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- HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries
- This book chapter discusses how to operationalize acquisitions through a discussion of various models of acquisitions, encompassing budgeting, working with vendors, selection, ordering, receiving, processing, and overall administration of the process.
- Selecting and Assessing Practicum Students
- This presentation discusses selecting and assessing practicum students, the goals and competencies, learning objectives, and gives examples of necessary skills.
- The Whole Picture - One Library's Assessment Activities
- This presentation provides an overview of UNT's assessment activities in preparation for a new library strategic plan and campus SACS reaccreditation.
- Assessment in Fieldwork Courses: What Are We Rating?
- This article uses inductive content analysis to assess fieldwork evaluations in library school coursework.
- Elements of a Succession Plan
- Poster presented at the 2011 ALA Learning Roundtable Conference. This poster presents information about succession plans. It covers succession plan strategies, competencies for key positions, candidates' skills, and development plans.
- Found You! Identifying and Accessing Hidden Collections
- This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' efforts to identify, document, and increase access to hidden or obscured collections.
- 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.
- Click to Count
- Poster detailing the Click to Count program at University of North Texas Libraries in which permalinks are provided to gain more accurate usage data from faculty.
- Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again
- This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of the Assessment Workgroup at the University of North Texas Libraries.
- BARC Tips for Tiny Libraries
- Report providing tips for small libraries to get started using Biblionix Automated Retrospective Conversion's (BARC's) "Apollo" integrated library system.
- Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers
- Article discussing a project by the UNT Libraries to purchase e-book readers for students purchasing digital textbooks.
- Extending the TAM2 Model: Card Swiping and Academic Librarians
- Presentation discusses use of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and its extended modified TAM2 Model to examine pre- and post-implementation factors in adopting card swiping for libraries.
- Demographic Trends of College Students Today & Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library?
- This article discusses how libraries can use demographic trends to tailor library services to future populations.
- Keeping it Fair: Using Rubrics in Hiring and Evaluations
- Presentation for a webinar offered by the American Library Association (ALA) Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA). This presentation discusses using rubrics in hiring and evaluations to keep things fair.
- Keeping Human Resources happy: Improving hiring processes through the use of rubrics
- Article on keeping human resources happy and improving hiring processes through the use of rubrics.
- Making Meetings More Meaningful: An Exploration of Meeting Science in Libraries
- This article adds to the growing body of research in meeting science, explored from a library perspective. The authors investigate the predictors of success for productive meetings, librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership, and best practices for meeting leadership.
- Keeping Human Resources Happy: The Use of Rubrics in Evaluations During Hiring and Performance Evaluations
- Presentation for the inaugural Library Human Resources Management Association Conference. The authors discuss keeping human resources happy with the use of rubrics in evaluations during hiring and performance evaluations.
- Textbooks Weighing You Down? Check out our E-Readers [Poster]
- This poster discusses a grant project for purchasing e-book readers as a way of circulating textbooks to college students at the University of North Texas. The poster includes text, a timeline, graphs, photos of marketing materials, and sample survey questions from the project.
- Collaborating on Scholarship: Best Practices for Team Research Projects
- Article on collaborating on scholarship. Collaborating on scholarship has the potential to provide many advantages, including benefiting from others’ expertise, reinforcing accountability, and providing motivation. However, working with others is tricky—consider compatible work habits, receptivity to criticism, and commitment to fulfill responsibilities. Decisions to be made include where to publish, in what order authors’ names will appear, and how the manuscripts will be written. Who will coordinate? Who will write what? Who will revise? Also, consider how to address problems—missed deadlines, less-than-stellar quality, how to say “no” in the future, and more. This version is the authors' manuscript.
- Collaborating on Scholarship
- The presentation examines the considerations and processes for collaborating on scholarship from the perspective of academic librarians. It includes how to choose team members, facilitate collaboration and organize all the elements of a project to create a successful publication or presentation. Also included are administrative responsibilities, thoughts on handling problems, and examples of delineating responsibilities. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
- To Meet or Not to Meet: How We Really Feel
- Presentation highlights meeting science in the context of libraries with support from a survey conducted by the authors. Topics include the predictors of success for productive meetings, what academic librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership are, and learn about the “best practices” for meeting participation and leadership. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
- From Acceptance to Assessment: Academic Librarians CAN Card-Swipe
- This poster describes the results of longitudinal research of academic librarians using card-swiping technologies to improve collaborative assessment efforts on a large public university campus.
- From Originating to Onboarding: Improving the Hiring Experience
- Presentation on the hiring process in an academic library from the perspective of the search committee chair and the hired candidate. It includes: drafting a job advertisement, recruiting, candidate review, interviews, making the offer, and onboarding. It was presented at the 2022 Amigos Member Conference that was held virtually on May 11, 2022.
- Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact
- This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how to survey users for understanding the perceived value of digital library collections.
- Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations
- This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how rubrics can be used for discussing employee performance expectations and evaluations.
- In-house Software Development: Considerations for Implementation
- Information technology continues to evolve, libraries may not always wait on vendors or third parties to provide solutions for their diverse local needs.This article discusses the need for libraries to develop in-house Software and based on the University of North Texas Libraries experiences, it provides key considerations for the successful implementation.
- Collaborating on Scholarship
- Presentation for the UNT Libraries Career Development Workgroup. This presentation discusses the benefits of collaboration on scholarship with examples from the library environment. It presents an overview of the process as well as providing suggestions for those interested in collaborating on projects.
- To Co-Author or Not?
