E-Government and Libraries Helpful Resources (open access)

E-Government and Libraries Helpful Resources

Article on e-government services and how libraries can provide helpful online government resources.
Date: December 1, 2008
Creator: Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Interim Performance Report, December 2008 (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Interim Performance Report, December 2008

This report is the second interim performance report for the project titled: Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework. The reporting period is July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. The report includes three sections: Interim Goals and Accomplishments, Significant Findings and Accomplishments, and Project Achievements and Lessons Learned.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker as Sole Diabetes Educator: Comparison of CoDE with Similar Culturally Appropriate Interventions (open access)

Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker as Sole Diabetes Educator: Comparison of CoDE with Similar Culturally Appropriate Interventions

Article discussing the effectiveness of a community health worker as sole diabetes educator.
Date: November 4, 2008
Creator: Culica, Dan; Walton, James W.; Harker, Karen & Prezio, Elizabeth A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

2008 DOT GOV Harvest Preserving Access

Presentation for the 2008 Depository Library Council Annual Meeting. This presentation outlines the history, tool building, partner activities and future work for a collaborative project between the University of North Texas, the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the California Digital Library, and the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Date: October 21, 2008
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

User-Centered Design for Humanities Collections within a Digital Library

This presentation discusses the infrastructure of the Digital Projects Unit at the University of North Texas (UNT) and the IOGENE project. There are illustrated examples and discussion about the challenges faced with the IOGENE user studies.
Date: October 17, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Murray, Kathleen R.
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
Geographic distribution of authors in The Indexer, 1988-2007 (open access)

Geographic distribution of authors in The Indexer, 1988-2007

Article on the geographic distribution of authors in The Indexer from 1988 through 2007.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Cost-Benefit Approach for Describing and Processing Digital Objects

This presentation discusses the costs and benefits associated with creating the metadata and ensuring metadata quality in The Portal to Texas History.
Date: August 30, 2008
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment: We know we should do it but does it have to be so difficult? (open access)

Assessment: We know we should do it but does it have to be so difficult?

This paper discusses assessment in library instruction programs.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Byerly, Gayla & Downey, Annie
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Denton County Genealogical Society: Initial Usability Test Results, August 2008 (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Denton County Genealogical Society: Initial Usability Test Results, August 2008

This report presents the findings of usability tests given as part of the IOGENE project. During March and April of 2008, members of the Denton County Genealogical Society participated in usability testing of the existing interface to the Portal. The purpose of the testing was to identify ways in which The Portal to Texas History could be improved to better address genealogists' needs. This report tells the findings from those tests. These findings in conjunction with the findings from focus group discussions held in the spring of 2008 will inform the initial redesign of the Portal's interface.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Functional Requirements for The Portal to Texas History (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Functional Requirements for The Portal to Texas History

This report includes the results of an initial assessment of genealogists' requirements for the redesign of the Portal's interface. The UNT Libraries received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a two-year project to identify the user interface requirements of genealogists interacting with the libraries' Portal to Texas History. The IOGENE project involves genealogists in the design process beginning with the initial assessment of their requirements and continuing through usability testing of the redesigned Portal interface.
Date: July 24, 2008
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Dallas Genealogical Society: Focus Group 1 Discussion, July 2008 (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Dallas Genealogical Society: Focus Group 1 Discussion, July 2008

This is a report of the findings from the March 16, 2008 focus group discussion with members of the Dallas Genealogical Society. The UNT Libraries received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in December 2007 for a two-year project to identify the user interface requirements of genealogists interacting with the Libraries' Portal to Texas history. The IOGENE project involves genealogists in the design process beginning with the initial assessment of their requirements and continuing through usability testing of the redesigned Portal interface.
Date: July 23, 2008
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Dallas Genealogical Society: Focus Group 2 Discussion, July 2008 (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Dallas Genealogical Society: Focus Group 2 Discussion, July 2008

