Framework for designing motivational augmented reality applications in vocational education and training (open access)

Framework for designing motivational augmented reality applications in vocational education and training

This article introduces and evaluates a framework for designing motivational augmented reality applications.
Date: June 21, 2019
Creator: Bacca, Jorge; Baldiris, Silvia; Fabregat, Ramon & Kinshuk
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019–2020 (open access)

Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019–2020

Article features a profile of Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019–2020.
Date: October 2019
Creator: Philbrick, Jodi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives (open access)

Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives

This article reports preliminary results of the first stage of a research project that seeks to identify the information organization methods and techniques currently offered in the language data archives and the gaps between the tools and techniques available and the needs of actual and potential users of language data archives.
Date: October 18, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Metadata Change in Authority Data Over Time: An Effect of a Standard Evolution (open access)

Evaluation of Metadata Change in Authority Data Over Time: An Effect of a Standard Evolution

This article presents some results of the content analysis study that explores the authority data change over time in response to change in standards. Authority data describes persons, institutions, places, events, and works, as well as relations between them. This study contributes to the understanding of metadata change and its relation to functionality of authority records and improved information access.
Date: February 1, 2019
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana & Zavalin, Vyacheslav
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discovering fake news embedded in the opposing hashtag activism networks on Twitter: #Gunreformnow vs. #NRA (open access)

Discovering fake news embedded in the opposing hashtag activism networks on Twitter: #Gunreformnow vs. #NRA

This article is a study investigating fake news included in political discourse of opposing activism hashtags, #Gunreformnow and #NRA (The National Rifle Association) and aims to lay out the process of identifying fake news in the hashtag activism network on Twitter.
Date: October 19, 2018
Creator: Chong, Miyoung
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Theory of Public Knowledge (open access)

A Theory of Public Knowledge

This article offers a theory of public knowledge for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in information systems and classification schemas.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Miksa, Shawne D., 1969- & McLain, Chinami
System: The UNT Digital Library