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Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care (open access)

Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care

Paper examines the perspectives of Indian immigrants on health care.
Date: 2008
Creator: LaBrake, Aleina
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas (open access)

Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas

Paper discusses archival research into women in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex who changed society.
Date: 2007
Creator: Blackburn, Renée
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education, Feminism, and Spanish: The Definition of a Library Cuban (open access)

Education, Feminism, and Spanish: The Definition of a Library Cuban

Paper discusses Latina professors at the University of North Texas and aims to give insight into their lives by focusing on how race, gender, and language interact in their everyday lives.
Date: 2006
Creator: Sibley, Candace
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ready for Apocalypse: Survivalism and Stigma in Online Communities (open access)

Ready for Apocalypse: Survivalism and Stigma in Online Communities

Paper examines survivalists in online communities, the sigma associated with their culture, and their conceptions of common stereotypes.
Date: 2009
Creator: Roberts, Stephen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability (open access)

Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability

Paper examines the knowledge, beliefs, values, concerns, and actions of college students at the University of North Texas toward sustainability.
Date: 2007
Creator: Atkinson, Ange
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey (open access)

Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey

Paper discusses the experience of conducting anthropological research into the Cuban diaspora to Texas as a creative writing student.
Date: 2008
Creator: Vega, Jason
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors (open access)

Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors

Paper examines the ways in which “public characters” in South Dallas regulated the space in their regular gathering area, with a focus on the need for life-sustaining informal spaces.
Date: 2009
Creator: Oliver, Elisha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitators and Inhibitors to Self-Maintenance for Type II Diabetics (open access)

Facilitators and Inhibitors to Self-Maintenance for Type II Diabetics

Paper explores factors that influence the ability of Type-II diabetics to follow recommended self-maintenance procedures.
Date: 2007
Creator: Davis, Rian E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project (open access)

Writing Transformations: Mediating the Effects of High-Stakes Testing Through the National Writing Project

Paper discusses the efforts of the National Writing Project (NWP) to mitigate the effects of high-stakes testing on teachers and students.
Date: 2008
Creator: Llanes, Sharaya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory User Research for Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (open access)

Exploratory User Research for Computational Resource for South Asian Languages

Report for the project, Exploratory User Research for CoRSAL, which was an exploratory ethnographic study to generate a foundational understanding of how different user groups might use a planned language archive for South Asian languages. Their research project was to be used by the CoRSAL team to help plan the design of CoRSAL’s infrastructure, and laid the groundwork for further studies that will take a deeper look at issues surrounding the design and use of the planned language archive.
Date: December 7, 2016
Creator: Al Smadi, Duha; Barnes, Sebastian; Blair, Molly; Chong, Miyoung; Cole-Jett, Robin; Davis, Aaron et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 5 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 5

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the last eight minutes of the first workshop discussion topic, which lasted about 1.5 hours. Due to technical issues, the earlier part of the discussion was not successfully videorecorded; it can be found on Audio 3. The discussion topic was: who are users and how do they interact with language archives.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 5 transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 5

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This audio file documents the first half of the second day of the workshop. The discussion topics were: creation of a language archive typology, facilitating the use of language archives, challenges and other factors to consider in the development of UCD guidelines, and organizations to partner with for UCD guidelines.
Date: February 21, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 4 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 4

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the final presentations by workshop participants on the perspectives of stakeholder groups. It contains presentations by Crysta Metcalf, Santosh Basapur, and Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 3 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 3

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the last part of the presentation by Alex Wadsworth. Due to technical difficulties, there is a gap between the end of Video 2 and the start of Video 3. The missing presentations can be found on Audio 2.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 1 transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 1

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This audio file documents the start of the workshop; it contains an overview of language archives by Gary Holton and an overview of user-centered design by Christina Wasson.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 1 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 1

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the start of the workshop; it contains an overview of language archives by Gary Holton and an overview of user-centered design by Christina Wasson.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 6 transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 6

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This audio file documents the remainder of the second day of the workshop. The main discussion topics were: “aha” moments and advice from workshop participants, and closing remarks from organizers.
Date: February 21, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 2 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 2

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents presentations by workshop participants on the perspectives of stakeholder groups. It contains presentations by Loriene Roy, Daryl Baldwin, Edward Alexander, Wesley Leonard, Michael Shepard, Andrea Berez-Kroeker, Justin Spencer, Mandana Seyfeddinipur, and the first part of Felix Rau’s presentation.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 2 transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 2

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This audio file documents presentations by workshop participants on the perspectives of stakeholder groups. It contains presentations by Loriene Roy, Daryl Baldwin, Edward Alexander, Wesley Leonard, Michael Shepard, Andrea Berez-Kroeker, Justin Spencer, Mandana Seyfeddinpur, Felix Rau, Susan Kung, Jennifer O'Neal, and Alexander Wadsworth.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 3 transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 3

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This audio file continues from Audio 2, further documenting presentations by workshop participants on the perspectives of stakeholder groups. It contains presentations by Crysta Metcalf, Santosh Basapur, and Shobhana Chelliah. This audio file also documents the beginning of the first workshop discussion topic. The topic was: who are users and how do they interact with language archives.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 7 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 7

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video documents the first hour of discussion on the second day of the workshop. The topics were: creation of a language archive typology, facilitating the use of language archives, and challenges and other factors to consider in the development of UCD guidelines.
Date: February 21, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 4 transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Audio 4

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This audio file documents the rest of the discussions on the first day of the workshop. The topics were: archive roles and brainstorming types of language archives.
Date: February 20, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 9 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 9

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video continues from Video 8 in documenting discussion on the second day of the workshop. It goes to the end of the workshop. The topics were: organizations to partner with for UCD guidelines, “aha” moments and advice from workshop participants, and closing remarks from organizers.
Date: February 21, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 8 captions transcript

Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives: Video 8

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This video continues from Video 7 in documenting discussion on the second day of the workshop. The topic was: challenges and other factors to consider in the development of UCD guidelines.
Date: February 21, 2016
Creator: Wasson, Christina; Holton, Gary; Alexander, Edward; Baldwin, Daryl; Basapur, Santosh; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library