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Big Data and Government Information

Panel for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This panel presentation examines various issues of big data applications for governmental information.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Every Day is Digital Preservation Day @ the UNT Libraries

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation introduces the University of North Texas Libraries' legacy with digital preservation.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Use of Twitter as a Tool to Predict Opinion Leaders that Influence Public Opinion: Case study of the 2016 United States Presidential Elections

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation discusses the use of Twitter as a tool to predict the opinion leaders that influence the general users in relation to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Alfarhoud, Yousef
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fostering Connections: Creating an IR Managers Forum

Presentation at the 20th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. This presentation discusses the creation of the IR Managers Forum.
Date: August 5, 2017
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Jerome, Erin; Shorey, Christy & Dabrowski, Anna
System: The UNT Digital Library

Toward a Better Understanding of Open Access Policy Assessment

Presentation for the 2017 Texas Conference on Institutional Repositories. In this presentation, the speakers will use current scholarship on IR and assessment methods to tease apart elements useful for understanding the fluid components of an open access policy.
Date: June 2, 2017
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Zerangue, Amanda & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hidden Microphones, Open Collections: The Classification of Unofficial Concert Recordings

Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation discusses unofficial music records, and how they have been classified and archived.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Retrospective Thesis Digitization Project in Cataloging and Metadata Services

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses cataloging and metadata issues encountered during a retrospective digitization of theses and dissertations.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Bilingual Instructional Activities

Presentation exploring research related to translanguaging and creating bilingual instructional activities. It was presented at the 10th International Conference for Teachers of English held in Honduras.
Date: 2017-08-10/2017-08-12
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Motivation Strategies to Start the New School Year!

Presentation for developing student motivation with an emphasis in bilingual education or ESL students. It was presented as part of the Education for Hispanic Dual-Language Institute held at W. H. Adamson High School in Dallas, Texas on October 14, 2017.
Date: October 14, 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R. & González-Carriedo, Ricardo
System: The UNT Digital Library

La indagación como estrategia clave en el aula bilingüe

Presentation highlighting how to use inquiry-based practices in the classroom. It was presented at the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference held in 2017.
Date: February 23, 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R. & Lerwick, Patry
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Fresh Perspectives: Newbies Implementing the SIOP Model

Presentation sharing a program to support English language learners in mathematics and science by training in-service and pre-service teachers using the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) model. It was presented at the TexTESOL conference in 2017.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.; Watson, Cindy; Jaballa, Alysha & de la Garza, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library

Found You! Identifying and Accessing Hidden Collections

This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' efforts to identify, document, and increase access to hidden or obscured collections.
Date: May 11, 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data from the National Library of Medicine

Presentation for the 2017 UNT Open Access Symposium. This presentation provides an overview of data types and repositories for accessing data from the National Library of Medicine.
Date: May 19, 2017
Creator: Burgard, Daniel E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Research Data Management and the Data Lifecycle

Presentation for the Fall 2017 Scholarly Communication Workshop series. This presentation discusses data, data management plans, and best practices for organizing and disseminating data.
Date: October 5, 2017
Creator: Burns, Douglas & Andrews, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library

PEGI Project: Raising Awareness for the Preservation of Electronic Government Information

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the PEGI Project, an initiative for preserving electronic government information.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Caldwell, Deborah
System: The UNT Digital Library

Archive and database architecture and usability

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation discusses the use of a database for language archiving through the example of Himalayan Tibeto-Burman languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Caplow, Nancy J.; Khular, Sumshot & Willis Oko, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library

Computational Resource for South Asian Languages

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation provides an overview of the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages project.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cross-Sectional Studies of the Impacts of Background Sounds on Math and Language Performance

Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation reports a series of seven studies examining the extent to which background sounds impact individuals' math and language task performance.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Cockerham, Debbie; Lin, Lin; Chang, Zhengsi & Schellen, Mike
System: The UNT Digital Library

Integrated Collection Development for the 21st Century

This presentation discusses the adoption of a new collection development method implemented by University of North Texas Libraries to better respond to emerging acquisitions models, unstable budgets, and the evolving scholarly communications landscape.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Condrey, Coby; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Enoch, Todd
System: The UNT Digital Library

"How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?" Assessing Information Interaction at the University of North Texas to Improve Library Collections and Services

This presentation discusses the methodology and preliminary results of two usability studies – one on online video, and one on ebooks.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin; Smith, Susan; Wang, Xin; Rodriguez, Allyson & Billings, Emily
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tracking Down the Problem: the development of a web-scale discovery troubleshooting workflow

Presentation for the 2017 North American Serials Interest Group. This presentation discusses the implementation of an error reporting link within the Summon web-scale discovery service, and the resultant troubleshooting workflows, types of errors encountered, and causes of frequently encountered errors.
Date: June 11, 2017
Creator: Enoch, Todd
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Legacy of Willis Conover in Hungary: Jazz Behind the Iron Curtain

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Presentation on the legacy of Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's interaction with and propagation of Hungarian jazz.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Life-Changing Magic of OpenRefine: The Open-Source Art of Data Decluttering and Organizing

Presentation for the 2017 UNT Open Access Symposium. This presentation provides an overview of a workshop on using OpenRefine to make sense of data, standardize, correct, and rearrange data elements, automate tedious editing, and prepare data for export to other platforms for a variety of uses.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library

Batch Processes: Using Connexion Client, MarcEdit, and Microsoft Access

Presentation for the 2017 Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) during the Music Library Association National Convention. This presentation discusses how to expedite the cataloging of similar items using Connexion Client, MarcEdit, and Microsoft Access.
Date: February 21, 2017
Creator: Harden, Jean, 1948-
System: The UNT Digital Library