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Making Music Accessible in the UNT Digital Libraries

Description: This report documents the "Making Music Accessible in the UNT Digital Libraries" project funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the project purpose, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and program continuity.
Date: September 21, 2021
Creator: Hicks, William & Cleveland, Susannah, 1972-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Web Archiving Environmental Scan

Description: Environmental scan of Web archiving activities at university libraries around the United States.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Truman, Gail
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Web Archives: The Future(s)

Description: This report aims to stimulate further discussion among web archivists and researchers about the future ways in which web archives can be used by researchers.
Date: June 30, 2011
Creator: Meyer, Eric T.; Thomas, Arthur & Schroeder, Ralph
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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Information and documentation — Statistics and Quality Indicators for Web Archiving

Description: This technical report defines statistical terms and quality criteria for Web archiving. It considers the needs and practices across a wide range of heritage and research organisations such as national and research libraries, archives, museums, research centres and heritage foundations.
Date: 2012
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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Archival data format requirements

Description: This report describes requirements for an archival storage format suited to preserve collections of internet data.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sloth Christensen, Steen
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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Bit Preservation Specifications

Description: This report provides specifications for a bit preservation system for the archive storage of the data that represents and is associated with the digital objects over which a library has custodianship.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Hafken, David; Hamidzadeh, Babak; Littman, Justin & Madden, Elizabeth
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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2008 Member Profile Survey Results

Description: This report contains information on International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) member institutions' web archiving activities and their contributions to the consortium.
Date: December 16, 2008
Creator: Grotke, Abigail
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document

Description: The UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document is designed to supplement and provide extended reference to the UNT Libraries’ TRAC Audit Checklist (Appendix A), which outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Repository. The self assessment of the UNT Libraries and its Digital Collections encompasses an evaluation of its associated policies, procedures, workflows, modelling, and technical infrastructure in the TRAC audit process.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Krahmer, Ana; Tarver, Hannah & Waugh, Laura
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Digitization of Government Information

Description: Report submitted by an American Libraries Association (ALA) Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) ad hoc committee charged to "create a report advising GODORT on the best practices and procedures in the digital library field and advise GODORT on the most effective organizational structure for support of the government information community in pursuing digital library initiatives" (p. 2).
Date: June 14, 2002
Creator: American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table. Ad Hoc Committee on Digitization Of Government Information.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Accessibility and Integrity of Networked Information Collections

Description: The paper begins with a survey of recent developments in networked information resources and tools to identify, navigate, and use such resources. The paper then discusses the changing legal framework that governs use of electronic information as contract law rather than simple sale within the context of copyright law becomes the dominant model for acquiring access to electronic information.
Date: August 1993
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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University of North Texas Libraries Annual Report: 2012

Description: Annual report of the UNT Libraries for fiscal year 2011-2012, including highlights of each division's programs and services throughout the year as well as overall financial statistics.
Date: 2012
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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National Digital Newspaper Program: Impact Study 2004 - 2014

Description: Report summarizing the findings of a project to "evaluate the impact of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) since its beginnings in 2004. Information about the program was obtained through interviews of project directors, performance reports from the awardees, and a survey of NDNP participants developed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress" (p. 2)
Date: September 2014
Creator: Mears, Jamie
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013

Description: This report is offers an update on the hidden collections at the UNT Libraries. Its purpose is to serve as a true representation of the collections in the UNT Libraries with little or no access.
Date: 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Parks, Sue; Phillips, Mark Edward & Sears, Suzanne
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The UNT Libraries Website Redesign 2011-2012: Project Plan

Description: This report documents the project plan for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' website redesign. This report discusses why the redesign is necessary the scope of the work to be excluded, stakeholders, project phases, deliverables, and major milestones, assumptions, constraints, and risks.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: Weng, Neena; Hicks, William & Thomale, Jason
Partner: UNT Libraries
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UNLV Information Science Research Institute quarterly progress report

Description: Sections of this report include: symposium activity, staff activity, document analysis program, text-retrieval program, institute activity, etc. It is believed that as large, complete collections of documents become available in digital libraries, users will demand complete interaction with the information; document access mechanisms will have to grow beyond keywords and full-text searches to include browsing, searching of images, and searching on basis of abstract concepts. It is proposed to s… more
Date: March 31, 1994
Creator: Nartker, T. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computing, information, and communications: Technologies for the 21. Century

Description: To meet the challenges of a radically new and technologically demanding century, the Federal Computing, Information, and Communications (CIC) programs are investing in long-term research and development (R and D) to advance computing, information, and communications in the United States. CIC R and D programs help Federal departments and agencies to fulfill their evolving missions, assure the long-term national security, better understand and manage the physical environment, improve health care,… more
Date: November 1, 1998
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mapping the Southwest: Final Performance Report

Description: This report documents the Mapping the Southwest project, led by the University of North Texas (UNT) and with their partner, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries Special Collections. The project was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This final report briefly describes the Mapping the Southwest project activities and accomplishments in six work areas, and provides a discussion of achievements, issues faced and resolved, and lessons learned … more
Date: July 31, 2013
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Partner: UNT Libraries
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High performance computing and communications: Advancing the frontiers of information technology

Description: This report, which supplements the President`s Fiscal Year 1997 Budget, describes the interagency High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program. The HPCC Program will celebrate its fifth anniversary in October 1996 with an impressive array of accomplishments to its credit. Over its five-year history, the HPCC Program has focused on developing high performance computing and communications technologies that can be applied to computation-intensive applications. Major highlights for … more
Date: December 31, 1997
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High performance computing and communications: FY 1995 implementation plan

Description: The High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program was formally established following passage of the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 signed on December 9, 1991. Ten federal agencies in collaboration with scientists and managers from US industry, universities, and laboratories have developed the HPCC Program to meet the challenges of advancing computing and associated communications technologies and practices. This plan provides a detailed description of the agencies` HPCC i… more
Date: April 1, 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Database Transformations for Biological Applications

Description: The goal of this project was to develop tools to facilitate data transformations between heterogeneous data sources found throughout biomedical applications. Such transformations are necessary when sharing data between different groups working on related problems as well as when querying data spread over different databases, files and software analysis packages.
Date: April 11, 2001
Creator: Overton, C.; Davidson, S. B.; Buneman, P. & Tannen, V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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UNT Libraries Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA) Initiatives

Description: Report on the accomplished and continued Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (IDEA) efforts of the UNT libraries prior to April 2022. The report details efforts in representing underserved communities in library collections, accessibility efforts, resources such as online guides created to support IDEA initiatives, special projects, grants and fellowships, events, workplace culture, outreach, and committees or groups designed to expand Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility.
Date: April 15, 2022
Creator: Library Council on Diversity and Inclusion
Partner: UNT Libraries
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