This report presents findings from the March 30, 2008 focus group discussion with members of the Dallas Genealogical Society. The UNT Libraries received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in December 2007 for a two-year project to identify the user interface requirements of genealogists interacting with the Libraries' Portal to Texas history. The IOGENE project involves genealogists in the design process beginning with the initial assessment of their requirements and continuing through usability testing of the redesigned Portal interface.
Date: July 23, 2008
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Collin County Genealogical Society: Focus Group Discussion, July 2008 (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Collin County Genealogical Society: Focus Group Discussion, July 2008

This report provides information about the IOGENE project. The UNT Libraries received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in December 2007 for a two-year project to identify the user interface requirements of genealogists interacting with the Libraries' Portal to Texas History. The Portal provides users with a digital gateway to collections in Texas libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies, as well as to private collections. It contains primary source materials, including maps, books, manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and letters. The IOGENE project involves genealogists in the design process beginning with the initial assessment of their requirements and continuing through usability testing of the redesigned Portal interface. The results of this study will provide the library community with information about the needs and interface requirements of a little-studied group of lifelong learners who comprise a significant proportion of digital library users.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Interim Performance Report, July 2008 (open access)

Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework: Interim Performance Report, July 2008

This report is the first interim performance report for the project titled: Optimizing the User Experience in a Rapid Development Framework. The reporting period is December 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The report includes three sections: Interim Goals and Accomplishments, Significant Findings and Accomplishments, and Project Achievements and Lessons Learned.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video on Demand: Streaming Media in Distance Education

This poster discusses streaming media in distance education.
Date: June 29, 2008
Creator: Parks, Sue & Stanton, Kimberly
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Building Digital Archives

This presentation is about the steps followed in the development of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Library infrastructure, the lessons learned along the way, and the opportunities that are available today.
Date: June 6, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaboration in Practice: Megadata Happens

This presentation discusses The Portal to Texas History and how collaborations with other organizations has helped add to the collection. In this presentation, the author illustrates examples from The Portal to Texas History with information about metadata management, quality issues, and the automated systems in place by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit.
Date: June 6, 2008
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Nuts & Bolts: Preserving Digital Content at the University of North Texas

This presentation discusses the preservation and digitization of content at the University of North Texas (UNT). The topics include a background of the digital initiatives at the UNT Libraries, the organization of the digital initiatives, the collaborative projects, the collections held by the UNT Libraries, and areas of research.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preserving Access to Government Websites: Development and Practice in the CyberCemetery (open access)

Preserving Access to Government Websites: Development and Practice in the CyberCemetery

This paper discusses the development and practice in the CyberCemetery. In the late 1990's, online U.S. government information was appearing and disappearing at a rapid pace. In 1999, the University of North Texas Libraries (UNT) formed a partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) to address this issue by archiving electronic government websites. This archive, known as the CyberCemetery, provides permanent public access to the websites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. This partnership between UNT and GPO has expanded to include the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This paper covers the CyberCemetery's development and the process of identifying, capturing, and publishing content in the archive.
Date: May 26, 2008
Creator: Hoffman, Starr
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploring the Texas Revolution Online through The Portal to Texas History

This presentation illustrates examples of items held in The Portal to Texas History collection and how these works contribute to learning about the history of the Texas Revolution.
Date: April 19, 2008
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The E-Quality Service Model: Collaboration between the Reference and Circulation departments as a means to improve the library experience for distance education patrons in an academic library

This presentation discusses collaboration between the reference and circulation departments as a means to improve the library experience for distance education patrons in an academic library. The two authors give perspectives from the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: April 16, 2008
Creator: Ramin, Lilly & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enemies of History: Murderers of the Past

This presentation is about a workshop for high school students. The workshop focused on preservation and how it relates to the study of history.
Date: April 16, 2008
Creator: Downey, Annie; May, Frances A.; Mears, Michelle M. & Smith, Jon
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborations: How Ussachevsky Interacted with Other Composers in the Creation of Electronic Music

Presentation for the 2008 Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses collaborations and how Vladimir Ussachevsky interacted with other composers in the creation of electronic music.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library