UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document (open access)

UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document

The UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document is designed to supplement and provide extended reference to the UNT Libraries’ TRAC Audit Checklist (Appendix A), which outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Repository. The self assessment of the UNT Libraries and its Digital Collections encompasses an evaluation of its associated policies, procedures, workflows, modelling, and technical infrastructure in the TRAC audit process.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Krahmer, Ana; Tarver, Hannah & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

IIIF and the UNT Digital Collections

Presentation for the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Archives Community Group virtual meeting held on May 12, 2020. The presentation is a demonstration of the IIIF by the University of North Texas' digital collections.
Date: May 12, 2020
Creator: Hicks, William & McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix S: UNT Digital Libraries: Risk Analysis and Management Strategy Plan (open access)

Appendix S: UNT Digital Libraries: Risk Analysis and Management Strategy Plan

Appendix to the UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document. This appendix describes threats that could disrupt normal operations of the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, as well as risk-minimization strategies, system infrastructures, opening practices, and business relationships employed to reduce potential impact of threats.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Krahmer, Ana; Tarver, Hannah; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries (open access)

Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries

Report on resource discovery systems at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: September 14, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Weng, Neena; Thomale, Jason & Hicks, William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing UNT's Presence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Building Partnerships with Ethiopian Higher Education Institutions

Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses enhancing UNT's presence in Sub-Saharan Africa and building partnerships with Ethiopian higher education institutions.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Implementing a Serial Title Database: A UNT Case Study

Presentation outlining information about the deployment of a new serial title database in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, including background information, purpose of the database, record modeling, and integration into the public interface.
Date: October 18, 2023
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections (open access)

Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections

Article discussing a case study of the UNT Libraries digital collections and managing serials in a large digital library.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Waugh, Laura; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
SIG Annual Activities Report and SIG-Of-The-Year Criteria and Checklist: International Information Issues (SIG-III) (open access)

SIG Annual Activities Report and SIG-Of-The-Year Criteria and Checklist: International Information Issues (SIG-III)

Report on the annual activities from 2011-2012 for the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) and the SIG-of-the-Year criteria and checklist.
Date: 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lessons Learned in Creating New Digital Libraries Interfaces

Presentation for the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation discusses lessons learned from the UNT Libraries redesign of two digital library interfaces: The Portal to Texas History and the UNT Digital Library.
Date: May 25, 2017
Creator: Hicks, William & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
ASIS&T Regional and Student Chapters Annual Report to the Board (open access)

ASIS&T Regional and Student Chapters Annual Report to the Board

This report contains a summary of ASIS&T Regional and Student Chapter activities from 2016-2017.
Date: October 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing the Quality of Metadata: Modular Approach to Digital Resource Lifecycle Management

This Tech Talk presentation discusses digital resource management. Templates, validation, controlled vocabularies, analysis tools, graphical reports, and more are explained in this presentation.
Date: March 16, 2007
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Partnership for Building Institutional/National Capacity: Addis Ababa University and University of North Texas Initiatives

Presentation for the 2015 International Conference on Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Education, and Training. This presentation discusses partnerships for building institutional/national capacity and initiatives at Addis Ababa University and the University of North Texas.
Date: May 2015
Creator: Abate, Solomon Teferra & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
ASIS&T SIG-III's 30th Anniversary Commemorative Publication (open access)

ASIS&T SIG-III's 30th Anniversary Commemorative Publication

Book published for the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III). As part of the celebrations for the 75th ASIS&T anniversary and 30th anniversary of SIG-III), this special commemorative publication was created. In this anniversary publication, current and past SIG-III officers attempt to capture some of the SIG-III activities and highlight the challenges as well as the successes that the ASIS&T community has had in the last 30 years.
Date: 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Maintaining Quality Metadata: Toward Effective Digital Resource Lifecycle Management

This presentation discusses the critical issues of metadata quality in digital libraries and describes the efforts being made by the University of North Texas Libraries to ensure metadata quality at various levels of digital resources' life cycle.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection (open access)

Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection

This paper applies the analytic hierarchy process to evaluate collection development strategies for an institutional repository.
Date: May 23, 2018
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Harker, Karen & Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classification Of The End-Of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices To Web Archives (open access)

Classification Of The End-Of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices To Web Archives

This is the final report for the EOTCD project, which is formally titled 'Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives.' The project commenced December 1, 2009 and ended November 30, 2012. The overview includes background information about the End of Term (EOT) 2008 Archive and a brief description of the activities conducted in the project's four work areas. Following the Overview there are three sections: Goals Accomplished; Significant Findings and Accomplishments; and Project Achievements.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Murray, Kathleen R. & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interviews with SIG/III Co-founders: Reflections of Toni Carbo and Michel Menou (open access)

Interviews with SIG/III Co-founders: Reflections of Toni Carbo and Michel Menou

Article discussing interviews with the Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) co-founders Toni Carbo and Michel Menou.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library