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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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracing Our Global Connections: A Bibliographic Analysis of UNT Digital Library Item Usage Among Global ETDs (open access)

Tracing Our Global Connections: A Bibliographic Analysis of UNT Digital Library Item Usage Among Global ETDs

Presentation at the 20th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. This presentation provides an overview of a bibliographic analysis of University of North Texas Digital Library items used in global electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Date: August 6, 2017
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Harker, Karen & Klein, Janette
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
What's Brewing at UNT: Final Report (open access)

What's Brewing at UNT: Final Report

This report documents the What's Brewing at UNT project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the What's Brewing at UNT project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 30, 2017
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Hardin, Gregory & Smith, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries ETD Citation Analysis Project

Poster for the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This poster discusses results from an analysis of UNT Electronic Theses and Dissertations citing URLs to items from the UNT Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Klein, Janette; Harker, Karen & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Biophilic Design for Libraries: Integrating and Referencing Nature to Create More Human-Centered Spaces

This poster discusses biophilic design for libraries.
Date: February 7, 2017
Creator: Barham, Rebecca; O'Toole, Erin & Smith, Susan
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discovering What’s between the Dashes with The Portal to Texas History

This article describe the use of The Portal to Texas History for Texas genealogical research.
Date: December 2017
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again (open access)

Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of the Assessment Workgroup at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations (open access)

Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how rubrics can be used for discussing employee performance expectations and evaluations.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact (open access)

Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how to survey users for understanding the perceived value of digital library collections.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sommer Browning: Comics as Poetry captions transcript

Sommer Browning: Comics as Poetry

This video contains a conversation with Poet Sommer Browning on her work in melding together comics and poetry.
Date: June 6, 2017
Creator: Browning, Sommer
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
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 to Improve Library Collections and Services: Final Report (open access)

"How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?": Assessing Information Interaction to Improve Library Collections and Services: Final Report

This report documents the "How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?" project funded through the 2016 Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the "How do I know if it's useful if I can't even get it to open?" project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 27, 2017
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin; Smith, Susan & Billings, Emily
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bridging Connections: Mentoring and Being Mentored

Poster presented at the 2017 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative meeting. This poster models the experiences of a mentor and mentee at international, state, and national organization levels.
Date: August 4, 2017
Creator: Dooley, Yvonne & Ramin, Lilly
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4 captions transcript

Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4

Video of the 2017 Constitution Day: Sanctuary Cities event. This is a forum style discussion featuring Texas House Representative Ramon Romero, who argued vigorously against SB4, and Texas House Representative Lynn Stucky, who is a strong supporter of the new law. Students will also ask the speakers questions via Twitter using hashtags #UNT #Constitution Day.
Date: September 14, 2017
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer; Major, Rafael; Romero, Ramon & Stucky, Lynn
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rediscovering Music Printed in American Newspapers: A Case Study for Mining Non-Textual Content from Digital Newspapers (open access)

Rediscovering Music Printed in American Newspapers: A Case Study for Mining Non-Textual Content from Digital Newspapers

This paper discusses the use of digital newspaper pages through the Library of Congress database Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers as a case study to demonstrate the value of developing tools to locate non-textual content.
Date: January 6, 2017
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Cooperative Model for Preserving Historical Television News Context (open access)

A Cooperative Model for Preserving Historical Television News Context

This paper was presented at the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress News Media Satellite Meeting on News, new roles & preservation advocacy: moving libraries into action. This paper provides and overview of the partnership between the University of North Texas and the Dallas/Forth Worth affiliate station of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC 5/KXAS) to preserve the content of the oldest television news station in Texas, including discussions of copyright, funding, and access to audio/visual collections.
Date: September 18, 2017
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Connecting the Silos: Systematic Data Collection for Library and Collections Assessment

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation describes how the University of North Texas Libraries has organized data relevant for assessing subject-based collections.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library