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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.
After-math: Counting the Aftereffects of Potentially Spiritually Transformative Experiences: Abstract: This article provides a summary of current literature regarding the nature of spiritual development, types of potentially spiritually transformative experiences (pSTEs), and both short- and long-term aftereffects of pSTEs— biological, psychological, spiritual, and social. The author concludes that in the aftermath of pSTEs, experiencers, their intimates and associates, and their healthcare providers should be prepared to experience integration that can be manageable or be deeply challenging and that can be relatively brief or can last for years.
American Society for Indexing Conferences: An Analysis of Major Topics, 1997-2011: Article offering an analysis of major topics at the American Society for Indexing Conferences from 1997 through 2011.
Appendix A: Preservation Business Model: This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. This appendix includes the 2010-2013 Strategic Plan which highlights the Educopia institute's strengths and achievements to date and details the strategic planning process. Specifically this strategic plan declares Educopia institute's: Mission statement, Vision, Three Critical Challenges, and Six Programmatic Goals (with objectives and strategies).
Appendix B: MetaArchive-SRB Transfer: This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. This appendix document is a report on the status of a two-phase transfer test being carried out between the MetaArchive Cooperative and Chronopolis. These tests aim to demonstrate a proof-of-concept that the MetaArchive network may use Chronopolis's data grid preservation service as an exit strategy in the event that either MetaArchive or LOCKSS becomes unsustainable in the future.
Appendix C: MetaArchive-iRODS Transfer Prep: This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. This appendix document describes the preparation of archival units residing on a LOCKSS file system that have been designated for packaging and exchange with a non-LOCKSS-based preservation environment-in this case an iRODS grid-based environment.
Appendix D: LOCKSSBAGGER Tool: This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. This appendix document describes tools. These tools are designed to facilitate the transfer of data contained within a number of LOCKSS archival units and packaged into bags. The bags are then transferred to the iRODS grid. The user has the option of creating and sending filled bags, or holey bags. The primary tools are written in Python, and make use of the iRODS command line utilities for data transfer.
Appendix E: MetaArchive-iRODS Transfer: This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. This appendix document describes an automation process that involved the sending of a Folger Shakespeare Library collection (246 archival units measuring 1.3TB) hosted on a University of North Texas (UNT) LOCKSS cache to a storage resource hosted by Chronopolis at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).
Appendix F: MetaArchive Microservices: This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. The purpose of this document is to explain the PREMIS Event microservice as prototyped for the MetaArchive Cooperative, primarily from a developer's standpoint. The document will attempt to explain the purpose of the microservice, the underlying principles on which it operates, and a practical example of its usage. The MetaArchive has installed all of the components needed to deploy this microservice and looks forward to opportunities to experiment with practical implementations in future development projects.
Are We There Yet? Toward a Workable Controlled Vocabulary for Music: This article discusses moving toward a workable controlled vocabulary for music.
ASI conference presentations: a content analysis of major topics, 1997-2012: Article on the American Society for Indexing (ASI) conference presentations. This article identifies major topics discussed at ASI conferences from 1997 through 2012 and explores how topics have changed over time.
ASIS&T Special Interest Groups (SIGs): New Member/First Conference Brunch 2012: Presentation for the 2012 American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. This presentation introduces new members and conference attendees to the Special Interest Group, International Information Issues (SIG-III).
Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries": This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to fostering a culture of research and publications in academic libraries.
Biography indexes reviewed: Article discussing research on biography reviews and indexes.
Book Review: Texts Related to Survival of Consciousness: Review outlining the various range of scholarly and non-scholarly characterizations regarding the survival of human consciousness after death by analyzing four books on the topic: "Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death" (Chris Carter); "The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next!" (Roberta Grimes); "The Science of Life after Death: New Research Shows Human Consciousness Lives On" (Stephen Hawley Martin); and "There is Life after Death: Compelling Reports from Those Who Have Glimpsed the Afterlife" (Roy Abraham Varghese).
Book Reviews in an Electronic Age: Poster presented at the 2012 IAMSLIC Annual Conference. This poster discusses research on book reviews in marine and aquatic journals to gain insight into the characteristics of the reviews and their value to librarians and research.
Briefing the Case: Constitution Day Outreach to Campus and Community: Article discussing Constitution Day outreach to campuses and communities.
