Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content (open access)

Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content

This paper discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. The paper discusses the overall workflow and describes the tools used to extract document features. Findings suggest opportunities for the development of retrieval tools that will provide new ways of selecting content and building collections from large Web archives.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Murray, Kathleen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laying the Groundwork for Newspaper Preservation through Collaboration and Communication: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program (open access)

Laying the Groundwork for Newspaper Preservation through Collaboration and Communication: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program

This paper discusses the history of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and associated digital newspaper initiatives at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: June 2013
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto (open access)

The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto

Paper included in a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on research data management and the DataRes Project. This section reports on The Denton Declaration. Abstract: On May 22, 2012, at the University of North Texas, a group of technologists and librarians, scholars and researchers, university administrators, and other stakeholders gathered to discuss and articulate best practices and emerging trends in research data management. This declaration bridges the converging interests of these stakeholders and promotes collaboration, transparency, and accountability across organizational and disciplinary boundaries.
Date: November 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Museum Dilemma: Nazi-era Art Restitution (open access)

Museum Dilemma: Nazi-era Art Restitution

This paper was awarded a Nicholas and Anna Ricco Award for 2013. This paper discusses Nazi-era art restitution. The author examines the unique history of the World War II art plunder and the dilemma and issues that heirs and museums face.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Wiskera, Emily
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach (open access)

Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach

Paper written for the 2013 Open Repositories conference about the implementation of name authority in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Waugh, Laura; Phillips, Mark Edward & Hicks, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Co-training over Domain-independent and Domain-dependent Features for Sentiment Analysis of an Online Cancer Support Community (open access)

Co-training over Domain-independent and Domain-dependent Features for Sentiment Analysis of an Online Cancer Support Community

Paper on co-training over domain-independent and domain-dependent features for sentiment analysis of an online cancer support community.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Biyani, Prakhar; Caragea, Cornelia; Mitra, Prasenjit; Zhou, Chong; Yen, John; Portier, Kenneth et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library (open access)

Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library

Paper outlining research regarding date formatting in the UNT digital collections.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge in Agriculture: The Case for Africa (open access)

Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge in Agriculture: The Case for Africa

Paper discussing the diffusion of scientific knowledge on agriculture for Africa. Using exploratory research method, this paper set out to investigate existing knowledge diffusion models and their limitations, available best practices, and the potential to infuse translational research as a way to augment extension service programs in SSA agricultural practices.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
System: The UNT Digital Library