Exploring the richness of collection-level subject metadata in three large-scale digital libraries (open access)

Exploring the richness of collection-level subject metadata in three large-scale digital libraries

This article reports results of a study that used an in-depth comparative content analysis to assess free-text and controlled vocabulary collection-level subject metadata in three large-scale digital libraries in the European Union and the USA.
Date: December 31, 2014
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unveiling the Co-Word Structures Among Mobile Computing, Mobile Commerce and Mobile Application Research: A Science Mapping Analysis (open access)

Unveiling the Co-Word Structures Among Mobile Computing, Mobile Commerce and Mobile Application Research: A Science Mapping Analysis

Article on the interplay over time among mobile computing, commerce and applications. The study performed is a co-word analysis for a corpus of 4821 SCI/SSCI indexed papers related to mobility in the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1995 to 2013. The emerging concepts demonstrated in the strategic diagrams and the associated co-word structures have implications for future research.
Date: 2015
Creator: Chang, Hsia-Ching & Wang, Chen-Ya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America

This presentation presents results of a study that analyzed representation of dates and time in one of the largest aggregators of digital content in the world -- the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The findings demonstrate both similarities and differences in date and time representation across DPLA content hub and service hub provider groups.
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of a study that analyzed representation of dates and time in one of the largest aggregators of digital content in the world -- the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The findings demonstrate both similarities and differences in date and time representation across DPLA content hub and service hub provider groups.
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

We Need New Names: Applying Existing Models of Information Quality to Web Archives

This presentation explores how different academic disciplines define information quality.
Date: June 23, 2016
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Factors Affecting Faculty Attitudes Towards Open Access Institutional Repositories (OA IR): UNT Case Study

This presentation discusses factors affecting faculty attitudes toward open access institutional repositories uses results from a survey of University of North Texas faculty.
Date: April 13, 2017
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology Enhanced Instruction: An Example of English Language Learning in the Context of Peace (open access)

Technology Enhanced Instruction: An Example of English Language Learning in the Context of Peace

This study reveals the impact of learning through technology in the English language.
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Sasi, Sabri; Chang, Maiga; Altinay-Aksal, Fahriye; Kayimbasioglu, Dervis; Haci, Huseyin; Kinshuk et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preliminary Analysis of Faculty Perception and Engagement with Open Access Institutional Repositories (OA IR)

Presentation for the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation discusses survey data showing differences in regard to faculty awareness of OA declarations, OA policy, and intent to deposit.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluating Translation Quality (open access)

A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluating Translation Quality

This paper explores the possibility of applying Machine Learning for Machine Translation evaluation.
Date: June 20, 2017
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda & Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluating Translation Quality

Poster presented at the 2017 ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. explores the possibility of applying Machine Learning for Machine Translation evaluation.
Date: June 20, 2017
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda & Chen, Jiangping
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immersion Librarianship: An assessment of transforming LIS students' professional worldview through a service learning project at an international school library (open access)

Immersion Librarianship: An assessment of transforming LIS students' professional worldview through a service learning project at an international school library

This paper was presented at the 2017 IFLA World Library and Information Congress. This paper contains a summary of the study to discern what students learned from a library and information science service learning study abroad program to Russia in 2012.
Date: June 21, 2017
Creator: Walczyk, Christine & Schultz-Jones, Barbara
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Web archives: A preliminary exploration of user expectations vs. reality

Presentation for the Workshop on Web Archiving and Digital Libraries (WADL) as part of the 2017 ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL). This presentation discusses a paper examining how users perceive the process of web archiving.
Date: June 22, 2017
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Mobile Context-Aware Medical Training System for the Reduction of Pathogen Transmission (open access)

A Mobile Context-Aware Medical Training System for the Reduction of Pathogen Transmission

This article proposes the creation and evaluation of an AI based context-aware mobile learning system designed to provide real-time training and support for medical cleaning staff.
Date: June 30, 2017
Creator: Tortorella, Richard A. W. & Kinshuk
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Challenges Of Implementing  A Data Driven Framework in K-12 Education (open access)

The Challenges Of Implementing A Data Driven Framework in K-12 Education

Poster paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper examines the challenges of data managements and use in K-12 education through the technical, knowledge, application, climate and cultural aspects.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Jim, Cary K. & Schultz-Jones, Barbara
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Challenges Of Implementing A Data Driven Framework in K-12 Education

Poster for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This poster examines the challenges of data managements and use in K-12 education through the technical, knowledge, application, climate and cultural aspects.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Jim, Cary K.; Schultz-Jones, Barbara & Ledbetter, Cynthia
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Identity Management Analysis: An Empirical Investigation into the State of Library Community's Authority Data Conformance to the New Standard

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation presents some results of a content analysis study that explores the state of implementation of the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard in authority records.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana & Zavalin, Vyacheslav
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Use of Twitter as a Tool to Predict Opinion Leaders that Influence Public Opinion: Case study of the 2016 United States Presidential Elections

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation discusses the use of Twitter as a tool to predict the opinion leaders that influence the general users in relation to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Alfarhoud, Yousef
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrated Learning of Metadata Quality Evaluation and Metadata Application Profile Development in a Graduate Metadata Course (open access)

Integrated Learning of Metadata Quality Evaluation and Metadata Application Profile Development in a Graduate Metadata Course

Poster paper presented at the 2017 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. This paper describes an experiment in the design of an advanced graduate metadata course.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Integrated Learning of Metadata Quality Evaluation and Metadata Application Profile Development in a Graduate Metadata Course

Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. This poster presents the graduate metadata courses offered by the University of North Texas and reports a case study of an experiment in the design of an advanced graduate metadata course.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knowledge Creation and Information Sharing through Open Education Resources (open access)

Knowledge Creation and Information Sharing through Open Education Resources

Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper proposes a taxonomy for open education resources.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Du, Yunfei
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security and Privacy Issues with Smart Thermostats – A First Look (open access)

Security and Privacy Issues with Smart Thermostats – A First Look

Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper uses the Brenda Dervin sense making model to explain human behavior and way of reasoning with making purchasing decisions of smart thermostats.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Awojobi, Abiodun & Chang, Hsia-Ching
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editing of Library Metadata Records and its Effect on Subject Access: An Empirical Investigation (open access)

Editing of Library Metadata Records and its Effect on Subject Access: An Empirical Investigation

This paper was presented at the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress Satellite Meeting on Subject Access: Unlimited Opportunities. This paper reports on the change in a sample of MARC 21 library metadata records over a period of two years.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Shakeri, Shadi & Kizhakkethil, Priya
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Attitudes of Scholars Towards Open Access (OA) Repositories

This poster presents data on faculty members' awareness of open access publishing, based on faculty age, college, rank, and status.
Date: February 6, 2018
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Allied Program Areas and Specializations within LIS: UNT Experience

This presentation was presented as part of a panel on "The Benefits and Challenges of Allied Programs and Specializations in LIS Units" as part of the opening plenary panel at the 2018 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference. This presentation discusses the rewards and challenges of Library and Information Science (LIS) programs, with a detailed overview of LIS programs offered at the University of North Texas.
Date: February 7, 2018
Creator: Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library