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.
Cataloguing in 2012: On The Cusp Of RDA: This article discusses changes in music cataloguing systems.
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.
Chronicles in Preservation Project: Paper for the 2012 International iConference. This paper discusses the chronicles in preservation project.
Classifying the End-of-Term Archive: This paper discusses the Classification of the End-of-Term Archive project.
Classifying the End of Term Web Archive [Poster]: Poster presented at the 2012 IS&T Archiving Conference. 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.
Collaborating in Tough Times: Responding to State Cuts: This presentation was for a panel session with librarians from school, public, academic, and the North Texas Library Partners (NTLP) at the Texas Library Association (TLA) annual conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss collaboration strategies during difficult financial periods and funding cuts.
Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint: This presentation discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint.
Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint Sponsored by: SIG/III: This paper discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint.
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.
DataRes Project Briefing: Presentation for the 2012 CNI Annual Membership Meeting. This presentation provides an overview and update on the DataRes Project.
DataRes Project Primary Survey: Dataset from the DataRes Project. This dataset is the primary survey on data management needs of researchers.
DataRes Project Secondary Survey: Dataset from the DataRes Project. This dataset is the secondary survey on data management needs of researchers.
The DataRes Research Project on Data Management: Paper for the 2012 International iConference. This presentation discusses data management and the DataRes Project.
The DataRes Research Project on Data Management [Poster]: Poster presented at the 2012 International iConference. This poster discusses data management and the DataRes Project.
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.
Defining What Preservation Through Access Means in Digitizing Community Newspapers: Poster presented at the 2012 NTLP Annual Conference on Library Technology. This poster discusses what preservation through access means in digitizing community newspapers.
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.
Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today: This book chapter discusses educating communities. and preserving tomorrow's treasures today. Librarians, curators, archivists, and volunteers work hard to conserve and preserve materials as they are added to their collections, insuring that the materials can be safely used. However, not all genealogical and historical information is held in cultural institutions; unknown numbers of valuable information sources reside with individuals and in residences. By educating the community today on how to protect the treasures in their care, we have the potential to minimize the repairs needed for these items in the future.
Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies: This paper accompanies a poster presentation discussing empowering digital libraries users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies.
Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies [Poster]: Poster presented at the 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This poster presents discussion on empowering digital library users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies.
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.
Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Maintaining Metadata Consistency Across Digital Collections: Poster presented at the 2012 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This poster discusses enhancing content visibility in institutional repositories and maintaining metadata consistency across digital collections.
Faculty Research and Open Access: Poster introducing the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out as part of International Open Access Week at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Feeling Animal: Pet-Making and Mastery in the Slave's Friend: Article on an American Anti-Slavery Society periodical, the 'Slave's Friend,' which ran from 1836 to 1839. The author describes the abolitionist sentiment and the animal metaphor.
Fieldwork Requirements from the Site Supervisors' Perspective: Poster presented at the 2012 ALISE Annual Conference. This poster discusses public library fieldwork from the site supervisor's point of view and practices and interactions of the site supervisor.
Food Day [2012]: This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Food We Eat. This series features Dr. Dornith Doherty, professor in the College of Arts and Design, Dr. Pankaj Jain, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and Jennifer Jensen Wallach, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Food for Fines: Helping Students and the Community: Article on a Food for Fines program at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries. The Food for Fines drive offers a way for the library to help students take care of their library fines and help the local community as well.
Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries: Presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This presentation discusses fostering a culture of research and publication in academic libraries.
FRBR/FRAD Intentions and RDA: Where are we now?: This presentation discusses Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)/ Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) Intentions and Resource Description and Access (RDA). This presentation includes information on the background and intent of FRBR, FRAD, and RDA, user tasks, and current issues.
From Baristas to Books: Creating and Managing a Blended Service Desk: Invited presentation for the Texas Library Association (TLA) District 7 annual meeting. The author discusses creating and managing a blended service desk and the strategies and approaches of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Gas Well Drilling: This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Gas Well Drilling. This series features Dr. Adam Briggle, assistant professor of philosophy and religion studies, Dr. Matthew Fry, assistant professor of geography, Dr. Chetan Tiwari, assistant professor of geography and Nathanial Smith, a senior geography major.
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.

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