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Building Digital Archives

This presentation is about the steps followed in the development of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Library infrastructure, the lessons learned along the way, and the opportunities that are available today.
Date: June 6, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Web Archives

Presentation given as part of the UNT Graduate Student Workshops by the UNT Libraries. This presentation discusses how students can make use of web archives in their existing research as well as providing a general overview to the topic of web archiving. it presents examples of how web archives can be incorporated to locate missing content, link directly to content at a given time, and how to preserve existing web content for future reference.
Date: October 24, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mining Newspaper Archives

This presentation discusses mining online newspaper archives. The topics in this presentation include the types of information found in these newspapers, the technology and standards for digitizing newspapers and offering effective search and navigation, ways to search, view, and browse the newspapers and how to use the search results.
Date: February 2, 2012
Creator: Carlisle, Tara & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Extracting "Documents" from Web Archives

This presentation describes the process of using machine-learning algorithms to identify and extract publications from web archives.
Date: December 13, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives

Presentation based on the preliminary results of research into information organization in language archives. This looks at the background of language data and archives, their research questions, archives that were analyzed, their findings, and next steps.
Date: October 21, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Extracting "Documents" from Web Archives

Presentation was given at the 2019 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries in Austin, Texas. This presentation discusses an IMLS funded research grant to use machine learning techniques to help identify high-value publications from web archives.
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Caragea, Cornelia; Patel, Krutarth & Fox, Nathaniel T.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives (open access)

Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives

This article reports preliminary results of the first stage of a research project that seeks to identify the information organization methods and techniques currently offered in the language data archives and the gaps between the tools and techniques available and the needs of actual and potential users of language data archives.
Date: October 18, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Building Specialized Collections from Web Archives

Presentation given at the Artificial Intelligence for Data Discovery and Reuse (AIDR) 2019 conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This presentation discusses work on creating datasets of high-value publications and documents from web archives that can be used for machine learning research to help classify these large collections of data.
Date: May 2019
Creator: Caragea, Cornelia & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials (open access)

Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials

Article for a study aimed to develop understanding of the current state of metadata practices in digital collections of archival institutions in the Arabian Gulf region. It also explored perspectives (including attitudes and possible barriers) for development of large-scale regional portals that would facilitate discovery of Arab digital archives (including language collections) by aggregating metadata. It was presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on June 30, 2023 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2023.
Date: June 4, 2023
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bringing User-Centered Design to the Field of Language Archives (open access)

Bringing User-Centered Design to the Field of Language Archives

This article describes findings from a workshop that initiated a dialogue between the fields of user-centered design (UCD) and language archives.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary & Roth, Heather
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Formulating a Scalable Approach to Patron-Requested Digitization in Archives (open access)

Formulating a Scalable Approach to Patron-Requested Digitization in Archives

This article examines how archives were forced to rethink their modes of providing access to physical collections because of the coronavirus of 2019 (COVID-19). Whereas difficult copyright questions raised by reproducing items could previously be skirted by requiring researchers to work with materials in person, the long-term closure of reading rooms and decrease in long-distance travel mean that archives need a workflow for handling user digitization requests that is scalable and requires consulting only easily identifiable information and, assuming full reproduction is off the table, reproducing items in a collection under 17 U.S.C. § 108 or through a strategy of rapid risk assessment. There is a challenge in creating a policy that will work across different formats and genres of archival materials, so this article offers some suggestions for how to think about these parameters according to US copyright law and calls for a committee of experts to work out a model policy that could serve remote users of archival collections even after the COVID-19 crisis has passed.
Date: June 1, 2021
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S. & Judkins, Julie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organization of knowledge and information in digital archives of language materials (open access)

Organization of knowledge and information in digital archives of language materials

This article reports the first empirical investigation of various dimensions of organization and representation of recorded knowledge and information in language archives. The study used a combination of semi-structured interviews and content analysis. Results demonstrate that, while some of the phenomena related to organization of information in language archives are specific to these types of archives, others are more typical and have been addressed by libraries in past research and practice.
Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Burke, Mary; Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Archives (open access)

