Encouraging Research and Publication among Academic Librarians

Presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This presentation discusses encouraging research and publication among academic librarians. It covers topics on why support is needed, related surveys and methodology, respondents, and library research committees.
Date: June 2013
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cataloging that Works: How to Make E-books Findable

Presentation for the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference as part of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group sponsored program. This presentation discusses a study on the discoverability of ebooks in library catalogs.
Date: June 29, 2014
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating on Scholarship

The presentation examines the considerations and processes for collaborating on scholarship from the perspective of academic librarians. It includes how to choose team members, facilitate collaboration and organize all the elements of a project to create a successful publication or presentation. Also included are administrative responsibilities, thoughts on handling problems, and examples of delineating responsibilities. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Complete Beginners’ Guide to Getting Involved in Professional Associations

Presentation to help individuals looking to participate in professional associations related to libraries. It was presented at the 2022 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference which was held virtually on July 29, 2022.
Date: July 29, 2022
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & King, Tanesa
System: The UNT Digital Library

Usage of E-books With Enriched Bibliographic Records

Presentation for the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference. This presentation discusses the usage of e-books with enriched bibliographic records.
Date: March 17, 2014
Creator: Harker, Karen & Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating on Scholarship

Presentation for the UNT Libraries Career Development Workgroup. This presentation discusses the benefits of collaboration on scholarship with examples from the library environment. It presents an overview of the process as well as providing suggestions for those interested in collaborating on projects.
Date: March 3, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries

Presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This presentation discusses fostering a culture of research and publication in academic libraries.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Wahl, Diane
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library

Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the results of a survey that was administered from October 27 through November 17, 2014. The survey assessed how Public Services employees rate the importance of Cataloging and Metadata Services activities, and how satisfied Public Services employees are with Cataloging and Metadata Services activities.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Loafman, Kathryn & Welch, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library

Want to be a Cataloging Manager?

Presentation sharing research on job advertisements for cataloging manager positions in academic libraries from 2015 through 2020. The presenters discuss how required and preferred qualifications have evolved over time. Recommendations for writing job advertisements to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion are provided. It was presented virtually for the ALA Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group (RPLTS) Core IG Week program, on March 9, 2022.
Date: March 9, 2022
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing Discovery of Unique Collections: Get Ahead of the Game

Presented at the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses how best practices were implemented to meet user needs when cataloging a large collection of tabletop games.
Date: June 24, 2017
Creator: Robson, Diane; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cataloging for Makerspaces

Presentation for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference for the Cataloging and Metadata Round Table. This presentation covers descriptive cataloging, subject headings and genre terms for makerspace materials. The presentation refers to two supplemental documents: "Genre Terms for Makerspace Materials" and "LCSH for Makerspace Activities".
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Just Catalog It! Providing Access to 3-D Materials

Presented for an Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) webinar. This presentation discusses how to catalog games and three-dimensional materials using current cataloging standards, and how to increase discoverability of catalog records by applying facets and genre terms.
Date: November 15, 2017
Creator: Robson, Diane; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organizing a Successful Workload Analysis Project

Presentation focusing on a project-based experience to analyze workflows within technical services that influenced workload leveling and understanding of work across technical services at the UNT Libraries. It was presented at the CORE Interest Group Week held March 6-10, 2023.
Date: March 10, 2023
Creator: Yanowski, Kevin; Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organizing a Successful Workload Analysis Project

Presentation sharing the process for developing and executing a workload analysis project at the University of North Texas Libraries for the Cataloging and Metadata Services department. It was presented at the Creative Solutions in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Resources Management Conference held by Amigos Library Services on February 15, 2024.
Date: February 15, 2024
Creator: Yanowski, Kevin; Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organizing a Successful Workload Analysis Project

Presentation sharing the process for developing and executing a workload analysis project at the University of North Texas Libraries for the Cataloging and Metadata Services department. It was presented at the Creative Solutions in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Resources Management Conference held by Amigos Library Services on February 15, 2024.
Date: February 15, 2024
Creator: Yanowski, Kevin; Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing an Academic Library Professional Development Program

This presentation discusses assessment methods for UNT Libraries' professional development program.
Date: April 22, 2016
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; O'Toole, Erin & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing a Professional Development Program for Academic Librarians

This presentation describes how measures of need, participation, satisfaction, and impact are used to assess many aspects of a professional development program in a large academic library. It was presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association Conference of 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Date: October 31, 2019
Creator: Harker, Karen; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library

E-Resource Cataloging: Challenges and Solutions

In this presentation, catalogers from a large academic library share how they make e-resources discoverable through their approach to record quality assessment, batch editing with regular expressions in MarcEdit, and record load tracking. The presenters also provided handouts with helpful information about their processes and procedures.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Wolf, Stacey; Baron, Adam; Berg, Jeremy; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessment of a Faculty Mentoring Program Using Validated Instruments

This presentation focuses on the faculty mentoring program for librarians at the University of North Texas. They used validated instruments to ensure the quality of the program. It was presented at the Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference in 2019.
Date: October 2, 2019
Creator: Harker, Karen; Keshmiripour, Setareh; McIntosh, Marcia; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing an Academic Library Mentoring Program

Considering the importance of mentoring not only for early career librarians but for librarians throughout their career, this presentation provides insights about the University of North Texas Libraries' mentoring program goals and detail analysis of assessment and evaluation methods.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Harker, Karen; Keshmiripour, Setareh; McIntosh, Marcia; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians

Presentation for the 2018 Library Assessment Conference. This presentation describes the assessment of a mentoring program at an academic library.
Date: December 5, 2018
Creator: Harker, Karen; Keshmiripour, Setareh; McIntosh, Marcia; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
System: The UNT Digital Library