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- Review of the Tools and Software to Support Interoperability
- Report for an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) Grant Partner Uplift Project. This report reviews the tools and software to support interoperability between digital repositories and the Library of Texas federated search. This review will be used for providing recommendations for best practices and workflows for installing software and tools onto Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS) and selected databases that support search interoperability.
- A Fixed Effects Panel Data Model: Mathematics Achievement in the U.S.
- Article discussing a study on a fixed effects panel data model and mathematics achievement in the United States.
- Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century
- Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century is the third edited book published by the University Council of Workforce and Human Resource Education (UCWHRE), formerly the University Council of Vocational Education (UCVE). The previous books, Beyond Tradition: Preparing the Teachers of Tomorrow's Workforce (Hartley & Wentling, 1996) and Beyond Tradition: Preparing Human Resource Development Educators for Tomorrow's Workforce (Stewart & Hall, 1998) reported trends in their respective fields and also addressed issues that are perennial to workforce education. This publication is somewhat different in that it represents a collaborative effort among members of the UCWHRE, the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education and the National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education. This collaboration symbolizes efforts to link theory and research to practice and practice to theory and research.
- An Extensible Approach to Interoperability Testing: The Use of Special Diagnostic Records in the Context of Z39.50 and Online Library Catalogs
- Presentation discussing the use of special diagnostic records in the context of Z39.50 and online library catalogs.
- Virtual Libraries: A Service-Based Approach for Virtual Libraries
- Article discussing a service-based approach for virtual libraries and the provision of services to patrons and other users built upon the collective personnel, information, and technological resources that constitute the library.
- A Study of State Library Agencies' Information Technology Standards Policies and Practices
- This report discusses standards in state library agencies. Little is known about state library agencies' policies for standards adoption and use. This study, undertaken in 1998, attempted to bridge the gap of information and understanding about the current situation of state library agencies' use, opportunities and issues related to technical standards.
- Examining MARC Records as Artifacts Reflecting Metadata Utilization Decisions
- This presentation discusses the MARC Content Designation Utilization (MCDU) Project. It presents information about the goals and scope of the project, the methodology and information about the process, and the implications of this project.
- Improving Z39.50 Interoperability: Z39.50 Profiles and Testbeds for Library Applications
- An operating assumption for the networked environment is that many different information systems need to interoperate for users to successfully discover and retrieve distributed resources. Meaningful interoperability is often elusive. In the library community, the Z39.50 standard protocol (ISO 23950/ANSI/NISO Z39.50) for information retrieval promised seamless and transparent networked access to library resources. Too often, the reality has not lived up to the promise. This paper discusses two efforts that offer solution paths to Z39.50 interoperability.
- The Semantics of Semantic Interoperability: A Two-Dimensional Approach for Investigating Issues of Semantic Interoperability in Digital Libraries
- Paper discussing a two-dimensional approach for investigating issues of semantic interoperability in digital libraries.
- Assessing Metadata Utilization: An Analysis of MARC Content Designation Use
- This paper discusses metadata utilization. This paper reports results of an analysis of a large sample of MARC 21 bibliographic records.
- Open Access: A New Paradigm for Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Access
- The notion of open access to scholarly information is not new. In recent years, however, it has taken on prominence within the broader context of scholarly work, communication, and publishing. This brief paper intends to highlight and clarify key aspects of open access to assist UNTs initial discussions of the utility of open access for UNT researchers and scholars.
- Illinois Library Resources and Automation in the Networked Environment: An Analysis and Recommended Strategies Final Report
- This study identifies strategies for enhancing access to Illinois libraries' holdings, where the strategies ensure the best stewardship possible for state and federal grant dollars for library automation and resources.
- A White Paper on Outcomes Evaluation: Concepts, Strategies, and Practical Applications
- This white paper introduces evaluation concepts and describes outcome-based evaluation. The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) logic model is described in the context of developing a program evaluation plan. Four case studies illustrate how outputs, outcomes and indicators can be used to produce programs results.
- User Searches in IMLS DCC Collection Registry: Transaction Log Analysis
- This technical report discusses user searches in IMLS DCC collection registry.
