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Conversation with a child while he is writing Arabic letters on a wooden writing board

Description: This is a video recording of a conversation between Nazneen Shaikh — a semi-speaker of the Azamgarhi language — and Safwan Shaikh, a native Azamgarhi speaking child. Safwan is practicing writing the Arabic alphabet on a wooden writing board as homework given by his Maulānā of the Madrasāh. Nazneen seems interested in this and keenly observes his writing while making a video of him. She asks a few questions to Safwan and directs him. Safwan — still a beginner — struggles with writing and messes … more
Date: November 13, 2015
Duration: 3 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Nazneen

Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America

Description: This presentation presents results of a study that analyzed representation of dates and time in one of the largest aggregators of digital content in the world -- the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The findings demonstrate both similarities and differences in date and time representation across DPLA content hub and service hub provider groups.
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Tarver, Hannah
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Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America

Description: This paper presents results of a study that analyzed representation of dates and time in one of the largest aggregators of digital content in the world -- the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The findings demonstrate both similarities and differences in date and time representation across DPLA content hub and service hub provider groups.
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Tarver, Hannah
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Service learning in action: Integrating reflection to deepen the educational experience

Description: This article focuses on service learning projects (SLPs) sponsored by the University of North Texas College of Information. A constructivist learning environment perspective was applied to the potential for library science international service learning projects to provide a short term learning environment that introduces pedagogy, provides the opportunity to develop and apply new skills, energizes students to develop cultural competence, and develops reflective skills towards the pursuit of wi… more
Date: February 2015
Creator: Baron, Benjamin K. & Schultz-Jones, Barbara
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Unveiling the Co-Word Structures Among Mobile Computing, Mobile Commerce and Mobile Application Research: A Science Mapping Analysis

Description: Article on the interplay over time among mobile computing, commerce and applications. The study performed is a co-word analysis for a corpus of 4821 SCI/SSCI indexed papers related to mobility in the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1995 to 2013. The emerging concepts demonstrated in the strategic diagrams and the associated co-word structures have implications for future research.
Date: 2015
Creator: Chang, Hsia-Ching & Wang, Chen-Ya
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Reading of a blessing ritual Smul Kpnaak

Description: This blessing, called Smul Kpnaak, is used by elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. This ritual blessing is to be used by an older person addressing younger people- Sumshot Khular shares the beautiful words here which translated mean: This is the feather for your good health, your long life, your well-being. May you be blessed with many daughters, with many sons, with many crops, with livestock, with wealth and riches. ‎‎May you be blessed with knowledge and understan… more
Date: 2015
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Building a Framework of Metadata Change to Support Knowledge Management

Description: Article defining ways that metadata records might change (addition, deletion, or modification) and describing a study to evaluate multiple versions of selected records in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections to observe the types and frequency of various changes.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
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