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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.
Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Support a Modern Research Library
Presentation for the University of Oklahoma series "Beyond our Walls: A Conversation with Mark Phillips." This presentation discusses the digital library activities at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the use of the existing digital library infrastructure to build research collections that support a growing research institution.
Making Digital Collection Audio Visual Materials Accessible: Final Report
This report documents the Making Digital Collections A/V Materials Accessible project which sought to learn about and initially address accessibility compliance issues, specifically related to A/V materials in the UNT digital collections. The final report briefly describes the project scope, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and project continuity.
What's Brewing at UNT: Final Report
This report documents the What's Brewing at UNT project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the What's Brewing at UNT project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit: Final Report
This report documents the Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
pywb at UNT Libraries
Presentation on the UNT Libraries' migration from OpenWayback to pywb for web archiving. It was presented at the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) Technical Speaker Series: pywb Webinar held virtually on March 30, 2022.
Disaster Management in the Church and Synagogue Library
Presentation for the 2015 National Church and Synagogue Library Association Conference. This presentation discusses disaster management in the Church and Synagogue Library.
The Engaged Subject Librarian
Presentation for the UNT Libraries Subject Librarian Workgroup August 2018 Meeting. This presentation recaps the presentation "Transforming Liaison Services at the UNT Libraries: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Library Liaisonship" from the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative annual conference for an internal audience.
Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive
Presentation describing the ongoing CoRSAL (Computational Resource for South Asian Languages) project, including background on the UNT Digital Library infrastructure and metadata schema, specific fields that have presented issues or areas of discussion for language data records (language, creator/contributor, and relation), and final conclusions about the collaboration so far.
Access Services Training Techniques
Poster for the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference as part of the Learning Round Table (LearnRT) Training Showcase. This poster presentation discusses librarian training and mentoring techniques.
Studying Ourselves: Libraries and the User Experience at UNT
This presentation was part of a program discussing applications of traditional sociological and anthropological research methods to the study of libraries, librarians and library use. This presentation discusses a user-centered study conducted about the UNT Libraries.
Textbooks Weighing You Down? Check out our E-Readers [Poster]
This poster discusses a grant project for purchasing e-book readers as a way of circulating textbooks to college students at the University of North Texas. The poster includes text, a timeline, graphs, photos of marketing materials, and sample survey questions from the project.
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.
Visual Thinking for Art Librarians and Artists: Techniques for Unlocking Your Creativity to Generate Ideas and Solve Problems
This poster introduces visual thinking for art librarians and artists, and it looks at different techniques to promote creativity, conceptualize ideas, solve problems, and come up with new insights. It was presented virtually for the Art Libraries Society of North America's 48th Annual Conference held on July 29-31, 2020.
Holistic Collection Assessment
This report asserts that the UNT Libraries has been making efforts to address the vestiges of systemic oppression of socially and politically minoritized populations. The project team members conducted a survey and a focus group, and they consulted with an advisory group consisting of representatives from the library, student affairs, and the professorate.
Digital Repositories of Religious History: Structure, Method, and Content
Presentation for the 2014 Church and Synagogue Library Association (CSLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the structure, method, and content of digital repositories of religious history.
The Retrospective Thesis Digitization Project in Cataloging and Metadata Services
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses cataloging and metadata issues encountered during a retrospective digitization of theses and dissertations.
UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the workflow procedures of the UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab.
Community Newspaper Preservation: One page at a time
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the preservation of the Aransas Pass Progress newspaper prior to Hurricane Harvey.
Every Day is Digital Preservation Day @ the UNT Libraries
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation introduces the University of North Texas Libraries' legacy with digital preservation.
Local, State, National, and International Collaborations
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' involvement in local, state, national, and international preservation activities.
Metadata in UNT Libraries Digital Collections
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the importance of metadata in digital preservation and how it is used by UNT Digital Libraries to enhance digital preservation activities.
PEGI Project: Raising Awareness for the Preservation of Electronic Government Information
Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the PEGI Project, an initiative for preserving electronic government information.
Open Access Publishing and the Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Communication
Presentation that covers the basic principles of open access including stakeholder roles, policies, challenges and opportunities, emerging trends, and institutional initiatives.
Library Organizational Structure Plan 2010
This plan documents the results of a planning process undertaken in the 2009-2010 period for more effectively structuring departments, staff, and operations of the University of North Texas Libraries.
Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library
This article contains survey data on cataloging services as assessed by personnel in the Public Services Division and the Catalog and Metadata Services Department.
Understanding User Discovery of ETD: Metadata or Full-Text, How Did They Get There?
Presentation for the 2015 US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses understanding user discovery of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and whether users make use of metadata records when searching or full text searching.
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste
This law was established in China to prevent the pollution of the environment by solid waste, to ensure public health and safety, and to promote the development of socialist modernization.
Organic Act of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan
This law was passed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to establish the Environmental Protection Administration.
Air Pollution Control Act
This law was passed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) to control air pollution and protect the environment and human health.
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
The Review's executive summary states that "the Review first examines the evidence on the economic impacts of climate change itself, and explores the economics of stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The second half of the Review considers the complex policy challenges involved in managing the transition to a low-carbon economy and in ensuring that societies can adapt to the consequences of climate change that can no longer be avoided". The report's main conclusion is that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change considerably outweigh the costs.
Creating A Featured Book Display: Marrying old and new technologies
This Tech Talk presentation describes the process used to select the individual works and the inspiration behind the solution to the problem - a physical representation of a digital object.
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006
The document reports on the state of the environment of Japan in FY 2005. It consists of an overview on population decline and the environment of Japan. It also describes the origins of Japan's environmental problems, citing the example of Minamata disease. In the second part of the report, it summarizes the environmental issues and government environmental conservation measures in Japan, FY 2005.
Content, Media, Carrier Types for Sound and Moving Image Resources
Handout accompanying a presentation for the 2015 Church and Synagogue Library Association Conference. This handout discusses content, media, carrier types for sound and moving image resources.
3 Rs of RDA: A Review and Refresher on RDA for Audiovisual Materials
Presentation for the 2015 Church and Synagogue Library Association Conference. This presentation discusses the three Rs of RDA and a review and refresher on RDA for audiovisual materials.
Enhancing Access to ETD Catalog Records
Poster presented at the 2015 US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) Annual Conference. This poster discusses enhancing access to ETD catalog records.
Improving Library Services for Patrons of All Abilities: Final Report
Improving Library Services for Patrons of All Abilities: Final Report summarizes the project scope, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and project continuity. The project aimed to increase the awareness and mindfulness of the needs of patrons with disabilities and to improve services offered to accommodate those patrons. The project was funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant.
Special Collections podcast
This report documents the Special Collections podcast project funded through the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the project's activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
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