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The Challenges Of Implementing A Data Driven Framework in K-12 Education

Poster for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This poster examines the challenges of data managements and use in K-12 education through the technical, knowledge, application, climate and cultural aspects.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Jim, Cary K.; Schultz-Jones, Barbara & Ledbetter, Cynthia
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Analytics Applied in CNKI Databases Search Log

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation describes a study to understand North America users' interests and information behavior in terms of using Chinese content.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Wang, Xin; Chang, Hsia-Ching; Chen, Jiangping & Yang, Jie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborative Innovation and Knowledge Management

Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This poster describes knowledge management values within a supportive software platform.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Zhang, Xiaoru & Wang, Xin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quality Assurance and Evaluation of Change for Patent Metadata

Presented at the 2017 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Conference. This poster describes a study of metadata quality assurance within the Texas Patents Collection of The Portal to Texas History.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Machine Learning for Name Type Classification in Library Metadata (open access)

Machine Learning for Name Type Classification in Library Metadata

This paper describes a study to investigate automatic type classification using machine learning approaches.
Date: August 9, 2017
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Machine Learning for Name Type Classification in Library Metadata

Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology. This poster describes a study to investigate automatic type classification using machine learning approaches.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Allied Program Areas and Specializations within LIS: UNT Experience

This presentation was presented as part of a panel on "The Benefits and Challenges of Allied Programs and Specializations in LIS Units" as part of the opening plenary panel at the 2018 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference. This presentation discusses the rewards and challenges of Library and Information Science (LIS) programs, with a detailed overview of LIS programs offered at the University of North Texas.
Date: February 7, 2018
Creator: Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Attitudes of Scholars Towards Open Access (OA) Repositories

This poster presents data on faculty members' awareness of open access publishing, based on faculty age, college, rank, and status.
Date: February 6, 2018
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Revisiting the Evolving Landscape of Open Access and Scholarly Communication

Presentation at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education. This presentation contains questions and topics of discussion for the panelists.
Date: February 8, 2018
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis; Helge, Kris; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Hastings, Samantha Kelly et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Defining Data Literacy: An Empirical Study of Data Literacy Dimension

Poster on an analysis of publications from 2002-2021 on data literacy to identify relevant topics and trends. This is a part of preliminary work done to support a proposal for an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant. It was presented at the 2021 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference held virtually September 20-24, 2021.
Date: September 21, 2021
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun; Hong, Lingzi & Evans, Sarah
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Comparative Analysis of Data Literacy Competency Frameworks

Poster on a comparative analysis of data literacy competency frameworks. Seven competency frameworks were selected for in-depth analysis, and the results are compiled in a table. This work is part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant. It was presented at the 2022 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference held October 24-26, 2022.
Date: October 25, 2022
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun & Berka, Catrina
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Getting Smarter: Definition, Scope, and Implications of Smart Libraries (open access)

Getting Smarter: Definition, Scope, and Implications of Smart Libraries

This paper describes a meta-synthesis of existing qualitative research on smart libraries to demonstrate the transition of technology changing to meet users' needs.
Date: June 4, 2018
Creator: Zimmerman, Tara & Chang, Hsia-Ching
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Unfolding Research Data Services: An Information Architecture Perspective

Poster presented at the 2018 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. This poster describes the use of a content analysis with the lens of information architecture to better understand how research data services are organize in North American academic library websites, and to what extent the research data lifecycle is supported within these services.
Date: June 4, 2018
Creator: Khan, Hammad; Chang, Hsia-Ching & Kim, Jeonghyun
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfolding Research Data Services: An Information Architecture Perspective (open access)

Unfolding Research Data Services: An Information Architecture Perspective

This paper describes the use of a content analysis with the lens of information architecture to better understand how research data services are organize in North American academic library websites, and to what extent the research data lifecycle is supported within these services.
Date: June 4, 2018
Creator: Khan, Hammad; Chang, Hsia-Ching & Kim, Jeonghyun
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluating Translation Quality (open access)

