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Comments, [May] 2013 (open access)

Comments, [May] 2013

Newsletter of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority discussing news and updates related to the organization's meetings and activities, changes to regulations, and other relevant information.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quiet Emergency - Missionary Stories Lost and Found transcript

Quiet Emergency - Missionary Stories Lost and Found

Lecture given Monday, September 16, 2013, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Library archives preserve troves of missionary letters, reports, and photographs. Stories of faith may be recovered from these neglected documents. How will missionary records of the digital age be preserved? Join the conversation with your ideas, strategies, and practices to rescue our future past."
Date: September 16, 2013
Creator: Berryhill, Carisse
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Fanzine Project: An Overview

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the Austin Fanzine Project, an institutional-independent project intended to improve access to the documents of a recently-historical subculture -- the Austin, Texas underground music scene of the 1990s. The project has also blossomed into a sandbox for creative experimentation with digital archives and digital humanities methods and tools.
Date: September 20, 2013
Creator: Hecker, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military-diplomatic Adventurism:  Communist China's Foreign Policy in the Early Stage of the Korean War (1950-1951) (open access)

Military-diplomatic Adventurism: Communist China's Foreign Policy in the Early Stage of the Korean War (1950-1951)

The thesis studies the relations of Communist China's foreign policy and its military offensives in the battlefield in Korean Peninsula in late 1950 and early 1951, an important topic that has yet received little academic attention. As original research, this thesis cites extensively from newly declassified Soviet and Chinese archives, as well as American and UN sources. This paper finds that an adventurism dominated the thinking and decision-making of Communist leaders in Beijing and Moscow, who seriously underestimated the military capabilities and diplomatic leverages of the US-led West. The origin of this adventurism, this paper argues, lays in the CCP's civil war experience with their Nationalist adversaries, which featured a preference of mobile warfare over positional warfare, and an opportunist attitude on cease-fire. This adventurism ended only when Communist front line came to the verge of collapse in June 1951.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Zhong, Wenrui
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overheating in Hot Water- and Steam-Heated Multifamily Buildings (open access)

Overheating in Hot Water- and Steam-Heated Multifamily Buildings

Apartment temperature data have been collected from the archives of companies that provide energy management systems (EMS) to multifamily buildings in the Northeast U.S. The data have been analyzed from more than 100 apartments in eighteen buildings where EMS systems were already installed to quantify the degree of overheating. This research attempts to answer the question, 'What is the magnitude of apartment overheating in multifamily buildings with central hot water or steam heat?' This report provides valuable information to researchers, utility program managers and building owners interested in controlling heating energy waste and improving resident comfort. Apartment temperature data were analyzed for deviation from a 70 degrees F desired setpoint and for variation by heating system type, apartment floor level and ambient conditions. The data shows that overheating is significant in these multifamily buildings with both hot water and steam heating systems.
Date: October 1, 2013
Creator: Dentz, J.; Varshney, K. & Henderson, H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pulling History from the Waste Stream: Identification and Collection of Manhattan Project and Cold War Era Artifacts on the Hanford Site (open access)

Pulling History from the Waste Stream: Identification and Collection of Manhattan Project and Cold War Era Artifacts on the Hanford Site

One man�s trash is another man�s treasure. Not everything called �waste� is meant for the refuse pile. The mission of the Curation Program is at direct odds with the remediation objectives of the Hanford Site. While others are busily tearing down and burying the Site�s physical structures and their associated contents, the Curation Program seeks to preserve the tangible elements of the Site�s history from these structures for future generations before they flow into the waste stream. Under the provisions of a Programmatic Agreement, Cultural Resources staff initiated a project to identify and collect artifacts and archives that have historic or interpretive value in documenting the role of the Hanford Site throughout the Manhattan Project and Cold War Era. The genesis of Hanford�s modern day Curation Program, its evolution over nearly two decades, issues encountered, and lessons learned along the way � particularly the importance of upper management advocacy, when and how identification efforts should be accomplished, the challenges of working within a radiological setting, and the importance of �first hand� information � are presented.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Marceau, Thomas E. & Watson, Thomas L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of Multi-Scale Cloud Processes Over the Tropical Western Pacific Using Cloud-Resolving Models Constrained by Satellite Data (open access)

Study of Multi-Scale Cloud Processes Over the Tropical Western Pacific Using Cloud-Resolving Models Constrained by Satellite Data

Clouds in the tropical western Pacific are an integral part of the large scale environment. An improved understanding of the multi-scale structure of clouds and their interactions with the environment is critical to the ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) program for developing and evaluating cloud parameterizations, understanding the consequences of model biases, and providing a context for interpreting the observational data collected over the ARM Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) sites. Three-dimensional cloud resolving models (CRMs) are powerful tools for developing and evaluating cloud parameterizations. However, a significant challenge in using CRMs in the TWP is that the region lacks conventional data, so large uncertainty exists in defining the large-scale environment for clouds. This project links several aspects of the ARM program, from measurements to providing improved analyses, and from cloud-resolving modeling to climate-scale modeling and parameterization development, with the overall objective to improve the representations of clouds in climate models and to simulate and quantify resolved cloud effects on the large-scale environment. Our objectives will be achieved through a series of tasks focusing on the use of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and ARM data. Our approach includes: -- Perform assimilation of COSMIC GPS radio occultation and other satellites …
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Dudhia, Jimy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retaining and Preserving Federal Records in a Digital Environment: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Retaining and Preserving Federal Records in a Digital Environment: Background and Issues for Congress

Report that provides background and information on the increasing volume of electronic records and the variety of platforms used to create them.
Date: July 26, 2013
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Web Archiving Bibliography 2013 (open access)

