Scavenger Hunts, Zoom & Trolls: Lessons Learned from Virtual Outreach

Poster highlighting virtual outreach events to engage students during the COVID-19 pandemic. These events utilized Zoom’s video conferencing technology and aimed to be entertaining while also promoting the library’s virtual reference services.
Date: August 7, 2023
Creator: Brents, Madison
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating on Scholarship

The presentation examines the considerations and processes for collaborating on scholarship from the perspective of academic librarians. It includes how to choose team members, facilitate collaboration and organize all the elements of a project to create a successful publication or presentation. Also included are administrative responsibilities, thoughts on handling problems, and examples of delineating responsibilities. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

To Meet or Not to Meet: How We Really Feel

Presentation highlights meeting science in the context of libraries with support from a survey conducted by the authors. Topics include the predictors of success for productive meetings, what academic librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership are, and learn about the “best practices” for meeting participation and leadership. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating Authority Control Procedures

This handout was given out as part of a presentation called "Automating the Authority Control Process." The presentation described the process UNT's library has transformed authority control process into a largely automatic process with the help of vendors and specialized software. This handout provides more detailed procedures than the presentation. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 conference at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating the Authority Control Process

This presentation describes the process UNT's library has transformed authority control process into a largely automatic process with the help of vendors and specialized software. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 conference at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating the Authority Control Process Notes

These are the presentation notes for "Automating the Authority Control Process." The presentation described the process UNT's library has transformed authority control process into a largely automatic process with the help of vendors and specialized software. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 conference at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Engaged Subject Librarian

Presentation for the UNT Libraries Subject Librarian Workgroup August 2018 Meeting. This presentation recaps the presentation "Transforming Liaison Services at the UNT Libraries: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Library Liaisonship" from the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative annual conference for an internal audience.
Date: August 30, 2018
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library

It's in the Bag: Creating Sustainability in the Faculty Book Delivery Service

Presentation for the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Annual Conference. This presentation describes the University of North Texas Libraries Access Services Department's development of a sustainable faculty delivery service.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Cornell, Emily; Brand, Rebecca; Keshmiripour, Setareh; Cunningham, Chris & Johnston, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library

The OA2020 Expression of Interest

Presentation for the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Annual Conference. OA2020 is an international initiative that supports institutions committed to a large-scale shift toward open access to the scholarly journal literature. Institutions that sign the Expression of Interest commit to making a good-faith effort to devise and implement practical strategies and actions for transitioning their funding for subscribing to journals to supporting open access. This lightning talk provides and overview of the OA2020 initiative and related resources to help guide decision-making on how to redirect library funding.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transforming Liaison Services at the UNT Libraries

Presentation for the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative annual conference. This presentation reviews the process used to revamp the the University of North Texas Libraries philosophy for supporting subject librarians as they provide library services to the university community.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Vendor Relations: Evolving Ethos & Etiquette

Presentation delivered at the 2018 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Annual Conference. This presentation describes the University of North Texas Libraries' multi-year effort to improve vendor relations by proactively preventing problems and by responding effectively to new situations as they arise.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Crawford, Laurel
System: The UNT Digital Library

3Dhotbed

Presented at the 2017 Code4Lib South Central Conference. This presentation provides an overview of the 3Dhobed project, including the process of 3D scanning, modeling, and printing hand moulds for book history instruction.
Date: August 11, 2017
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.; McIntosh, Marcia & O'Sullivan, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Joining Forces to Jumpstart Student Success in Higher Education

Presentation for the 2017 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Annual Conference. This presentation describes their partnerships with support services and academic departments that have facilitated services for undergraduate and graduate students.
Date: August 4, 2017
Creator: Monahan, Jo & O'Toole, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enabling Scholarly Annotation Using Open Frameworks for the Web

This presentation presents two implementations of the W3C Web Annotation Working Group’s data model for annotations: Hypothesis (for annotating webpages) and IIIF (for interoperability of images).
Date: August 24, 2016
Creator: Judkins, Julie & Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Power of Images + Text as Survey Responses

This presentation discusses how the authors created a survey and incorporated feedback through submitted images regarding a graduate student space in the library.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Barham, Rebecca & Hallman, Caroline
System: The UNT Digital Library

Achieving Financial Sustainability: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?

While technology has made producing copies of digital content almost entirely free, there is no escaping that publishing, according to most definitions of the term, still requires time and money. Any publishing service offered by a library must find a way to achieve financial sustainability—that is, operate without losing money. However, even "losing money" is a tricky concept, especially when taking into account varying definitions of operating expenses (overhead costs) under different models for auxiliary services. Libraries are by their very nature cost centers, providing services without the expectation of recovering revenue, and are usually part of larger organizations that similarly provide services under partial or full subsidies. While libraries are often comfortable with charging for convenience services and for services to those outside their designed community of users, careful thought should be given to which costs a publishing service-or any new service-should be expected to recover.
Date: August 12, 2016
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Scholarly Works

Compilation of presentations related to Scholarly Communications from UNT Libraries. The presentations introduce the UNT Scholarly Works repository, how to submit items to the repository, and how items are processed; the second portion of the presentation focuses on Open Access at UNT and the goal of Open Access movement; and the final presentation highlights how to approach copyright and authors' rights and options available to authors.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Andrews, Pamela & Zerangue, Amanda
System: The UNT Digital Library