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Workflow Tools for Digital Curation (open access)

Workflow Tools for Digital Curation

This article discusses workflow tools for digital curation.
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: Weidner, Andrew & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Getting started on Twitter: Communities and Conversations...

This Tech Talk presentation discusses getting started and strategies for using the social media tool Twitter.
Date: April 8, 2013
Creator: Najmi, Anjum & Freese, Ephraim
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

One Million Pages of Texas Newspapers: Dataset

This dataset represents the first million pages of Texas newspapers added to The Portal to Texas History as part of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program. The dataset consists of 123,184 newspaper issues from 569 titles, comprising 1,000,003 pages. Additionally the 3,349,156 item uses associated with this dataset as of April 7, 2013 are included.
Date: April 7, 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Hicks, William
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Texas Newspapers Natural Language Processing

This dataset includes data on natural language processing from the Texas Newspapers Project. The dataset includes word counts, name entity recognition results, and topic models.
Date: April 7, 2013
Creator: Torget, Andrew J., 1978-
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content

This presentation discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. It includes a background of the End of Term (EOT) 2008 Presidential Web Archive, a collaborative web archiving project, collection development with web archive content, and the workflow and processes involved in these projects.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content (open access)

Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content

This paper discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. The paper discusses the overall workflow and describes the tools used to extract document features. Findings suggest opportunities for the development of retrieval tools that will provide new ways of selecting content and building collections from large Web archives.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Mapping the Southwest" Project: Collaboration for Curation of Wide-format Items

This presentation discusses the 'Mapping the Southwest' project and the collaboration for curation of wide-format items.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reducing Service Points in the Academic Library: How to Provide Quality Customer Service in the Face of Budget Cuts (open access)

Reducing Service Points in the Academic Library: How to Provide Quality Customer Service in the Face of Budget Cuts

This paper discusses how to provide quality customer service in the face of budget cuts.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Increasing Faculty Usage of Streaming Video: A Webcast

This presentation was given for 'Increasing Faculty Usage of Streaming Video: A Webcast, sponsored by Alexander Street Press and Library Journal. In this presentation, the author discusses when and how video is used in instruction with examples and ideas for increasing faculties' usage of streaming videos.
Date: April 26, 2012
Creator: Stanton, Kimberly
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Studying Distance Students: Methods, Findings, Actions

In this presentation, the authors discuss methods for assessing the needs of distance students and for effectively gathering input, emphasizing technology that did and did not work. The authors also identify ways to evaluate what was learned and to work with librarians and faculty.
Date: April 20, 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Wahl, Diane
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studying Distance Students: Methods, Findings, Actions (open access)

Studying Distance Students: Methods, Findings, Actions

This paper discusses the needs of distance learners.
Date: April 20, 2012
Creator: Wahl, Diane; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Henry, Lisa
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating in Tough Times: Responding to State Cuts

This presentation was for a panel session with librarians from school, public, academic, and the North Texas Library Partners (NTLP) at the Texas Library Association (TLA) annual conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss collaboration strategies during difficult financial periods and funding cuts.
Date: April 18, 2012
Creator: LaBoon, Jennifer D.; Ewell, Lana; Sears, Suzanne; Leuzinger, Julie & Wright, Adam
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sexual Misconduct with Congregants or Parishioners: Crafting a Model Statute (open access)

Sexual Misconduct with Congregants or Parishioners: Crafting a Model Statute

Article discussing sexual misconduct with congregants or parishioners and crafting a model statute.
Date: April 12, 2012
Creator: Toben, Bradley J. B. & Helge, Kris
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today (open access)

Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today

This book chapter discusses educating communities. and preserving tomorrow's treasures today. Librarians, curators, archivists, and volunteers work hard to conserve and preserve materials as they are added to their collections, insuring that the materials can be safely used. However, not all genealogical and historical information is held in cultural institutions; unknown numbers of valuable information sources reside with individuals and in residences. By educating the community today on how to protect the treasures in their care, we have the potential to minimize the repairs needed for these items in the future.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Phillips, Jessica
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chronicles in Preservation: Curation Practices for Born-Digital and Digitized Newspaper Collections

This presentation discusses the Chronicles in Preservation project. This project aims to study, document, and model the use of data preparation practices and distributed digital preservation frameworks to collaboratively preserve digitized and born-digital newspaper collections. This presentation gives the background of the Chronicles in Preservation project, the State of the Field report, and early findings.
Date: April 3, 2012
Creator: Skinner, Katherine; Halbert, Martin & Walters, Tyler
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

2012 Presidential Primaries

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. This series features Dr. Tony Carey, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Dr. Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and Dr. Brian Lain, associate professor in the Department of Communications Studies and director of UNT's Debate Program.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

DataRes Project Briefing

Presentation for the 2012 CNI Annual Membership Meeting. This presentation provides an overview and update on the DataRes Project.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Moen, William E.; Keralis, Spencer D. C. & Stark, Shannon
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Opportunities and challenges for the 21st century FDLP

This presentation discusses research on the opportunities and challenges for the 21st century Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The authors discuss the principles of the FDLP, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), LOCKSS-USDOCS, and the University of North Texas (UNT) efforts toward digital FDLP.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Jacobs, James A.; Sears, Suzanne & Walls, David
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shaping User Experience (open access)

Shaping User Experience

This handout accompanies a workshop presentation about shaping user experience. The topics of the workshop include usability testing, iterative design, and digital libraries. This handout outlines the topics that will be covered with a timeline of the activities, glossary of terminology used, worksheets, and references.
Date: April 1, 2012
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Crane, Kate & Carlisle, Tara
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Student Use of Interactive Whiteboards in an Academic Library Setting (open access)

Student Use of Interactive Whiteboards in an Academic Library Setting

The interactive whiteboard is a learning technology that was introduced in the early 1990s, with the most commonly known product being the SMART Board from SMART Technologies. The main market for interactive whiteboards has been elementary schools, but other markets include secondary schools, higher education, libraries, and businesses. Librarians use the technology to enhance active learning and collaboration in instruction sessions. In January 2011, the University of North Texas Libraries installed two Hitachi StarBoards in the new Collaboration and Learning Commons of the Eagle Commons Library for patrons to use independently. Casual observation suggests that although the StarBoards are popular, the patrons are making minimal use of their interactive functions. The authors propose a study of independent patron use of interactive whiteboards in an academic library setting.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Elizondo, Yvette & O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Use of Interactive Whiteboards in an Academic Library Setting

In January 2011, the University of North Texas Libraries installed two Hitachi StarBoards in the new Collaboration and Learning Commons of the Eagle Commons Library for patrons to use independently. This presentation reports preliminary findings from a web survey on students use of smart technologies and interactive whiteboards at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Elizondo, Yvette & O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Digital Libraries: Past, Present and Future

This presentation gives an overview of various digital initiatives by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit.
Date: April 25, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reference Beyond the Desk: Nontraditional Modes of Reference

This presentation discusses virtual reference services in libraries. The topics include virtual reference systems, with examples of what other institutions have adopted, collaborative virtual reference services with examples, and how reference librarians away from their desk and even off campus have developed new referencing services.
Date: April 15, 2011
Creator: Thomsett-Scott, Beth
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Space for Transition: A space study for an overcrowded library

Presentation for the Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. In the presentation, the author discusses creating study space for an overcrowded library.
Date: April 13, 2011
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library