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Collection Evaluation for Enhancements Technical Standards

Description: Presentation summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries’ Technical Standards collection, examining its scope, usage, strengths, gaps, and alignment with the needs of faculty and students across multiple disciplines. It highlights challenges associated with providing access to technical standards, assesses collection performance relative to peer institutions, and identifies priority areas for future collection development and investment.
Date: July 7, 2026
Creator: Harker, Karen; Byrne, Sephra & Cuevas, Homero Rendon
Partner: UNT Libraries

Bridging the Feedback Gap:Institutional Repository Training for Non-Institutional Repository Staff

Description: Presentation describes the development of an institutional repository training program designed to help non-repository library staff better understand repository services, policies, and workflows at the University of North Texas. By addressing knowledge gaps through a structured curriculum covering repository foundations, open access, self-archiving, and digital curation, the initiative aims to improve collaboration, service awareness, and support for scholarly communication across the library.… more
Date: June 4, 2026
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R. & Savchenko, Viktoriia
Partner: UNT Libraries

Lab Band Digital Debut: Digitizing UNT's Jazz Sheet Music Library

Description: Presentation highlights the digitization of UNT’s Jazz Studies Chart Library, a project designed to preserve, organize, and improve access to a unique collection of jazz sheet music. It examines the collaborative workflow involving inventory, digitization, quality control, metadata creation, and access management, while addressing the challenges of converting performance-oriented physical materials into a sustainable digital collection. It was presented at the 2026 Texas Conference on Digital L… more
Date: June 4, 2026
Creator: Sellers, Steven & McIntosh, Marcia
Partner: UNT Libraries

Practical Approaches for Training Student Library Employees in Metadata Creation

Description: Presentation examines how the University of North Texas Digital Libraries successfully use student employees to support metadata creation, quality control, and digital collections management. It highlights best practices in hiring, training, supervision, and workflow design, while also addressing challenges related to skill development, retention, and maintaining metadata quality at scale. It was presented at the 2026 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), June 02-04, 2026. Austin, Texas… more
Date: June 4, 2026
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn; Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries

Captured Lakes and Landscapes: A Collaborative Effort to Digitize Two Film Collections

Description: Presentation highlights a grant-supported project to preserve and provide access to two unique archival film collections held by UNT Special Collections. It explores the collaborative digitization process (including preservation, metadata creation, and partnerships with the Digital Projects Lab) and demonstrates how these efforts help make historically significant recordings of North Texas lakes and landscapes more accessible to researchers and the public. This presentation was given at the 202… more
Date: June 3, 2026
Creator: Brown, Bree'ya N.; Kellum, Christina & McIntosh, Marcia
Partner: UNT Libraries

Designing a Strategic Prioritization Framework for Digital Learning Objects

Description: Presentation examines the early development of a strategic prioritization framework for Digital Learning Objects (DLOs) within an academic library setting, with a focus on governance, sustainability, and accessibility. It highlights how intentional decision-making structures can help libraries move beyond reactive content creation toward scalable and maintainable digital learning ecosystems that better support online learners and instructional goals. This presentation was given at the ACRL Dist… more
Date: June 2026
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Advocating for AV Collections to Admin: Implementing Preservation Surveys and AV Inventories

Description: Presentation discusses the Audiovisual Preservation Survey and Assessment (AVPSA), a large-scale effort to evaluate archival collections for preservation risks, storage conditions, and long-term accessibility needs. It presents key findings from the assessment, outlines recommendations for audiovisual preservation and digitization initiatives, and highlights strategies for developing sustainable workflows, resources, and action plans to protect archival materials. It was presented at ARSC’s 60t… more
Date: May 15, 2026
Creator: Zimmerman, Camila & Lemons, Justin
Partner: University of North Texas

Summarizing Serials: How and When to Use Alma’s Automation Tasks for Summary Holdings Statements

Description: Presentation discusses a project undergone from 2024 through 2025 at Texas Christian University to standardize and use automation in the creation of holding summary statements for print periodicals using Ex Libris's LMS product Alma. It covers how to implement normalization tasks for automation, how to set up holdings and item records to be recognized and summarized, and tips learned throughout the project for troubleshooting. This presentation was given at the Ex Libris Users of North America … more
Date: May 1, 2026
Creator: Geller, Kelsey
Partner: UNT Libraries

Advancing accessibility, faculty and staff support, and Title II ADA readiness

Description: Presentation explains how removing and redesigning architectural access barriers enhance academic performance, improve engagement and strengthen outcomes across learning environment. It was presented at the 2026 Student Portraits Data Symposium.
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Brand, Benjamin David, 1977- & Heap, Tania
Partner: University of North Texas

Aligning Curriculum and Career Pathways: Insights from the Curriculum Connector and English Department Pilot

Description: Presentation outlines an assessment of students’ experiences in a major, focusing on career preparation, skill development, and sense of belonging. It also analyzes alumni outcomes to identify career pathways. Findings highlight strong student passion and transferable skills, but also challenges such as limited awareness of career options, rigid degree plans, and fewer community opportunities. Overall, the insights are used to improve curriculum, advising, and student engagement. It was present… more
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Monticino, Michael & Prince, April
Partner: University of North Texas

