[Kate Pitcher at LPF Conference]

Photograph of Kate Pitcher, Director of the Library, Archives, and Media Center at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, attending the Library Publishing Forum 2016 Conference. The theme of the conference was Amplifying Scholarship: More Choices, More Voices.
Date: 2016-03-17/2016-03-19
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Library Publishing Forum Conference Attendees]

Photograph of (L - R) Amy Filiatreau, Director of the Library at Lynn University. Jordan Chussler, Academic Editor at Lynn University. Karen Bjork, Head of Digital Initiatives at Portland State University. Marilyn Billings, Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Allison Brown and Kate Pitcher, Director of the Library, Archives, and Media Center at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. They're given a presentation at the Library Publishing Forum 2016 Conference. The theme of the conference was Amplifying Scholarship: More Choices, More Voices.
Date: 2016-03-17/2016-03-19
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Panel Presentation]

Photograph of a panel of presenters seated behind a table in the Library Forum (Willis Library 140), below a screen displaying a graph and the text "The textbook cartel must be stopped." The presenters are identified as (L - R) Amy Filiatreau, Director of the Library at Lynn University; Jordan Chussler, Academic Editor at Lynn University; Karen Bjork, Head of Digital Initiatives at Portland State University; Marilyn Billings, Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; Allison Brown; and Kate Pitcher, Director of the Library, Archives, and Media Center at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Members of the audience are seated in the foreground of the photo, viewed from behind.
Date: 2016-03-17/2016-03-19
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Opting Out: Parents Creating Contested Spaces to Challenge Standardized Tests (open access)

Opting Out: Parents Creating Contested Spaces to Challenge Standardized Tests

This article explores how the opt-out movement has responded to the combination of a stringent federal policy with weak and often variable implementation among the states.
Date: March 7, 2016
Creator: Mitra, Dana; Mann, Bryan & Hlavacik, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview (open access)

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview

This report provides an overview of the history of science and technology (S&T) advice to the President and discusses selected recurrent issues for Congress regarding OSTP's Director, OSTP management and operations, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
Date: March 28, 2016
Creator: Shea, Dana A. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Government Information in the United States: A Primer (open access)

Access to Government Information in the United States: A Primer

This report offers an introduction to the four access laws and provides citations to additional resources related to these statutes. It includes statistics on the use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and on litigation related to FOIA. In addition, this report provides some examples of the methods Congress, the President, and the courts have employed to provide or require the provision of information to one another, as well as a list of resources related to transparency, secrecy, access, and nondisclosure.
Date: March 18, 2016
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy & Greene, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress (open access)

The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress

Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two ways to amend the nation's fundamental charter. Congress, by a two-thirds vote of both houses, may propose amendments to the states for ratification, a procedure that has been used for all 27 current amendments. This report identifies a range of policy questions Congress might face if an Article V Convention seemed imminent.
Date: March 29, 2016
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
OU Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 78, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 2016 (open access)

OU Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 78, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 2016

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 2016
Creator: Mussatto, Joe
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[TXSSAR Officer Reports: March 31 - April 3, 2016] (open access)

[TXSSAR Officer Reports: March 31 - April 3, 2016]

Officer Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, compiled for the March 31 - April 3, 2016 Board of Managers meeting.
Date: 2016-03-31/2016-04-03
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Texas Catholic Missions Travel Guide

This presentation describes the use of The Portal to Texas History in the classroom through a lesson plan creating a journey through Spanish Missions in Texas.
Date: March 30, 2016
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report is a list of about 200 congressional liaison offices, intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls and addressing correspondence to government agencies. In each case, the information was supplied by the agency itself and is current as of the date of publication. Entries are arranged alphabetically in four sections: legislative branch; judicial branch; executive branch; and agencies, boards, and commissions.
Date: March 14, 2016
Creator: Crane-Hirsch, Audrey C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata Enhancement Through Name Authority in the UNT Digital Library (open access)

Metadata Enhancement Through Name Authority in the UNT Digital Library

This book chapter contains a case study discussing the University of North Texas Libraries' implementation of name authority control in the UNT Digital Library as a means of increasing metadata records' quality and consistency, and of improving end-user retrieval.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 304, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 13, 2016 (open access)

Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 304, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 13, 2016

Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 13, 2016
Creator: Linebarger, Les
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veterans' Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries (open access)

Veterans' Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries

This report provides a descriptive analysis of both nonmonetary and monetary burial benefits and national cemeteries. It addresses congressional and constituent issues.
Date: March 11, 2016
Creator: Szymendera, Scott D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harmon Harris. Harris joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served with the 141st Construction Battalion. They traveled to the Marshall Islands and Kwajalein, building airstrips, houses and defensive structures.
Date: March 6, 2016
Creator: Harris, Harmon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins (open access)

House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins

This report covers the period from the House's early organization meetings in November to approximately March or April following the convening of a new Congress.
Date: March 3, 2016
Creator: Schneider, Judy & Koempel, Michael L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Pampe, March 20, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Pampe, March 20, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Pampe. Pampe joined the Army in June of 1943. He completed Coast Artillery training. He served as a Munitions Officer with the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, Headquarters Battalion, commanding 35 soldiers. They deployed to England in October of 1944, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. From September of 1945 until January of 1946, he served as an Athletic Officer at Camp Philadelphia Redeployment Camp in France. Upon returning to the US, Pampe entered the Inactive Reserves, retiring in July of 1977.
Date: March 20, 2016
Creator: Pampe, William
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Highways, Volume 63, Number 3, March 2016 (open access)

Texas Highways, Volume 63, Number 3, March 2016

Monthly travel magazine discussing locations and events in Texas to encourage travel within the state.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Janosek, March 21, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis Janosek, March 21, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louis Janosek. Janosek joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1943. He completed training in radio navigation and served as an Air Transport Command C-46 Flight Officer. They traveled to Liberia, West Africa, Ascension Island and China, Tunisia, Egypt, Bagdad, transporting supplies, food and equipment. He shares his experience flying over the Hump, the Himalaya Mountains. He received his discharge in 1946. In 1947, he renewed his service with the Air Force, retiring in 1964.
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: Janosek, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Compatriot, Spring 2016 (open access)

The Texas Compatriot, Spring 2016

Publication of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, containing news and events related to the organization and its members.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 2016 (open access)

The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Tulsa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 24, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 2016 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 2016

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 2016
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2016 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2016

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 2016
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harmon Harris. Harris joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served with the 141st Construction Battalion. They traveled to the Marshall Islands and Kwajalein, building airstrips, houses and defensive structures.
Date: March 6, 2016
Creator: Harris, Harmon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History