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Command-Line Image Manipulation with ImageMagick

Presentation slides from a workshop at the 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). These workshop slides introduce command-line image manipulation to its participants using the open source software ImageMagick.
Date: May 8, 2013
Creator: Moore, Jeremy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Building Search Systems for Digital Library Collections

This presentation describes the infrastructure and collection in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries Digital initiatives. This discusses issues related to searching and explains possible solutions to best enhance metadata and searching capabilities.
Date: May 31, 2007
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Support a Modern Research Library

Presentation for the University of Oklahoma series "Beyond our Walls: A Conversation with Mark Phillips." This presentation discusses the digital library activities at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the use of the existing digital library infrastructure to build research collections that support a growing research institution.
Date: May 30, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Innovation and Sustainability in Digital Publishing

This presentation accompanies introductory remarks given as a panelist in the session "Publishing and Preserving OA Content" during the 2014 Open Access Symposium, "The Business and Economics of Open Access."
Date: May 19, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Quick and the Dirty: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Database Overlap at the Journal Title Level

Presentation for the 2014 North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Annual Conference on database overlap at the journal title level.
Date: May 3, 2014
Creator: Harker, Karen & Kizhakkethil, Priya
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Next Hundred Million and The Next Six Million - or more: Population Trends in the US and North Texas

This presentation discusses population trends in the United States and in North Texas with census bureau reports and projected growth in specific areas.
Date: May 11, 2010
Creator: Clower, Terry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access at the UNT Libraries

This presentation discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Library collection. It showcases the collections included in the UNT Digital Library, the statistics of use, and highlights the UNT Scholarly Works institutional repository.
Date: May 20, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Needs Assessment Toolkit

This presentation discusses the needs assessment toolkit created for the Web-at-Risk project. This presentation outlines the details related to the web archive development process and the activities related to the needs assessment.
Date: May 2005
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

What did our users tell us about how we should improve the library website interface? And what are our actions in response?

Presentation on user feedback for the redesign of a website.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Weng, Neena
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing Student Critical Thinking Skills in Single Library Instruction Class

Presentation for the 2011 Phoenix Staff Development Day discussing how to assess the critical thinking skills of students in single library instruction classes. The challenges and solutions are discussed, as well as a recommendation for, and example of, a library instruction worksheet that can be used.
Date: May 27, 2011
Creator: Byerly, Gayla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Systems Interoperability and Collaborative Development for Web Archiving - Filling Gaps in the IMLS National Digital Platform

This presentation provides an overview of the beginning stages of the IMLS funded two-year web archiving research project with Internet Archive, Stanford University Libraries, University of North Texas, and Rutgers University.
Date: May 25, 2016
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Mumma, Courtney
System: The UNT Digital Library

GIS Trends and Open Access

Presentation for the 2016 Open Access Symposium discussing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and data in relation to open access initiatives.
Date: May 20, 2016
Creator: Burns, Douglas & Rodriguez, Allyson
System: The UNT Digital Library

TRAIL Microcard Scanning Project

Presentation on the topic of microcard digitization presented at the annual meeting for the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL). This presentation discusses the opaque microcard format and a project conducted by the UNT Libraries to produce high-quality digital files from the format.
Date: May 15, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Microfiche Scanning at UNT

Presentation delivered at the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) annual meeting held in Denton, Texas. This presentation discusses the digitization of microfiche as part of the technical report digitization activities at the UNT Libraries.
Date: May 15, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

NACA Metadata Uplift Update

Presentation delivered at the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) annual meeting held in Denton, Texas. This presentation discusses the metadata cleanup activities for the collection of technical reports from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) which is hosted by the UNT Libraries for TRAIL.
Date: May 15, 2019
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Partnership for Building Institutional/National Capacity: Addis Ababa University and University of North Texas Initiatives

Presentation for the 2015 International Conference on Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, Education, and Training. This presentation discusses partnerships for building institutional/national capacity and initiatives at Addis Ababa University and the University of North Texas.
Date: May 2015
Creator: Abate, Solomon Teferra & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Planning for the Budget-ocalypse: The Evolution of a Serials/ER Cancellation Methodology

Presentation for the 2014 North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Annual Conference on the development of the University of North Texas (UNT)'s strategy for determining cancellations.
Date: May 3, 2014
Creator: Enoch, Todd & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Selecting and Assessing Practicum Students

This presentation discusses selecting and assessing practicum students, the goals and competencies, learning objectives, and gives examples of necessary skills.
Date: May 27, 2011
Creator: Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

The ARK Alliance: 21 years, 950 institutions, 8.2 billion persistent identifiers

Presentation discussing initiatives at the University of North Texas covering different stages in implementation of Archival Resource Keys (ARKs).
Date: May 25, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wrangling Serial Titles and Place Names in the UNT Libraries’ Digital Collections

This presentation discusses challenges, approaches, and examples related to the decision to manage titles and place names in a more robust way in the UNT Libraries’ Digital Collections. It was given as part of the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries on May 24, 2022.
Date: May 24, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

TRAIL Microcard Update

Presentation discussing the status of the TRAIL Microcard Scanning Project at the University of North Texas. This presentation was given at the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) annual meeting on May 25, 2022.
Date: May 25, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Experiments with Metadata Quality Interfaces

This presentation provides an overview of the design features and goals of newly-developed metadata quality interfaces in the University of North Texas Libraries’ Digital Collections. Presented at the 2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
Date: May 17, 2018
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

LEAP II Institute: Digital Curation and Lifecycle Management Workshop

This presentation contains a pre- and post-workshop surveys, with an overview of digital libraries, digital lifecycle management, and digital preservation.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating, Curating, and Preserving Digital Collections: Preserving the Digital Heritage

Presented at the 2018 Ke Au Hou Pacific Librarianship Conference. This presentation describes a pre-conference workshop that provides attendees with a better understanding of the landscape related to digital preservation and access among cultural heritage institutions, key components in the ongoing process of preserving digital information, and the building blocks of digital preservation systems.
Date: May 1, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library