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Evaluating Collections on a Regular Basis

Description: Presentation for the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group meeting at the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses a service at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to evaluate collections on a regular basis.
Date: June 29, 2014
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
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Identifying tween fashion consumers’ profile concerning fashion innovativeness, opinion leadership, internet use for apparel shopping, interest in online co-design involvement, and brand commitment

Description: Article describes study identifying tween fashion consumers’ profiles in relation to fashion change agent (FCA) characteristics, such as fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership, and examines how the tweens’ FCA characteristics influence their Internet innovativeness, interest in online co-design involvement, and brand commitment.
Date: April 29, 2019
Creator: Baker, Renee; Gam, Hae Jin & Banning, Jennifer

CSLA Gets Social with Facebook and Twitter

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Church and Synagogue Library Association (CSLA) Annual Conference. Timely CSLA information is available through social media and provides members another avenue of communication. This presentation discusses how easy it is for members to learn to use Twitter and Facebook for keeping up to date on library issues and promoting libraries.
Date: July 29, 2013
Creator: Cutchin, Cheryl; Hartsock, Ralph & Shufeldt, Pat

Collection Assessment Through DEI Lenses: Venturing into (nearly) uncharted waters

Description: Presentation for a panel discussing UNT Libraries' journey to address systemic and systematic vestiges of oppression of socially and politically minoritized populations. For this purpose, the Collection Assessment Department is planning on evaluating the UNT Libraries’ collections, identifying sources of diverse materials, and connecting with our communities. They will conduct focus groups and pilot a method on one aspect of their collections. For this panel discussion, self-selected members of… more
Date: July 29, 2022
Creator: Harker, Karen; Leuzinger, Julie; Wolf, Stacey; Rodriguez, Allyson; Brannon, Sian & Byrne, Sephra

Preserving History By Building Access: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program

Description: Presentation on how to build digital newspaper collections via the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) on The Portal to Texas History. It highlights grant opportunities that are available to support libraries in building access to their newspapers and demonstrates how to use the digital newspaper collections. It was presented at the Texas Library Association District 9 Fall 2020 meeting held virtually on October 29, 2020.
Date: October 29, 2020
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
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Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Portal to Texas History: Baseline Survey Results, June 2009

Description: This report discusses the questionnaire for the IOGENE Project. From September 26, 2008 through June 26, 2009, an online survey questionnaire captured both demographic data from Portal visitors as well as their opinions regarding the utility of the Portal and their satisfaction with it. The objective of this data collection effort was twofold: to characterize Portal users and to establish baseline measurements for user satisfaction. The survey will be repeated following each of two planned rele… more
Date: June 29, 2009
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.

CoRSAL Collection @ UNT Digital Library

Description: Presentation given at the third Computational Resource for South Asian Languages symposium in 2019 at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. This presentation describes the activities of the UNT Libraries to provide infrastructure and support for language documentation archiving and preservation via the CoRSAL Collection.
Date: October 29, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
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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
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Making Our Library Spaces More Accessible: Accessible Furniture for Sycamore Library: Final Report

Description: This report details the feedback from library users and staff, collected via a survey of students with disabilities and a separate survey of library employees, highlighted a need for more accessible furniture in library spaces. The project members purchased various selections of library furniture during the grant period, and staff observed and recorded how users engaged with the new furniture. The project outcome details the recorded observations of users interacting with furniture from the tea… more
Date: September 29, 2023
Creator: Rowe, Jennifer; Venner, Mary Ann & Sittel, Robbie

Cataloging that Works: How to Make E-books Findable

Description: Presentation for the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference as part of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group sponsored program. This presentation discusses a study on the discoverability of ebooks in library catalogs.
Date: June 29, 2014
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Harker, Karen

Pancho Villa and the Battle of Columbus: Frontiers in Digital Newspapers

Description: This poster discusses frontiers in digital newspapers. Since early 2011, the University of New Mexico and the University of North Texas have been engaged in a historical newspaper digitization project. The endeavor is part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP): a long-term project coordinated by the Library of Congress with the goal of digitizing 100,000 pages of historical newspapers from each of the 50 states and publishing them to the Web at Chronicling America.
Date: June 29, 2012
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
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