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- Metadata and XML
- This presentation discusses how XML can help store metadata. The University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Projects Unit developed the UNTL metadata element set with IndexData that tailored the data to meet their needs.
- Web Archiving at UNT and End of Term Harvest 2008
- This presentation illustrates the collaborative project with the University of North Texas (UNT) and the United States Government Printing Office as part of the Federal Depository Library Program. The CyberCemetery was created as an online archive of government websites that have ceased operation. This also discusses the UNT collaboration with the United States Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, and the California Digital Library in an End of Term Harvest project in 2008 to archive the Presidential campaign websites before they ceased to exist.
- One Million Pages of Texas Newspapers: Dataset
- This dataset represents the first million pages of Texas newspapers added to The Portal to Texas History as part of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program. The dataset consists of 123,184 newspaper issues from 569 titles, comprising 1,000,003 pages. Additionally the 3,349,156 item uses associated with this dataset as of April 7, 2013 are included.
- Digital Curation Micro-Applications: Digital Lifecycle Management with AutoHotkey
- Poster presented at the 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This poster discusses open source software tools coded with AutoHotkey that the UNT digital libraries group has developed for digital curation during the pre-ingest stage of the digital resource lifecycle.
- Scanning TRAIL Project Technical Reports: A Workflow for a Large-Scale Collaborative Digitization Effort
- Poster illustrating the workflow used in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Projects Unit to digitize large numbers of TRAIL (Technical Report and Image Library) documents.
- [Handout to Accompany Poster on Scanning TRAIL Project Technical Reports]
- Handout with supplementary information to accompany the poster "Scanning TRAIL Project Technical Reports: A Workflow for a Large-Scale Collaborative Digitization Effort." In includes a brief overview of the project, a list of hardware and software used in the project, and a detailed list of the steps for each stage of the process (Inventory, Scanning, Processing, Metadata, and Upload).
- [Handout to Accompany Poster on Implementation of a New Date/Time Standard]
- Handout with supplementary information to accompany the poster "Implementation of a New Date/Time Standard in Digital Library Metadata." In includes examples of dates that meet Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) standards, examples of problems encountered when normalizing date displays for users, additional statistics related to already-valid dates in the digital collections at the time that the standards were formally adopted, and links to online materials.
- Implementation of a New Date/Time Standard in Digital Library Metadata
- Poster illustrating issues involved in fully-implementing the Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) standards in the UNT Libraries' digital collections, comprising The Portal to Texas History, the UNT Digital Library, and The Gateway to Oklahoma History.
- The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto
- Poster for 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This poster discusses the Denton Declaration, an open data manifesto created in May 2012 at the University of North Texas (UNT).
- Understanding large digital collections and learning new tools: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program Visualizations
- This presentation discusses the Texas Digital Newspaper Program visualizations and learning new tools for digital collections.
- How Digital Libraries can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus
- Presentation for a panel discussion at the 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This panel presentation discusses how digital libraries can create a culture of open access on campus. Five panelists discuss their perspectives, strategies, challenges, and progress.
- Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region's Maps Online
- This poster discusses the Mapping the Southwest Project, involving putting our region's maps online. The poster includes background information on the project, the project plan, workflow and equipment, and the impacts and lessons learned.
- Storage of Electronic Files of Federal Agencies That Have Ceased Operation: A Partnership for Permanent Access
- Article on the storage of electronic files of Federal Agencies that have ceased operation and a partnership for permanent access.
- 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.
- Texas Newspapers Natural Language Processing
- This dataset includes data on natural language processing from the Texas Newspapers Project. The dataset includes word counts, name entity recognition results, and topic models.
- Texas Newspaper PDF Preservation: A Low-Cost Solution with Tremendous Value
- Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2014 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress General Conference. This paper discusses Texas newspaper PDF preservation and low-cost solutions with tremendous value.
- A Collaborative Approach to the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist
- Poster presented at the 2015 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Annual Conference. This poster discusses a collaborative approach to the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist.
- Digitizing Historic Architecture: The Texas Historical Commission's Architectural Photography Archive
- Presentation for the 2015 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses digitizing historic architecture and the Texas Historical Commission's architectural photography archive.
