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Researching New Orleans Rhythm and Blues (open access)

Researching New Orleans Rhythm and Blues

This article discusses researching New Orleans rhythm and blues.
Date: 1988
Creator: McKnight, Mark, 1951-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public-Access Computer Systems and the Internet (open access)

Public-Access Computer Systems and the Internet

This article discusses Public-Access Computer Systems (PACS) and the Internet.
Date: 1990
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Storage of Electronic Files of Federal Agencies That Have Ceased Operation: A Partnership for Permanent Access (open access)

Storage of Electronic Files of Federal Agencies That Have Ceased Operation: A Partnership for Permanent Access

Article on the storage of electronic files of Federal Agencies that have ceased operation and a partnership for permanent access.
Date: August 7, 2000
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Meeting the Digital Resource Preservation Challenges: The University of North Texas Libraries Initiative

This presentation describes the University of North Texas Libraries' initiatives to ensure long-term access to various digital resources.
Date: 2002
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digitization of Government Information (open access)

Digitization of Government Information

Report submitted by an American Libraries Association (ALA) Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) ad hoc committee charged to "create a report advising GODORT on the best practices and procedures in the digital library field and advise GODORT on the most effective organizational structure for support of the government information community in pursuing digital library initiatives" (p. 2).
Date: June 14, 2002
Creator: American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table. Ad Hoc Committee on Digitization Of Government Information.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum" (open access)

Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum"

Paper contributed to the 2002 Bar Harbor Music Festival. This paper discusses collecting and disseminating new music and the impact of women in music.
Date: July 18, 2002
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Metadata Approach to Preservation of Digital Resources: The University of North Texas Libraries' Experience (open access)

A Metadata Approach to Preservation of Digital Resources: The University of North Texas Libraries' Experience

Article discussing metadata approaches to preservation of digital resources and the experiences of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: August 5, 2002
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hastings, Samantha Kelly & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Targeted Access for Varied Audiences to Integrated, Heterogeneous Digital Information Resources [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2003 ASIS&T Annual Conference. The poster describes the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Portal to Texas History project, which aims to integrate and ensure long-term access to large quantities of heterogeneous digital resources from many different institutions.
Date: 2003
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
Object Type: Poster
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
Findings from the MetaScholar Projects: AmericanSouth and MetaArchive (open access)

Findings from the MetaScholar Projects: AmericanSouth and MetaArchive

Article summarizing major findings of the MetaArchive and AmericanSouth projects, two of the seven projects of the 2001 Mellon Metadata Harvesting Initiative.
Date: October 24, 2003
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions (open access)

The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions

This paper discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Portal to Texas History's archival challenges and solutions. The UNT Texas History Portal Project strives to balance the goals of accessibility of information and long-term preservation of digital objects. This poster details the system that automates the collection of metadata records to coordinate access to web-viewable files and preservation of archived master files.
Date: 2004
Creator: Nordstrom, Kurt; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2004 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL). This poster details the system that automates the collection of metadata records to coordinate access to web-viewable files and preservation of archived master files.
Date: 2004
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Nordstrom, Kurt & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Reviews] From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland (open access)

[Reviews] From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland

This article reviews the book "From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland," by R. Allen Lott and published in 2003.
Date: June 1, 2004
Creator: McKnight, Mark, 1951-
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library

The MetaCombine Project

This poster presentation discusses the MetaCombine project, a Mellon-funded effort based at Emory University, with the goal of discovering and developing systems and methods to more meaningfully combine digital libraries, digital library resources, and digital library services.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Krowne, Aaron; Ingram, Stephen; Pathak, Saurabh & Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting the Demands of Digital Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities (open access)

Meeting the Demands of Digital Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities

Paper accompanying a poster presentation for the 2005 ASIS&T Annual Conference. This paper provides an overall scenario in the areas of aggregating a variety of digital formats, archiving digital content, and innovative uses of digital library technologies.
Date: 2005
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Portal to Texas History: Harnessing Technology to Enable Collaboration with Small Museums and Libraries

This presentation discusses how The Portal to Texas History is harnessing technology to enable collaboration with small museums and libraries. This presentation includes information on the workflows, planning, metadata elements, and goals for the Portal project.
Date: 2005
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Focus Group Report: ALA, Chicago, June, 2005 (open access)

Focus Group Report: ALA, Chicago, June, 2005

This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This report includes the following three sections: (a) the methodology used to conduct the focus groups and analyze the data, (b) the detailed results of the analysis organized into phases of the collection development process, and (c) a discussion of the key findings.
Date: February 14, 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of a portal to Texas history (open access)

Development of a portal to Texas history

Article discussing the development of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Portal to Texas History.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Belden, Dreanna; Reis, Nancy; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Dunlop, Doug
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal (open access)

The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal

Paper for the 2005 IS&T Archiving Conference. This article discusses the issues of compliance and interoperability in integrating heterogeneous digital resources and lessons from the Texas History Portal.
Date: April 2005
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Content Producer Interview Questionnaire (open access)

Content Producer Interview Questionnaire

This document is an interview, questionnaire for the Web-at-Risk project. The purpose of this interview is to explore the issues information publishers or content producers have regarding web archives. The purpose of this discussion is to elicit the needs and thoughts of the users regarding web archives of materials created by a third party, such as a universal library.
Date: May 31, 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
End User Interview Questionnaire (open access)

End User Interview Questionnaire

This document is the end user interview questionnaire used for the Web-at-Risk project. It includes instructions for the interviewer, key concepts, and digital archive examples along with the questions to be asked.
Date: May 31, 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Focus Group Discussion Guide (open access)

Focus Group Discussion Guide

This document is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This is the focus group discussion guide used for the project. The purpose of the questions included in this guide are to create a comfortable atmosphere in which people feel valued for their participation, to establish the context for the discussion, and to provide the facilitator with information about the group.
Date: May 31, 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Focus Group Participant Questionnaire (open access)

Focus Group Participant Questionnaire

This document is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This is the focus group participant questionnaire and lists seven questions for participants to answer.
Date: May 31, 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Needs Assessment Survey (open access)

Needs Assessment Survey

This document is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This is the needs assessment survey for the project. The purpose of this assessment is twofold: (1) to identify curator and end-user needs that impact the collection development process for web archives, and (2) To identify the requirements for the Curator User Interface (CUI) to the web crawler and associated tools in the areas of content crawling, crawl progress monitoring, crawl quality assessment, management and description of crawled content, searching and browsing of crawled content, and preservation of crawled content.
Date: May 31, 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library