Virtual Libraries: A Service-Based Approach for Virtual Libraries (open access)

Virtual Libraries: A Service-Based Approach for Virtual Libraries

Article discussing a service-based approach for virtual libraries and the provision of services to patrons and other users built upon the collective personnel, information, and technological resources that constitute the library.
Date: Autumn 2002
Creator: Moen, William E. & Murray, Kathleen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Deep Web: Resource Discovery in the Library of Texas (open access)

The Deep Web: Resource Discovery in the Library of Texas

Article discussing the deep web and the new resource discovery service of the statewide virtual Library of Texas (LOT).
Date: 2004
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Moen, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A preliminary evaluation of metadata records machine translation (open access)

A preliminary evaluation of metadata records machine translation

Article discussing a preliminary evaluation study of metadata records machine translation. This study evaluates freely available machine translation (MT) services' performance in translating metadata records.
Date: 2012
Creator: Chen, Jiangping; Ding, Ren; Jiang, Shan & Knudson, Ryan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information (open access)

Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Article discussing a philosophy of educating health information professionals in a rapidly changing health care and information environment.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Genomics and Translational Medicine for Information Professionals:" an innovative course to educate the next generation of librarians (open access)

"Genomics and Translational Medicine for Information Professionals:" an innovative course to educate the next generation of librarians

This article discusses an innovative course to educate the next generation of librarians and meet the demands of the changing health information environment.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-; Holmes, Kristi L. & Philbrick, Jodi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata Records Translation: The Case of The Portal to Texas History (open access)

Metadata Records Translation: The Case of The Portal to Texas History

Article on metadata records translation and a study of The Portal to Texas History.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chen, Jiangping; Ding, Ren & Jiang, Shan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quality Health Information on the Internet: Developing a Diabetes Pathfinder for the Chinese Population (open access)

Quality Health Information on the Internet: Developing a Diabetes Pathfinder for the Chinese Population

A Web-based bilingual diabetes information pathfinder was created to help the Chinese population access quality health information on the Internet as part of a collaborative outreach project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Date: October 1, 2009
Creator: Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-; Philbrick, Jodi; Pan, Xuequn (Della); Yu, Xinyu; Chen, Jiangping; O'Neill, Marty et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contextual Metadata in Digital Aggregations: Application of Collection-Level Subject Metadata and its Role in User Interactions and Information Retrieval (open access)

Contextual Metadata in Digital Aggregations: Application of Collection-Level Subject Metadata and its Role in User Interactions and Information Retrieval

Article discussing a study of contextual metadata in digital aggregations. Results of this study prove importance of provision of collection-level metadata in general and subject metadata in particular to enhance user experiences and information retrieval in digital libraries.
Date: December 19, 2011
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements (open access)

Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements

Article discussing competencies required for digital curation. The results of the analysis show that digital curation jobs are characterized by a complex interplay of various skills and knowledge. The findings of this study present emerging requirements for a qualified workforce in the field of digital curation.
Date: June 14, 2013
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun; Warga, Edward & Moen, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building a Framework of Metadata Change to Support Knowledge Management (open access)

Building a Framework of Metadata Change to Support Knowledge Management

Article defining ways that metadata records might change (addition, deletion, or modification) and describing a study to evaluate multiple versions of selected records in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections to observe the types and frequency of various changes.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing the ICT Infrastructure for Africa: Overview of Barriers to Harnessing the Full Power of the Internet (open access)

Developing the ICT Infrastructure for Africa: Overview of Barriers to Harnessing the Full Power of the Internet

Article on developing the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for Africa and an overview of the barriers to harnessing the full power of the internet.
Date: 2006
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling Utilization of Planned Information Technology (open access)

Modeling Utilization of Planned Information Technology

Article from the proceedings of the 1998 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. This article discusses modeling utilization of planned information technology.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Stettheimer, Timothy D. & Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC): A Collaborative Teaching and Research Initiative (open access)

The Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC): A Collaborative Teaching and Research Initiative

Article dicsussing the Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC), a collaborative teaching and research initiative.
Date: December 22, 2007
Creator: Vellucci, Sherry L.; Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid & Moen, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Jacket as Access Mechanism: An Attribute Rich Resource for Functional Access to Academic Books (open access)

Book Jacket as Access Mechanism: An Attribute Rich Resource for Functional Access to Academic Books

Article discussing book jackets as access mechanisms. Models of document searching and book jacket design are discussed in relation to the individual scholarly searcher and new modes of document searching.
Date: September 1998
Creator: O'Connor, Brian Clark & O'Connor, Mary K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-language search: The case of Google Language Tools (open access)

Cross-language search: The case of Google Language Tools

Article on cross-language searching and a case study of Google Language Tools, especially its cross-language search service.
Date: March 2, 2009
Creator: Chen, Jiangping & Bao, Yu
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examining MARC Records as Artifacts That Reflect Metadata Utilization Decisions (open access)

Examining MARC Records as Artifacts That Reflect Metadata Utilization Decisions

Article examining MARC records as artifacts that reflect metadata utilization decisions.
Date: August 7, 2006
Creator: Moen, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collaboration and Crowdsourcing: The Cases of Multilingual Digital Libraries (open access)

Collaboration and Crowdsourcing: The Cases of Multilingual Digital Libraries

Article discussing research on collaboration and crowdsourcing. The purpose of the study is to understand existing multilingual digital libraries and to suggest strategies for building and sustaining multilingual digital libraries.
Date: 2012
Creator: Budzise-Weaver, Tina; Chen, Jiangping & Mitchell, Mikhaela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconstructing Bellour: Automating the Semiotic Analysis of Film (open access)

Reconstructing Bellour: Automating the Semiotic Analysis of Film

This article discusses automating the semiotic analysis of film, including visual representation, search and retrieval, and ways of seeing.
Date: August 7, 2009
Creator: Anderson, Richard L. & O'Connor, Brian Clark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photography Changes Our Environmental Awareness (open access)

Photography Changes Our Environmental Awareness

This article is part of a series by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative called Click! Photography Changes Everything. This article discusses how photography and increased visibility can bridge the gap between the natural world and human interaction.
Date: 2011
Creator: O'Connor, Brian Clark & Klaver, Irene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the University of North Texas' Digital Collections and Institutional Repository: An Exploratory Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Use (open access)

Evaluating the University of North Texas' Digital Collections and Institutional Repository: An Exploratory Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Use

This article discusses an exploratory assessment evaluating the University of North Texas' digital collections and institutional repository.
Date: September 8, 2015
Creator: Waugh, Laura; Hamner, Jesse; Klein, Janette & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library