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Equitable Educational Planning: Embracing Open Educational Resources for the Post-Pandemic Era (open access)

Equitable Educational Planning: Embracing Open Educational Resources for the Post-Pandemic Era

This article explores the post-pandemic landscape and how increasing Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access (OA), and removing access barriers could increase equity by establishing the ability for teaching/learning to continue for all, regardless of the ability to attend a brick-and-mortar building and regardless of socio-economic status. The authors examine the consequences of current iniquities through the lens of self-determination theory (SDT).
Date: 2021
Creator: Ford, Angela & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing an institutional repository workflow with GitLab and a folder-based deposit system (open access)

Managing an institutional repository workflow with GitLab and a folder-based deposit system

This article highlights the application of GitLab in ingesting material into an institutional repository and the folder-based deposit system that is used to move deposited resources through the ingestion process.
Date: February 10, 2021
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R.; Phillips, Mark Edward & Phillips, Kristy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Texas Digital Newspaper Program: Reading Through the Eyes of Time

Presentation introducing the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) on The Portal to Texas History. It provides examples on different ways to explore the collection and includes other, similar resources that might be of interest. It was presented at the RootsTech 2021 virtual conference.
Date: February 26, 2021
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Supervising Metadata Creation Remotely

Presentation discussing leading metadata creation remotely. This presentation was given as part of the Texas Digital Library Leadership Academy webinar series in 2021.
Date: April 29, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Let's Git Creative: Using GitLab to Improve the Institutional Repository Workflow at the University of North Texas

Poster examining the use of GitLab by the University of North Texas Libraries' institutional repository. GitLab provided the ability to track and communicate priorities for items submitted to the repository. It was presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) on May 24-26, 2021.
Date: May 24, 2021
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Audio/Visual Digital Collections Content Accessible for All Texans (open access)

Making Audio/Visual Digital Collections Content Accessible for All Texans

Data management plan for the grant "Making Audio/Visual Digital Collections Content Accessible for All Texans." Project to improve audio/visual (A/V) content accessibility available through The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries. The project addresses the needs of Deaf and Blind users who often lack fundamental access for many A/V materials in digital repositories while also providing benefit to abled users and those with other special needs through efforts to transcribe, translate, describe, interpret, and chapter both research-oriented and primary-source A/V content.
Date: 2021-09-01/2022-08-31
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Expanding Access to Oklahoma Newspapers: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Presentation highlighting the partnership between the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Library and the Oklahoma Historical Society to digitize Oklahoma newspapers and make them accessible online through the Gateway to Oklahoma History. It was presented at the 2021 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference held virtually by the Library of Congress on September 9 and 13-16, 2021.
Date: September 14, 2021
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn & Biller, Sarah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive

Presentation describing the ongoing CoRSAL (Computational Resource for South Asian Languages) project, including background on the UNT Digital Library infrastructure and metadata schema, specific fields that have presented issues or areas of discussion for language data records (language, creator/contributor, and relation), and final conclusions about the collaboration so far.
Date: September 30, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Computational Resource for South Asian Languages Metadata Infrastructure to Support Social Media Interactions

Presentation exploring the technical perspective of displaying CoRSAL content on social media.
Date: October 1, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive (open access)

Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive

Article introduces the collaboration between the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) group and the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library to build a series of interconnected digital collections for various language communities. It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Burke, Mary; Tarver, Hannah & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and Open Educational Resources for Equitable Scholarly Communication: Rethinking Educational Planning Post-COVID

Presentation that discusses Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in light of the iniquities in scholarly communication that were made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation discusses how OA and OER can address social justice concerns, improve scholarly communication, and facilitate equitable educational planning.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela Y.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Forging Connections at the University of North Texas to Comply with Funder-Mandated Public Access to Research Data

Presentation highlighting the collaboration between the University of North Texas Libraries and the Division of Research and Innovation to proactively document and provide stable, long-term access to information about federally-funded grant projects received at UNT, but more importantly to act as a centralized location for accessing research and grant artifacts including documentation and datasets created during the award period. It was presented virtually at the Southeast Data Librarian Symposium held on October 13-15, 2021.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Celebrating a Legacy of Global Friendships: The Experience of an Ethiopian Cohort

Presentation given at the Fulbright Association’s Virtual 44th Annual Conference that presents the experiences of multiple Fulbright scholars' research and service at various universities in Ethiopia.
Date: October 20, 2021
Creator: Ford, Angela; Kidane, Addis; Wilfong, Tara & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa (open access)

North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa

Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel was meant to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south collaborations and scholarly exchanges. This panel was sponsored by the Africa Chapter and SIG-III.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Rorissa, Abebe; Fourie, Ina; Julien, Heidi; Raju, Jaya & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities & Experiences in Africa

Presentation given to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south collaborations and scholarly exchanges.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Fourie, Ina; Raju, Jaya; Julien, Heidi; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Unity in Diversity”: A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science (open access)

“Unity in Diversity”: A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science

Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel's goals were: (1) to engage researchers and educators in an interactive discussion on the contributing factors and ways in which information science can remain a diverse and interdisciplinary field, realize its full potential, and build a strong identity as well as identify potential barriers it needs to overcome; and (2) to delineate the roles its stakeholders and allies need to play to achieve that goal of a field with “Unity in diversity”.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Albright, Kendra; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Unity in Diversity": A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science

Presentation on the Interdisciplinarity of Information Science with the goal to engage researchers and educators in a discussion about ways in which information science can remain a diverse field, realize its full potential, build a strong identity, and delineate the roles of stakeholders in diversity, as well as identify potential barriers.
Date: November 2, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America

Article discussing network analysis of aggregated subject values in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), with a discussion of how format normalization could affect subject overlap across collections.
Date: November 4, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library