- Collection Development and Management Issues
- This presentation discusses collection development and management issues. It describes considerations to keep in mind, suggestions and strategies, and ideas for successful digitization projects. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84316/
- Collaborative Digital Repository Opportunities
- This presentation discusses collaborative digital repository opportunities. The presentation offers questions and considerations as well as managing digital collections. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139461/
- Collection Development for an Environmental Science Digital Library
- This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' strategies for creating digital collections and services from datasets and born digital objects and serving users outside of formal education and research. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30372/
- Collaborative Strategies for Digital Preservation of Newspapers
- This presentation discusses collaborative strategies for the digital preservation of newspapers. The University of North Texas (UNT) Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP), the MetaArchive Cooperative, and the Chronicles in Preservation Project are discussed with information on what they do, the importance of newspaper digitization projects, and how collaboration can further efforts in this area. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87639/
- Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint
- This presentation discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint. Abstract: In line with issues in international information, panel members aim to discuss the global knowledge footprint from a unique and distinct perspective. Framed here as 'content divide,' the focus is to present an international comparative analysis of knowledge production using scientific/technical research, and patent outputs of individual countries and regions across the world. The approach places emphasis on the connection between gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) and research performance mainly by higher education institutions; innovation activities using patent registration as one key indicator, and the role of national education and research network (NREN) as key enabler to foster research productivity. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122171/
- Connect With Your Part-Time Library Staff: Using Learning Styles to Individualize Training
- This presentation discusses ways in which supervisors can individualize their training of part-time library staff based on individual learning styles. It offers examples of training sessions, follow-ups, learning styles, assessments, and ideas for training improvement. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39332/
- Community-Driven Approaches to Digital Preservation
- This presentation discusses community-driven approaches to digital preservation. The authors state the importance of collaboration and who is collaborating and how. In addition, information on some core principles of collaborative preservation and what these look like in practice. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86856/
- A Cost-Benefit Approach for Describing and Processing Digital Objects
- This presentation discusses the costs and benefits associated with creating the metadata and ensuring metadata quality in The Portal to Texas History. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29790/
- Chronopolis, University of North Texas, MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
- This presentation discusses how preservation systems can share objects and specifically a collaboration between Chronopolis, MetaArchive, and the University of North Texas (UNT). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29802/
- Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
- Abstract: This paper will examine ongoing work between two major preservation systems, the Chronopolis Digital Preservation Program, and the MetaArchive Cooperative. In the past year, these two systems have begun work on bridging their technical underpinnings to create a more robust, reliable, long-lived preservation community for their users. The main emphasis of this work is moving data between a LOCKSS-based system (MetaArchive) and an iRODS-based one (Chronopolis). This work also involves several other emerging preservation micro-service tools and practices, and the expertise of the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library in deploying them. The final result of this work is intended to be of three-fold benefit: 1) directly improving the services offered by Chronopolis and MetaArchive to their constituents; 2) offering specific technical findings which will be of benefit to other systems using LOCKSS and iRODS; and 3) contributing to the larger preservation community through the examination of organizational best practices for preservation system interactions. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29823/
- The Challenge of Multimedia Networking
- This article discusses the challenge of multimedia networking. There is no question that computer applications such as word processing, electronic mail, and desktop publishing have changed the way people work. These computer applications have enhanced users' capacity for communication and have improved their productivity. The success of these applications has prompted both vendors and researchers to continue to seek new ways to further advance the information technology revolution. Enter the latest innovation: networked multimedia systems. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77220/
- Building Search Systems for Digital Library Collections
- This presentation describes the infrastructure and collection in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries Digital initiatives. This discusses issues related to searching and explains possible solutions to best enhance metadata and searching capabilities. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28345/
- Breaking Down the Costs - What are Your Digitization Projects Really Costing?
