Piloting OpenProject for Digital Projects

Presentation describing the development of project management systems for digital projects by piloting the open-source software OpenProject. It was presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries 2022 which was held virtually on May 23, 2022.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
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

Skill-Building in Online Graduate-Level Metadata Instruction through the Prism of Quality Evaluation of Student-Created Metadata

Presentation addressing the need for effective training in metadata creation for library and information science students through an overview of the metadata creation skill-building content of the online introductory graduate metadata course at the University of North Texas, results of the analysis of quality in student-created metadata records, and discussion of how the observed common metadata quality issues might inform curriculum development.
Date: October 21, 2020
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana & Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral Histories in The Portal to Texas History

This presentation focused on the background and workflows of adding oral histories to The Portal to Texas History. It was presented as part of the Oral History Forum Webinar Series.
Date: February 15, 2023
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Scavenger Hunts, Zoom & Trolls: Lessons Learned from Virtual Outreach

Poster highlighting virtual outreach events to engage students during the COVID-19 pandemic. These events utilized Zoom’s video conferencing technology and aimed to be entertaining while also promoting the library’s virtual reference services.
Date: August 7, 2023
Creator: Brents, Madison
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collection Evaluation for Enhancements: Languages and Literatures

Presentation used to report the evaluation of UNT Libraries’ holdings supporting the curriculum and research in the area of languages and literatures. This collection analysis was focused on the four languages which undergraduates and graduate degrees are offered, including literatures and cultures.
Date: December 4, 2023
Creator: Harker, Karen; Byrne, Sephra & Irhamni, Irhamni
System: The UNT Digital Library

Computational Resource for South Asian Languages Metadata Infrastructure to Support Social Media Interactions

Presentation exploring the technical perspective of displaying CoRSAL content on social media.
Date: October 1, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
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

High-Quality Diet of Journals: Comparison of Top-ranked with Most-used Journals at a Large Academic Library

Presentation is a follow-up on work from the UNT Libraries regarding compiled data from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and its comparison to UNT holdings. Journal usage data has been added to provide a more complete answer to the original question posed previously. The presentation focuses less on the technology and steps for gathering this data, and more on the results and the limitations of such an analysis. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Hergert, Christopher; Byrne, Sephra & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

To Meet or Not to Meet: How We Really Feel

Presentation highlights meeting science in the context of libraries with support from a survey conducted by the authors. Topics include the predictors of success for productive meetings, what academic librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership are, and learn about the “best practices” for meeting participation and leadership. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure for Enabling Access to Unique Collections

Presentation discussing the challenges and opportunities in making unique collections available online. Part of a webinar hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder for the Curating the Campus speaker series, on March 31, 2021.
Date: March 31, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Web Archiving: How do we Preserve the Web?

Presentation discussing long-term preservation and access through the process of web archiving. This presentation was given as part of the Spring 2022 Department of Information Science Research Meetings (a.k.a Brown Bag meetings).
Date: March 9, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Design Tips & Tricks for Presentations and Posters

Presentation that highlights the use of basic design principles when creating presentations and posters. It was organized by the UNT Libraries' Career Development Committee and held virtually on May 12, 2020.
Date: May 12, 2020
Creator: Barham, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit: Lessons Learned

This presentation gives an overview of the University of North Texas Libraries digital repository self-audit according to the Trusted Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist (2014). It was given at the Designing Storage Architectures for Digital Collections virtual meeting hosted by the Library of Congress on March 14, 2022.
Date: March 14, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mindful Study Breaks

This presentation is a workshop that provides a structured program of five mindfulness exercises to help individuals learn how to develop mindfulness practices that may be useful when studying. The program is connected to an optional research study on mindfulness programming in libraries.
Date: February 16, 2022
Creator: Henson, Brea
System: The UNT Digital Library

Who still checks stuff out?: A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Presentation examining the changes to physical circulation of the University of North Texas Libraries' physical materials collection.
Date: 2021-11-02/2021-11-04
Creator: Byrne, Sephra; Hergert, Christopher & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating a Local Usage Collection System: PySUSHI

Presentation discussing the design and implementation of a built-in-house usage collection system for electronic resource usage via release 4 and release 5 of the SUSHI protocol, as well as the design and integration of additional modules for the loading of manually downloaded COUNTER reports.
Date: 2021-11-01/2021-11-04
Creator: Hergert, Christopher; Harker, Karen & Byrne, Sephra
System: The UNT Digital Library

Saving the Byrds: Reshaping Digitization Workflows for Photographic Materials

Presentation detailing the customized workflow established for the creation of the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection in the UNT Digital Library, as well as the unique problems and solutions that arose throughout the course of the project. It was presented at the 2023 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) held May 16-18, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
Date: May 18, 2023
Creator: Ekberg, Samantha
System: The UNT Digital Library

Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Through a Social Justice Framework

Presentation discussing the disproportionality in special education programs, which is the over or under representation of a specific group or population identified with a disability or placed in special education in comparison to the actual number of students, and it provides some actionable solutions. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
Date: March 30, 2023
Creator: Barrio, Brenda L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Factores que Influyen en laCreciente Demanda y Escasa Oferta de Maestros Bilingües

Presentation examining the factors influencing the growing demand for bilingual teachers in the United States, but it also highlights the ongoing shortage of bilingual teachers. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
Date: March 31, 2023
Creator: Barahona, Elba
System: The UNT Digital Library

SUCCESS of UNT Pre-service Teachers and Latino Families

Presentation highlighting Project SUCCESS in Language and Literacy Instruction which is a Title III National Professional Development Program at the University of North Texas funded by the U. S. Department of Education. The project is directed by the Bilingual Teacher Education Program of the University of North Texas. UNT works in partnership with Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Region 10 ESC, the Latino Family Literacy Project, and the Intercultural Development Research Association for this project. The goals of the project are to prepare bilingual and ESL pre-service teachers, to provide professional development for in service teachers to improve their instruction for English Learners (ELs) and to engage teachers with families and communities. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
Date: March 31, 2023
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.; Cosmann, Alexandra; Torres, Pricila & Garcia Prieto, Naidia
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Voice of the Bilingual Teacher: An Authoritative Source for Emergent Bilingual Students’ Success -A Narrative Inquiry

Presentation on a study that sought the voice of the bilingual teacher through their lived experiences in relation to the success of Hispanic emergent bilinguals in school. This inquiry sought to uncover what practices bilingual teachers use to support their students’ academic and socio-emotional needs. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
Date: March 30, 2023
Creator: Subramaniam, Karthigeyan & Lerwick, Patry
System: The UNT Digital Library

Access Services 2.0 through Employee-Directed Planning

Presentation discusses utilizing participatory leadership techniques such as circle practice and World Cafe´ to enhance employee involvement in organizational planning. Access Services employees were empowered to participate in setting goals, future planning, and restructuring the department. The details of the process, lessons learned, and challenges will be shared. It was presented at the 2022 Access Services Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Knox, Briana
System: The UNT Digital Library

Filling the Gap: A Focus on Accessibility and Curriculum in Equipment Lending

Presentation discussing the steps taken to create a new circulating collection of equipment items, from needs assessment and item selection to circulation and promotion. Best practices for cataloging, circulation, and item storage will be discussed. Presenters share a LibGuide created to enhance the discoverability of the collection and discuss decisions made about content and format. The presenters also highlight project successes, as well as some of the challenges faced and lessons learned. It was presented at the 2022 Access Services Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Knox, Briana & Akers, Emily
System: The UNT Digital Library