Chinese Information Retrieval Using Lemur: NTCIR-5 CIR Experiments at UNT (open access)

Chinese Information Retrieval Using Lemur: NTCIR-5 CIR Experiments at UNT

This paper discusses Chinese information retrieval using Lemur, a freely available information retrieval toolkit.
Date: December 2005
Creator: Chen, Jiangping; Li, Rowena & Li, Fei
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chinese QA and CLQA: NTCIR-5 QA Experiments at UNT (open access)

Chinese QA and CLQA: NTCIR-5 QA Experiments at UNT

This paper describes our participation in the NTCIR-5 CLQA task.
Date: December 2005
Creator: Chen, Jiangping; Li, Rowena; Yu, Ping; Ge, He; Chin, Pok; Li, Fei et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating Radioactive MARC Records and Z Queries Using the MARCdocs Database (open access)

Creating Radioactive MARC Records and Z Queries Using the MARCdocs Database

This document describes how the authors can extend a relational database of MARC documentation to store the appropriate information that will support the automatic generation of the special, diagnostic MARC records the authors will call radioactive MARC (RadMARC) records. The information contained in the database will also support the generation of the Z queries used in the interoperability testing.
Date: December 2, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report for the Z-Interop Project The Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed (open access)

Interim Report for the Z-Interop Project The Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed

This report discusses the Z39.50 interoperability testbed and serves as an interim report for the Z-Interop Project as of December 31, 2003.
Date: December 31, 2003
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
No Longer Under Our Control: The Nature and Role of Standards in the 21st Century Library (open access)

No Longer Under Our Control: The Nature and Role of Standards in the 21st Century Library

This lecture script examines the nature and role of standards for the emerging 21st century library. Given the dynamic character of the networked environment, when are standards appropriate and how can they be developed in a manner consistent with the volatility of information technologies and changing library services? What are the roles and responsibilities of standards developing organizations, technology vendors, content creators, and librarians for standards? Do local practices of libraries threaten standards-based resource sharing and resource access technologies? Can local needs be balanced with broader library community responsibilities, and how do standards affect this balance? The speaker's assumption is that adherence to standards has never been more critical, yet his implementation experience with Z39.50 and MARC suggests that the commitment to national and international standards by librarians, technology vendors, and content creators are often an example of good intentions rather than actual practice. This standards disconnect threatens the emerging 21st century library's ability to deliver fundamental services in appropriate ways to their users.
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report for The Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed Project Phase 2: Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers (open access)

Final Report for The Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed Project Phase 2: Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers

Final report for the Z39.50 interoperability testbed project, phase 2.
Date: December 3, 2005
Creator: Moen, William E.; Thomale, Jason & Yoon, JungWon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unremarkable on the Face of It (open access)

Unremarkable on the Face of It

This paper was part of a series by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative 'Click! Photography Changes Everything'. This paper discusses family photographs and how sometimes seemingly unremarkable snapshots can be truly remarkable.
Date: December 3, 2009
Creator: O'Connor, Brian Clark
Object Type: Paper
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.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library