- This poster focuses on how to approach collaborative research. Learn how to choose team members, facilitate collaboration and organize all the elements of a project to create a successful publication or presentation. Also included are administrative responsibilities, thoughts on handling problems, examples of delineating responsibilities. It was presented at The Exchange an Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)/Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)/Library Leadership and Management (LLAMA) Collaboration held virtually on May 4, 6, & 8, 2020.
- Meeting Science for Academic Librarians
- This dataset contains results from survey of academic librarians about experiences in meetings and preferences for meeting components.
- Cost-to-hire Template
- Spreadsheet template developed for the UNT Libraries to calculate the cost to hire individuals.
- [Charting Paths: Sian Brannon's Library Odyssey]
- Audio recording of an interview with Sian Brannon as she shares her journey into the world of libraries. Join Sara Wilson in exploring the beginnings of Sian's library career, the motivations that led her down this path, and the experiences that shaped her professional trajectory.
- Student-Centered Value Research: Assessment activities of the UNT Libraries
- This presentation discusses student-centered value research and the assessment activities of the UNT Libraries. The UNT Libraries value research initiatives provide a means of measuring the Libraries' contribution to UNT's strategic goals.
- Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation
- Poster presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference. This poster discusses overcoming the fear of negative evaluation.
- Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation
- Presentation for the 2014 Texas Library Association (TLA) Supervisor's, Managers, and Administrators Round Table (SMART) Summit. This presentation discusses overcoming the fear of negative evaluations.
- Want to be a Cataloging Manager?
- Presentation sharing research on job advertisements for cataloging manager positions in academic libraries from 2015 through 2020. The presenters discuss how required and preferred qualifications have evolved over time. Recommendations for writing job advertisements to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion are provided. It was presented virtually for the ALA Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group (RPLTS) Core IG Week program, on March 9, 2022.
- The Long and Winding Road of an Assessment Committee
- Presentation on the experiences of an academic library assessment committee at the UNT Libraries. It includes the committee's development, challenges, and lessons. It was presented at the 2022 Library Assessment Conference held virtually on November 1-3, 2022.
- Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation
- Presentation for the 2018 Texas Women in Higher Education Annual Conference. This presentation discusses fear of negative evaluation (FNE), including perceptions of FNE and ways to overcome it.
- Organizing a Successful Workload Analysis Project
- Presentation focusing on a project-based experience to analyze workflows within technical services that influenced workload leveling and understanding of work across technical services at the UNT Libraries. It was presented at the CORE Interest Group Week held March 6-10, 2023.
- Transparency on Journal Pricing - Make a List!
- This poster discusses the creation and value of UNT Libraries Serials Transparency List that contains the subscription pricing information they receive from publishers. The list promotes transparency in journal pricing and informed decision-making in collection development. It was presented at The Exchange an Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)/Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)/Library Leadership and Management (LLAMA) Collaboration held virtually on May 4, 6, & 8, 2020.
- Roles and Responsibilities of Cataloging Managers: An Updated Study of Job Advertisements
- Article based on a research study to determine employers' current expectations of cataloging managers in academic libraries. A second purpose was to examine how these expectations have changed since 2008. Through deductive thematic content analysis and a univariate approach, researchers identified new trends in cataloging manager job requirements, including additional technology responsibilities and a growing emphasis on diversity and inclusion.
- Organizing a Successful Workload Analysis Project
- Presentation sharing the process for developing and executing a workload analysis project at the University of North Texas Libraries for the Cataloging and Metadata Services department. It was presented at the Creative Solutions in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Resources Management Conference held by Amigos Library Services on February 15, 2024.
- Organizing a Successful Workload Analysis Project
- Presentation sharing the process for developing and executing a workload analysis project at the University of North Texas Libraries for the Cataloging and Metadata Services department. It was presented at the Creative Solutions in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Resources Management Conference held by Amigos Library Services on February 15, 2024.
- Appendix P: UNT Libraries' Policy on Creation and Licensing of Metadata
- Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes the UNT Libraries' policy of making its cataloging and metadata records available as Public Domain resources.
- 2018 Census: Games in Libraries
- Presentation for Games in Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2019. This presentation provides a snapshot of the previous census and discusses about the current state of gaming in libraries including types of games and equipment, online digital games, licensing, staffing budgets issues. Based on the analysis and synthesis of the survey feedback, the presentation speculates about common issues and what the future bring.
- Gaming Census Dataset
- This dataset represents survey feedback gathered about games in libraries, collections, cataloging, outreach, and programming.
- Fear of Negative Evaluation: Differences amongst librarians
- Article on the fear of negative evaluation and differences amongst librarians.
- Managing Sudden Loss
- Managers often face tough, emotional situations at work. One of the biggest is guiding employees and departments successfully through the loss of a coworker. Not only are there emotional components but there are also more technical and procedural responsibilities that may be overlooked. These facilities, technological, and human resources tasks need to be handled sensitively and in a timely manner. Remembering whom to contact, what property needs to be considered, and how to produce final paychecks are just a few of the concerns managers will face in a trying time. This guide aims to serve as a checklist of the basic components and tasks managers will face after the sudden loss of an employee.
- Professional Learning Communities & Personal Learning Networks in Information Science
- 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.
- Evaluating the University of North Texas' Digital Collections and Institutional Repository: An Exploratory Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Use
- This article discusses an exploratory assessment evaluating the University of North Texas' digital collections and institutional repository.
- Scholarly Communication Transformation Initiative Planning Document
- Report created for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries outlining plans for the Scholarly Communication Transformation Initiative.