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History on the Move: Digital Migration and Mass Digitization of the National Museum of the Pacific War Archives

Description: Presentation sharing the process for digitizing and hosting collections from the National Museum of the Pacific War by the University of North Texas Libraries. Representatives from both institutions discuss materials selection, digitization project management, metadata adaptations, and handling sensitive WWII-related content.
Date: November 18, 2025
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia; Fisher, Sarah Lynn & Barnet, Rachel
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Story of Captured Histories: Digitizing the UNT Oral History Program Collection

Description: Presentation recounts and records the history of the oral history program project management workflows, iterations of digitization methods, metadata considerations, and unique access approaches that were implemented by the UNT Digital Projects Lab over the last four years.
Date: July 25, 2025
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia; Wilson, Sara; Fisher, Sarah Lynn & Sherard, Joanna
Partner: UNT Libraries

One-Potato-Two-Potato

Description: Presentation provides an overview of what each metric of the COUNTER standard actually measures, a discussion on the kinds of questions that COUNTER metrics can best answer, and a solution used to help with the problem of analyzing resources that provide different metrics. It also share the authors' "Highest and Best Usage Metric" decision tree that ranks their preferred metrics for each format. Finally, it provides a discussion of several use cases in which metric selection figured prominently… more
Date: June 5, 2025
Creator: Harker, Karen & Byrne, Sephra
Partner: UNT Libraries

Going Old School: Using Mail Merge for Reports

Description: Presentation describing the process of using mail merge and object linking to create narrative reports for assessing collections. It was presented at the NASIG Autumn 2025 conference held on October 14-16, 2025.
Date: October 14, 2025
Creator: Harker, Karen
Partner: UNT Libraries

Special Populations Twice-Exceptionality

Description: Presentation outlining the development of a research study to explore the role of teachers supporting twice-exceptional learners. It was presented at the Graduate Student Roundtable: Beyond the Labels: Special Populations event at the 2025 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Convention held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Date: November 21, 2025
Creator: Gopal, Rajni
Partner: UNT College of Education

Archival First Aid and Preservation in a War Zone

Description: Presentation introduces the concept of practical preservation for archival collections, emphasizing realistic and achievable strategies for protecting materials when ideal preservation conditions are limited by emergencies, resource constraints, or environmental challenges. It provides guidance on disaster preparedness, archival first aid, risk assessment, and common-sense preservation practices that can help stabilize and safeguard collections during crises until long-term solutions are availa… more
Date: August 2025
Creator: Lemons, Justin
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Murder and Estrangement in The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake

Description: Presentation exploring Breece D'J Pancake's collective stories that are unique in their inclusion of murder and estrangement, "Time and Again" and The Way It Has to Be." The presentation explores the background and perspective of the Breece D'J Pancake, what makes these two stories unique, and how the author's experiences may have impacted his writing.
Date: October 9, 2025
Creator: Campbell, Doug
Partner: UNT Libraries

Machine Learning @ UNT Libraries

Description: Presentation overview of the Machine Learning @ UNT Libraries research project. It was funded as part of the 2024-2025 Dean's Innovation Grant (DIG) from the UNT Libraries.
Date: 2025
Creator: Harker, Karen
Partner: UNT Libraries

Enhancing Engineering Education Through Faculty-Library Collaboration [Presentation]

Description: Presentation highlighting a research project that explored student and faculty needs and activities in engineering at the University of North Texas. It was presented at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Gulf Southwest Conference in March 2025.
Date: March 11, 2025
Creator: Miles, Chassidy; Roy, Meranda M. & Krahmer, Ana
Partner: UNT Libraries

What You See is What to Say! [Presentation Slides]

Description: This presentation describes the author's experience with applying descriptive metadata to photographs with the Digital Projects Unit. It was presented at the 5th Annual Student Snapshots Symposium hosted by the UNT Libraries.
Date: April 15, 2025
Creator: Fohl, Aster
Partner: UNT Libraries

Moon Over the Gobi [Presentation Slides]

Description: This presentation discusses the Thomas Henry Longshaw collection comprised of music scores written by Longshaw while he was a prisoner of war in World War 2. It was presented at the 5th Annual Student Snapshots Symposium hosted by the UNT Libraries.
Date: April 15, 2025
Creator: Lord, Jacob
Partner: UNT Libraries

What's Special About the Collection? A Researcher's Companion Zine [Presentation Slides]

Description: Presentation provides an overview of Special Collections and explains what makes the department unique. The presentation features an accompanying zine created by the presenter, which is showcased throughout the video. It was presented at the 5th Annual Student Snapshots Symposium hosted by the UNT Libraries.
Date: April 15, 2025
Creator: Handel, Tony
Partner: UNT Libraries

Assessing Student Needs at UNT: Best Practices, Challenges, and Insights from a Library Survey

Description: Presentation explores the assessment of student needs at the University of North Texas through insights gathered from a library survey. It highlights effective practices, identifies key challenges, and provides data-driven recommendations to enhance student support services, engagement, and resource accessibility. It was presented at the TxAHEA Annual Conference 2025, October 06-08. San Antonio, Texas, USA
Date: October 7, 2025
Creator: Byrne, Sephra & Leuzinger, Julie
Partner: UNT Libraries

Digitization Preparation and Management at The Portal to Texas History

Description: Presentation slides from a virtual workshop about digitization preparation and management at The Portal to Texas History (Portal). In this presentation, the authors share a walkthrough of the digitization process, standards, workflows, the preparation of materials to be sent to the Portal, understanding the benefits of partnership with the Portal, and tips and tricks of researching topics using the Portal. It was presented at The Portal to Texas History 2025 Partner's Webinar Series, September … more
Date: September 17, 2025
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia & Mangum, Jake
Partner: UNT Libraries

Fostering and Cultivation Human-AI Collaboration and Partnership in an Evolving Workplace

Description: Presentation explores how the framework introduced by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning highlights four essential competencies: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity as key skills for success in modern society. It was presented at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, November 14-18, 2025. Washington, DC, USA.
Date: November 17, 2025
Creator: Allen, Jeff M., 1968-; Rorissa, Abebe; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Aragwal, Naresh & Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Use of Faceted Vocabularies as Subjects in Metadata at UNT

Description: Presentation discussing metadata in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, focused on how subjects are entered with supportive validation components and tools, along with background about the system and challenges and benefits to the local approach.
Date: March 4, 2025
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries

Building Data Literacy in Small Steps

Description: Presentation from the first webinar in the Data Literacy in Action Webinar Series. It focuses on the programs and activities of Georgia State University to support data literacy.
Date: February 5, 2025
Creator: Rockwell, Ashley
Partner: UNT College of Information
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