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A Case Study of Metadata Creation in the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Collections (open access)

A Case Study of Metadata Creation in the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Collections

This paper presents a case study of the work carried out by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the intersection of metadata modeling, metadata input rules and documentation, metadata quality assessments, and technology to empower metadata editors to create high-quality metadata.
Date: May 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Communicating Organizational Commitment to Long-Term Sustainability through a Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit (open access)

Communicating Organizational Commitment to Long-Term Sustainability through a Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit

This paper provides an overview of the UNT Libraries' self-audit using criteria from the Trusted Repositories Audit and Certification checklist. It contains an overview of the structure of this self-audit, explores the documents generated and auited, and examines the challenges and solutions as revealed by this process. This paper also contains findings specifically related to the digital newspaper and news video content.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Indexing Quality and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Analysis of Electronic Theses and Dissertations Representation

This poster details a study of index terms in UNT's Electronic Thesis and Dissertation collection to understand the effectiveness of terms in matching users' queries.
Date: October 16, 2016
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library