A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluating Translation Quality

This paper explores the possibility of applying Machine Learning for Machine Translation evaluation.
Date: June 20, 2017
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda & Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluating Translation Quality

Poster presented at the 2017 ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. explores the possibility of applying Machine Learning for Machine Translation evaluation.
Date: June 20, 2017
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda & Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editing of Library Metadata Records and its Effect on Subject Access: An Empirical Investigation (open access)

Editing of Library Metadata Records and its Effect on Subject Access: An Empirical Investigation

This paper was presented at the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress Satellite Meeting on Subject Access: Unlimited Opportunities. This paper reports on the change in a sample of MARC 21 library metadata records over a period of two years.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Shakeri, Shadi & Kizhakkethil, Priya
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gender Differences in 7th Grade Students' Interest in STEM after Participating in a Solenoid Instructional Unit (open access)

Gender Differences in 7th Grade Students' Interest in STEM after Participating in a Solenoid Instructional Unit

Paper presented at the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. The research presented studies achievement scores and affinity towards STEM scores of male and female students after participating in a unit focused on understanding a solenoid.
Date: 2019-06-15/2019-06-19
Creator: Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.; Smith, Daniella & Johnson, Karen R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Descriptive richness of free-text metadata: a comparative analysis of three language archives

This article analyzes item‐level metadata in three language archives by focusing on free‐text metadata: the Endangered Language Archive, Pacific Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, and the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. The study identified categories of information included in Description metadata fields and the relative distribution of these categories.
Date: October 22, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis (open access)

Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis

This paper presents results of an exploratory analysis of representation of dates in over 8 million metadata records from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and compares it to Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) specifications.
Date: November 6, 2015
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Tarver, Hannah & Kizhakkethil, Priya
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immersion Librarianship: An assessment of transforming LIS students' professional worldview through a service learning project at an international school library (open access)

Immersion Librarianship: An assessment of transforming LIS students' professional worldview through a service learning project at an international school library

This paper was presented at the 2017 IFLA World Library and Information Congress. This paper contains a summary of the study to discern what students learned from a library and information science service learning study abroad program to Russia in 2012.
Date: June 21, 2017
Creator: Walczyk, Christine & Schultz-Jones, Barbara
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Metadata Record Graphs to understand controlled vocabulary and keyword usage for subject representation in the UNT theses and dissertations collection (open access)

Using Metadata Record Graphs to understand controlled vocabulary and keyword usage for subject representation in the UNT theses and dissertations collection

This article discusses the use of network analysis through the creation Metadata Record Graphs to analyze the interconnectedness of subject and keywords in the University of North Texas Theses and Dissertations collection. The analysis compares overlap of controlled terms (Library of Congress Subject Headings) and uncontrolled terms (keywords), as well as the effects of basic format normalization (to simulate editing values for consistency) to evaluate how well subjects connect in the collection.
Date: December 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Tarver, Hannah & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insights Into the Factors Influencing Student Motivation in Augmented Reality Learning Experiences in Vocational Education and Training (open access)

Insights Into the Factors Influencing Student Motivation in Augmented Reality Learning Experiences in Vocational Education and Training

This article attempts to identify some of the components that positively affect student motivation in mobile augmented reality (AR) learning experiences to contribute to the design and development of motivational AR learning experiences for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) level of education.
Date: August 21, 2018
Creator: Bacca, Jorge; Baldiris, Silvia; Fabregat, Ramon & Kinshuk
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creativity and Cognition in Extreme Environments: The Space Arts as a Case Study (open access)

Creativity and Cognition in Extreme Environments: The Space Arts as a Case Study

Article uses 4E cognition as a framework to explore creativity in extreme environments. The article examines space arts as a case study through the history, present practices, and future possible arts in the context of humans beyond the Kármán boundary of the Earth’s atmosphere. This article is part of the research topic Creative Performance in Extreme Human Environments: Astronauts and Space
Date: September 29, 2020
Creator: Hays, Kathryn; Kubli, Cris & Malina, Roger F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library