Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013 (open access)

Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013

This report is offers an update on the hidden collections at the UNT Libraries. Its purpose is to serve as a true representation of the collections in the UNT Libraries with little or no access.
Date: 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Parks, Sue; Phillips, Mark Edward & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries: Phase Two Action Plan (open access)

Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries: Phase Two Action Plan

Report on the timeline and implementation of the four objects of the Phase Two Action Plan for Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries.
Date: July 31, 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Weng, Neena; Thomale, Jason & Hicks, William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theses and Dissertations from Print to ETD: The Nuances of Preserving and Accessing Those in Music (open access)

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
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chronicles in Preservation: Building Institutional Capacity in Digital Preservation

Poster presented at the 2013 iPres Conference. The poster discusses the Chronicles in Preservation project, which evaluates how to improve the preservation readiness of digitized and born-digital newspapers on a spectrum of essential to optimal levels of conformance to digital preservation standards.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Schultz, Matt; Phillips, Mark Edward; Krabbenhoeft, Nick & Eisenhauer, Stephen
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Impact of Open Access in Scholarly Communications: Stakeholders Perspectives

Panel presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the panelists discuss the impact of open access on scholarly communications with perspectives from five different stakeholders.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Waugh, Laura; Kleister, Jill; Chrisman, Ronald & Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

How to Take Better Photographs: Control Quality by Controlling the Camera

In this Tech Talk presentation, the authors demonstrate simple ways to improve a photograph by making use of camera controls and by considering location, lighting, and composition. The authors will introduce basic information about using manual camera settings to control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and the authors will discuss specific "shooting" situations such as portraits, group photos, and events.
Date: July 27, 2011
Creator: Jones, Jerrell & Hall, Nathan
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensuring Long-Term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Local vs. Global Lifecycle Management

Presentation for the 2014 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses ensuring long-term access to electronic theses and dissertations and local versus global lifecycle management.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Scholarly Works

Presentation for the University of North Texas (UNT) School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) 5740 course, Introduction to Digital Libraries. This presentation discusses the UNT Scholarly Works institutional repository and gives a brief history, submissions and workflow processes, copyright and publisher considerations, and open access issues.
Date: April 24, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal (open access)

The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal

Paper for the 2005 IS&T Archiving Conference. This article discusses the issues of compliance and interoperability in integrating heterogeneous digital resources and lessons from the Texas History Portal.
Date: April 2005
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections (open access)

Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections

Article discussing a case study of the UNT Libraries digital collections and managing serials in a large digital library.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Waugh, Laura; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT's Theses and Dissertations Retrospective Digitization Project

Poster presented at the 2014 United States (U.S) Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Annual Conference. This poster discusses the University of North Texas' (UNTs) retrospective digitization project of theses and dissertations.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Loafman, Kathryn; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study (open access)

How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study

Paper describing the results of initial research to evaluate general information about how records change in a digital library, using the UNT digital collections as a sample set. The analysis looked at several key concepts including the number of records that have been edited, the number of edits per record, the number of editors per record, the amount of change in file size and in completeness (i.e., values in required fields), and changes in access to digital objects.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Shakeri, Shadi
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Management in the UNT Digital Library

Presentation for the Texas Digital Library (TDL) Data Management Workgroup. This presentation discusses data management in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Unity in Diversity, ETDs at UNT: and a look towards BibFrame

Presentation for the 2014 Texas Music Library Association Fall Meeting. This presentation discusses electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) at the University of North Texas (UNT) and BibFrame.
Date: October 3, 2014
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barriers to Adopting PREMIS in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study (open access)

Barriers to Adopting PREMIS in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study

Paper for the 2009 IS&T Archiving Conference. This paper discusses an exploratory study on barriers to adopting PREMIS in cultural heritage institutions.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document (open access)

UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document

The UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document is designed to supplement and provide extended reference to the UNT Libraries’ TRAC Audit Checklist (Appendix A), which outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Repository. The self assessment of the UNT Libraries and its Digital Collections encompasses an evaluation of its associated policies, procedures, workflows, modelling, and technical infrastructure in the TRAC audit process.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Krahmer, Ana; Tarver, Hannah & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review (open access)

Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review

This article explores the strengths and limitations of folksonomies through traditional indexing and taxonomies with an emphasis on the history of cultural heritage information retrieval.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Characteristics of Tweets about African Cultural Heritage

This article investigates broad characteristics of tweets about African cultural heritage with possible implications for marketing by cultural heritage administrators and other stakeholders.
Date: May 20, 2016
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Building an Online Academic Profile

Presentation for the Toulouse Graduate School spring workshop series. This presentation discusses building an online academic profile.
Date: March 6, 2015
Creator: Waugh, Laura & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Web-Archiving: Collecting and Preserving Important Web-based National Resources

Presentation for the National Archives and Library of Ethiopia on web-archiving and collecting and preserving important web-based national resources.
Date: February 18, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Portal to Texas History, a DPLA Service Hub

Presentation at the University of Texas at Austin. This presentation discusses The Portal to Texas History as a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: December 10, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

I Learned All That I Know About Digital Preservation From Trading Concert Recordings

Presentation for the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) 2015 Meeting. This presentation discusses digital preservation and learning from trading live concert recordings.
Date: March 11, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging the UNT Digital Library Infrastructure to Support our Extended Communities

Presentation for the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) 2015 Meeting. This presentation discusses leveraging the University of North Texas (UNT) Library infrastructure to support extended communities.
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library