Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships (open access)

Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships

This paper focuses on how the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries was able to develop a successful partnership with the UNT Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) and move outside the Libraries’ normal sphere of influence to help create a patent internship program for students. The paper is published in the Texas Library Journal Special Edition for Summer 2020, and it was a contributed paper at the Texas Library Association 2020 Virtual Summer of Learning conference.
Date: August 12, 2020
Creator: Dooley, Yvonne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Achieving Financial Sustainability: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?

While technology has made producing copies of digital content almost entirely free, there is no escaping that publishing, according to most definitions of the term, still requires time and money. Any publishing service offered by a library must find a way to achieve financial sustainability—that is, operate without losing money. However, even "losing money" is a tricky concept, especially when taking into account varying definitions of operating expenses (overhead costs) under different models for auxiliary services. Libraries are by their very nature cost centers, providing services without the expectation of recovering revenue, and are usually part of larger organizations that similarly provide services under partial or full subsidies. While libraries are often comfortable with charging for convenience services and for services to those outside their designed community of users, careful thought should be given to which costs a publishing service-or any new service-should be expected to recover.
Date: August 12, 2016
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

At Risk: Capturing and Preserving Web Resources

This presentation discusses the Web-at-Risk project and the issues related to capturing and preserving web resources. It introduces collection development issues, organization and metadata issues, and the findings that support the needs for a web archiving service.
Date: June 12, 2006
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automated NDNP Quality Review

Presentation for the 2013 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference in Washington D.C. This presentation discusses automated processes and ensuring quality for the NDNP at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: September 12, 2013
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating Monthly Clean Up: No longer a babysitter

Presentation on automating the clean up of catalog records in Sierra using SQL queries and Python scripts. It was presented at the 2023 Innovative Users Group Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Date: May 12, 2023
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Budget Status of the UNT Libraries 2014: Library Town Hall Meeting on the Library Budget Shortfall

Presentation for the September 2014 Library Town Hall Meeting. This meeting discussed the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries budget status and shortfalls.
Date: September 12, 2014
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collection Evaluation for Enhancements: Computer Science & Computer Engineering

Presentation used to report the evaluation of UNT Libraries’ holdings supporting the curriculum and research in the area of computer science and computer engineering. This collection analysis was focused on the use, age, growth, and gaps of the material relevant to these programs.
Date: January 12, 2024
Creator: Harker, Karen; Byrne, Sephra & Irhamni
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Comics in Academia

Panel presented at the 2017 Comicpalooza. This panel discusses comics in academia through the lens of library exhibitions and programing, combining comics and textbooks, and the use of comics as a new rhetorical and multimodal method for exploring narrative.
Date: May 12, 2017
Creator: Martin, John Edward; Gehring, Krista & Helms, Jason
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Community-Driven Approaches to Digital Preservation

This presentation discusses community-driven approaches to digital preservation. The authors state the importance of collaboration and who is collaborating and how. In addition, information on some core principles of collaborative preservation and what these look like in practice.
Date: August 12, 2011
Creator: Halbert, Martin & Skinner, Katherine
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Design Tips & Tricks for Presentations and Posters

Presentation that highlights the use of basic design principles when creating presentations and posters. It was organized by the UNT Libraries' Career Development Committee and held virtually on May 12, 2020.
Date: May 12, 2020
Creator: Barham, Rebecca
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing Collections of Web-Published Materials (open access)

Developing Collections of Web-Published Materials

This article discusses collection development practices to meet the unique characteristics of Web-published materials.
Date: October 12, 2008
Creator: Hsieh, Inga K.; Murray, Kathleen R. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digitization 101

This presentation introduces topics related to digital libraries, including digital asset management, metadata, controlled vocabularies, and digital preservation.
Date: April 12, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digitization Guidelines and Practices in a Federal Depository Library

Presentation for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Virtual Conference. This presentation discusses digitization guidelines and practices in a Federal Depository Library.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digitization Workflows From the Digital Projects Unit University of North Texas Libraries

