Introducing Resource Description and Access: taming the new cataloging rules
Date: March 2010
Creator: Miksa, Shawne D., 1969-
Description: This presentation gives an introduction to Resource Description and Access (RDA). The author presents information on how RDA works, its affects on cataloging and its functionality.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Cataloger Tasks: Work In Progress
Date: January 20, 2012
Creator: Miksa, Shawne D.
Description: This presentation discusses cataloging tasks, including Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD), and concepts related to the tasks and decisions involved in cataloging.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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CTR-NT: A Survey of Local Cataloging Tool and Resource Utilization
Date: June 28, 2008
Creator: Miksa, Shawne D.
Description: This presentation discusses a grant project on Cataloging Tools and Resource: North Texas (CTR-NT). The study aimed to discover the extent and utilization of cataloging tools and resources within technical service departments in the public libraries of the North Texas Regional Library System (NTRLS) and the North East Texas Library System (NETLS).
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Preparing School Library Media Specialists for Resource Description and Access (RDA)
Date: November 7, 2009
Creator: Schultz-Jones, Barbara & Miksa, Shawne D.
Description: This presentation discusses preparing school library media specialists for resource description and access (RDA). In particular, the authors present the basic Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) concepts and discuss them in the context of RDA implementation. The authors provide the correlation between AACR2 and RDA, including specific examples of a variety of formats: monograph, electronic resource, AV, etc. Lastly, the authors discuss implementation options and vendor(s) interaction.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Free-Text Collection-Level Metadata in Large-Scale Digital Libraries: A Comparative Content Analysis
Date: September 23, 2011
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Description: This presentation includes audio/video media and discusses metadata. This presentation reports results of the study that used an in-depth comparative content analysis to assess free-text collection-level subject metadata in three large-scale digital cultural heritage aggregations in the United States and Europe.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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iCAMP: Curate, Archive, Manage, Preserve
Date: April 2012
Creator: Moen, William E.
Description: This presentation discusses the iCAMP project. The UNT College of Information's iCAMP project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is developing a four course, competency-based, online graduate academic certificate program in data curation and data management for a hybrid audience of information professionals and disciplinary researchers and scholars. This presentation gives an overview of the iCAMP project and its development.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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The Apiary Project: High-Throughput Workflow for Computer-Assisted Human Parsing of Biological Specimen Label Data
Date: July 2009
Creator: Best, Jason H.; Neill, Amanda K. & Moen, William E.
Description: This presentation discusses research on high-throughput workflow for computer-assisted human parsing of biological specimen label data. This is part of the Apiary Project, a collaboration of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge at the University of North Texas and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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TxETDA 2012 Opening Remarks
Date: February 2012
Creator: Moen, William E.
Description: This is the presentation for the opening remarks at the Texas Electronic Theses and Dissertations (TxETD) Annual Conference.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Professional Learning Communities & Personal Learning Networks in Information Science
Date: January 2012
Creator: Hill, Valerie; Bartoletti, Robin; Helge, Kris & Brannon, Sian
Description: This presentation is part of a Doctoral Student Special Interest Group (SIG) panel discussion group from the 2012 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). Doctoral students discuss various ways to keep up with changes in information science and technology through developing professional learning communities. Continuing education and professional development requires connectivity today more than ever due to new trends in information delivery, such as user-generated content, social networking, and Web 2.0 communication tools. Each individual can easily be overwhelmed by the vast amount of information and tools available on the Internet. Through collaboration, librarians and information professionals can collectively build a PLN (personal learning network) and a PLC (professional learning community) with a focus on the profession of librarianship and information technology. This panel consists of doctoral students and candidates who have developed both a PLN (personal learning network) and a PLC (professional learning community) through embracing emerging technology tools and collaborating with each other. Examples of their experience exemplify the importance of "extending our reach" and "expanding our horizons". The hierarchy of information has radically changed within the past decade. The goal is to create opportunities that allow doctoral students to explore innovation while adhering to the ...
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Libraries and the Research Enterprise: A View from a LIS Educator/Researcher
Date: January 21, 2012
Creator: Moen, William E.
Description: This presentation is part of a panel discussion titled Academic Libraries as Partners in Research. This presentation discusses libraries, research, and collaboration, with examples and strategies from the point-of-view of a Library and Information Science (LIS) educator and researcher.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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