- This presentation discusses the costs and values of digital collections. It looks at the digital collections held at the University of North Texas (UNT) and does a cost comparison of the options based on their choices including the expenses that are related to building their digital collections. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29794/
- 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/
- Briefing the Case: Constitution Day Outreach to Campus and Community
- This article discusses Constitution Day outreach to campus and community. The celebration of Constitution Day (or Citizenship Day) on September 17th each year began in 2005 as a mandate for all publicly funded educational institutions to provide instructive activities that recognize the adoption of the United States Constitution in 1787 (U.S. Department of Education). There are many creative and engaging ways to commemorate the signing of our Constitution. The University of North Texas has its own traditions, which are shared in this document along with some other resources and ideas to get others started on Constitution Day celebrations at their own institutions. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc110993/
- 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/
- Challenges in Web Archiving UNT Perspective
- This presentation discusses making Web archives more usable for libraries, building digital library collections from Web content, and understanding how Web archives should fit into traditional library metrics. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28361/
- Building Digital Archives
- This presentation is about the steps followed in the development of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Library infrastructure, the lessons learned along the way, and the opportunities that are available today. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28350/
- Chronicles in Preservation: Curation Practices for Born-Digital and Digitized Newspaper Collections
- This presentation discusses the Chronicles in Preservation project. This project aims to study, document, and model the use of data preparation practices and distributed digital preservation frameworks to collaboratively preserve digitized and born-digital newspaper collections. This presentation gives the background of the Chronicles in Preservation project, the State of the Field report, and early findings. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86854/
- Chronicles in Preservation Project
- This paper discusses preservation. Abstract: The Educopia Institute, with the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the libraries of University of North Texas, Penn State, Virginia Tech, University of Utah, Georgia Tech, Boston College, and Clemson University, have received $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study, document, and model the use of data preparation and distributed digital preservation frameworks to collaboratively preserve digitized and born-digital newspaper collections. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77195/
- 2012 Presidential Primaries
- This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. This series features Dr. Tony Carey, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Dr. Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and Dr. Brian Lain, associate professor in the Department of Communications Studies and director of UNT's Debate Program. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83784/
- 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Project
- This presentation discusses the 7.5 minute quadrangle project by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. This presentation gives the background, goals, processes, challenges, and next steps. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84317/
- 2008 DOT GOV Harvest Preserving Access
- This presentation outlines the history, tool building, partner activities and future work for a collaborative project between the University of North Texas, the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the California Digital Library, and the U.S. Government Printing Office. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28365/
- Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation
- This presentation is a community briefing on the Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (ANADP) conference. The ANADP conference was held in the capital of Estonia in May 2011 as a forum for national digital preservation programs to meet and exchange information with each other for the purpose of building strategic international collaborations to support the preservation of collection digital memory. This briefing will present highlights of the conference and its outcomes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77213/
- Activities and Experiences of Academic Librarians Embedded in Online Courses
- This presentation discusses activities and experiences of academic librarians embedded in online courses. The purpose is to determine common practices and assess various experiences. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67611/
- Comparison of Digital Asset Management Systems (work area E)
- This paper includes examinations of various digital asset management systems' (DAMS) capabilities and functions. Evaluation is based on the documentation relating to each package. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29818/
- Comparison of Strategies and Policies for Building Distributed Digital Preservation Infrastructure: Initial Findings from the MetaArchive Cooperative
- This article offers a comparison of strategies and policies for building distributed digital preservation infrastructure. Abstract: This paper discusses the importance of a particular approach to building and sustaining digital content preservation infrastructures for cultural memory organizations (CMOs), namely 'distributed' approaches that are 'cooperatively' maintained by CMOs (rather than centralized approaches managed by agencies external to CMOs), and why this approach may fill a gap in capabilities for those CMOs actively digitizing historical and cultural content (rather than scientific data). Initial findings are presented from an early organizational effort (the MetaArchive Cooperative) that seeks to fill this gap for CMOs. The article situates these claims in the larger context of selected exemplars of Digital Preservation (DP) efforts in both the United States and the United Kingdom that are seeking to develop effective DP models in an attempt to recognize those organizational aspects (such as the governmental frameworks, cultural backgrounds, and other differences in emphasis) that are UK- and US-specific. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc109697/
- Content Provider Interviews: Summary Report
- This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This report summarizes the results of the interviews with content providers. Section 2 identifies the interview methodology. Section 3 describes the results and Section 4 discusses the major findings. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33002/
- Content Producer Interview Questionnaire