- Findings Pertaining to the Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
- This paper discusses the findings pertaining to the framework for building good digital collections. This paper is part of the three-year interim project report for the IMLS Digital Collections & Content Project, summarizing major findings October 2002 through September 2005.
- UNT at TREC 2004: Question Answering Combining Multiple Evidences
- This paper discusses Question Answering (QA) combining multiple evidences.
- Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique For Professional Development Evaluation
- This article discusses the field test of an instrument incorporating a retrospective pretest to determine whether it could reliably be used as an evaluation tool for a professional development conference.
- [Review] Intellectual Freedom Manual
- This article reviews the book "Intellectual Freedom Manual," compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) of the American Library Association. The manual is designed to answer practical questions that confront librarians in applying the principles of intellectual freedom to library service.
- Quality Health Information on the Internet: Developing a Diabetes Pathfinder for the Chinese Population
- A Web-based bilingual diabetes information pathfinder was created to help the Chinese population access quality health information on the Internet as part of a collaborative outreach project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- Retrospective Pretest: A Practical Technique for Professional Development Evaluation
- Article discussing a research study to field test an instrument incorporating a retrospective pretest to determine whether it could reliably be used as an evaluation tool for a professional development conference.
- Applying Technology to Online Counseling: Suggestions for the Beginning E-Therapist
- Article discussing research on applying technology to online counseling and suggestions for the beginning e-therapist.
- High-Throughput Workflow for Computer-Assisted Human Parsing of Biological Specimen Label Data
- This two-year project will advance understanding of the workflow and processes best able to increase access to and use of digitized biological collection metadata within the stakeholder communities comprised of biologists, natural history museum collections managers, biodiversity standards groups, and the library and information science community.
- Resource and Resource Sharing in Intelligent Information Access
- This paper reports an exploratory study on resources and resource sharing among researchers in Intelligent Information Access (IIA).
- Resource and Resource Sharing in Intelligent Information Access
- This presentation discusses an exploratory study on resources and resource sharing among researchers in Intelligent Information Access (IIA). The investigation consists of two stages. In Stage One, the authors conducted a content analysis to identify resources used in 145 research papers and reports in two subfields of IIA; and in Stage Two, the authors carried out an online survey of IIA researchers to understand resource-sharing channels and the researchers' perspectives on resource sharing.
- Assessing Descriptive Substance in Free-Text Collection-Level Metadata
- This paper discusses assessing descriptive substance in free-text collection-level metadata. This paper reports on a content analysis of collection records in an aggregation of cultural heritage collections.
- Assessing Descriptive Substance in Free-Text Collection-Level Metadata [Presentation]
- Presentation for the 2008 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications on assessing descriptive substance in free-text collection-level metadata.
- Analysis of Management and Employee Job Satisfaction
- Article on an analysis of management and employee job satisfaction for gender, age group, length of time with the organization, and between management and non-management employees.
- Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries: Final Report
- This document is the final report with the summary of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations for consideration by the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board (TIFB) Library Working Group as part of the Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public and School Libraries. The report is the work of the Needs Assessment Study Team, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge at the University of North Texas. The study was conducted during the period of February through September 15, 2002. Funding for the study was provided by Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
- Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries: Project Plan
- This document outlines the project plan for the Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries.
- The Functional Ontology of Filmic Documents
- This book chapter discusses the functional ontology of filmic documents. The authors examine a few phases of probing of filmic documents, and the relationship between structure and meaning. The authors have taken the liberty of sketching the earlier phases and of presenting the most recent in somewhat more detail. Considerations of the early phases, among other issues of document use, led to the functional ontology construction as a foundation for this probing and for wider concerns within the arena of messages, meanings, and uses.
- An Innovative Partnership to Recruit and Educate Biomedical Information Professionals
- Article on an innovative partnership to recruit and educate biomedical information professionals.
- CTR-NT: A Survey of Local Cataloging Tool and Resource Utilization
- 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).
- An Alternative Approach to Interoperability Testing
- Presentation for the 2005 American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses an alternative approach to interoperability testing and the use of special diagnostic records in the context of Z39.50 and online library catalogs.
