States

68 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Experiments in Operationalizing Metadata Quality Interfaces: A Case Study at the University of North Texas Libraries

Presentation for the 2018 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference. This presentation describes work underway at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to design and implement interfaces and tools for analyzing metadata quality in their local metadata editing environment.
Date: September 10, 2018
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's the Real Story? SLI Session Addresses Challenge of Fake News (open access)

What's the Real Story? SLI Session Addresses Challenge of Fake News

This article discusses a session on "Fake News and the Fate of Our Democracy" at the 2018 Texas Association of School Boards Summer Leadership Institute, and provides information on resources and strategies for assessing the legitimacy of news information.
Date: 2018-09/2018-10
Creator: French, Corinne & Monahan, Jo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit: Final Report (open access)

Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit: Final Report

This report documents the Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the Cost and Feasibility of FADGI Compliance for the Digital Projects Unit project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 30, 2017
Creator: Willis, Shannon & McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's Brewing at UNT: Final Report (open access)

What's Brewing at UNT: Final Report

This report documents the What's Brewing at UNT project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the What's Brewing at UNT project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 30, 2017
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Hardin, Gregory & Smith, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Print Books REALLY Dead?: Exploring the relationship between the technology acceptance model and the use of e-books at a large research university: Final Report (open access)

Are Print Books REALLY Dead?: Exploring the relationship between the technology acceptance model and the use of e-books at a large research university: Final Report

This report documents the Are Print Books REALLY Dead? project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the Are Print Books REALLY Dead? project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 27, 2017
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson; Smith, Susan & Dewitt-Miller, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?": Assessing Information Interaction to Improve Library Collections and Services: Final Report (open access)

"How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?": Assessing Information Interaction to Improve Library Collections and Services: Final Report

This report documents the "How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?" project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the "How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?" project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 27, 2017
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin; Smith, Susan & Billings, Emily
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Authority is Constructed and Contextual: Applying the Frame

Presentation for the September 2017 Subject Liaisons meeting. This presentation was developed as part of the Information Fluency Initiative in the 2015-2018 UNT Libraries Strategic Plan and contains strategies for adapting the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education frame "Authority is Constructed and Contextual" for library instruction and contains an examining of its core concepts.
Date: September 26, 2017
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Deep in the Heart of Texas: Government Information Stars from the Portal to Texas History

Presentation for Help! I'm an Accidental Government Information Librarian Webinar. This presentation provides an overview of Texas State government collections within the Portal to Texas History
Date: September 26, 2017
Creator: Sittel, Robbie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revving Up for Research  Mentoring Program: Final Report (open access)

Revving Up for Research Mentoring Program: Final Report

This report documents the Revving up for Research project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the Revving up for Research project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 26, 2017
Creator: Harker, Karen; Sassen, Catherine; O'Toole, Erin; Thomsett-Scott, Beth & Hamner, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Emotional Labor in the Digital Humanities

Seminar for the 2017 Digital Frontiers Conference. This seminar examines emotional labor as an integral component in the work of digital humanists, and as a means to develop professional relationships and scholarly partnerships that are more productive, equitable, and meaningful.
Date: September 23, 2017
Creator: Martin, John Edward & Braunstein, Laura
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma

Presented at the Humanities Open Book Project Directors Meeting at the National Endowment for the Humanities Headquarters. This lightning presentation contains an overview of the grant-funded project.
Date: September 22, 2017
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Technology to Enhance Discovery, Access, and Use: Final Report (open access)

Using Technology to Enhance Discovery, Access, and Use: Final Report

This report documents the Using Technology to Enhance Discovery, Access, and Use project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the Using Technology to Enhance Discovery, Access, and Use project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 20, 2017
Creator: Yanowski, Kevin; Sittel, Robbie & Monterroso, Betty
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Cooperative Model for Preserving Historical Television News Context (open access)

A Cooperative Model for Preserving Historical Television News Context

This paper was presented at the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress News Media Satellite Meeting on News, new roles & preservation advocacy: moving libraries into action. This paper provides and overview of the partnership between the University of North Texas and the Dallas/Forth Worth affiliate station of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC 5/KXAS) to preserve the content of the oldest television news station in Texas, including discussions of copyright, funding, and access to audio/visual collections.
Date: September 18, 2017
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4 captions transcript

Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4

Video of the 2017 Constitution Day: Sanctuary Cities event. This is a forum style discussion featuring Texas House Representative Ramon Romero, who argued vigorously against SB4, and Texas House Representative Lynn Stucky, who is a strong supporter of the new law. Students will also ask the speakers questions via Twitter using hashtags #UNT #Constitution Day.
Date: September 14, 2017
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer; Major, Rafael; Romero, Ramon & Stucky, Lynn
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Providing Inclusive Services to Transgender Customers (open access)

Providing Inclusive Services to Transgender Customers

This article describes the work of the TX-Gender Project for Libraries to provide research-based resources to help Texas libraries be safe and welcoming places for transgender visitors.
Date: September 2017
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.; Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bringing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) to the Point of Use: Metadata vs. Full-Text Controversy

This presentation discusses the increase of URLS within electronic theses and dissertations at UNT, and a comparison of queries through metadata and full-text discovery.
Date: September 30, 2016
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
ARTECA: Connecting Creative Communities captions transcript

ARTECA: Connecting Creative Communities

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation consists of a panel on a collaboration between MIT Press, Leonardo/ISAST and UT Dallas to create ARTECA, a digital scholarly aggregator. ARTECA serves as an online portal that supports the creation and dissemination of digital scholarly materials that explore the intersection of arts, science and technology.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Malina, Roger F.; Nazir, Cassini & Lilly, Chaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Facsimiles: the "Electronic Vesalius" and archival remediation captions transcript

Digital Facsimiles: the "Electronic Vesalius" and archival remediation

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation consists of a panel on a collaboration between the Texas Medical Center's Rare Book Room and McGovern Historical Center, the Rice Oshman Engineering and Design Kitchen, and Rice's Fondren Library and Humanities Research Center to create the "Electronic Vesalius."
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Mulligan, John Connor; Jin, Ying; Wettergreen, Matthew & Rasich, Ben
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discovering Texas Material Culture in the Briscoe Center for American History captions transcript

Discovering Texas Material Culture in the Briscoe Center for American History

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation is part of a panel on "Collective Contributions in Creating a Digital Hybrid" discussing the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive. In this presentation, Lynn Bell discusses the three year period in which Fellows surveyed over 11,000 objects and archival items to identify and photograph those that would contribute to the Hill Archive's mission.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Bell, Lynn
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hill Archive in Practice: A Resource for the Texas Clay Exhibition and Publicaiton at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston captions transcript

The Hill Archive in Practice: A Resource for the Texas Clay Exhibition and Publicaiton at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation is part of a panel on "Collective Contributions in Creating a Digital Hybrid" discussing the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive. In this presentation, Amy Kurlander discusses using the Hill Archive to create an exhibition of 19th-century Texas pottery, and an illustrated catalogue of Bayou Bend's entire collection of over 180 Texas-made vessels.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Kurlander, Amy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keynote Address: From I, Robot to WeRobotics: Humanitarian Robotics in Action captions transcript

Keynote Address: From I, Robot to WeRobotics: Humanitarian Robotics in Action

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This keynote address draws on real-world examples to illustrate how aerial robotics (drones) and other autonomous robotics solutions are being used in a wide range of humanitarian efforts.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Meier, Patrick
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
More Than Pretty Pictures: Material Culture Digitally Revealed Through the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artist Archive captions transcript

More Than Pretty Pictures: Material Culture Digitally Revealed Through the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artist Archive

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation is part of a panel on "Collective Contributions in Creating a Digital Hybrid" discussing the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive. In this presentation, Margaret Culbertson provides an overview of the development of the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Culbertson, Margaret
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Real Talk: Connecting Classrooms and Public Archives captions transcript

Real Talk: Connecting Classrooms and Public Archives

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation consists of a panel of representatives from Houston institutions, with lightning talks on their collaborations between LGBTQ archives and university classrooms, and a group discussion on topics raised by the lightning talks.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Criscione, Larry; Reeves, Judy; Riedel, Brian; Mulligan, John Connor & Sewell, Jeanette
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Art + Recovery in the Digital Humanities captions transcript

Art + Recovery in the Digital Humanities

Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, xtine burrough and Sabrina Starnaman discuss their participatory installation, a creative recovery effort focusing on the 1861 short story Life in the Iron Mills.
Date: September 22, 2016
Creator: Burrough, Xtine & Starnaman, Sabrina
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library