Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 17, January 28, 2009, Pages 4903-5094 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 17, January 28, 2009, Pages 4903-5094

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: January 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 80, April 28, 2009, Pages 19125-19370 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 80, April 28, 2009, Pages 19125-19370

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 101, May 28, 2009, Pages 25385-25612 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 101, May 28, 2009, Pages 25385-25612

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 2009
Creator: Nugent, Tiara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 2009
Creator: Garcia, Martin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
PRIDE Surveillance Projects Data Packaging Project, Information Package Specification Version 1.0 (open access)

PRIDE Surveillance Projects Data Packaging Project, Information Package Specification Version 1.0

This document contains a specification for a standard XML document format called an information package that can be used to store information and the context required to understand and use that information in information management systems and other types of information archives. An information package consists of packaged information, a set of information metadata that describes the packaged information, and an XML signature that protects the packaged information. The information package described in this specification was designed to be used to store Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) information and includes the metadata required for that information: a unique package identifier, information marking that conforms to DOE and NNSA requirements, and access control metadata. Information package metadata can also include information search terms, package history, and notes. Packaged information can be text content, binary content, and the contents of files and other containers. A single information package can contain multiple types of information. All content not in a text form compatible with XML must be in a text encoding such as base64. Package information is protected by a digital XML signature that can be used to determine whether the information has changed since it was signed …
Date: September 28, 2009
Creator: Kelleher, D.M.; Shipp, R. L. & Mason, J. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access: A New Paradigm for Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Access (open access)

Open Access: A New Paradigm for Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Access

The notion of open access to scholarly information is not new. In recent years, however, it has taken on prominence within the broader context of scholarly work, communication, and publishing. This brief paper intends to highlight and clarify key aspects of open access to assist UNTs initial discussions of the utility of open access for UNT researchers and scholars.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Moen, William E. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Porter. Porter was born in Woburn, Massachusetts 1 May 1916. After graduating from high school he worked on his father’s farm until 1940, when he enlisted in the Army. After basic training at Camp Edwards, Mississippi for thirteen weeks he took part in maneuvers in South Carolina. On 16 January 1941 he boarded a troop ship in New York City bound for Australia. Upon arrival in Melbourne, he was assigned to 81mm mortars in the Americal Division. He then went to New Caledonia. In November 1942, the division went to Guadalcanal to reinforce the 1st Marine Division. There, Porter was subjected to Japanese naval gunfire and nightly raids by Japanese bombers. After the island was secured he went to Fiji and while there he contracted malaria as well as hepatitis. He was put aboard a hospital ship and sent to the United States where he was taken to Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. After being discharged from the hospital, he was sent to Indian Gap, Pennsylvania where he guarded German prisoners of war. He was discharged in 1944.
Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: Porter, William
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with G. K. Guennel, May 28, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with G. K. Guennel, May 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with G. K. Guennel. Guennel moved to the United States from Germany in 1934. From January of 1933 to September of 1934, prior to moving to the States, he lived under the Hitler regime and provides some details of this experience. While attending Butler University in Indiana Guennel enlisted in the Army Reserve in the summer of 1942. He was called to active duty in June of 1943 after his graduation. He was invited to take Army Intelligence training at Camp Ritchie in Maryland and graduated in July of 1944. He learned all communication systems, Morse Code, semaphore, map reading, learned Italian and more. He was assigned to the Interrogation, Prisoners of War (I.P.W.) Team 124 as a POW Interrogator. In late 1944 he traveled to Scotland and France where he was attached to the 44th Infantry Division. He provides details of his experiences overseas, including surviving the cold winter and interrogating prisoners of war. At the Rhine River crossing they joined the 3rd Infantry Division and arrived in Berchtesgaden, Germany by April of 1945. They posted Eisenhower???s proclamations in every town and village. Upon his discharge in January of …
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: Guennel, G. K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Digital Initiatives at the University of North Texas Libraries

This presentation gives an overview of the University of North Texas (UNT) Library's Digital Projects Unit (DPU) and their digitization initiatives.
Date: January 28, 2009
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preserving Homeownership: Foreclosure Prevention Initiatives (open access)

Preserving Homeownership: Foreclosure Prevention Initiatives

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Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tom Dowding, August 28, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Tom Dowding, August 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Dowding. Dowding joined the Army in 1942 and received four weeks of basic training at Camp Lee. He was sent to Camp Stoneman for bakery training. Having been a baker in civilian life, he was already qualified to do the work and so was not required to attend classes. He was sent to Guadalcanal on a mail ship that couldn’t dock upon arrival, due to low tide. While waiting in the water, the ship was strafed by Japanese planes. Men standing on either side of Dowding were killed. He spent over a year stationed at the end of Henderson Field, trading baked goods as a commodity with troops. There was nothing he couldn’t have, and the Seabees even made a boat for him. He traveled to a small island and came across a native who spoke perfect English, as Australians had brought him to the Midwest to be a prizefighter. Dowding was transferred to Mindanao, staying behind with his baking company for three months as the troops were fighting. When the war ended, Dowding volunteered as a baker on the way home, which gave him access to …
Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: Dowding, Tom
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (open access)

