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

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

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

Digital Library Evaluation

This Tech Talk presentation discusses digital libraries and methods used to evaluate these collections and the practices for developing and maintaining them.
Date: March 9, 2011
Creator: Hall, Nathan
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing the Usage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations: An Overview of ETD Statistics and Metrics in the UNT Libraries

Presentation for the 2011 Texas Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs) Association Annual Conference. This presentation gives an overview of ETD statistics and metrics in the UNT Libraries.
Date: March 31, 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
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

Symposium on Well-Being

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out, the Symposium on Well-Being. This series features Dr. Celia Williamson, associate professor of rehabilitation, social work and addictions, and Dr. Mark Vosvick, associate professor of psychology and director of the psychology departments' Center for Psychosocial Health Research.
Date: March 24, 2011
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
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

Open Access to UNT Faculty's Scholarly Publications

This presentation discusses open access policies at the University of North Texas (UNT). The topics include an introduction to open access, a discussion of open access policies, and implementation ideas for workflow and technology support.
Date: March 25, 2010
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Moen, William E. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
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
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

Information Literacy and YouTube: A Winning Combination for Users and Librarians

This presentation discusses information literacy and YouTube. The authors describe how they integrate YouTube videos into their basic information literacy instruction sessions.
Date: March 31, 2011
Creator: May, Frances A.; Byerly, Gayla & Tharp, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Web Browser Automation With Selenium IDE

This Tech Talk presentation discusses web browser automation with Selenium IDE. The presenter covers the basics of Selenium IDE, examples of its use, and a demonstration.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Women in the 21st Century

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Women in the 21st Century. This series features Dr. Beverly Bower, professor of counseling and higher education, Dr. Cynthia Chandler, professor of counseling and higher education, and Dr. Suzanne Enck, assistant professor of communication studies.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lessons Learned: Digitization of Cooke County Ledgers (open access)

Lessons Learned: Digitization of Cooke County Ledgers

This paper describes a grant project to digitize Cooke County, Texas ledgers. The project was funded in part by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) and involves digitizing and hosting several rare and unique collections representative of the Civil War. The UNT Archives partnered with the UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit (DPU), which managed all stages of the digitization. This paper describes and examines the process the DPU implemented to digitize the Cooke County ledger collection; in doing so, it provides insight into the problems one might encounter, as well as recommendations for institutions that may be considering similar digital projects.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Barker, Trista; Berrios, Reyes; Fisher, Sarah Lynn; Krahmer, Ana & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reference book indexes reviewed (open access)

Reference book indexes reviewed

Article on a study of the frequency and nature of remarks about indexes found in reviews of reference books.
Date: March 2010
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shaping User Experience

This presentation is part of a conference workshop about shaping user experience. The topics of the presentation include usability testing, iterative design, and digital libraries.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Crane, Kate & Carlisle, Tara
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Directions for Academic Video Game Collections: Strategies for Acquiring, Supporting, and Managing Online Materials (open access)

New Directions for Academic Video Game Collections: Strategies for Acquiring, Supporting, and Managing Online Materials

Article discussing new directions for academic video game collections and strategies for acquiring, supporting, and managing online materials.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Robson, Diane & Durkee, Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

QR Codes: Best Practices and Tips to Help Libraries Market Valuable Electronic Resources

This presentation discusses Quick Response (QR) codes. QR codes leverage the power of smartphones to connect digital data to real-world surfaces. The author provides tips and best practices to help libraries market their valuable electronic resources using QR codes.
Date: March 21, 2012
Creator: Bloechle, Marie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix F: MetaArchive Microservices (open access)

Appendix F: MetaArchive Microservices

This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. The purpose of this document is to explain the PREMIS Event microservice as prototyped for the MetaArchive Cooperative, primarily from a developer's standpoint. The document will attempt to explain the purpose of the microservice, the underlying principles on which it operates, and a practical example of its usage. The MetaArchive has installed all of the components needed to deploy this microservice and looks forward to opportunities to experiment with practical implementations in future development projects.
Date: March 9, 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Skinner, Katherine; Walters, Tyler & Schultz, Matt
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
MetaArchive: Final Report (open access)

MetaArchive: Final Report

This report provides summary information about the goals, activities, and results of this project, focusing on January 2008-December 2011. Section One will provide a brief summary of the outcomes of the project work based on the authors' project's performance objectives. Section Two will offer a brief reiteration of the authors' project's original goals and ambitions and an in-depth discussion of the authors' findings and development activities. Section Three will describe plans for the program's continuation and its long-term impact. Section Four will provide a list of the staff who have worked on various aspects of this project during the project period.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Skinner, Katherine; Walters, Tyler & Schultz, Matt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library