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Pancho Villa and the Battle of Columbus: Frontiers in Digital Newspapers

This poster discusses frontiers in digital newspapers. Since early 2011, the University of New Mexico and the University of North Texas have been engaged in a historical newspaper digitization project. The endeavor is part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP): a long-term project coordinated by the Library of Congress with the goal of digitizing 100,000 pages of historical newspapers from each of the 50 states and publishing them to the Web at Chronicling America.
Date: June 29, 2012
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Quality Enhancement for Large Digital Collections: Web Browser Automation with Selenium IDE

Poster presented at the 2012 TCDL Annual Conference. This poster discusses metadata quality enhancement for large digital collections.
Date: May 24, 2012
Creator: Weidner, Andrew & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Maintaining Metadata Consistency Across Digital Collections

Poster presented at the 2012 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This poster discusses enhancing content visibility in institutional repositories and maintaining metadata consistency across digital collections.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

2012 Presidential Primaries

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. This series features Dr. Tony Carey, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Dr. Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and Dr. Brian Lain, associate professor in the Department of Communications Studies and director of UNT's Debate Program.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
System: The UNT Digital Library

Book Reviews in an Electronic Age

Poster presented at the 2012 IAMSLIC Annual Conference. This poster discusses research on book reviews in marine and aquatic journals to gain insight into the characteristics of the reviews and their value to librarians and research.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler; Heil, Kathy & Wiest, Natalie H., 1948-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then... [Poster]

This poster discusses patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Defining What Preservation Through Access Means in Digitizing Community Newspapers

Poster presented at the 2012 NTLP Annual Conference on Library Technology. This poster discusses what preservation through access means in digitizing community newspapers.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Howe, Joseph
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Speaks Out on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. This series features Dr. Meharvan Singh, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Neurosciencea at the UNT Health Science Center, Dr. Bert Hayslip, regents professor in the Department of Psychology, and Kyle Page, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology.
Date: February 28, 2013
Creator: Lawrence, Samantha
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bringing real world applications for wireless sensor networks into the classroom: Telemetric monitoring of water quality in an artificial stream [2012: Poster]

This poster discusses research on bringing real world applications for wireless sensor networks into the classroom and covers the use of a wireless sensor network (WSN) using the ZigBee protocol to remotely monitor an artificial aquatic ecosystem.
Date: 2012
Creator: Bunn, Zac; Guerrero, Jose; Wolf, Lori; Fu, Shengli; Hoeinghaus, David; Driver, Luke et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Applications of wireless sensors in monitoring Indoor Air Quality in the classroom environment [Poster]

This poster discusses applications of wireless sensors in monitoring indoor air quality in the classroom environment. The focus of this research project was to investigate Indoor Air Quality monitoring technologies, government regulations and policies, and best practices to improve IAQ.
Date: 2012
Creator: Chamberlain, Blaine; Jordan, Georgette; Li, Xinrong; Thompson, Ruthanne; Borkar, Chirag & Mansour, Sahar
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newspapers In The 21st Century: How NDNP State Projects Deliver The News

This poster discusses newspapers in the 21st century and how the National Digital Newspapers Program (NDNP) state projects deliver the news. NDNP Awardees' are creating their own digital newspaper sites to provide free access to content digitized through NDNP and beyond.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Howington, Ann & Fisher, Sarah Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library

Applications of Logic Flowcharting With a Focus in Autonomous Robotic Operations

This poster discusses research on applications of logic flowcharting with a focus in autonomous robotic operations.
Date: 2012
Creator: Sink, Ashley Elizabeth; Gscheidle, Karl H.; Namuduri, Kamesh; Li, Li & Sterling, Phillip
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shared Ride: Transportation, Carbon Footprint and Ridesharing

This poster discusses research on transportation, carbon footprinting and ridesharing. The focus of this research project was to analyze and collect travel trajectories to calculate carbon footprints under different travel modes and identify ways to reduce it.
Date: 2012
Creator: Garrett, Kim; Bell, Jesse; Huang, Yan & Powell, James
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto

Poster for 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This poster discusses the Denton Declaration, an open data manifesto created in May 2012 at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C. & Stark, Shannon
System: The UNT Digital Library

Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This poster discusses research on the current quality assurance practices in the web archiving community.
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda
System: The UNT Digital Library

International Perspectives Curriculum Project: EDAD 5680 Administration of the EC-12 Curriculum

Poster presented as part of the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses the international perspectives curriculum project. The project described in this poster was developed as part of the "Globalizing your Curriculum" Transformational Instructional Innovation (TII) Fellowship sponsored by the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and redesign (CLEAR) and UNT - International.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Stromberg, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library

Adding New Content to MKTG 3700 - Marketing and Money

Poster presented at the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses creating content for student success using new case studies, worksheets, and instructor-created video for better instruction and feedback.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Ganesh, Gopala
System: The UNT Digital Library

Utilizing Emerging Technologies to Enhance Students' Engagement and Learning

This poster discusses using clickers to improve students' classroom engagement and gauge students' understanding of the course materials during lecture classes, introducing emerging technologies to improve students' learning experiences, and introducing exergames such as Wii Sports and Wii Fit to promote students' motivation and engagement.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Zhang, Tao
System: The UNT Digital Library

Global Film History: Encouraging Students to Develop Arguments that Connect Different Industries and Time Periods

Poster presented as part of the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster discusses exploring the effectiveness of group-based blog assignments in large enrollment classes to help students learn about global film history across different industries and time periods.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Larke-Walsh, George S., 1965-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analyzing How Business Students Engage in Learning in an Introductory Data Analysis Course

Poster presented at the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster discusses an analysis of how business students engage in learning in an introductory data analysis course.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Pavur, Robert J. & Kvanli, Alan H.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Integrative Learning Approach

This poster reports on using an integrative learning approach that incorporates various pedagogical styles such as problem-based learning, experiential learning, social learning theory, and cooperative learning to help students learn.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Pookulangara, Sanjukta
System: The UNT Digital Library

Instructor-Directed, Student-Driven Engagement

Poster presented as part of the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster discusses a systematic model of developing and deploying a NextGen core-curriculum course. It features examples of experiential exercises that can be stimuli for attaining student learning outcomes (SLOs).
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Pelton, Lou E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical Studies Pave the Way for European Study Abroad Tour Survey of Historic and Contemporary Styles

This poster discusses a project on historic and contemporary styles offering students to design a complete exhibition from the procurement of garments to its final promotion in an international environment.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: StrĂ¼bel, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bringing Global and Multicultural Considerations into the Counseling Curriculum

Poster presented at the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning at UNT. This poster describes the effectiveness of a peer co-constructed project involving multiple interviews. The interview data is compared, contrasted, and the similarities and differences are accounted for through the lens of lifespan development.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Schulz, Lisa L.
System: The UNT Digital Library