Facing the Challenge of Web Archives Preservation: the Role and Work of the IIPC Preservation Working Group (open access)

Facing the Challenge of Web Archives Preservation: the Role and Work of the IIPC Preservation Working Group

This paper documents the results of a survey about the current state of preservation in International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) member web archives.
Date: October 2014
Creator: Goethals, Andrea; Oury, Clément; Pearson, David; Sierman, Barbara & Steinke, Tobias
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving (open access)

Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving

This paper presents the results of a survey of quality assurance (QA) practices within the field of web archiving. To understand current QA practices, the authors surveyed 54 institutions engaged in web archiving, which included national libraries, colleges and universities, and museums and art libraries.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda; Phillips, Mark Edward & Ko, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research from Many Angles: Evaluating Usage and Impact of Digital Newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (open access)

Research from Many Angles: Evaluating Usage and Impact of Digital Newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program

Paper for the 2014 IFLA International Newspapers Conference. This paper discusses evaluating usage and impact of digital newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspapers Program (TDNP).
Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Newspaper PDF Preservation: A Low-Cost Solution with Tremendous Value (open access)

Texas Newspaper PDF Preservation: A Low-Cost Solution with Tremendous Value

Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2014 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress General Conference. This paper discusses Texas newspaper PDF preservation and low-cost solutions with tremendous value.
Date: August 7, 2014
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Framework for Health Behavior Change Using Companionable Robots (open access)

A Framework for Health Behavior Change Using Companionable Robots

This paper describes a dialogue system framework for a companionable robot, which aims to guide patients towards health behavior changes via natural language analysis and generation.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Sarma, Bandita; Das, Amitava & Nielsen, Rodney D.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Towards Building a Collection of Web Archiving Research Articles

Paper for the 2014 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. This paper discusses building a collection of web archiving research articles.
Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda & Caragea, Cornelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries

Paper discussing a proposal for redefining collection development at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler; Harker, Karen; Enoch, Todd & Condrey, Coby
System: The UNT Digital Library