The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Newspaper from Panola College in Carthage, Texas that includes news of interest to the college community along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Housing Trust Fund: Background and Issues (open access)

The Housing Trust Fund: Background and Issues

This report describes the Housing Trust Fund and discusses potential funding sources.
Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: Jones, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Russell Barager, January 28, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Russell Barager, January 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Russell Barager. Barager joined the Navy in October of 1944 after spending a year in the Merchant Marine. He was assigned to USS LSM-326 and served in the deck department. Barager mentions delivering supplies to Saipan and the Philippines. He discusses landing Marines in the eleventh wave on Okinawa. Barager describes feeling the impact of a kamikaze landing in the water nearby and firing on another that hit a cruiser. His ship was caught in a major typhoon when it was headed to Japan after the war. He was discharged in June of 1946.
Date: January 28, 2009
Creator: Barager, Russell
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments (open access)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

This report discusses the history of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, and addresses nuclear weapon issues in the annual National Defense Authorization Act and the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act. Congress is considering the Stockpile Stewardship Program (listed as Weapons Activities), which seeks to maintain nuclear weapons without testing.
Date: January 28, 2009
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lexington Leader (Lexington, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 579, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 2009 (open access)

Lexington Leader (Lexington, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 579, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Lexington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: Terrell, Cindy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tom Dowding, August 28, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Tom Dowding, August 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Dowding. Dowding joined the Army in 1942 and received four weeks of basic training at Camp Lee. He was sent to Camp Stoneman for bakery training. Having been a baker in civilian life, he was already qualified to do the work and so was not required to attend classes. He was sent to Guadalcanal on a mail ship that couldn’t dock upon arrival, due to low tide. While waiting in the water, the ship was strafed by Japanese planes. Men standing on either side of Dowding were killed. He spent over a year stationed at the end of Henderson Field, trading baked goods as a commodity with troops. There was nothing he couldn’t have, and the Seabees even made a boat for him. He traveled to a small island and came across a native who spoke perfect English, as Australians had brought him to the Midwest to be a prizefighter. Dowding was transferred to Mindanao, staying behind with his baking company for three months as the troops were fighting. When the war ended, Dowding volunteered as a baker on the way home, which gave him access to …
Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: Dowding, Tom
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Porter. Porter was born in Woburn, Massachusetts 1 May 1916. After graduating from high school he worked on his father’s farm until 1940, when he enlisted in the Army. After basic training at Camp Edwards, Mississippi for thirteen weeks he took part in maneuvers in South Carolina. On 16 January 1941 he boarded a troop ship in New York City bound for Australia. Upon arrival in Melbourne, he was assigned to 81mm mortars in the Americal Division. He then went to New Caledonia. In November 1942, the division went to Guadalcanal to reinforce the 1st Marine Division. There, Porter was subjected to Japanese naval gunfire and nightly raids by Japanese bombers. After the island was secured he went to Fiji and while there he contracted malaria as well as hepatitis. He was put aboard a hospital ship and sent to the United States where he was taken to Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. After being discharged from the hospital, he was sent to Indian Gap, Pennsylvania where he guarded German prisoners of war. He was discharged in 1944.
Date: August 28, 2009
Creator: Porter, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stem Cell Research: Ethical Issues (open access)

Stem Cell Research: Ethical Issues

This report discusses the ethical arguments that surround human embryonic stem cell research (ESR). Human stem cell research is controversial not because of its goals, but rather because of the means of obtaining some of the cells.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Williams, Erin D. & Johnson, Judith A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Technical Report (open access)

Final Technical Report

The Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management award was used to establish the organization and initiate investigations of hazardous waste issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. Scientific investigations conducted during the execution of this grant contributed significant data and established new sampling protocols to the dimension, frequency and severity of hazardous materials (e.g., heavy metals) along the U.S.-Mexico border. Additionally, new protocols and assessments with distinct Homeland Security implications were embedded thus establishing a baseline that will be significant for related investigations in the future.
Date: December 28, 2009
Creator: Lynn, Douglas C. & Restani, Marco, Ph.D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 2009 (open access)

Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 2009

Weekly newspaper from Rio Grande City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: Roberts, Kenneth
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History