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Grateful Data: Digital Humanities, Data Cleaning, and the Grateful Dead
Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, Scott Carlson discusses his efforts to teach data cleaning techniques using publicly available data related to the Grateful Dead, including data from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the Internet Archive, and the Internet Movie Database.
Date:
September 22, 2016
Creator:
Carlson, Scott
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
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
imagineRio: A Diachronic Atlas of the Social and Architectural Evolution of Rio de Janeiro
Presentation for the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, Farès el-Dahdah and Alida C. Metcalf discuss imagineRio, a searchable atlas platform that illustrates the social and urban evolution of Rio de Janeiro over the entire history of the city, as it existed and as it was often imagined.
Date:
September 22, 2016
Creator:
el-Dahdah, Farès & Metcalf, Alida C.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Physically Embedded Librarianship on Academic Departments
This article discusses what happens when subject librarians move from the library services desk to spending a significant part of their workday in the academic departments they serve, and proposes a developmental model for physically embedded librarianship.
Date:
July 2016
Creator:
O'Toole, Erin; Barham, Rebecca & Monahan, Jo
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Importance of GIS Repositories
This presentation highlights the importance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data repositories, including issues and challenges.
Date:
October 8, 2016
Creator:
Burns, Douglas
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improving Openness and Reproducibility in Scholarly Research and Communication
Video of the featured speaker session discussing the Open Science Framework, a free, open scholarly commons to address problems with reproduction and verification of research.
Date:
May 20, 2016
Creator:
Nosek, Brian
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indexing Quality and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Analysis of Electronic Theses and Dissertations Representation
This paper analyzes the quality and effectiveness of indexing terms – both authorized terms from controlled vocabularies and free-text keywords – used to succinctly describe the content of the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Date:
December 27, 2016
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indexing Quality and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Analysis of Electronic Theses and Dissertations Representation
This poster details a study of index terms in UNT's Electronic Thesis and Dissertation collection to understand the effectiveness of terms in matching users' queries.
Date:
October 16, 2016
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
It Starts at the Top: Developing a Motivational Leadership Style That Moves Mountains
This presentation describes a variety of successful changes within the University of North Texas Libraries' Access Services such as re-organizing the structure of the department, establishing new services, and accomplishing projects. Stages of change from idea to implementation and the facilitation of communication throughout the process will be discussed.
Date:
November 17, 2016
Creator:
Keshmiripour, Setareh & Venner, Mary Ann
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Keynote Address: Burning Down the Tent: New Futures for Social Justice and Digital Humanities
Video recording of a keynote presentation at the 2016 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this keynote address, Roopika Risam uses digital initiatives at Salem State University as a case study to illustrate the key practices necessary for building digital humanities communities and institutional centers that place social justice at the core of their missions.
Date:
September 22, 2016
Creator:
Risam, Roopika
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Let's Get Judgy: Rubric Based Evaluation of Electronic Resources
This poster describes the workflow for evaluating one resources using rubrics covering overall functionality, usability, and licensing and contracts. This poster was presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Orlando, FL on June 25, 2016, and at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio on August 15, 2016.
Date:
June 25, 2016
Creator:
Miller, Erin & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letting the collections tell their story: Using Tableau for collection evaluation
This presentation contains the workshop presented at the 2016 Library and Information Technology Association Forum pre-conference session. This workshop presentation includes an introduction to the Tableau Public software, data management, and developing dashboards.
Date:
November 17, 2016
Creator:
Harker, Karen; Klein, Janette & Parwani, Priya B.
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Librarian Engagement and Social Justice in Publishing
Video recording of a presentation at the 2016 Library Publishing Forum. In this session, presenters discuss their work in this area, addressing topics like race, culture, sexuality, and gender in formats like print books, online journals, and institutional repositories.
Date:
May 18, 2016
Creator:
Roh, Charlotte; Drabinski, Emily & Inefuku, Harrison
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Live-Streaming OA at UC Press: Lessons Learned, and How the Landscape Has Already Changed
Video of the joint keynote for the 2016 Library Publishing Forum and UNT Open Access Symposium. This presentation discusses where scholarly publishing is headed, what is happening in open-access publishing, and how the two can support alternatives to commercial publishing.
Date:
May 19, 2016
Creator:
Morgan, Dan
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making an Open Information Age: Power, Freedom and Inequality in an Age of Bits
Video of the session "Making an Open Information Age: Power, Freedom and Inequality in an Age of Bits," which explores why we can and must create a world of open information and its implications for technology, politics, laws, and economics.
Date:
May 20, 2016
Creator:
Pollock, Rufus
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making MINES for Libraries Work for Your Library
This presentation provides an overview of the use of MINES for Libraries® at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date:
July 22, 2016
Creator:
Harker, Karen & Parwani, Priya B.
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mellon Project Updates [Lightning Talks Panel]
Video recording of a lightning talks session from the 2016 Library Publishing Forum. This lightning talks panel contains presentations on grant projects funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Date:
May 19, 2016
Creator:
Gonder, Justin; McGlone, Jonathan & Maron, Nancy
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
More Than Just a Degree: Preparing Graduate Library Students For Their Future
This poster outlines the recent restructure of the Graduate Library Assistant Program at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date:
April 19, 2016
Creator:
Keshmiripour, Setareh & Zerangue, Amanda
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Moving Forward Locally and Collectively [Lightning Panel]
Video recording of a lightning panel at the 2016 Library Publishing Forum. In this session, presenters discuss the development of publishing initiatives, including local perspectives and larger initiatives to collectively study publishing data.
Date:
May 18, 2016
Creator:
McCready, Kate; Kahn, Meredith & Melton, Sarah
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
News, new roles & preservation advocacy: Moving Libraries into action
This paper discusses how much news is published online that is never published in print or on more permanent media. It delves into some of the reasons why this convent is not yet preserved, and examines the persistent challenges of digital preservation and of digital curation of this content type.
Date:
June 7, 2016
Creator:
Halbert, Martin; Skinner, Katherine; Wilson, Marc & Zarndt, Frederick
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Balancing Locally Curated Open Access Collections and Their Costs
Presentation for the NISO Webinar "Managing an Open Access World. Part 1: Open Access & Acquisitions. This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' attempts to curate open access collections.
Date:
September 7, 2016
Creator:
Rodriguez, Allyson
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
OA Resource Rubric
This rubric represents a simple and effective way to determine if an Open Access resources is of appropriate quality for inclusion in a library catalog.
Date:
July 19, 2016
Creator:
Rodriguez, Allyson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library