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Cultivating Cooperation: Creating the Vendor Reciprocity Scale

Description: Presentation on the development of a Vendor Reciprocity Scale (VRS) by the University of North Texas Libraries as a way to download institutional knowledge of patterns of vendor behavior, and the presentation encouraged thoughtful and productive discussion on our collective knowledge surrounding best practices in business partnerships and negotiations as a way to help refine the VRS.
Date: November 8, 2023
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson; Dawson, Jill; Peebles, Emily & Sterling, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries

Collaborative Collection Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Description: Presentation for the IIPC General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference virtually held on May 23-25, 2022. This presentation focuses on Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation (IPLC) Web Collecting Program's goal to bring thematically diverse collections into conversation with one another and foster collaborative collection development.
Date: May 25, 2022
Creator: Siler, Miranda
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

In the Know UNT Library Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Activities

Description: Presentation highlighting the activities of the UNT Libraries regarding DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility). It was hosted by the UNT Libraries' Dean Council and the Library Council for Diversity and Inclusion.
Date: December 20, 2021
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia; Brannon, Sian; Roy, Meranda M.; Dooley, Yvonne; Gieringer, Morgan Davis; Cleveland, Susannah, 1972- et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative (TALI)

Description: This report documents the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative (TALI) project funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the project scope, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and project continuity.
Date: December 20, 2021
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Condrey, Coby
Partner: UNT Libraries

Collaborative Clusters: Rethinking User Needs and Breaking Down Barriers

Description: University of North Texas Libraries established an innovative centralized system designed to increase transparency, evidence-based decision-making, and user-centeredness. A series of internal focus groups have revealed that traditional structures continue to silo and homogenize collections. How can libraries better design electronic collections to serve the needs of underserved users? It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference held on March 8-11, 2021.
Date: March 10, 2021
Creator: Dawson, Jill & Crawford, Laurel
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

MINES for Libraries© @ UNT Libraries: Final Report

Description: This report summarizes the University of North Texas Libraries' results from the MINES for Libraries© survey protocol from January 2015 to December 2019. The intention of the survey was to learn more about the usage of the Library's online resources, and the resulting data is robust and useful for longitudinal trends.
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Harker, Karen
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

Advances in academic video game collections

Description: This article discusses how the UNT Media Library developed a video game collection to support student retention, student recreation, and classroom instruction. The article also will explain how the Library successfully met challenges involved in collection development, related technology, space needs, and the challenges it sees ahead.
Date: August 29, 2020
Creator: Robson, Diane; Sassen, Catherine & Rodriguez, Allyson
Partner: UNT Libraries

High-Quality Diet of Journals: Comparison of Top-ranked with Most-used Journals at a Large Academic Library

Description: Presentation is a follow-up on work from the UNT Libraries regarding compiled data from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and its comparison to UNT holdings. Journal usage data has been added to provide a more complete answer to the original question posed previously. The presentation focuses less on the technology and steps for gathering this data, and more on the results and the limitations of such an analysis. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on Au… more
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Hergert, Christopher; Byrne, Sephra & Harker, Karen
Partner: UNT Libraries

Transparency on Journal Pricing - Make a List!

Description: 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 virtua… more
Date: May 6, 2020
Creator: Enoch, Todd; Castillo, Darin & Brannon, Sian
Partner: UNT Libraries

We Need Diverse Resources

Description: This was presented at the Brick and Click conference in 2019 at Northwest Missouri State University. It focused on building a diverse collection of resources and creating a welcoming space for all.
Date: November 1, 2019
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Partner: UNT Libraries

Cataloging for Makerspaces

Description: This poster shares how makerspace items are cataloged by UNT Libraries and how they benefit the library. It was presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association 2019 Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Date: October 31, 2019
Creator: Robson, Diane; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Partner: UNT Libraries

Righting the Ship: One library's experience from a front-line librarian's perspective

Description: This presentation explains the process librarians took to make collection cuts. They focused on larger vendors and subscriptions where possible, and they made decisions based on standardized criteria. It was presented at the Texas Council of Academic Libraries in September of 2019.
Date: September 10, 2019
Creator: Crawford, Laurel
Partner: UNT Libraries

Creating an archive of European Union law for Brexit

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discussions The National Archives' (UK) process for creating a public web archive of European Union law at the time of Brexit.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Storrar, Tom
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

Why, what, when and how?: Curatorial decisions and the importance of their documentation

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses the importance of documenting curatorial decisions and the challenges The Royal Danish Library's Netarkivet has experienced in this area.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Schostag, Sabine
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

Brazilian web archiving

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses efforts to archive Brazilian websites.
Date: 2019-06-06?
Creator: Rockembach, Moises & Ferrigolo, Jonas
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

Leveraging Machine Learning to Extract Content-Rich Publications from Web Archives

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses research into leveraging machine learning to identify pdfs relevant to a collection from archived records.
Date: June 6, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Caragea, Cornelia; Patel, Krutarth & Fox, Nathaniel T.
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

Web Archiving Singapore

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses the history and current state of web archiving in Singapore.
Date: June 6, 2019
Creator: Lee, Ivy
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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