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Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries

Description: Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and conducted by Ithaka S+R, this study provides insight into how ARL libraries are managing and funding the hundreds of digitized special collections they have created and that they believe to be critical to their futures. This is the first survey of ARL institutions that specifically attempts to understand and benchmark the activities and costs of supporting these collections after they are created. By looking at questions of management… more
Date: February 2013
Creator: Maron, Nancy & Pickle, Sarah
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Searching for Sustainability: Strategies from Eight Digitized Special Collections

Description: This report aims to address one of the biggest challenges facing libraries and cultural heritage organizations: how to move their special collections into the 21st century through digitization while developing successful strategies to make sure those collections remain accessible and relevant over time. Through a cooperative agreement as part of the National Leadership Grants Program, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in part… more
Date: November 2013
Creator: Maron, Nancy & Pickle, Sarah
Partner: UNT Libraries

Building Digital Archives

Description: This presentation is about the steps followed in the development of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Library infrastructure, the lessons learned along the way, and the opportunities that are available today.
Date: June 6, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Partner: UNT Libraries

Digitization Project Rubric

Description: Presentation for the 2015 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This presentation discusses a Project Completion Rubric developed at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to provide realistic estimates for digitization projects.
Date: April 28, 2015
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia & Rankins, Derek L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Digitization of Government Information

Description: Report submitted by an American Libraries Association (ALA) Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) ad hoc committee charged to "create a report advising GODORT on the best practices and procedures in the digital library field and advise GODORT on the most effective organizational structure for support of the government information community in pursuing digital library initiatives" (p. 2).
Date: June 14, 2002
Creator: American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table. Ad Hoc Committee on Digitization Of Government Information.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Effective Tools for Digital Object Management

Description: This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit workflow for digitization, including organizing materials, using a Wiki project page, internal workflow, managing objects and identifiers, and using a Magick Numbering system.
Date: 2009
Creator: Moore, Jeremy D. & Fisher, Sarah Lynn
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Portal to Texas History: Harnessing Technology to Enable Collaboration with Small Museums and Libraries

Description: This presentation discusses how The Portal to Texas History is harnessing technology to enable collaboration with small museums and libraries. This presentation includes information on the workflows, planning, metadata elements, and goals for the Portal project.
Date: 2005
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Digitizing Historical Publications: Enhancing the Official Electronic Collection of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Description: This report discusses a project for digitizing historical publications and making them available online. The authors' goal will be to develop a process that balances level of access with the cost of digitizing and making the data available on the Internet.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Woman standing at Digitization tables]

Description: Photograph of a female volunteer standing beside one of the tables being used for the "Digitizing Family Collections" booth at the DFW Archives Bazaar event. She is holding a phone up to her ear while looking through photos in front of her. There are water bottles, wires, computers, and papers on the table and stacks of chairs against the wall behind them.
Date: October 14, 2018
Creator: Williamson, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[James Williamson digitization table]

Description: Photograph of James Williamson, a digital preservation librarian at SMU, sitting behind the "Digitizing Family Collections" table at the DFW Archives Bazaar in the Browder Springs Hall at the Dallas Heritage Village Pavilion. In front of him is a laptop with family vacation photos on it and chords connect to a card reader.
Date: October 14, 2018
Creator: Lehman, Lois
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Christina Kellum and volunteer]

Description: Photograph of a worker and Christina Kellum (right) standing behind the "Digitizing Family Collections" table at the DFW Archives Bazaar in the Browder Springs Hall at the Dallas Heritage Village. On the table is a laptop, a scanner, and pictures from family collections and against the back wall are stacks of chairs.
Date: October 14, 2018
Creator: Lehman, Lois
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

TRAIL Microcard Scanning Project

Description: Presentation on the topic of microcard digitization presented at the annual meeting for the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL). This presentation discusses the opaque microcard format and a project conducted by the UNT Libraries to produce high-quality digital files from the format.
Date: May 15, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries

Microfiche Scanning at UNT

Description: Presentation delivered at the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) annual meeting held in Denton, Texas. This presentation discusses the digitization of microfiche as part of the technical report digitization activities at the UNT Libraries.
Date: May 15, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Digital Inputs, Cultural Outputs: Collaborative, Online Tools for Education, Research and Publication in the History of Art and Cultural Heritage Preservation

Description: Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, John North Hopkins presents the Collections Analysis Collaborative, an initiative of the Menil Collection and Rice University.
Date: September 22, 2016
Duration: 17 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Hopkins, John North
Partner: UNT Libraries

Connections in Cursive

Description: This poster is a reflection on how immersive opportunities and skill-building, specifically cursive training, can equip student digitization assistants to consider deeper historical connections with written items. The author also details their personal cursive training as part of their reflection.
Date: 2024
Creator: Fohl, Aster
Partner: UNT Libraries

TRAIL Microcard Update

Description: Presentation discussing the status of the TRAIL Microcard Scanning Project at the University of North Texas. This presentation was given at the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) annual meeting on May 25, 2022.
Date: May 25, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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