This presentation gives a basic outline of the work flow and processes involved within the Digital Projects Unit. Topics include scanning, digital preservation, and staffing.
Date: February 12, 2009
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Moore, Jeremy D.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Electronic Archives and Partnerships - Preserving Government Information for Tomorrow

This presentation discusses electronic archives, partnerships, and preserving government information. In this presentation, the authors discuss digital libraries and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). They present the background of the FDLP, developing the Memorandum of Understanding, the CyberCemetery, and gives a current status of the FDLP.
Date: July 12, 2003
Creator: Lyons, Susan; Barnum, George & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhancing Bibliographic Access to Dissertations (open access)

Enhancing Bibliographic Access to Dissertations

This article discusses a study of dissertation cataloging practices of Association of Research Libraries academic libraries to discern how the libraries provide access to subjects as well as to names of academic departments and advisors.
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Common to Commons: Repurposing a Traditional Reading Room at the University of North Texas Science and Technology Library [Handout] (open access)

From Common to Commons: Repurposing a Traditional Reading Room at the University of North Texas Science and Technology Library [Handout]

This handout accompanies a presentation for the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Librarians Conference. The handout and presentation explain a project to repurpose a traditional reading room at the University of North Texas (UNT) Science and Technology Library.
Date: July 12, 2011
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

From Common to Commons: Repurposing a Traditional Reading Room at the University of North Texas Science and Technology Library [Presentation]

Presentation for the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Librarians Conference. This presentation discusses repurposing a traditional reading room at the University of North Texas (UNT) Science and Technology Library.
Date: July 12, 2011
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Heart of Librarianship: A Literature Review of Outreach in Academic Libraries

Presentation that provides a summary of the literature on library outreach and indicates how the literature review has impacted outreach developments at the UNT Libraries. Outreach has a positive impact on student success, but a clear definition of what outreach is looms beyond the literature. Intermixed with marketing, advertising, broader engagement methods, and social media use, outreach has become a catch-all term for activities that bring awareness to library resources, services, programs, spaces, and employees. It was presented at the UNT Libraries' Public Services Conversation Hour, an internal, divisional peer learning and training program.
Date: August 12, 2021
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging the UNT Digital Library Infrastructure to Support our Extended Communities

Presentation for the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) 2015 Meeting. This presentation discusses leveraging the University of North Texas (UNT) Library infrastructure to support extended communities.
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Meetings More Meaningful: An Exploration of Meeting Science in Libraries (open access)

Making Meetings More Meaningful: An Exploration of Meeting Science in Libraries

This article adds to the growing body of research in meeting science, explored from a library perspective. The authors investigate the predictors of success for productive meetings, librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership, and best practices for meeting leadership.
Date: May 12, 2021
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants (open access)

Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants

Article describes study which finds that Orychophragmus violaceus (Ov) seed oil has superior lubrication properties, based on the unusual structural features of the major lipid species—triacylglycerol (TAG) estolides.
Date: August 12, 2019
Creator: Romsdahl, Trevor; Shirani, Asghar; Minto, Robert E.; Zhang, Chunyu; Cahoon, Edgar B.; Chapman, Kent Dean et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Poe Studies Association Online Forums: Poe & Comics captions transcript

Poe Studies Association Online Forums: Poe & Comics

This video features a presentation by Dr. John Edward Martin on the topic of “Poe & Comics”, as shared during an August 2020 meeting of the Poe Studies Association as part of their monthly Online Forums sessions. In it, Dr. Martin shares a bit of the history of Poe in comics & graphic narrative, some of the scholarship on the subject, and his own scholarly interest in the subject. The presentation is followed by a discussion with other members of the Poe Studies Association.
Date: August 12, 2020
Creator: Martin, John Edward
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Redefining Collection Development at UNT Libraries

Presentation for the June 12, 2014 University of North Texas (UNT) Library Dean's Council meeting. This presentation discusses a proposal for redefining collection development at the UNT Libraries.
Date: June 12, 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel & Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library