- Z39.50 for Finding It All
- This presentation discusses using Z39.50. The topics include framing the "finding it all" question, a resource discovery service project, and update on Z39.50 profiles, and the next generation of Z39.50.
- An Extensible Approach to Interoperability Testing: The Use of Special Diagnostic Records in the Context of Z39.50 and Online Library Catalogs
- Paper discussing the use of special diagnostic records in the context of Z39.50 and online library catalogs.
- An Issue of Granularity: Decomposing Redesigned Courses on Different Levels of Details
- This paper discusses a project to redesign courses on different levels of details. The Texas Course Redesign Project initiated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) aims to develop and distribute instructional resources to improve student learning outcomes and lower the costs of higher education.
- A Repository for Learning Objects: Supporting the Reuse and Repurposing of Redesigned Courses and Their Content
- This paper describes the design and development of a learning object repository for a new statewide higher education initiative.
- Learning from Artifacts: Metadata Utilization Analysis
- This paper describes the MARC Content Designation Utilization Project, which is examining a very large set of metadata records as artifacts of the library cataloging enterprise. This is the first large-scale examination of descriptive metadata utilization. Presents an overview of study activities and suggests the study's significance to the broader use of metadata in digital libraries.
- Preparing, Creating, and Managing a Large Dataset of MARC 21 Records for Research and Analysis
- This poster discusses preparing, creating, and managing a large dataset of MARC 21 records. The MARC Content Designation Utilization (MCDU) Project is examining catalogers' utilization of available MARC 21 content designation (e.g., fields/subfields). A critical component of this project is the development of methods, procedures, and software tools for reliable and valid analyses of the complete WorldCat database of more than 56 million MARC 21 records.
- Adding a User Developed Vocabulary in DSpace
- Poster presented at the 2008 ALISE Annual Conference. This poster discusses adding a user developed vocabulary in DSpace.
- Resident Assistant Training: A Southwestern Perspective
- Article discussing a study on the similarities and differences in public and private institutions training of resident assistants in the southwest United States.
- Campus Chaplains: Cult Training and Perceptions
- This article examines the perception of 43 college chaplains across the United States with regard to cult training and perceptions of college and university cult activity.
- Radioactive Metadata Records: An Interoperability Testing Approach Based on Metadata Utilization
- This presentation discusses radioactive metadata records and an interoperability testing approach based on metadata utilization. The research is part of Z-Interop, an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences' (IMLS) National Leadership Grant supported project.
- The Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC): A Collaborative Teaching and Research Initiative
- Article dicsussing the Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC), a collaborative teaching and research initiative.
- Assessing Interoperability in the Networked Environment: Standards, Evaluation, and Testbeds in the Context of Z39.50
- This book chapter discusses interoperability in the networked environment.
- Cross-language search: The case of Google Language Tools
- Article on cross-language searching and a case study of Google Language Tools, especially its cross-language search service.
- Examining MARC Records as Artifacts That Reflect Metadata Utilization Decisions
- Article examining MARC records as artifacts that reflect metadata utilization decisions.
- Mapping the Interoperability Landscape for Networked Information Retrieval
- This paper discusses interoperability of networked information. Interoperability is a fundamental challenge for networked information discovery and retrieval. Often treated monolithically in the literature, interoperability is multifaceted and can be analyzed into different types and levels. This paper discusses an approach to map the interoperability landscape for networked information retrieval as part of an interoperability assessment research project.
- UNT 2005 TREC QA Participation: Using Lemur as IR Search Engine
- This paper reports the authors' TREC 2005 QA participation. The authors' QA system Eagle QA developed last year was expanded and modified for this year's QA experiments. Particularly, the authors used Lemur 4.1 as the Information Retrieval (IR) Engine this year to find documents that may contain answers for the test questions from the document collection. The authors' result shows Lemur did a reasonable job on finding relevant documents. But certainly there is room for further improvement.
- Chinese Information Retrieval Using Lemur: NTCIR-5 CIR Experiments at UNT
- This paper discusses Chinese information retrieval using Lemur, a freely available information retrieval toolkit.