Ensuring Long-Term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Local vs. Global Lifecycle Management

Presentation for the 2014 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses ensuring long-term access to electronic theses and dissertations and local versus global lifecycle management.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lexicon of Jazz Invective: Hurling Insults Across a Century with Big Data [presentation]

Presentation for the Texas Music Library Association Fall 2014 Meeting. This presentation discusses the lexicon of jazz invective and hurling insults across a century with big data.
Date: October 3, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sample Core Journal List Spreadsheet (open access)

Sample Core Journal List Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet document accompanying a poster for the 2014 Charleston Annual Library Conference. This spreadsheet is a sample of a core journal list for specialized or small academic libraries.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Harker, Karen & Marshall, Derek
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

No Dust in the Stacks: Creating a Customized Local Serials Collection on the Fly

Poster presented at the 2014 Charleston Annual Library Conference. This poster discusses creating a customized local serials collection on the fly.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Harker, Karen & Marshall, Derek
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers (open access)

Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers

Article discussing a project by the UNT Libraries to purchase e-book readers for students purchasing digital textbooks.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections (open access)

Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections

Article discussing a case study of the UNT Libraries digital collections and managing serials in a large digital library.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Waugh, Laura; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT's Theses and Dissertations Retrospective Digitization Project

Poster presented at the 2014 United States (U.S) Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Annual Conference. This poster discusses the University of North Texas' (UNTs) retrospective digitization project of theses and dissertations.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Loafman, Kathryn; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study (open access)

How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study

Paper describing the results of initial research to evaluate general information about how records change in a digital library, using the UNT digital collections as a sample set. The analysis looked at several key concepts including the number of records that have been edited, the number of edits per record, the number of editors per record, the amount of change in file size and in completeness (i.e., values in required fields), and changes in access to digital objects.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Shakeri, Shadi
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

When Fulltext Searching Isn't Enough: Text Encoding for Manuscripts and Other Special Collections Materials

Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Special Collections Affinity Group Fall 2014 Meeting. This presentation discusses text encoding for manuscripts and other special collections materials.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Management in the UNT Digital Library

Presentation for the Texas Digital Library (TDL) Data Management Workgroup. This presentation discusses data management in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
MYB5 and MYB14 Play Pivotal Roles in Seed Coat Polymer Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula (open access)

MYB5 and MYB14 Play Pivotal Roles in Seed Coat Polymer Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula

Article discussing MYB5 and MYB14 playing pivotal roles in seed coat polymer biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Liu, Chenggang; Jun, Ji Hyung & Dixon, R. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Unity in Diversity, ETDs at UNT: and a look towards BibFrame

Presentation for the 2014 Texas Music Library Association Fall Meeting. This presentation discusses electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) at the University of North Texas (UNT) and BibFrame.
Date: October 3, 2014
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keeping it Real: A Comprehensive and Transparent Evaluation of Electronic Resources

Presentation slides from a pre-conference workshop at the 2014 Charleston Annual Library Conference. The workshop discusses a comprehensive and transparent evaluation of electronic resources.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Harker, Karen; Enoch, Todd & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation Notes] (open access)

In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2014 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. The notes and presentation discuss Charles B. Ward (1864-1917) and include a biography and further implications for biography and musical reception history through resources originally created with different purposes in mind.
Date: September 18, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2014 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation discusses Charles B. Ward (1864-1917) and includes a biography and further implications for biography and musical reception history through resources originally created with different purposes in mind.
Date: September 18, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review (open access)

Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review

This article explores the strengths and limitations of folksonomies through traditional indexing and taxonomies with an emphasis on the history of cultural heritage information retrieval.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resource Discovery System Usage Report: February 2012-August 2014 (open access)

Resource Discovery System Usage Report: February 2012-August 2014

Report on the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries resource discovery system usage between February 1, 2012 and August 25, 2014.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Thomale, Jason
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Customer Service in the Library

Presentation to the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries Access Services student assistants. This presentation discusses customer service in the library.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Peebles, Emily
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Portal to Texas History, a DPLA Service Hub

Presentation at the University of Texas at Austin. This presentation discusses The Portal to Texas History as a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: December 10, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Access to Geographical Information in Library Catalogs: a Case Study

Presentation for the Pioneer America Society Annual Conference. This presentation discusses a case study on access to geographical information in library catalogs.
Date: October 10, 2014
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries (open access)

HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries

This book chapter discusses how to operationalize acquisitions through a discussion of various models of acquisitions, encompassing budgeting, working with vendors, selection, ordering, receiving, processing, and overall administration of the process.
Date: 2014
Creator: Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Model for Integrating the Publication and Preservation of Journal Articles [Revision]

Revised version of a presentation for Open Repositories 2014 discussing a model for integrating the publication and preservation of journal articles.
Date: June 10, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Merging Departments, Service Desks and Staff: Managing Change While Improving Customer Service and Staff Morale

Presentation for the 2014 Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference. This presentation discusses merging departments, service desks and staff and managing change while improving customer service and staff morale.
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann & Johnston, Pamela
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pushing the Boundaries of Open Access

Poster presented at the 2014 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL). This poster provides a preliminary analysis of the University of North Texas (UNT) efforts to make students' work accessible to a wider global audience.
Date: April 28, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Kleister, Jill
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library