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

Presentation 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: August 4, 2020
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating on Scholarship

The presentation examines the considerations and processes for collaborating on scholarship from the perspective of academic librarians. It includes how to choose team members, facilitate collaboration and organize all the elements of a project to create a successful publication or presentation. Also included are administrative responsibilities, thoughts on handling problems, and examples of delineating responsibilities. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

High-Quality Diet of Journals: Comparison of Top-ranked with Most-used Journals at a Large Academic Library

Presentation is a follow-up on work from the UNT Libraries regarding compiled data from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and its comparison to UNT holdings. Journal usage data has been added to provide a more complete answer to the original question posed previously. The presentation focuses less on the technology and steps for gathering this data, and more on the results and the limitations of such an analysis. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Hergert, Christopher; Byrne, Sephra & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pedagogy for Practical Library Instruction – An Online Program

This presentation highlights an online program developed to introduce academic librarians to pedagogy and describes the overall outline of the program, the structure of the modules, and the implementation plan for this program. It was presented at the 2020 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held virtually on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

To Meet or Not to Meet: How We Really Feel

Presentation highlights meeting science in the context of libraries with support from a survey conducted by the authors. Topics include the predictors of success for productive meetings, what academic librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership are, and learn about the “best practices” for meeting participation and leadership. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference held on August 7, 2020.
Date: August 7, 2020
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Brannon, Sian
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Quality in Digital Libraries: An Analysis of Survey Response Data

Presentation describing results and analysis of a 2019 survey of digital libraries conducted by a subgroup of the Digital Library Federation Assessment Interest Group (DLF-AIG) Metadata Working Group. It includes background information about respondent organizations and repositories, metadata quality priorities, specific element usage and evaluation, and discusses the potential for this information to lead toward generalizable metadata benchmarks or guidance.
Date: August 2022
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Gentry, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Role of Open Access in Promoting Equitable and Human-Centered Teaching and Learning Environment: Post-Pandemic Academia

Presentation discusses how the synergies of numerous emerging trends are making resource integration much easier. All these developments provide users with access to more diverse and previously unavailable content and services that span myriad technologies across institutions and nations.
Date: August 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Laughton, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library

Scavenger Hunts, Zoom & Trolls: Lessons Learned from Virtual Outreach

Poster highlighting virtual outreach events to engage students during the COVID-19 pandemic. These events utilized Zoom’s video conferencing technology and aimed to be entertaining while also promoting the library’s virtual reference services.
Date: August 7, 2023
Creator: Brents, Madison
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Digitized Historical Newspapers to Engage Sociology Students in Local History [Presentation]

Presentation highlighting a course developed by Dr. William Scarborough at the University of North Texas (UNT) on intersectionality for undergraduate students. Partnering with the UNT Libraries to engage with primary sources, particularly newspaper collections, to conduct archival analysis related to the history of power, domination and resistance in Texas communities.
Date: August 17, 2023
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Scarborough, William & Fisher, Sarah Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library

Documenting Times of Difficulty and Crisis: Case Study of Leveraging an App to Gather University Community Memories

Presentation examining the deployment of The Keeper App, developed at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, to help students document their daily lives as members of the UNT campus community. Deployed one year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, the Keeper App soon became a means for students and other members of the UNT community to share their experiences from isolation during the time of crisis.
Date: August 23, 2023
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Gieringer, Morgan Davis & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Breaking Down the Book: Literature Review and Practice of Book Digitization Methods [VRA 2023]

Presentation exploring book digitization practices and standards and share how they are implemented by the UNT Digital Projects Lab. With a large number of books flowing into their department, the authors decided to conduct research on the methods of scanning using the equipment and software available to them. This presentation reports on their findings and what factors went into deciding what type of books get scanned where and how. Results include changes to local digitizing standards and clarified workflows based on the types of books to be scanned. It was presented at the 2023 Visual Resources Association Conference held in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 26, 2023
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia & Kellum, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library