- This document is an interview, questionnaire for the Web-at-Risk project. The purpose of this interview is to explore the issues information publishers or content producers have regarding web archives. The purpose of this discussion is to elicit the needs and thoughts of the users regarding web archives of materials created by a third party, such as a universal library. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33003/
- 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/
- Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives
- This presentation is a brief outline of the End-of-Term archiving project done as a collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the University of North Texas Libraries, and the California Digital Library. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28355/
- [Client Survey Summary: Portal to Texas History Interface Redesign]
- This paper is a summary of surveys conducted for the IOGENE project. It relates to information about the user interface of The Portal to Texas History. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32995/
- Collection Planning Guidelines
- This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. The Web-at-Risk project is developing a Web Archiving Service (WAS) that will enable the project's partner institutions to act as archive agencies that will assist the project's curators in building and managing archived collections of web-published materials. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33006/
- Collection Plan Guidelines for Project Curators
- This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. These policy and planning documents typically guide collection management within libraries and archives. Some familiar concepts and practices from collection development for non-digital materials easily transfer to collection development for web-based materials while some new concepts and unfamiliar practices are introduced. To effectively manage web collections, it is good practice to either create new policies and plans or modify existing collection policies and plans. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33005/
- Collection Plan for the CyberCemetery
- This report discusses the collection plan for the CyberCemetery, part of the Web-at-Risk project. The topics include the mission and scope, the selection, acquisition, descriptive metadata, presentation and access, maintenance and weeding, and preservation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36313/
- Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint Sponsored by: SIG/III
- This paper discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint. Abstract: The purpose of this panel is to discuss the global knowledge output at a macro level with a view to understand key inputs that foster scientific and research performance. Here, knowledge production is limited to scientific and technical journals and patent registrations to gauge the performance of each region and continent the world over. Greater emphasis will be placed to highlight important indicators from the input side that help spur national research and innovation systems in Africa. Defined here as "content divide," panel members focus on key variables that help build scientific and research capabilities of Africa. Closely interrelated variables that will be discussed include (1) access to the global knowledge base, (2) the role of higher education systems (3) national, regional, and global research and education networks (RENs); and (4) gross expenditure on R&D (GERD). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130186/
- Crossing State Lines For Collaborative Newspaper Digitization: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
- This presentation discusses a collaborative project between the Oklahoma Historical Society and the University of North Texas (UNT) to digitize all of the pre-1923 newspapers in the Oklahoma Historical Society's collection. The project involved building The Gateway to Oklahoma History, which allows easy access to newspapers for students, researchers, and journalists. The project is funded in part by the Excellence and Ethics in Journalism Grant. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86155/
- Curators' Evaluation of WAS Release 1
- This report discusses the curators' evaluation of Web Archiving Service (WAS) release 1, as part of the Web-at-Risk project. This report summarizes the feedback received from the curators and provides details details to illustrate the areas that were either confusing or problematic to them. Their recommendations as well as some considerations for future development are also included. Additionally, many of the observations and suggestions in the Quick Heuristic Evaluation of the WAS echo the feedback received from the curators. These commonalities are noted in the document. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36327/
- Curators' Evaluation of WAS Release 2/3
- This report discusses the curators' evaluation of WAS release 2/3, part of the Web-at-Risk project. The Web Archiving Service, WAS Release 2/3, was available to the project's curators from January 30, 2007 - February 13, 2007. During this time 19 curators trialed the service with varying frequencies, as measured by the number of capture jobs they submitted. Subsequent to their trials, 17 curators submitted a web-based survey evaluation of their experience. The survey consisted of 27 questions, divided into four sections: Site Definition, Capture, and Management; Reports and Analysis; Search and Display; and Overall Release. This report summarizes the feedback received from the curators and provides details to illustrate the areas that were either confusing or problematic to them. Their recommendations as well as some considerations for future development are also included. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36328/
- Curators' Evaluation of WAS Release 4
- This report discusses the curators' evaluation of WAS Release 4, part of the Web-at-Risk project. The Web Archiving Service, WAS Release 4, was available to the project's curators from September 18, 2007 - October 12, 2007. During this time project curators trialed the service and, subsequently, 17 curators submitted a web-based survey evaluation of their experience. The survey consisted of 25 questions, divided into four sections: Sites, Capture, Results, Collections, and Overall Release. This report summarizes the feedback received from the curators and provides details to illustrate the areas that were either confusing or problematic to them. Their recommendations as well as some considerations for future development are also included. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36329/
- Archiving Web-published Materials
- This handout accompanies a presentation about archiving Web-published materials. The topics include an overview of the Web-at-Risk project, information about the needs assessment, the key findings, Web collection development, and the Web Archiving Service (WAS). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36324/
- Assessment of Library Support for Distance Learning at UNT
- This presentation discusses assessments of library support for distance learning at the University of North Texas (UNT). The methods used include LibQUAL+ surveys, focus groups, and ethnographic studies. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38880/
- Assessment: We know we should do it but does it have to be so difficult?