Status of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Archives

This paper explores the role of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) archives in preserving the history and cultural heritage of these institutions and investigates the factors that contribute to the disparities observed in the availability of digital collections and the staffing of archivists across HBCUs in the United States. Data was collected from 102 HBCU websites and the National Center for Education Statistics, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and ordinary linear regression. The findings revealed notable disparities in the staffing of archivists and the presence of digital archive collections, with geography, enrollment, and endowment emerging as potentially significant factors. The study highlights the importance of understanding key factors in the availability of digital archive collections and the staffing of archivists at HBCUs.
Date: April 5, 2023
Creator: Bussey, Jennifer; Lund, Brady, 1994- & Roeschley, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Challenges to Representing Personal Names and Language Names in Language Archives: Examples from Northeast India (open access)

Challenges to Representing Personal Names and Language Names in Language Archives: Examples from Northeast India

Article reviewing one particular challenge to data management relevant to South Asia, which is the complexity of names (of individuals, groups, and languages). It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Burke, Mary & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Identifying Challenges for Information Organization in Language Archives: Preliminary Findings

Conference paper elucidates the issues facing language archive managers and users through two steps: content analysis of information organization in language archives, and semi-structured interviews with language archive managers and users. Primary challenges identified include lacking institutional support and a range of factors which impact authority control in language archives. This version is the author's accepted manuscript.
Date: March 19, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Amplifying Community Voices in Language Archives Through Participatory Archiving

Presentation from a panel, "Considering Individual and Community Contexts Within Information Pedagogy, Scholarship, and Practice," that was held virtually for the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). This portion of the panel focuses on the author's research into community-based language research (CBLR) and the Lamkang language.
Date: October 25, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Investigation of Descriptive Richness of Free-Text Metadata in Language Archives

This presentation introduces language archives and analyzes item‐level metadata in three of them by focusing on free‐text metadata: the Endangered Language Archive, Pacific Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, and the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. The study identified categories of information included in Description metadata fields and the relative distribution of these categories.
Date: October 26, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians through Oral Histories (open access)

Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians through Oral Histories

Grant narrative for the grant, "Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians Through Oral Histories." The University of North Texas (UNT) Department of Information Science, partnering with the UNT Oral History Program, will host a series of forums to identify best practices and strategies to respond to challenges around building, implementing, preserving, and accessing community oral history projects. The project team will convene librarians, archivists, oral history practitioners, public historians, community-based memory workers, and others working in oral history to identify good practices, share challenges and lessons learned, and prepare an actionable roadmap for building, implementing, preserving, and sustaining community oral history projects.
Date: 2022
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun; Moye, J. Todd & Roeschley, Ana
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Electronic Archives and Partnerships - Preserving Government Information for Tomorrow

This presentation discusses electronic archives, partnerships, and preserving government information. In this presentation, the authors discuss digital libraries and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). They present the background of the FDLP, developing the Memorandum of Understanding, the CyberCemetery, and gives a current status of the FDLP.
Date: July 12, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Susan; Barnum, George & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

End of Term Web Archives: 2008, 2012, 2016 ...

This presentation provides an overview of the End of Term (EOT) Web Archive. The EOT Web Archive program is a multi-institution effort that aims to comprehensively capture and save U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. Beginning in 2008, the EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008 and 2012. The collaborative program is currently preparing for the 2016 electoral season.
Date: April 5, 2016
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content

This presentation discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. It includes a background of the End of Term (EOT) 2008 Presidential Web Archive, a collaborative web archiving project, collection development with web archive content, and the workflow and processes involved in these projects.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Facilitating User Access through the Extraction of Documents from Digital Archives

Poster presented at the 2019 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL-2019). This poster discusses about the University of North Texas' archive of government websites known as the CyberCemetery. The UNT Libraries have begun to extract documents embedded within the vast collection of web archives. Many of these documents include reports and transcripts from the various committees and agencies found in the collections. Through this project, the UNT Digital Library expands its role as a steward of digital resources in addition to making information easier to find.
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Fernandez, Mike & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Descriptive richness of free-text metadata: a comparative analysis of three language archives

This article analyzes item‐level metadata in three language archives by focusing on free‐text metadata: the Endangered Language Archive, Pacific Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, and the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. The study identified categories of information included in Description metadata fields and the relative distribution of these categories.
Date: October 22, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library