Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas [Presentation]

Presentation on how the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit established their metadata guidelines and how the guidelines work to support The Portal to Texas History and the University of North Texas Digital Library.
Date: October 22, 2010
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: Digital Curators' Perspectives of the Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

Presentation for the 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses open access and scholarly communication.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship (open access)

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

Paper for the 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This paper discusses open access and scholarly communication and the current landscape, future direction, and the influence on global scholarship.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hastings, Samantha Kelly; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; McLean, Austin & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship (open access)

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

Document proposal for a panel discussion at the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG/III), part of ASIS&T. There are five panelists listed with brief descriptions of their topics.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Introduction to the UNT Digital Collections

Presentation on the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History. The topics include featured collections in The Portal to Texas History and in the UNT Digital Library, and the special collections of maps and their features and usage.
Date: October 1, 2011
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

7.5 Minute Quadrangle Project

Presentation for the 2010 Depository Library Council Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses the 7.5 minute quadrangle project by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit and gives the background, goals, processes, challenges, and next steps.
Date: October 18, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

TRAC, FDSys and putting it all together

This presentation discusses TRAC, an open source web-based project management and bug tracking system, and the Federated Digital System (FDSys), an advanced digital system that authenticates, preserves, versions, and provides permanent public access to federal government information.
Date: October 18, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project (open access)

Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project

In this paper, the authors describe research led by Educopia Institute regarding the preservation needs for digitized and born-digital newspapers. The 'Chronicles in Preservation' project, builds upon previous efforts (e.g. the U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program) to look more broadly at the needs of digital newspapers in all of their diverse and challenging forms. This paper conveys the findings of the first research phase, including substantive survey results regarding digital newspaper curation practices.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Skinner, Katherine; Schultz, Matt; Halbert, Martin & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint

This presentation discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies

This paper accompanies a poster presentation discussing empowering digital libraries users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Origins of SIG-III and Its 30 Years' Journey: Visions and Reflections

This paper discusses the origins of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) and its early years.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Carbo, Toni; Caidi, Nadia; Gruzd, Anatoliy & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Repurposing Existing Digital Resources and Smoothing Interdisciplinary Communication: Environmental Policy Collection Development

This paper accompanies a poster presentation discussing repurposing existing digital resources and smoothing interdisciplinary communication.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Hall, Nathan; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Repurposing Existing Digital Resources and Smoothing Interdisciplinary Communication: Environmental Policy Collection Development [Poster]

This poster presents discussion on repurposing existing digital resources and smoothing interdisciplinary communication.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Hall, Nathan; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This poster presents discussion on empowering digital library users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint Sponsored by: SIG/III

This paper discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Rorissa, Abebe; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Albright, Kendra
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Origins of SIG-III and Its 30 Years' Journey: Visions and Reflections

This presentation discusses the origins of SIG-III and its 30 years' journey. In light of the 75th American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Anniversary Celebration and the 30th celebration of International Information Issues (III), the participants on this panel will discuss the origins of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of ASIS&T and its early years. In addition to the reflections of the last 30 years, the authors look forward and discuss the future of the SIG.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborative Digital Repository Opportunities

This presentation discusses collaborative digital repository opportunities. The presentation offers questions and considerations as well as managing digital collections.
Date: October 11, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Value of Open Access to Undergraduate Research (open access)

The Value of Open Access to Undergraduate Research

Article describing the importance and value of open access to undergraduate research.
Date: October 1, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura & Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: ASIS&T Task Force on Webinars (open access)

Final Report: ASIS&T Task Force on Webinars

This report was submitted to the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Board of Directors. In June 2011, an ASIS&T Task Force on Webinars was appointed. This is the final report discusses the findings of this task force and recommendations.
Date: October 3, 2011
Creator: Neal, Diane Rasmussen; Abbas, June, 1964-; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Garnett, Alex & Green, Remlee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Digital Library Value Study Data

This dataset contains collected responses to a study of the UNT Digital Library collections, including the UNT Scholarly Works institutional repository and The Portal to Texas History. It contains responses to 26 survey questions regarding the use and perceived value of the UNT Digital Library collections and 13 demographic questions.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura; Murray, Kathleen R.; Phillips, Mark Edward & Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Dataset
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

How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collection: A Case Study [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2014 DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. This presentation discusses a case study of how descriptive metadata changes in the UNT Libraries' collections.
Date: October 9, 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

ASIS&T Special Interest Groups (SIGs): New Member/First Conference Brunch 2012

Presentation for the 2012 American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. This presentation introduces new members and conference attendees to the Special Interest Group, International Information Issues (SIG-III).
Date: October 28, 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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