- This paper discusses assessments. Assessment is an essential part of a quality library instruction program. Librarians learn in library school, at conferences, in articles, and on the job that continuous assessment is necessary to ensure instruction is relevant and effective. So why aren't librarians implementing more assessment programs? Teachers of K-12 and college instructors have used assessment for innumerable years to determine if students are learning concepts and meeting objectives. The thought of not using assessment in the classroom is unthinkable for the majority of teachers. As librarians are doing more and more teaching and are considered teaching faculty in many school districts and at many institutions of higher education, it is more important than ever that we implement assessments in library classrooms. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32999/
- 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. Given the proliferation of scholarly digital contents, it has become increasingly difficult for researchers to find relevant contents on their own, not to mention related, disciplines. The situation is even worse in interdisciplinary fields such as environmental sciences. Many academic libraries provide services to support the creation, organization, management, use, and reuse of digital contents. This poster describes the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' initiative to provide digital infrastructure and stewardship in order to ensure long-term access to the resources collected. The preliminary results from usage and related statistics analysis suggest significant research and educational impact of the Environmental Policy Collection. Based on the UNT Libraries' experience in integrating heterogeneous digital resources from diverse sources and providing seamless access, this paper describes guidelines for future digital collection development, and make recommendations for further study of collection development strategies. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122174/
- Repurposing Existing Digital Resources and Smoothing Interdisciplinary Communication: Environmental Policy Collection Development
- This poster presents discussion on repurposing existing digital resources and smoothing interdisciplinary communication. The digital environment has now introduced new resource types, new partners, and new user expectations into the current information landscape. Given the proliferation of scholarly digital contents, researchers increasingly need ways to facilitate their research while at the same time promoting scholarly communication within and beyond their own domains. The University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries are working to identify, collect, organize, and manage digital resources in various disciplines. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122176/
- Pictures of Charlotte: The Illustrated Charlotte Temple and Her Readers
- In this article, the author examines the contribution of illustrated editions of Susannah Rowson's 1791 novel 'Charlotte Temple' to the novel's curious afterlife. Reprinted in Philadelphia in 1794, 'Charlotte Temple' became the object of a readerly cult that inspired visits to a gravesite in Trinity Churchyard as well as intimate engagements with the material object of the book itself. Through the author's analysis of portraits and tableaux illustrations that appeared in the novel between 1809 and 1905, along with evidence of readers' devotional interactions with the portraits, the author traces the integration of 'Charlotte Temple' into the American national story as one of the best-loved icons of the Revolution. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97934/
- Supporting Faculty Scholarly Activity
- This presentation is part of a panel discussion titled Academic Libraries as Partners in Research. This presentation discusses how digital libraries can support faculty scholarly activity, with examples and strategies from the UNT Digital Library collections. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75413/
- Analyzing the Persistence of Referenced Web Resources with Memento
- This presentation discusses the results of a study into the persistence and availability of web resources referenced from papers in scholarly repositories. Memento makes it possible to automate discovery of archived resources and to consider the time between the publication of the research and the archiving of the reference URLs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83793/
- American Society for Indexing Conferences: An Analysis of Major Topics, 1997-2011
- This article discusses the major topics of the American Society for Indexing (ASI) conferences. The purpose of this article is to identify major topics discussed at ASI conferences from 1997 through 2011 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/metadc84340/
- Analyzing the Persistence of Referenced Web Resources with Memento
- This paper analyzes the persistence of referenced web resources with memento. Abstract: In this paper we present the results of a study into the persistence and availability of web resources referenced from papers in scholarly repositories. Two repositories with different characteristics, arXiv and the UNT digital library, are studied to determine if the nature of the repository, or of its content. Memento makes it possible to automate discovery of archived resources and to consider the time between the publication of the research and the archiving of the reference URLs. This automation allows us to process more than 160000 URLs, the largest known such study, and the repository metadata allows consideration of the results by discipline. The results are startling: 45% (66096) of the URLs referenced from arXiv still exist, but are not preserved for future generations, and 28% of resources referenced by UNT papers have been lost. Moving forwards, we provide some initial recommendations, including that repositories should publish URL lists extracted from papers that could be used as seeds for web archiving systems. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39318/