Web Archiving Bibliography 2013

The following document is a bibliography of the field of web archiving. It includes a preface as well as a list of bibliographical resources.
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Heritage, 2013, Volume 2 (open access)

Texas Heritage, 2013, Volume 2

Quarterly publication containing articles related to the preservation of historic artifacts and sites in Texas. Feature articles discuss various aspects of Texas history and heritage, often highlighting museums and collections within the state. Also included are book reviews, current preservation news, and a listing of historical museums in Texas.
Date: 2013
Creator: Texas Historical Foundation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of North Texas Libraries Grant History: 2000-2013 (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Grant History: 2000-2013

This document lists all grants given to the University of North Texas Libraries from 2000 to 2013. The projects that were funded by these grants are summarized.
Date: 2013
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013 (open access)

Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013

This report is offers an update on the hidden collections at the UNT Libraries. Its purpose is to serve as a true representation of the collections in the UNT Libraries with little or no access.
Date: 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Parks, Sue; Phillips, Mark Edward & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories (open access)

Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories

The report provides recommendations to help ensure the physical and intellectual well-being of materials created and managed in digital form ("born digital") that are transferred from donors to archival repositories. The report is presented in four sections, each of which provides an overview of a key area of concern: initial collection review, privacy and intellectual property, key stages in acquiring digital materials, and post-acquisition review by the repository. Each section concludes with two lists of recommendations: one for donors and dealers, and a second for repository staff. Appendixes provide more specific information about possible staffing activities, as well as a list of resources and ready-to-use checklists that incorporate recommendations from throughout the report. Ten archivists and curators from institutions in the United States and United Kingdom collaborated on the report.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Redwine, Gabriela; Barnard, Megan; Donovan, Kate; Farr, Erika; Forstrom, Michael; Hansen, Will et al.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pegasus, Volume 1, Number 1, 2013 (open access)

Pegasus, Volume 1, Number 1, 2013

Biannual publication containing articles about genealogical research and genealogical information about families in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area, including family histories, lists of records (births, deaths, registration, etc.), correspondence, and other documentation. Name Index starts on page 50.
Date: 2013
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Searching for  Sustainability:  Strategies  from Eight  Digitized Special  Collections (open access)

Searching for Sustainability: Strategies from Eight Digitized Special Collections

This report aims to address one of the biggest challenges facing libraries and cultural heritage organizations: how to move their special collections into the 21st century through digitization while developing successful strategies to make sure those collections remain accessible and relevant over time. Through a cooperative agreement as part of the National Leadership Grants Program, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in partnership with Ithaka S+R, to undertake in-depth case studies of institutions that have worked to build the audience, infrastructure, and funding models necessary to maintain and grow their digital collections. The eight collections profiled provide useful models and examples of good practice for project leaders to consider when digitizing their own materials. We hope that these case studies will encourage greater discussion among individuals in the academic library and cultural heritage communities about the reasons why they invest so much time and energy in the creation and ongoing management of their digitized special collections, the goals they set for them, and the planning needed to realize those aims. These questions become even more pressing in an environment where the traditional sources of funding for digitization are beginning to wane. …
Date: November 2013
Creator: Maron, Nancy & Pickle, Sarah
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Association for State and Local History (open access)

American Association for State and Local History

Reissue of "The State and Local History News", issues July, Sept. and Nov., 1941. Members from Oklahoma, Tulsa Historical Society of Central High School, Philbrook Museum showing, No-Man's Land Historical Society and ceremonies held at the Pioneer Woman statue, in Ponca City, are among the articles.
Date: 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Portal to Texas History Partner List, 2013 (open access)

The Portal to Texas History Partner List, 2013

This document lists all of the partners of The Portal to Texas History in 2013. These partners were involved in projects and collections that were a part of the Portal.
Date: 2013
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Memento Aggregator Update

Presentation for the 2013 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly. Discusses the current release and development status of the Memento Aggregator, along with future goals and challenges.
Date: April 23, 2013
Creator: Van de Sompel, Herbert; Nelson, Michael L. & Rosenthal, David S. H.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Flag Retirement Ceremony: May 18, 2013]

Webpage from McKinney TXSSAR website containing a flyer and photographs from a flag retirement ceremony on May 18, 2013.
Date: May 18, 2013
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Frontiers 2013 Conference and THAT Camp: Abstracts and Participant Biographies (open access)

Digital Frontiers 2013 Conference and THAT Camp: Abstracts and Participant Biographies

Program listing the sponsors, participant biographies, and session abstracts for the Digital Frontiers 2013 Conference.
Date: September 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Historical Association One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 2013 (open access)

Texas State Historical Association One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 2013

Program for the 117th annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in Fort Worth, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date: 2013-02/2013-03
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Same Traditions, New Reasons: Experiences of American Indian Women in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows (open access)

Same Traditions, New Reasons: Experiences of American Indian Women in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows

Article describes American Indian women's roles while participating as part of the cast in Wild West shows. Wild West shows, such as the ones organized by G. W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, featured acts that entertained audiences and showed white Americans a version of life in the West. Alyce Vigil describes how American Indian women in the cast worked to maintain their traditions in this new context.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Vigil, Alyce
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

December SAR meeting

Webpage from McKinney TXSSAR website containing a flyer and photographs from the December 19, 2013 meeting and Christmas party.
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Texas Response to Federal Sequestration (open access)

Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Texas Response to Federal Sequestration

Report from the Texas House Committee on Texas Response to Federal Sequestration describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 83rd Texas Legislature.
Date: January 18, 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Texas Response to Federal Sequestration.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History