Metadata to fit your needs... How much is too much?

This presentation briefly introduces the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and their mission. It explains the structure of the Digital Projects Unit having the Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History, and discusses their metadata structure and its role in Digital Projects.
Date: March 16, 2009
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preserving Our Collective Digital History

This presentation introduces the mission and the roles of the departments in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and focuses on the infrastructure of the Digital Projects Unit.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Research, Rummage, and Reconnoiter: Online Exploration at The Portal to Texas History

This presentation discusses what The Portal to Texas History is and the benefits that it provides to the community and to educators. It also illustrates how to use The Portal to Texas History, shows examples of the collections, and discusses future goals.
Date: March 8, 2007
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Digital Asset Management Systems (work area E) (open access)

Comparison of Digital Asset Management Systems (work area E)

Paper for an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) Grant Partner Uplift Project. This paper describes examinations of various digital asset management systems' (DAMS) capabilities and functions. Evaluation is based on the documentation relating to each package.
Date: March 21, 2007
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Polyakov, Serhiy
Object Type: Paper
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
Focus Group Report: New York University - New York City - September, 2005 (open access)

Focus Group Report: New York University - New York City - September, 2005

This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This report includes the following three sections: (a) the methodology used to conduct the focus groups and analyze the data, (b) the detailed results of the analysis organized into phases of the collection development process, and (c) a discussion of the key findings.
Date: March 24, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Hsieh, Inga K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Curators' Evaluation of WAS Release 2/3 (open access)

Curators' Evaluation of WAS Release 2/3

This report discusses the curators' evaluation of WAS release 2/3, part of the Web-at-Risk project.
Date: March 16, 2007
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Focus Group Report: California Digital Library, Oakland, CA, August 31, 2005 (open access)

Focus Group Report: California Digital Library, Oakland, CA, August 31, 2005

This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This report includes the following three sections: (a) the methodology used to conduct the focus groups and analyze the data, (b) the detailed results of the analysis organized into phases of the collection development process, and (c) a discussion of the key findings.
Date: March 21, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Hsieh, Inga K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"The Silicon Dream": Breaking Glass on the Small Screen (open access)

"The Silicon Dream": Breaking Glass on the Small Screen

Book chapter discussing the Brian Gibson film "Breaking Glass" and the author's experiences viewing the film and thoughts about the impressions it made.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Man on the Beat: John Gilliland and The Pop Chronicles

Presentation for the 2008 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Annual Conference. This presentation discusses John Gilliland and The Pop Chronicles.
Date: March 28, 2008
Creator: Justice, Andrew & Thorn, Jonathan
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Focus Group Report: Federal Depository Library Conference - Washington, D.C. - October, 2005 (open access)

Focus Group Report: Federal Depository Library Conference - Washington, D.C. - October, 2005

This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. The report includes the following three sections: (a) the methodology used to conduct the focus groups and analyze the data, (b) the detailed results of the analysis organized into phases of the collection development process, and (c) a discussion of the key findings.
Date: March 28, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Hsieh, Inga K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ode to Controlled Vocabulary (open access)

Ode to Controlled Vocabulary

This poem pays homage to controlled vocabularies. It describes the importance of using controlled vocabularies and why they should be respected and utilized.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Poem
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deaf Smith County: Frontier Communities of the Llano Estacado Grant Materials (open access)

Deaf Smith County: Frontier Communities of the Llano Estacado Grant Materials

These grant materials were prepared for a project funded by Humanities Texas to digitize materials from the Deaf Smith County Library. The collection represented a wealth of primary source images that document the people, places and culture of Hereford and the surrounding county. A work plan details the digitization process and scanning standards, developing a lesson plan, and long-term benefits of the project. The project was funded for $5,000.
Date: March 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library