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The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions

Creator

  • Author: Nordstrom, Kurt
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Phillips, Mark Edward
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas

Contributor

  • Organizer of meeting: Association for Computing Machinery
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Organizer of meeting: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Association for Computing Machinery
    Place of Publication: [New York, New York]

Date

  • Creation: 2004

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This paper discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Portal to Texas History's archival challenges and solutions. The UNT Texas History Portal Project strives to balance the goals of accessibility of information and long-term preservation of digital objects. This poster details the system that automates the collection of metadata records to coordinate access to web-viewable files and preservation of archived master files.
  • Physical Description: 1 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: preservation
  • Keyword: metadata
  • Keyword: libraries

Source

  • Conference: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries: Global Reach and Diverse Impact, June 7-11, 2004. Tucson, AZ, United States

Relation

  • Is Version Of: The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions [Poster], ark:/67531/metadc29806/

Collection

  • Name: UNT Scholarly Works
    Code: UNTSW

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: by-nc

Resource Type

  • Paper

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc29812

Degree

  • Academic Department: Digital Projects Unit
  • Academic Department: Libraries

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