DataRes Project Secondary Survey

Dataset from the DataRes Project. This dataset is the secondary survey on data management needs of researchers.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.; Stark, Shannon; Halbert, Martin & Moen, William E.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

DataRes Project Primary Survey

Dataset from the DataRes Project. This dataset is the primary survey on data management needs of researchers.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.; Stark, Shannon; Halbert, Martin & Moen, William E.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Removal of Download Access to Grateful Dead Soundboards from the Live Music Archive (open access)

On the Removal of Download Access to Grateful Dead Soundboards from the Live Music Archive

Article on the removal of download access to Grateful Dead soundboards from the Live Music Archive.
Date: August 1, 2012
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
"In Case of Sudden Death, Burn This": The Simon Bucharoff Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library [Presentation Notes] (open access)

"In Case of Sudden Death, Burn This": The Simon Bucharoff Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2012 Texas Music Library Association (TMLA) Annual Meeting. The notes and presentation discuss the Simon Bucharoff collection at the University of North Texas (UNT) music library.
Date: October 5, 2012
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

"In Case of Sudden Death, Burn This": The Simon Bucharoff Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2012 Texas Music Library Association (TMLA) Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses the Simon Bucharoff collection at the University of North Texas (UNT) music library.
Date: October 5, 2012
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Life Cycle of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This presentation discusses the life cycle of electronic theses and dissertations. The presentation includes a look at ETD programs today, definitions of lifecycle management, ETD lifecycle management challenges, and the IMLS ETD Lifecycle Management Project.
Date: February 24, 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin
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

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
American Society for Indexing Conferences: An Analysis of Major Topics, 1997-2011 (open access)

American Society for Indexing Conferences: An Analysis of Major Topics, 1997-2011

Article offering an analysis of major topics at the American Society for Indexing Conferences from 1997 through 2011.
Date: 2012
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inadvertent RDA: New Catalogers' Errors in AACR2 (open access)

Inadvertent RDA: New Catalogers' Errors in AACR2

This article discusses Resource Description and Access (RDA) and new catalogers' errors in Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed. (AACR2).
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Harden, Jean, 1948-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries" (open access)

Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries"

This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to fostering a culture of research and publications in academic libraries.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Wahl, Diane
Object Type: Text
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
Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets (open access)

Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets

This paper discusses measuring the impact of preserving digital assets.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets

This presentation discusses measuring the impact of preserving digital assets. This presentation reports the initial findings of a study of the impact of digitizing assets, specifically: (a) a framework of impact areas and indicators and (b) findings for the Portal's content partners and users.
Date: June 13, 2012
Creator: Belden, Dreanna & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classifying the End-of-Term Archive (open access)

Classifying the End-of-Term Archive

This paper discusses the Classification of the End-of-Term Archive project.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Classifying the End of Term Web Archive [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2012 IS&T Archiving Conference. This poster discusses a research project on classifying the End-of-Term Archive. This Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded research project investigates whether link analysis and cluster analysis were effective techniques for classifying the materials in the End-of-Term archive to improve discovery.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food for Fines: Helping Students and the Community (open access)

Food for Fines: Helping Students and the Community

Article on a Food for Fines program at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries. The Food for Fines drive offers a way for the library to help students take care of their library fines and help the local community as well.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Mapping the Southwest": UNT-UTA Collaborative Project

This presentation discusses a collaborative project between the University of North Texas (UNT) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to digitize 5,000 historically-significant, rare maps of the American southwest.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Jones, Jerrell & Hodges, Ann
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Reference Interview and Referrals

This presentation is session 1 of access services training. The author discusses reference interviews and referrals.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Success Of A Nation's Soccer Team: A Bellwether Regarding A Nation's Electronic Information Infrastructure, The Legal Regulations That Govern The Infrastructure, The Resulting Citizen-Trust In Its Government And Its E-Readiness In Nigeria, The DPRK, China, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands And The United States (open access)

The Success Of A Nation's Soccer Team: A Bellwether Regarding A Nation's Electronic Information Infrastructure, The Legal Regulations That Govern The Infrastructure, The Resulting Citizen-Trust In Its Government And Its E-Readiness In Nigeria, The DPRK, China, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands And The United States

This article discusses a bellwether regarding a nation's electronic information infrastructure, the legal regulations that govern the infrastructure, the resulting citizen-trust in its government and its e-readiness in seven countries.
Date: December 1, 2012
Creator: Helge, Kris
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The DataRes Research Project on Data Management (open access)

The DataRes Research Project on Data Management

Paper for the 2012 International iConference. This presentation discusses data management and the DataRes Project.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Moen, William E. & Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project (open access)

Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project

In this paper, the authors describe research led by Educopia Institute regarding the preservation needs for digitized and born-digital newspapers. The 'Chronicles in Preservation' project, builds upon previous efforts (e.g. the U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program) to look more broadly at the needs of digital newspapers in all of their diverse and challenging forms. This paper conveys the findings of the first research phase, including substantive survey results regarding digital newspaper curation practices.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Skinner, Katherine; Schultz, Matt; Halbert, Martin & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

National Gaming Day: Planning a successful gaming event

This presentation discusses the American Library Association's (ALA's) National Gaming Day @ your library, a fairly new event created to promote the "educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games". The University of North Texas (UNT) Library has participated for two years and has organized their event to offer fun along with a focus on research and development opportunities available for people interested in all aspects of gaming. In this presentation, the authors detail the planning and organization of National Gaming Day at an academic library.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Robson, Diane & Ross, Bethany
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feeling Animal: Pet-Making and Mastery in the Slave's Friend (open access)

Feeling Animal: Pet-Making and Mastery in the Slave's Friend

Article on an American Anti-Slavery Society periodical, the 'Slave's Friend,' which ran from 1836 to 1839. The author describes the abolitionist sentiment and the animal metaphor.
Date: August 30, 2012
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library