- A For-Fee Library-Based Publishing Service: Eagle Editions at the University of North Texas Libraries [2]
- Poster presented at the 2015 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Annual Conference. This poster provides an overview of a recently launched scholarly publishing service at the University of North Texas.
- The Impact of Open Access on the Current Landscape of Scholarly Communication
- Presentation for Jimma University in summer 2015 discussing the impact of open access on the current landscape of scholarly communication.
- ETD Lifecycle Management Workshop
- Presentation for Jimma University discussing electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) lifecycle management.
- Encouraging Digital Scholarship in Graduate Education
- Panel presentation for the 2015 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses strategies for encouraging digital scholarship in graduate education.
- Managing Change Through Teamwork: UNT Libraries' Transition to Access-Based Collection Development
- Presentation contains information on University of North Texas Libraries' move to increase access-based collection development. The presentation includes a plan that will increase collaboration between internal and external library employees in order to prevent the furthering of silos between Public Services and Technical Services. The presentation also mentions tips on structure, implementation tools, organization, and information sharing. This presentation was given at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference on Friday, August 7th, 2015.
- Providing Innovative Access in Delivery Services at UNT Libraries
- Presentation given at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference on August 7, 2015. This presentation explains the delivery services available at UNT Libraries and innovations that has been made to benefit patrons.
- UNT Collection Map: A Data-Organization Tool for Subject-Based Collections
- Poster was shown at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference on August 7, 2015. It coincided with a presentation on the University of North Texas Libraries' Collection Map, a collection assessment tool used to provide additional data and increased flexibility. The poster gives the objectives, as well as the methods, results, improvements, and future applications associated with the system.
- Multiplying by Division: Mapping the Collection at University of North Texas Libraries
- Presentation given at the Charleston Conference on November 7, 2015 This presentation focuses on the University of North Texas Libraries' Collection Map, a collection assessment tool used to provide additional data and increased flexibility. The presentation centers on "an assessment-based future" for UNT Libraries and details an improved system in which collections are proactively assessed.
- News, new roles & preservation advocacy: Moving Libraries into action
- This paper discusses how much news is published online that is never published in print or on more permanent media. It delves into some of the reasons why this convent is not yet preserved, and examines the persistent challenges of digital preservation and of digital curation of this content type.
- Biophilic Design for Libraries: Integrating and Referencing Nature to Create More Human-Centered Spaces
- This poster discusses biophilic design for libraries.
- No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Balancing Locally Curated Open Access Collections and Their Costs
- Presentation for the NISO Webinar "Managing an Open Access World. Part 1: Open Access & Acquisitions. This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' attempts to curate open access collections.
- 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.
- Re-Opening the Library
- Presentation discussing how the UNT Libraries operated during Spring 2020 semester which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The library was labeled an essential service, so it continued operation by adapting services. It was presented during a webinar, "Re-opening the Library," organized by the Texas Digital Library on May 7, 2020.
- High-Quality Diet of Journals: Comparison of Top-ranked with Most-used Journals at a Large Academic Library
- 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 August 7, 2020.
- From New to Noteworthy: The Scholarly Impact Service at the University of North Texas
- This poster presents the Scholarly Impact Service at the University of North Texas from its start in the summer of 2017 to its more established position by October 2020. The overview includes some of the resources used by the team of librarians, including their library guide, consultation checklist, and promotional flyer. It was presented at the Bibliometrics and Research Assessment Symposium which was held virtually by the National Institutes of Health Library on October 7-9, 2020.
- Pedagogy for Practical Library Instruction – An Online Program
- This presentation highlights an online program developed to introduce academic librarians to pedagogy and describes the overall outline of the program, the structure of the modules, and the implementation plan for this program. It was presented at the 2020 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held virtually on August 7, 2020.
- Scavenger Hunts, Zoom & Trolls: Lessons Learned from Virtual Outreach
- Poster highlighting virtual outreach events to engage students during the COVID-19 pandemic. These events utilized Zoom’s video conferencing technology and aimed to be entertaining while also promoting the library’s virtual reference services.