Development and Utilization of Bridge Data of the United States for Predicting Deck Condition Rating Using Random Forest, XGBoost, and Artificial Neural Network (open access)

Development and Utilization of Bridge Data of the United States for Predicting Deck Condition Rating Using Random Forest, XGBoost, and Artificial Neural Network

Article describes how accurately predicting the condition rating of a bridge deck is crucial for effective maintenance and repair planning. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of these algorithms for deck condition rating prediction at the national level.
Date: January 16, 2024
Creator: Fard, Fariba & Fard, Fereshteh Sadeghi Naieni
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spatial Analysis and visual Communication of Emergency Information through Augmented Reality (open access)

Spatial Analysis and visual Communication of Emergency Information through Augmented Reality

Article describes how during emergencies like fire and smoke or active shooter events, there is a need to address the vulnerability and assess plans for evacuation. This paper presents the development and evaluation of the mobile augmented reality application designed specifically for acquiring spatial analysis, situational awareness, and visual communication.
Date: November 2023
Creator: Sharma, Sharad & Pesaladinne, Rishitha R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
End of Term Web Archive Dataset: Longitudinal Web Archive of .GOV and .MIL Domains (open access)

End of Term Web Archive Dataset: Longitudinal Web Archive of .GOV and .MIL Domains

Article describes how the End of Term (EOT) Web Archive Dataset presents a longitudinal dataset of the US federal web which includes publicly available .gov and .mil domains, created during the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections in the United States. The authors describe how based on the End of Term Web Archive, this dataset presents 461TB of WARC data and accompanying derivative files in WAT, WET, and CDX format.
Date: October 3, 2023
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Phillips, Kristy & Alam, Sawood
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Content-Based Characterization of the End of Term Web Archive (open access)

Content-Based Characterization of the End of Term Web Archive

Article describes how, since 2008, the End of Term Web Archive has been gathering snapshots of the federal web, consisting of the publicly accessible .gov and .mil websites. This paper describes the decisions made in the creation of these derivatives, the technologies used, and introduces the WARC Metadata Sidecar, which presents a useful approach for creating and storing auxiliary metadata for web archives.
Date: September 2023
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Phillips, Kristy & Alam, Sawood
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
DEVO: an ontology to assist with dermoscopic feature standardization (open access)

DEVO: an ontology to assist with dermoscopic feature standardization

Article describes how the utilization of dermoscopic analysis is becoming increasingly critical for diagnosing skin diseases by physicians and even artificial intelligence. The authors aimed to develop a domain-specific ontology to formally represent knowledge for certain dermoscopic features.
Date: August 18, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Xinyuan; Lin, Rebecca Z.; Amith, Muhammad "Tuan"; Wang, Cynthia; Light, Jeremy; Strickley, John et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Optimization of Computation, Communication and Caching in D2D-Assisted Caching-Enhanced MEC System (open access)

Joint Optimization of Computation, Communication and Caching in D2D-Assisted Caching-Enhanced MEC System

Article discusses how, in the era of intelligent applications, Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is emerging as a promising technology that provides abundant resources for mobile devices. The authors of the article introduce a novel Device-to-Device (D2D)-assisted system to address this challenge.
Date: July 27, 2023
Creator: Ge, Jiaqi; Xu, Gaochao; Zhang, Yang; Lu, Jianchao; Chen, Haihua & Meng, Xiangyu
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials (open access)

Exploration of Metadata Practices in Digital Collections of Archives with Arabian Language Materials

Article for a study aimed to develop understanding of the current state of metadata practices in digital collections of archival institutions in the Arabian Gulf region. It also explored perspectives (including attitudes and possible barriers) for development of large-scale regional portals that would facilitate discovery of Arab digital archives (including language collections) by aggregating metadata. It was presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on June 30, 2023 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2023.
Date: June 4, 2023
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Language Archiving Training: A Case Study of a Metadata Course in Library and Information Science Graduate Program, 2020 - 2023 (open access)

Language Archiving Training: A Case Study of a Metadata Course in Library and Information Science Graduate Program, 2020 - 2023

