library innovations and developments in support of student learning.
Transforming an Academic Library from a Traditional Service Model to a Community Partner
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses transforming an academic library from a traditional service model to a community partner.
Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the results of a survey that was administered from October 27 through November 17, 2014. The survey assessed how Public Services employees rate the importance of Cataloging and Metadata Services activities, and how satisfied Public Services employees are with Cataloging and Metadata Services activities.
ILLiad and Discovery Services
Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses ILLiad and discovery services.
Copyright and Creative Commons (CC) Licenses
Presentation for the 2015 Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses copyright and creative commons (CC) licenses.
A Visual Argument: Embedded Omeka Support for Art History
Poster presentation for the 2015 Texas Digital Humanities Conference. This poster discusses embedded Omeka support for art history.
Hold It! Improving Access to Collections with an Online Holds Service
Article on improving access to collections with an online holds service at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Just-in-Time: Redefining Your Collection Development Philosophy
Presentation given at the Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference in April 2015. The presentation centers on the University of North Texas Libraries, highlighting their issues in collection development, and steps that were taken to combat those issues. This presentation also displays information on UNT Libraries' "ABCD" Philosophy or Access-Based Collection Development Philosophy. Additionally, the implementation of a new plan, the evaluation of the plan, the challenges, and benefits are all outlined.
Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation
Poster presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference. This poster discusses overcoming the fear of negative evaluation.
The Variable Fee Structure for Eagle Editions: The Scholarly Publishing Services of the University of North Texas Libraries
Poster presented at the 2015 Library Publishing Forum. This poster provides an overview of a recently launched scholarly publishing service at the University of North Texas.
Advocating to Grow Collections Mentoring to Grow Leaders
Presentation for the 2015 Louisiana Library Association (LLA) Government Documents Round Table Section (GODART) Breakfast Meeting. This presentation discusses advocating to grow collections and mentoring to grow leaders.
How Are We Doing? Assessing the Relevance of Cataloging Services
Poster presentation for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Conference. This poster summarizes the results of a survey administered by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services Department from October 27 through November 17, 2014. The purpose of the research study was to assess how Public Service employees rate the importance of Cataloging and Metadata Services activities, and how satisfied Public Service employees are with Cataloging and Metadata Services activities.
A For-Fee Library-Based Publishing Service: Eagle Editions at the University of North Texas Libraries [1]
Poster presented at the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Conference. This poster provides an overview of a recently launched scholarly publishing service at the University of North Texas.
[Review] Performance Practices in the Baroque Era, as related by primary sources
This article reviews the book "Performance Practices in the Baroque Era, as related by primary sources," by Dennis Shrock; Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
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.
Enhancing Access to E-books
Article on a study of enhancing access to e-books.
The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library
Book chapter on the evolution of publishing agreements at the University of Michigan Library. Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this chapter discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the University of Michigan Library throughout the evolution of its publishing operation, the advantages of the various models, and the reasons for moving from one to another.
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.
Using Students in Cataloging
Presentation notes presented as part of a panel, "Utilizing Student Employees in the Cataloging Workflow," at the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) Annual Convention
The Status of Research Data Management in the United States
Presentation for the first Open Data Hackathon at UNT, organized as part of International Open Data Day. This presentation discusses the status of research data management in the United States and the challenges, opportunities, and emerging trends.
Literature Review: Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library
Paper discussing a literature review on the assessment of cataloging services in an academic library. This paper is part of a Cataloging Survey Project at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
A For-Fee Scholarly Publishing Service Based in the Library
Slides from a presentation to the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Scholarly Communications Interest Group at the 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting. This presentation discusses a for-fee scholarly publishing service based in the library.
Teaching the Catalog as a Reference Tool
Article in a column for "The Reference Librarian," Material-Mind-Method: On the Teaching of Reference. This article discusses teaching the catalog as a reference tool.
Scholarly Communication Transformation Initiative Planning Document
Report created for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries outlining plans for the Scholarly Communication Transformation Initiative.
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