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

Is It Really That Bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems

This presentation is for a workshop and discusses a methodology for addressing full-text linking problems.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Link Resolver Testing

This excel file accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems'.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steps for Using the Worksheets for Evaluating Link Resolvers (open access)

Steps for Using the Worksheets for Evaluating Link Resolvers

This worksheet accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems', which discusses a methodology for addressing full-text linking problems.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

What If... ? Analysis of Demand-Driven Acquisitions of E-Books at UNT

This poster discusses Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) of e-books at UNT.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of Data (open access)

The Problem of Data

Report on the problem of data, workflows and methodologies at a variety of academic data curation sites, and the academic milieu of library and information schools that offer instruction in data curation.
Date: August 2, 2012
Creator: Jahnke, Lori; Asher, Andrew & Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Book Reviews in an Electronic Age

Poster presented at the 2012 IAMSLIC Annual Conference. This poster discusses research on book reviews in marine and aquatic journals to gain insight into the characteristics of the reviews and their value to librarians and research.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler; Heil, Kathy & Wiest, Natalie H., 1948-
Object Type: Poster
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
Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then... (open access)

Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then...

This paper accompanies a poster presentation on patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then... [Poster]

This poster discusses patron driven acquisitions. The ups and downs of initiating and assessing a patron acquisitions program at the University of North Texas (UNT) will be highlighted. Emphasis will be placed on changing the philosophy of collection development, how to start the program (through a jobber or direct), coordinating print and electronic acquisitions processes, and assessing the first year's purchases.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals For Smart Staff Development

This presentation discusses setting goals for staff. This presentation will talk about writing SMART goals that are clear and achievable and that meet the needs of the organization and its individuals for training.
Date: July 9, 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Assessment to Guide Strategic Planning

This presentation discusses using assessments to guide strategic planning.
Date: July 9, 2012
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are We There Yet? Toward a Workable Controlled Vocabulary for Music (open access)

Are We There Yet? Toward a Workable Controlled Vocabulary for Music

This article discusses moving toward a workable controlled vocabulary for music.
Date: July 2012
Creator: McKnight, Mark, 1951-
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
Building a Better Librarian: Why Your Work As A Librarian Begins LONG Before Your Graduate Program (open access)

Building a Better Librarian: Why Your Work As A Librarian Begins LONG Before Your Graduate Program

This articles discusses why ones work as a librarian begins long before their graduate program.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

DDA and STEM @ UNT: What we have learned

This presentation discusses Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at the University of North Texas (UNT). For the Texas STEM Librarians' Conference, the author will present data and information about the pilot program, and how the Discovery Collection and the purchased titles are distributed, particularly regarding the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries

Presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This presentation discusses fostering a culture of research and publication in academic libraries.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Wahl, Diane
Object Type: Presentation
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

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
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
[Review] Chopin Early Editions [2004]. Chopin's First Editions Online [2004] (open access)

[Review] Chopin Early Editions [2004]. Chopin's First Editions Online [2004]

Review of two online projects with resources related to the work of composer and pianist Fréderic Chopin.
Date: June 1, 2012
Creator: Justice, Andrew
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto

Poster promoting The Denton Declaration, an open data manifesto created in May 2012 at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C. & Papić, Mariette
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library