Article explores the training gap between the way these materials are organized and represented and the understanding of that data – and expectations towards the more functional ways of its organization and representation – by language preservation and revitalization researchers, and by members of language communities. Information resources collected by language archives have unique attributes of importance to their target user groups, and these attributes and their representation are not currently widely addressed by the formal training provided to information professionals. It was presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on June 30, 2023 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2023.<
Date: June 16, 2023
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploring the Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on International Students in Higher Education: Generative AI, Chatbots, Analytics, and International Student Success (open access)

Exploring the Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on International Students in Higher Education: Generative AI, Chatbots, Analytics, and International Student Success

Article asserts that international students face unique challenges in pursuing higher education in a foreign country. To address these challenges and enhance their academic experience, higher education institutions are increasingly exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The research paper explores various AI applications, such as personalized learning experiences, adaptive testing, predictive analytics, and chatbots for learning and research.
Date: May 31, 2023
Creator: Wang, Ting; Lund, Brady D.; Marengo, Agostino; Pagano, Alessandro; Mannuru, Nishith Reddy; Teel, Zoë A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detecting interdisciplinary semantic drift for knowledge organization based on normal cloud model (open access)

Detecting interdisciplinary semantic drift for knowledge organization based on normal cloud model

Article describes how, to reduce the conceptual ambiguity in interdisciplinary knowledge organization systems (KOSs) and enhance interdisciplinary KOS management, this paper proposes a framework for interdisciplinary semantic drift (ISD) detection based on the normal cloud model (NCM). The research indicates the meaning of an interdisciplinary concept will drift from the high KPE discipline to the low KPE discipline as long as interdisciplinary knowledge potential differences (KPD) exist between these two related disciplines.
Date: April 27, 2023
Creator: Wang, Zhongyi; Peng, Siyuan; Chen, Jiangping; Kapasule, Amoni G. & Chen, Haihua
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Archives (open access)

Status of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Archives

This paper explores the role of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) archives in preserving the history and cultural heritage of these institutions and investigates the factors that contribute to the disparities observed in the availability of digital collections and the staffing of archivists across HBCUs in the United States. Data was collected from 102 HBCU websites and the National Center for Education Statistics, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and ordinary linear regression. The findings revealed notable disparities in the staffing of archivists and the presence of digital archive collections, with geography, enrollment, and endowment emerging as potentially significant factors. The study highlights the importance of understanding key factors in the availability of digital archive collections and the staffing of archivists at HBCUs.
Date: April 5, 2023
Creator: Bussey, Jennifer; Lund, Brady, 1994- & Roeschley, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling (open access)

A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling

Authors of article conduct a content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities. They applied word networks and structural topic modeling of 488 studies published from 1980 to 2021. Results showed that the words “computer” and “computer-assisted instruction” had the highest degree of centrality in the 1980s and 1990s, and “learning disability” was another central word in the 2000s and 2010s.
Date: March 26, 2023
Creator: Shin, Mikyung; Ok, Min Wook; Choo, Sam; Hossain, Gahangir; Bryant, Diane P. & Kang, Eunyoung
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toward an intentional model aware of learner cognitive traits for pedagogical process guidance (open access)

Toward an intentional model aware of learner cognitive traits for pedagogical process guidance

Authors of the article suggest that the novelty of Intentional Model of Pedagogical Process Guidance (IMPPG) is the effectiveness use of Cognitive Trait Model to be aware of different traits of learner. This model has been experimented and assessed with tutors and students learning spreadsheet management in a first-year studying in applied license’s degree in Business English and applied license’s degree in Education.
Date: March 15, 2023
Creator: Bayounes, Walid; Saâdi, Ines Bayoudh & Kinshuk
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dublin Core Metadata Created by Kuwaiti Students: Exploration of Quality in Context (open access)

Dublin Core Metadata Created by Kuwaiti Students: Exploration of Quality in Context

Conference paper reporting results of the examination of metadata records for Arabic-language eBooks to support ongoing metadata education in the Arabian Gulf region. The results are presented in-context, after introducing the metadata teaching practices at this undergraduate program, and the major Dublin Core skill-building assignment. This is a manuscript version of a published work. Citation information is available for the published version of the work.
Date: March 10, 2023
Creator: Aljalahmah, Saleh & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Accuracy, Completeness and Consistency in Metadata for Physical Objects in Museum Collections (open access)

