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Hunting and Gathering on the Information Savanna

Description: In this book, the authors offer three different arenas of nontrivial information seeking for our consideration: "Submarine Chasing" explores the thoughts of a highly decorated Cold War submarine hunter. "Bounty Hunting" involves a long and convoluted search for a reported bond skipper. "Engineering Design" presents a content analysis of the few works in epistemological foundations of engineering design activity. These stories, told at great length and in considerable detail, are framed within a… more
Date: 2003
Creator: O'Connor, Brian Clark; Copeland, Jud H., 1943- & Kearns, Jodi L.
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Can`t Justify an Imaging System? How About a CAR?

Description: This paper discusses the evaluation process of an imaging system, identifying areas of concern and opportunity in considering the two main automated alternatives, and explain why a micrographic CAR system might best serve your immediate needs. This will include: (1) examining your current systems; (2) identifying problems associated with paper and microfiche; (3) describing primary advantages of both electronic imaging and micrographic CAR; (4) providing reasons for choosing either an electroni… more
Date: May 1992
Creator: Berndt, Vicki L.
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Exploration of RDA-Based MARC21 Subject Metadata in Worldcat Database and Its Readiness to Support Linked Data Functionality

Description: Subject of information entity is one of the fundamental concepts in the field of information science. Subject of any document represents its intellectual potential -- 'aboutness' of the document. Traditionally, subject (along with title and author) is the one of three major ways to access information, so subject metadata plays a central role in this process and the role is constantly growing. Previous research concluded that the larger bibliographic database is, the richer subject vocabularies … more
Date: August 2020
Creator: Zavalin, Vyacheslav I.
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Identifying Challenges for Information Organization in Language Archives: Preliminary Findings

Description: Conference paper elucidates the issues facing language archive managers and users through two steps: content analysis of information organization in language archives, and semi-structured interviews with language archive managers and users. Primary challenges identified include lacking institutional support and a range of factors which impact authority control in language archives. This version is the author's accepted manuscript.
Date: March 19, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
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Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives

Description: This article reports preliminary results of the first stage of a research project that seeks to identify the information organization methods and techniques currently offered in the language data archives and the gaps between the tools and techniques available and the needs of actual and potential users of language data archives.
Date: October 18, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
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Amplifying Community Voices in Language Archives Through Participatory Archiving

Description: Presentation from a panel, "Considering Individual and Community Contexts Within Information Pedagogy, Scholarship, and Practice," that was held virtually for the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). This portion of the panel focuses on the author's research into community-based language research (CBLR) and the Lamkang language.
Date: October 25, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Organization of knowledge and information in digital archives of language materials

Description: This article reports the first empirical investigation of various dimensions of organization and representation of recorded knowledge and information in language archives. The study used a combination of semi-structured interviews and content analysis. Results demonstrate that, while some of the phenomena related to organization of information in language archives are specific to these types of archives, others are more typical and have been addressed by libraries in past research and practice.
Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Burke, Mary; Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Knowledge Representation and Subject Access in Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Analysis of Creators’ and Users’ Assumptions and Expectations

Description: This paper analyzes the relationship between subject terms -- both authorized terms from controlled vocabularies and free-text keywords -- used to succinctly describe the content of the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and the search terms entered by users to discover and access the ETDs. Identification of search terms and comparison of search results with subject terms used in describing ETDs provides a basis for assessing the relative usefulness of controlled-vocabulary subject term… more
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Zavalina, Oksana; Tarver, Hannah; Zavalin, Vyacheslav; Phillips, Mark Edward & Kizhakkethil, Priya
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Best Practices for Information Architecture, Organization, and Retrieval in Digital Language Archives within University Institutional Repositories

Description: Article highlighting a case study about building a working digital language archive in a hosted university institutional repository. It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Vann, Robert E.
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Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials

Description: Article for a study aimed to develop understanding of the current state of metadata practices in digital collections of archival institutions in the Arabian Gulf region. It also explored perspectives (including attitudes and possible barriers) for development of large-scale regional portals that would facilitate discovery of Arab digital archives (including language collections) by aggregating metadata. It was presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on June… more
Date: June 16, 2023
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
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Ukrainian Archival Metadata in WorldCat: Exploratory Analysis

Description: Article documenting a study examining a sample of WorldCat records representing Ukrainian-language archival materials (including digital resources) that were not officially published or released with the goal to examine the extent to which these metadata records support the user tasks of find, identify, select, obtain, and explore. It was presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on June 30, 2023 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2… more
Date: June 16, 2023
Creator: Zavalin, Vyacheslav
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