Belonging, Achievement, and Retention

Description: Presentation exploring the assessment of student needs in the UNT Honors College. It challenges the assumption that high-achieving students are automatically positioned for success, arguing that persistence is often shaped more by connection and belonging than by academic ability alone. Using an ecosystem model of student success, it explores how structured engagement, mentorship, and intentional measures of belonging can help institutions support high-achieving students and reduce disengagemen… more
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Ryan, Sean; Ozog, Lizette & Forst, Michael
Partner: University of North Texas

Collaborate and Connect: Active Learning by Design

Description: Presentation examines the role of social connections in enhancing health, cognitive functioning, and student well-being. It highlights how intentional community-building practices and meaningful interactions improve engagement, confidence, academic success, and overall quality of life. It was presented at the 2026 Student Portraits Data Symposium.
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Perez, Kelly & Herbert, Tama
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service

DFWI and Student Success at UNT: Classroom Design, Syllabus Features, and Accessibility Levers that Improve Retention

Description: Presentation examines Ds, failures, withdrawals, and incompletes (DFWI) through scheduling, classroom design and course accessibility and highlights possible ways to bring these down, as high rates of DFWI remain a persistent concern in higher education. It was presented at the 2026 Student Portraits Data Symposium.
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Trebat, Thomas; Brown, Natalie; Smith, Quentin; Archibald, Audon & Heap, Tania
Partner: UNT College of Information

Encouraging Graduate Student Connection and Participation using the Glenn and Ellis Mentoring System (GEMS)

Description: Presentation explores the intentional design of the Behavior Analysis program at UNT and its foundation in Continuous Learning Communities (CLCs), emphasizing structured training, collaboration, and the integration of science-based principles. It highlights how learning occurs across multiple contexts, formal, informal, and experiential, supported by reflective practice and community engagement to foster continuous individual and disciplinary development. It was presented at the 2026 Student Po… more
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Bergmann, Sam; Morales, David & Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service

Engaging Ethical AI Integration: Best Practices for Instructor Development and Student Success

Description: Presentation discussing ethical approaches to integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into faculty development and student learning. The presentation includes project goals, current and future activities, and ethical implications of AI use. It was presented at the 2026 Student Portraits Data Symposium.
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Vastine, Stephanie & Anderson, Brian
Partner: University of North Texas

From Anxiety to Agency: Growing Faculty Confidence and teaching Skills around AI for Student Success

Description: Presentation examines how the Generative AI Institute for Teaching (GAIT) helps faculty move from uncertainty and anxiety about artificial intelligence to confidence, ethical decision-making, and effective classroom integration. Drawing on participant reflections and program outcomes, it highlights strategies for building AI literacy, fostering critical thinking, supporting responsible AI use, and enhancing teaching practices to improve student success. It was presented at the 2026 Student Port… more
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Boye, Allison
Partner: University of North Texas

Roads to Student Success Insights from LEEF's first year

Description: Presentation provides the first year of "Learning Ecosystem for Empowering Futures" project activities and insights giving a vison of further steps. It was presented at the 2026 Student Portraits Data Symposium.
Date: April 30, 2026
Creator: Last, First
Partner: University of North Texas

Capturing Metadata in Blu-ray & DVD Records

Description: Presentation explores the cataloging and metadata practices used for Blu-ray and DVD collections, focusing on how descriptive, technical, and accessibility metadata are captured to improve discovery and user access. It highlights standards and workflows for record matching, authority control, subject and genre assignment, language information, and accessibility features such as captions, subtitles, and descriptive video services, while addressing common challenges in audiovisual cataloging. It … more
Date: April 22, 2026
Creator: Ericson, Lora & Evans, Kelly
Partner: UNT Libraries

Library Catalog Advanced Search Strategies

Description: Presentation is a lesson on Library Catalogs, Library of Congress Controlled Vocabularies, Subject Headings, and how to search with Subject Headings in the Library Catalog.
Date: April 15, 2026
Creator: Frederick, Alexa
Partner: UNT College of Information

From Gap to Growth: How UNT Libraries Developed an Accessibility Training Program

Description: Presentation explores how UNT Libraries identified a gap in employee accessibility training and developed the Accessibility LibGuides Academy to address it. Attendees will learn how the library transformed accessibility efforts from inconsistent, reactive practices into a sustainable, organization-wide program by implementing a scalable, practice-based learning model that combines self-paced modules, hands-on application, and outcomes-focused assessment to build accessibility skills, confidence… more
Date: April 14, 2026
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
Partner: UNT Libraries

The 2026 Student Symposium: Welcome in!

Description: Presentation welcoming attendees to the 2026 Student Snapshots Symposium. It was presented at the UNT Libraries' 2026 Student Snapshots Symposium held in Denton, Texas.
Date: April 8, 2026
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Metadata Quality Assurance for ETDs Collections

Description: Presentation covers practical aspects of assuring quality of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) collections metadata, including reviewing, quality control, and correcting inconsistencies. It was presented at the UNT Libraries' 2026 Student Snapshots Symposium held in Denton, Texas.
Date: April 8, 2026
Creator: Shrivastava, Tushar
Partner: UNT Libraries

Tape Digitization Services

Description: Presentation outlines the tape digitization services station available in the UNT Media Library, so VHS tapes and other tape-based formats can be transferred directly to DVD. It was presented at the UNT Libraries' 2026 Student Snapshots Symposium held in Denton, Texas.
Date: April 8, 2026
Creator: McDonald, Brendan
Partner: UNT Libraries
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