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Metadata Enhancements and Quality Assurance Mechanisms (open access)

Metadata Enhancements and Quality Assurance Mechanisms

Abstract document accompanying a poster presentation for the 2008 ALISE Annual Conference (Work in Progress session. The topic is maintaining usable and sustainable digital collections using a complex set of actions and some of the tools and quality assurance mechanisms used at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Enhancements and Quality Assurance Mechanisms [Poster]

This poster presentation was presented at the 2008 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) conference (Work in Progress session). The poster discusses that maintaining usable and sustainable digital collections requires a complex set of actions, and demonstrates some of the tools and quality assurance mechanisms used at the UNT Libraries.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management (open access)

Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management

Chapter from Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs. This chapter describes the roles of metadata in facilitating the ETD lifecycle, methods to capture metadata manually and automatically, examples of programs using metadata to enhance ETD access, and strategies to manage metadata over time.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Madness: Quality Issues in Metadata Management

This presentation provides an introductory discussion on metadata quality issues. It outlines factors that influence metadata quality including the resource types, local requirements, collaborators' requirements, and cost issues and addresses how to manage metadata quality.
Date: 2007
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata Quality: A Phased Approach to Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Resources (open access)

Metadata Quality: A Phased Approach to Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Resources

Paper accompanying a poster presentation at the 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This paper discusses metadata quality and a phased approach to ensuring long-term access to digital resources.
Date: 2009
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Quality: A Phased Approach to Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Resources [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This poster discusses how an effective metadata management approach can help institutions improve consistency, clarity of lineage, and relationships to that they can better use, reuse, and integrate resources.
Date: 2009
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata Training Needs Assessment: Final Report (open access)

Metadata Training Needs Assessment: Final Report

Report prepared for the Texas Digital Library (TDL) Metadata Working Group (MWG). In this report, the focus is on the project that was tasked in creating metadata course/modules for beginners and experts alike.
Date: 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Report
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

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

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

Restricted University of North Texas Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dataset contains responses to a survey questionnaire distributed by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries asking 125 authors of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) whether they agree to change the existing restricted permission status on their ETDs.
Date: February 24, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
SIG Annual Activities Report and SIG-Of-The-Year Criteria and Checklist: International Information Issues (SIG-III) (open access)

SIG Annual Activities Report and SIG-Of-The-Year Criteria and Checklist: International Information Issues (SIG-III)

Report on the annual activities from 2011-2012 for the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) and the SIG-of-the-Year criteria and checklist.
Date: 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 'Texas Register' Web-Site Creations and Related Processes: Revised Report - 2003 (open access)

The 'Texas Register' Web-Site Creations and Related Processes: Revised Report - 2003

Report on the Texas Register, a weekly publication by the Office of the Secretary of State. This report discusses a partnership between the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the Office of the Secretary of State to insure permanent storage and public access to the non-current electronic files of the Texas Register.
Date: 2004
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Toward Best Practices in Integrating ETDs and Associated Data: UNT's Approach

Poster presented at the 2012 Texas ETD Annual Conference. This poster describes the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries approach toward best practices in integrating ETDs and associated data.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Understanding User Discovery of ETD: Metadata or Full-Text, How Did They Get There?

Presentation for the 2015 US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses understanding user discovery of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and whether users make use of metadata records when searching or full text searching.
Date: September 30, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Meeting the Digital Resource Preservation Challenges: The University of North Texas Libraries Initiative

This presentation describes the University of North Texas Libraries' initiatives to ensure long-term access to various digital resources.
Date: 2002
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
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
Developing the ICT Infrastructure for Africa: Overview of Barriers to Harnessing the Full Power of the Internet (open access)

Developing the ICT Infrastructure for Africa: Overview of Barriers to Harnessing the Full Power of the Internet

Article on developing the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Africa and an overview of the barriers to harnessing the full power of the internet.
Date: 2006
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Adoption of Preservation Metadata in Cultural Heritage Institutions (open access)

Exploration of Adoption of Preservation Metadata in Cultural Heritage Institutions

Paper presented at the 2010 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This paper discusses preservation metadata and its role in the challenges of long-term access.
Date: 2010
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Integrating Folksonomies into Cultural Heritage Digital Collections: The Challenges and Opportunities of Web 2.0

In this presentation, the author defines Folksonomy and the advantages and disadvantages of Folksonomy. He begins with a background on information retrieval and changing technologies, discusses trends in technologies, and explains the use of tags and Folksonomy.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Communication: Stakeholders' Roles in a Global Ecosystem

Presentation for a panel at the 2014 University Partnerships Workshop, sponsored by the U. S. Department of State and the U. S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan. This presentation discusses the evolving landscape of scholarly communication and stakeholders' roles in a global ecosystem.
Date: November 14, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing the Usage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations: An Overview of ETD Statistics and Metrics in the UNT Libraries

Presentation for the 2011 Texas Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs) Association Annual Conference. This presentation gives an overview of ETD statistics and metrics in the UNT Libraries.
Date: March 31, 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digital Repository: Promoting Scholarship via the convergence of (local/global and digital/analogue) contents

Presentation at Jimma University discussing digital repositories and promoting scholarship through the convergence of local/global and digital/analogue contents.
Date: February 19, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing the Quality of Metadata: Modular Approach to Digital Resource Lifecycle Management

This Tech Talk presentation discusses digital resource management. Templates, validation, controlled vocabularies, analysis tools, graphical reports, and more are explained in this presentation.
Date: March 16, 2007
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library