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Metadata Records Translation And Evaluation for Multilingual Information Access

This presentation was given as an invited talk to faculty and students at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) in Toluca, Mexico. The presentation discusses research on multilingual information access and the Metadata Records Translation (MRT) Project.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Definition and Goals of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork (open access)

Definition and Goals of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork

Book chapter defining descriptive linguistic fieldwork, explores tasks that fall under this definition, outlines goals of descriptive linguistic fieldwork, and identifies aspirations and limitations of linguistic fieldworkers.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & de Reuse, Willem
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information (open access)

Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Article discussing a philosophy of educating health information professionals in a rapidly changing health care and information environment.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata Records Translation: The Case of The Portal to Texas History (open access)

Metadata Records Translation: The Case of The Portal to Texas History

Article on metadata records translation and a study of The Portal to Texas History.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chen, Jiangping; Ding, Ren & Jiang, Shan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: A Mixed-Methods Twitter Study (open access)

Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: A Mixed-Methods Twitter Study

This article examines the design of a course that utilized the real-time information network Twitter to spark reflective thinking and communication based on classroom topics.
Date: 2011
Creator: Wakefield, Jenny S.; Warren, Scott J. & Alsobrook, Metta
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contextual Metadata in Digital Aggregations: Application of Collection-Level Subject Metadata and its Role in User Interactions and Information Retrieval (open access)

Contextual Metadata in Digital Aggregations: Application of Collection-Level Subject Metadata and its Role in User Interactions and Information Retrieval

Article discussing a study of contextual metadata in digital aggregations. Results of this study prove importance of provision of collection-level metadata in general and subject metadata in particular to enhance user experiences and information retrieval in digital libraries.
Date: December 19, 2011
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Free-Text Collection-Level Metadata in Large-Scale Digital Libraries: A Comparative Content Analysis [Presentation] captions transcript

Free-Text Collection-Level Metadata in Large-Scale Digital Libraries: A Comparative Content Analysis [Presentation]

This presentation includes audio/video media and discusses metadata. This presentation reports results of the study that used an in-depth comparative content analysis to assess free-text collection-level subject metadata in three large-scale digital cultural heritage aggregations in the United States and Europe.
Date: September 23, 2011
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Free-Text Collection-Level Subject Metadata in Large-Scale Digital Libraries: A Comparative Content Analysis (open access)

Free-Text Collection-Level Subject Metadata in Large-Scale Digital Libraries: A Comparative Content Analysis

This paper reports results of the study that used an in-depth comparative content analysis to assess free-text collection-level subject metadata in three large-scale digital cultural heritage aggregations in the United States and Europe.
Date: 2011
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

This presentation discusses open access and scholarly communication. The topics include why open access is important, how it impacts scholarly communication, and intellectual property.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers (open access)

Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo

Transcription and translation of the recording of Muneem Dawar, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, reciting the story of juniper tree of Boyo ("Boyuwe Gal").
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Information Curation for 21st Century Science and Scholarship: Experience-Based Learning for Information Professionals and Disciplinary Researchers (open access)

Digital Information Curation for 21st Century Science and Scholarship: Experience-Based Learning for Information Professionals and Disciplinary Researchers

This paper proposes a project on experience-based learning for information professionals and disciplinary researchers. Proposal written for the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
Date: 2011
Creator: Moen, William E.; Kim, Jeonghyun & Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Multilingual Information Access for Digital Libraries - The Metadata Records Translation Project

This presentation was given as an invited talk to faculty and students at Wuhan University, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University, and the Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences. The presentation discusses research on multilingual information access for digital libraries and the Metadata Records Translation (MRT) Project.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instructional Design Strategies for Teaching Technological Courses Online (open access)

Instructional Design Strategies for Teaching Technological Courses Online

This paper describes different instructional design strategies for teaching computer technological courses online.
Date: September 28, 2011
Creator: Chen, Jiangping & Knudson, Ryan
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photography Changes Our Environmental Awareness (open access)

Photography Changes Our Environmental Awareness

This article is part of a series by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative called Click! Photography Changes Everything. This article discusses how photography and increased visibility can bridge the gap between the natural world and human interaction.
Date: 2011
Creator: O'Connor, Brian Clark & Klaver, Irene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition (open access)

Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition

Modified customary law only to be followed by the Komrem people in Sagang area Churachanpur district of Manipur. Modification made after conversion into Christainity.
Date: January 18, 2011
Creator: Sagang Area Custom and Cultural Administration Committee Sagang Churachandpur Dist. Manipur
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Call Number, Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 2011 (open access)

Call Number, Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 2011

Call Number is a twice yearly (spring and fall) magazine of the College of Information at the University of North Texas. The periodical contains information about professors, news in the departments, and the school's alumni.
Date: 2011
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Information.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Call Number, Volume 70, Number 2, Fall 2011 (open access)

Call Number, Volume 70, Number 2, Fall 2011

Call Number is a twice yearly (spring and fall) magazine of the College of Information at the University of North Texas. The periodical contains information about professors, news in the departments, and the school's alumni.
Date: Autumn 2011
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Information.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library