Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing attendees sitting in black rolling chairs around two rows of small round black tables. Everyone is turned towards the right watching a presentation.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing attendees sitting in black rolling chairs around small round black tables littered with personal items and drink cups. Everyone is turned towards the right watching a presentation.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing several attendees sitting or standing around a table talking. Those standing from left to right: the Director of the UNT Oral History Program J. Todd Moye, Research Support Services Librarian Coby Condrey, Head of Library Learning Services Julie Leuzinger, and Special Libraries Sr. Program Project Coordinator Jodi Rhinehart-Doty. The two seated at the table are Cathy Hartman and Diane Bruxvoort. Todd Moye and Coby Condrey stand in the background with their backs to the camera with Julie Leuzinger holding a drink in her hand facing towards them. Jodi Rhinehart-Doty stands closer to the table where Cathy Hartman and Diane Bruxvoort sit with a cup and plate of cake in her hands.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing several attendees sitting or standing around a table talking. Those standing from left to right: the Director of the UNT Oral History Program J. Todd Moye, Research Support Services Librarian Coby Condrey, Head of Library Learning Services Julie Leuzinger, and Special Libraries Sr. Program Project Coordinator Jodi Rhinehart-Doty. The two seated at the table are Cathy Hartman and Diane Bruxvoort. Todd Moye stands profile on the left beside Coby Condrey who is drinking from a cup to the left of Julie Leuzinger holding a drink in her hand. Jodi Rhinehart-Doty stands closer to the table where Cathy Hartman and Diane Bruxvoort sit with a cup and plate of cake in her hands.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing some attendees sitting around small black tables talking. There is a TV mounted on the wall showing three photographs with "Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" above them. A woman in a cream sweater and floor length gingham skirt stands against the wall and a man in a dark beanie and blue T-shirt leans in the open doorway.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing attendees talking and eating while sitting around small black tables.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing attendees sitting at several small black tables watching the Associate Dean of the Digital Library, Mark Phillips speak. Mark Phillips stands on the right in front of a projector showing the Portal to Texas History homepage. He is holding a microphone and wearing a red gingham button up shirt and black framed glasses.

Paper offering an extended discourse on the full range of activities comprising the bibliographical maker movement, which in recent years has coalesced around the idea that maker culture may be employed to enhance our understanding of not only the history but also the future of the book.

Presentation exploring book digitization practices and standards and share how they are implemented by the UNT Digital Projects Lab. With a large number of books flowing into their department, the authors decided to conduct research on the methods of scanning using the equipment and software available to them. This presentation reports on their findings and what factors went into deciding what type of books get scanned where and how. Results include changes to local digitizing standards and clarified workflows based on the types of books to be scanned. It was presented at the 2023 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) held May 16-18, 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Presentation exploring book digitization practices and standards and share how they are implemented by the UNT Digital Projects Lab. With a large number of books flowing into their department, the authors decided to conduct research on the methods of scanning using the equipment and software available to them. This presentation reports on their findings and what factors went into deciding what type of books get scanned where and how. Results include changes to local digitizing standards and clarified workflows based on the types of books to be scanned. It was presented at the 2023 Visual Resources Association Conference held in San Antonio, Texas.

Presentation on the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) upgrades at the University of North Texas Library which required the displacement of the Digital Projects Lab staff and students from their lab for an estimated six weeks. With little access to digitization equipment, the lab planned to continue running during that period. By presenting the preparation and planning for the move, the logistics of the transition, and the results from the experience, the authors hope to share their strategies for digitization lab mobility and continued, off-site productivity. It was presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries held virtually on May 24-26, 2021.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing the Associate Dean of UNT Libraries Emeritus, Cathy Hartman, and City of Dallas Archivist, John Slate having a conversation. Cathy Hartman stands on the left with her back to the camera in a dark blazer, a white shirt, hoop earrings and red glasses. John Slate stands on the right in a light grey blazer, a blue button-up, jeans and black glasses with a cup in his hand.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing Associate Dean Cathy Hartman and Author Judith Garrett Segura sitting at a black table with their hands raised in applause. Cathy Hartman sits on the right in a dark blazer, silver hoop earrings, rings and red glasses. On the left is Judith Garrett Segura in an army green jacket with two pockets on the front, black glasses and teal earrings and ring.

Presentation on how feedback is handled by the University of North Texas Digital Library, including the management system, staffing resources, and some historical data. It focuses on the creation of decision trees to guide staff members through answering different types of questions and requests. It was presented at the 2023 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) held May 16-18, 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Presentation for Drexel University's "Metadata Mixers" series describing some of the features and tools that UNT Libraries have been implementing for metadata creation and assessment in the Digital Collections and how they all work together to support metadata activities.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing the UNT Dean of Libraries, Diane Bruxvoort, speaking into a handheld microphone in front of a projector. She is wearing a green geometrically patterned dress, bangle bracelets and glasses. The projector shows two documents side by side, one has illegible text and the other reads: "Stories of the Old Land Office by O. Henry" with a sketch of a building and few trees above it. The UNT Libraries logo appears on Diana Bruxvoort's face where she stands in front of the projector.

The presentation introduces the process of digitizing material into the Portal to Texas History. It was presented at the 2020 Texas Association of Museums Conference. The history of the repository, digitization standards, and workflows are discussed along with some lessons learned.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing Dr. Ana Krahmer holding a microphone behind a wood podium. Dr. Ana Krahmer stands on the right in a black V-neck blouse and black rimmed glasses. To her left is a projector screen with an illustration of someone sitting on a sleeping bag, some cattle, miscellaneous hats, and illegible text.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing Dr. Ana Krahmer holding a microphone behind a wood podium. Dr. Ana Krahmer stands on the right in a black V-neck blouse and black rimmed glasses with her arm outstretched towards the projector screen on her left. The projector screen is displaying a mostly illegible document, presumably an old newspaper.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing the Assistant Dean for External Relations, Dreanna Belden, speaking into a handheld microphone beside a projector screen. Ms. Belden is wearing a red blouse belted at the waist and a black velvet cardigan. The projector screen reads: "-ur Celebration -hing Over -Million -al to Texas History" and has the UNT University Libraries logo in the bottom right corner.

Photograph taken at the Portal to Texas History two million item celebration held in Willis Library showing the Assistant Dean for External Relations, Dreanna Belden, speaking into a handheld microphone behind a wooden podium. Ms. Belden is wearing a red blouse belted at the waist and a black velvet cardigan. To her left a projector screen is partially in view and reads: "-f Dr. Geroge E. -f Dr. Rudy -f Jim Mahoney -f TB Willis -f the Ritche -k Dallas -ciety - ives -System -of Addison, Inc.".

This is the collection of WARCs created by the University of North Texas Libraries for the End of Term Presidential Harvest 2020, an effort by the Library of Congress, Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, the University of North Texas Libraries, the Internet Archive, Stanford University Libraries, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, and the U.S. Government Printing Office to preserve public United States Government web sites at the end of the presidential term that ended January 20, 2021. This collection documents federal agencies' presence on the World Wide Web during the transition of Presidential administrations.

Abstract: This paper outlines iterative steps involved in metadata improvement within a digital library: Evaluate, Prioritize, Identify, and Correct (EPIC). The process involves evaluating metadata values system-wide to identify errors; prioritizing errors according to local criteria; identifying records containing a particular error; and correcting individual records to eliminate the error. Based on the experiences at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, we propose that these cyclical steps can serve as a model for organizations that are planning and conducting metadata quality assessment.

Presentation for the 14th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research proposing a model that delineates the components of metadata improvement as an iterative cycle, based on the work and experiences at UNT.