These Tunes Ain't Straight In Line: Grateful Dead Shows and Problems with Music Cataloging Outside of the Western Art Paradigm

Presentation provides an overview of the structure upon which modern library resource description is based, and we will highlight the difficulties of imposing this description standard on music for which it was not optimized, using examples from the Grateful Dead repertoire. It was presented at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association's 44th Annual Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Date: February 23, 2023
Creator: Berg, Jeremy & West, Janelle
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

I Can't Believe It's Not Borodin!: Documenting Performance Practice with Piano Rolls

The presentation discusses the value and importance of preserving piano rolls.
Date: April 23, 2016
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Re-Purposing of Freely Available Government Documents

This presentation discusses the re-purposing of freely available government documents. It specifically describes projects by the University of North Texas Libraries including The Portal to Texas History, collections in the UNT Digital Library, newspaper projects, and the digitization of maps.
Date: July 23, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

EDI in Organizations: A Libraries' Perspective

Presentation from librarians at the UNT Libraries share some of the EDI initiatives taking place in the UNT Libraries stemming from a multi-level climate survey, how the libraries as a whole is trying to be a better ally, and how we can help other departments with their EDI initiatives. It was presented at the 2022 UNT Equity & Diversity Conference held on March 23, 2022.
Date: March 23, 2022
Creator: Condrey, Coby; Dooley, Yvonne; Wolf, Stacey & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating player task engagement and arousal using electroencephalography (open access)

Evaluating player task engagement and arousal using electroencephalography

This paper from the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conference, AHFE 2015 conference proceedings coordinate task engagement data with arousal-valence data for application to expressive transformations to video game play in real time by tuning different performance parameters in an Engagement-Arousal rule system.
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: McMahan, Timothy; Parberry, Ian & Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Metadata Record Graphs to Understand Digital Library Metadata

Presentation discussing the evaluation of network analysis (with Metadata Record Graphs) for metadata in six digital library collections, to determine the usefulness of network-based metrics compared to other statistical data.
Date: September 23, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organizational Alignment (open access)

Organizational Alignment

This paper discusses organizational alignment and digital preservation.
Date: May 23, 2011
Creator: Angevaare, Inge; Gallinger, Michelle; Anderson, Martha; Giaretta, David & Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tiny Tweaks: Small Interventions to Help Improve Student Worker Performance

Presentation for Texas Conference on Digital Libraries 2019. This presentation discusses ways to enhance student assistants productivity and shares UNT's experiences, including simplifying workflows and making small changes in training that can go long ways in terms of improving students overall performances.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Willis, Shannon
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative

Presentation with speakers' notes describing the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative at the University of North Texas Libraries. This initiative uses findings documented in recent studies addressing information seeking behaviors of transgender persons and their perceptions of the library to provide more equitable access to their services and collections. The presentation shares the needs assessment, collection development process, promotion and outreach, and next steps related to this initiative in hopes that other libraries can modify them to serve marginalized populations in their communities.
Date: July 23, 2021
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bringing the World to the Classroom through Videoconferencing and Project-based Learning (open access)

Bringing the World to the Classroom through Videoconferencing and Project-based Learning

Article describes a case study of a Texas-based school that implemented global projects to connect their students with many states and countries as a platform for integrating collaboration and communication skills, technology tools, and cultural diversity into an existing curriculum.
Date: April 23, 2014
Creator: Hopper, Susan B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of a Fundamental Motor Skill-Based Afterschool Program on Children’s Physical and Cognitive Health Outcomes (open access)

Effects of a Fundamental Motor Skill-Based Afterschool Program on Children’s Physical and Cognitive Health Outcomes

Paper describes study examining the effects of an 8-week fundamental motor skills-based afterschool program on physical and cognitive health outcomes among elementary children.
Date: January 23, 2020
Creator: Lee, Joonyoung; Zhang, Tao; Chu, Tsz Lun (Alan); Gu, Xiangli & Zhu, Ping
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library