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HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries
This book chapter discusses how to operationalize acquisitions through a discussion of various models of acquisitions, encompassing budgeting, working with vendors, selection, ordering, receiving, processing, and overall administration of the process.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Brannon, Sian
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Theses and Dissertations from Print to ETD: The Nuances of Preserving and Accessing Those in Music
Book chapter discussing the unique challenges of digitizing music theses and dissertations.
Date:
2014
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hartsock, Ralph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A snare in every human path: "Tamerlane" and the Paternal Scapegoat
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This book chapter examines Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Tamerlane" through Poe's reimagination of the artist-as-scapegoat figure as a viable alternative for preserving artistic integrity in the face of paternal and literary authority.
Date:
September 5, 2013
Creator:
Martin, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open (Flu) Season: A Case Study of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia
Book chapter discussing a project by the University of Michigan's Center for the History of Medicine (CHM) in partnership with the University of Michigan Library's MPublishing division, to create an open source digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States.
Date:
July 31, 2013
Creator:
Judkins, Julie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Skins and Bones: The Horror of the Real
This book chapter examines the ways in which horror, as an aesthetic mode or sentiment, is bound to an experiential perception of "the real."
Date:
March 25, 2013
Creator:
Martin, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reengineering The Portal to Texas History
This book chapter reports on a case study on the activities, findings, and lessons learned during a project that replaced the legacy Digital Asset Management (DAM) system of The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries with an open source system.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Murray, Kathleen R.; Phillips, Mark Edward; Hicks, William; Weng, Neena & Belden, Dreanna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today
This book chapter discusses educating communities. and preserving tomorrow's treasures today. Librarians, curators, archivists, and volunteers work hard to conserve and preserve materials as they are added to their collections, insuring that the materials can be safely used. However, not all genealogical and historical information is held in cultural institutions; unknown numbers of valuable information sources reside with individuals and in residences. By educating the community today on how to protect the treasures in their care, we have the potential to minimize the repairs needed for these items in the future.
Date:
April 5, 2012
Creator:
Phillips, Jessica
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hiring and Training Graduate Assistants for the Academic Library
Book chapter discussing hiring and training graduate assistants for the academic library.
Date:
2011
Creator:
O'Toole, Erin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mentoring Graduate Assistants in the Academic Library
Book chapter discussing mentoring graduate assistants in the academic library.
Date:
2011
Creator:
O'Toole, Erin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions
This book chapter discusses digital collection preservation. The authors provide a philosophical base for cultural memory organizations' need to participate in distributed digital preservation solutions as community-owned and community-led initiatives. This chapter will be useful for all readers, particularly those with questions about the value of collaborative engagement in the digital arena for cultural memory organizations.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Halbert, Martin & Skinner, Katherine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Collaborating with Your Local Public Library
This book chapter discusses collaborating with local public libraries.
Date:
2009
Creator:
Hoffman, Starr; Downey, Annie & Sears, Suzanne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"The Silicon Dream": Breaking Glass on the Small Screen
Book chapter discussing the Brian Gibson film "Breaking Glass" and the author's experiences viewing the film and thoughts about the impressions it made.
Date:
March 2008
Creator:
Keralis, Spencer D. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Maintaining Quality Metadata: Toward Effective Digital Resource Lifecycle Management
Book chapter on maintaining quality metadata and effective digital resource lifecycle management.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Peasant Union Movement: The Quest for the Political Organization of Peasants in the Soviet Union in the 1920s
This book chapter discusses the peasant union movement and the quest for the political organization of peasants in the Soviet Union in the 1920s.
Date:
2007
Creator:
Velikanova, Olga V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library