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

Cataloging, Preservation, and Discovery of Radio Content in Music Libraries and Archives (Or, “Where’s Willis?”)

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Presentation given as part of the session "Cataloging, Preservation, and Discovery of Radio Content in Music Libraries and Archives" at the 2018 Music Library Association conference in Portland, Oregon.
Date: February 3, 2018
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive (open access)

End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive

This article presents an overview of the End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive conducted at the end of the second Obama presidential term. It presents the workflow for this collaborative project as well as lessons learned.
Date: February 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Phillips, Kristy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

This presentation provides an overview for the University of North Texas Libraries' digital collections: The Portal to Texas History, the UNT Digital Library, and the Gateway to Oklahoma History.
Date: August 14, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Government Documents for the Family Historian

Presentation for the Tulsa City-County Library. This presentation discusses how government information can be used for genealogical research and example information types found within government documents.
Date: July 21, 2018
Creator: Sittel, Robbie & Lupardus, Andy
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project (open access)

Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project

This article describes the Preservation of Electronic Government Information Project, a two-year initiative aimed at addressing national concerns around the collection and preservation of born-digital government information by cultural memory organizations for long-term public use.
Date: February 2018
Creator: Sittel, Robbie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Readiness and the Digital Public Library of America

Presentation for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference. This presentation describes the work of the Texas Digital Library (TDL) Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Metadata Working Group, resources for preparing data, and the experiences of the Houston Public Library.
Date: April 2018
Creator: Hiott, Judith; Park, Kristi L.; Tarver, Hannah & Duran, Albert
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Panel Proposal: Policy-based collaborative approaches to preserving electronic government information (open access)

Panel Proposal: Policy-based collaborative approaches to preserving electronic government information

Panel proposal for iPRES 2018, the 15th International Conference on Digital Preservation. This proposal outlines a panel discussion on the preservation of electronic government information, including a brief discussion of the need for digital preservation efforts and an overview of the Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Sittel, Robbie; Graebner, Carla; Zarndt, Frederick; McCain, Edward; Matheson, Scott; Etkin, Cynthia et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Finding the Right Words: User-generated description of television news collections: Final Report (open access)

Finding the Right Words: User-generated description of television news collections: Final Report

This report documents the Finding the Right Words: User-generated description of television news collections project funded through the 2017 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: October 15, 2018
Creator: Treat, Laura
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Allaying Terror: Domesticating Vietnamese Refugee Artisans as Subjects of American Diplomacy (open access)

Allaying Terror: Domesticating Vietnamese Refugee Artisans as Subjects of American Diplomacy

This article explores how the photographs of a basketmaker, as well as photographs of other refugee artisans published in the August 1956 issue of Interior magazine, served the American State Department agenda by characterizing its subject in terms of pathos and need.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Further Validation of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (open access)

Further Validation of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Article describes study seeking to to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument (LTPAI).
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Brooks, Jessica M.; Umucu, Emre; Eagle, Daniel; Morrison, Blaise; Chiu, Chungyi; Moser, Erin et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Willis Conover’s Music USA: A Continuation of East-West Jazz Connections [Presentation]

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Presentation on the historical context of Willis Conover's long-running jazz program, Music USA, on the Voice of America, for the conference Music and the Nation III: Music in Postwar Transitions at the Université de Montréal held on October 18-20, 2018 in Montreal, Canada.
Date: October 19, 2018
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating, Curating, and Preserving Digital Collections: Preserving the Digital Heritage

Presented at the 2018 Ke Au Hou Pacific Librarianship Conference. This presentation describes a pre-conference workshop that provides attendees with a better understanding of the landscape related to digital preservation and access among cultural heritage institutions, key components in the ongoing process of preserving digital information, and the building blocks of digital preservation systems.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managers or Librarians: Roles and Competencies in RDM (open access)

Managers or Librarians: Roles and Competencies in RDM

This paper describes a workshop to analyze the roles and competencies of data curators in different contexts such as enterprises and academic libraries in mainland China.
Date: November 10, 2018
Creator: Fan, Zhenjia
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Our Users, Our Selves: Evaluating user experience on The Portal to Texas History

Presentation for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference. This presentation describes the development and results of a usability study to understand how users navigate The Portal to Texas History.
Date: April 5, 2018
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Mangum, Jake
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

User Directed Scrapbook Digitization

Presentation for the 2018 Digital Library Federation Forum. This presentation provides an overview of a study to understand user preferences in the digitization of scrapbooks.
Date: October 16, 2018
Creator: Willis, Shannon & McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries Serials Transparency List (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Serials Transparency List

This document represents contains information regarding subscriptions purchased by UNT Libraries, along with pricing information for the 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 fiscal years.
Date: April 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries. Collection Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Libraries Serials List Data Dictionary FY 2017-2018 (open access)

UNT Libraries Serials List Data Dictionary FY 2017-2018

This document represents contains information regarding subscriptions purchased by UNT Libraries, along with pricing information for the 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 fiscal years.
Date: October 31, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries. Collection Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

The End of Term Archive: Collaboratively Preserving the United States Government Web

Presentation the 2018 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly & Web Archiving Conference. This presentation describes the End of Term archive project and its activities after the 2016 end of term.
Date: November 13, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Grotke, Abigail
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The OA2020 Expression of Interest

Presentation for the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Annual Conference. OA2020 is an international initiative that supports institutions committed to a large-scale shift toward open access to the scholarly journal literature. Institutions that sign the Expression of Interest commit to making a good-faith effort to devise and implement practical strategies and actions for transitioning their funding for subscribing to journals to supporting open access. This lightning talk provides and overview of the OA2020 initiative and related resources to help guide decision-making on how to redirect library funding.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Call and response: Engaging with African American male students through culturally relevant music resources: Final Report (open access)

Call and response: Engaging with African American male students through culturally relevant music resources: Final Report

This report documents the Call and response: Engaging with African American male students through culturally relevant music resources project funded through the 2017 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: October 18, 2018
Creator: Outhier, Sara & Ramin, Lilly
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborative/Shared Management in Libraries

This presentation provides an overview of collaborative management at the UNT Digital Libraries Division. It includes a discussion of available tools and mechanisms that facilitate effective communications among the various units and members and how role definition and designation of responsibilities help to manage complex digital projects.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Willis, Shannon & McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Managers or Librarians: Roles and Competencies in RDM

Presentation for the 2018 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation describes a workshop to analyze the roles and competencies of data curators in different contexts such as enterprises and academic libraries in mainland China.
Date: November 10, 2018
Creator: Fan, Zhenjia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploring our Collections: The Many Colors of the UNT Digital Library

Presented at the 2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation discusses a combination of outreach initiatives to promote use of digital collection items: #ColorOurCollections and Twitter.
Date: May 17, 2018
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; McIntosh, Marcia & Willis, Shannon
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library