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Assessment: We know we should do it but does it have to be so difficult?
This paper discusses assessment in library instruction programs.
Book Reviews in an Electronic Age
Poster presented at the 2012 IAMSLIC Annual Conference. This poster discusses research on book reviews in marine and aquatic journals to gain insight into the characteristics of the reviews and their value to librarians and research.
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.
Collection Plan for the CyberCemetery
This report discusses the collection plan for the CyberCemetery, part of the Web-at-Risk project. The topics include the mission and scope, the selection, acquisition, descriptive metadata, presentation and access, maintenance and weeding, and preservation.
Combined Library Services Desk: Round Table Discussion
Presentation for a round table discussion at the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses combining library service desks.
Community-Driven Approaches to Digital Preservation
This presentation discusses community-driven approaches to digital preservation. The authors state the importance of collaboration and who is collaborating and how. In addition, information on some core principles of collaborative preservation and what these look like in practice.
A Cost-Benefit Approach for Describing and Processing Digital Objects
This presentation discusses the costs and benefits associated with creating the metadata and ensuring metadata quality in The Portal to Texas History.
Creating Value Beyond the Library: Best Practices for Embedded Librarianship
Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses creating value beyond the library and best practices for embedded librarianship.
Curating the Southwest Region's Maps: UNT-UTA Collaborative Project
Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference discussing the Mapping the Southwest project. Mapping the Southwest was a 3-year project (2010-2013) funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People grant. This presentation discusses the background of the project, the goals and activities, impacts, and lessons learned.
Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving
This paper presents the results of a survey of quality assurance (QA) practices within the field of web archiving. To understand current QA practices, the authors surveyed 54 institutions engaged in web archiving, which included national libraries, colleges and universities, and museums and art libraries.
CyberCemetery: Preserving At-Risk Government Web Content
Presentation for the 2015 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) National Assembly meeting. This presentation discusses the CyberCemetery and preserving at-risk government web content.
Data: What do we need, and what do we do with it once we have it?
This presentation discusses how to find and evaluate a quality data resource, and the process of building data expertise and service models for students, faculty, and librarians.
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.
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.
Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes About Those in Music
Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss facilitating discovery and long-term access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and offer notes about music ETDs.
Feeling Animal: Pet-Making and Mastery in the Slave's Friend
Article on an American Anti-Slavery Society periodical, the 'Slave's Friend,' which ran from 1836 to 1839. The author describes the abolitionist sentiment and the animal metaphor.
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.
Government Information Connection @ the Eagle Commons Library: University of North Texas Libraries' Nomination for Depository Library of the Year
This document is the nomination of the University of North Texas Libraries' Government Information Connection at the Eagle Commons Library for "Depository Library of the Year 2015."
Inadvertent RDA: New Catalogers' Errors in AACR2
This article discusses Resource Description and Access (RDA) and new catalogers' errors in Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed. (AACR2).
Is It Really That Bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems
This presentation is for a workshop and discusses a methodology for addressing full-text linking problems.
Link Resolver Testing
This excel file accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems'.
Mapping the Way for Information Literacy Skills in Child Development Research
Presentation for the 2014 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Information Literacy Satellite Meeting on conjunction with the IFLA World Library and Information Congress. This presentation discusses mapping the way for information literacy skills in child development research.
A Metadata Approach to Preservation of Digital Resources: The University of North Texas Libraries' Experience
Article discussing metadata approaches to preservation of digital resources and the experiences of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
On the Removal of Download Access to Grateful Dead Soundboards from the Live Music Archive
Article on the removal of download access to Grateful Dead soundboards from the Live Music Archive.
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Denton County Genealogical Society: Initial Usability Test Results, August 2008
This report presents the findings of usability tests given as part of the IOGENE project. During March and April of 2008, members of the Denton County Genealogical Society participated in usability testing of the existing interface to the Portal. The purpose of the testing was to identify ways in which The Portal to Texas History could be improved to better address genealogists' needs. This report tells the findings from those tests. These findings in conjunction with the findings from focus group discussions held in the spring of 2008 will inform the initial redesign of the Portal's interface.
Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then...
This paper accompanies a poster presentation on patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases.
Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then... [Poster]
This poster discusses patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases.
Patterns of E74A RNA and protein expression at the onset of metamorphosis in Drosophila
Article discussing patterns of E74A RNA and protein expression at the onset of metamorphosis in Drosophila.
Pay It Forward: Mentoring library students for career development
Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) conference. The authors discuss mentoring library students for career development.
Professionalism and Your Career: Tips for the Work Place and Your Future Careers
Presentation for a UNT Libraries workshop for student assistants. The presentation discusses professionalism in one's career and offers tips for the work place and future careers.
Put the World in Perspective with Free Government Resources
Article discussing putting the world in perspective with free government resources.
Steps for Using the Worksheets for Evaluating Link Resolvers
This worksheet accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems', which discusses a methodology for addressing full-text linking problems.
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.
Turning News Into Learning Opportunities
This article discusses turning news into learning opportunities.
Web Collection Plan Overview: Considerations for Project Curators
This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. The guidelines in this document are intended to assist the Web-at-Risk's project's curators in developing plans for the collections they will create using the project's Web Archiving Service (WAS). A web collection typically consists of a group of web-sites related by a common subject, theme, or event. Librarians will notice that some familiar concepts and practices from collection planning for print materials easily transfer to collection planning for web-published materials while some new concepts and unfamiliar practices are introduced. To effectively manage collections of web-published materials, it is good practice to either create new plans or modify existing collection plans to address these concepts and practices.
What If... ? Analysis of Demand-Driven Acquisitions of E-Books at UNT
This poster discusses Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) of e-books at UNT.
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