Exploration of Accuracy, Completeness and Consistency in Metadata for Physical Objects in Museum Collections

Conference paper for an exploratory study that examined student-created metadata for physical non-text resources. The authors applied in-depth qualitative and quantitative content analysis to the Dublin Core (DCTERMS) metadata created by the graduate students in two sections of an introductory digital library metadata course. Finding of comparative analysis for the asynchronous course section and the section with synchronous class meetings are also presented. Implications are discussed, along with future directions for research. This is a manuscript version of a published work. Citation information is available for the published version of the
Date: March 10, 2023
Creator: Zavalin, Vyacheslav & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Novel Hybrid Edge Detection and LBP Code-Based Robust Image Steganography Method (open access)

A Novel Hybrid Edge Detection and LBP Code-Based Robust Image Steganography Method

Article describes how in digital image processing and steganography, images are often described using edges and local binary pattern (LBP) codes. The authors state that by combining these two properties, a novel hybrid image steganography method of secret embedding is proposed in this paper.
Date: March 10, 2023
Creator: Sultana, Habiba; Kamal, A. H. M.; Hossain, Gahangir & Kabir, Muhammad Ashad
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Toward an understanding of Data Literacy Needs in Community Colleges: A Conceptual Framework

Poster focuses on developing a conceptual framework to understand data literacy needs in community colleges. The authors propose a framework for studying data literacy by conceptualizing data literacy and explicating the core content and competencies associated with it. It was presented at the 2023 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This work is part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant.
Date: March 2023
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun; Hong, Lingzi; Evans, Sarah; Ali, Irhamni & Rice-Oyler, Erin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History captions transcript

Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History

Video recording of the fourth webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the last webinar of the series explores innovative uses of oral history collections and pushes for equitable access to oral history collections.
Date: February 22, 2023
Creator: Marcus, Eric; Sullivan, Sady & Sielaff, Steven
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 3: Preserving and Archiving Oral History Collections captions transcript

Webinar 3: Preserving and Archiving Oral History Collections

Video recording of the third webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explore best practices and considerations for ethically informed preservation and archiving of oral history.
Date: February 15, 2023
Creator: Alvarez, Carla O.; Phillips, Mark Edward; Hughes-Watkins, Lae'l & Turner, Francena F. L.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 2: Creating and Collecting Oral History captions transcript

Webinar 2: Creating and Collecting Oral History

Video recording of the second webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explores the relevant issues and concerns regarding creating and generating oral histories in a time of social and technological change.
Date: February 8, 2023
Creator: Reeves, Troy; Milbrodt, Natalie & Milligan, Sarah
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 1: Oral History and Communities captions transcript

Webinar 1: Oral History and Communities

Video recording of the first webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explores how community identity, history, activism, and experiences are represented through oral history.
Date: February 1, 2023
Creator: Cain, Adrienne; Piedra, Benji de la & Lee, Jamie A.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix To What We Can Learn From Each Other: International Archival Pedagogy Conversations and Collaborations (open access)

Appendix To What We Can Learn From Each Other: International Archival Pedagogy Conversations and Collaborations

This is an appendix to “What We Can Learn From Each Other: International Archival Pedagogy Conversations and Collaborations,” a manuscript that was inspired by a collaborative workshop at the 2023 institute of the Archival Education and Research Initiative (AERI). The lively workshop discussion revealed both how much the participants all had in common, and how much they had to learn from each other. Their discussion highlighted how disconnected and geographically siloed archival education programs still continue to be, despite opportunities for international collaboration between archival educators. With this issue in mind, workshop participants decided to continue their conversations past the AERI 2023 meeting as part of an investigation of current pedagogical practices, teaching needs, and future goals of archival educators in a variety of settings. They met on Zoom and then corresponded asynchronously for a discussion of the structures of their archival education programs, their students’ needs, their teaching goals, how they respond to challenges in their virtual and physical classrooms, and how they can leverage this and future collaborations to benefit both their students and the archival education field as a whole. Using the transcripts of their conversations as a data set, they then used a grounded theory analysis …
Date: 2023
Creator: Christina-Lamb, Caitlin; Roeschley, Ana; Saurombe, Nampombe; Mojapelo, Makutla; Lee, Jamie A.; Chaterera-Zambuko, Forget et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Chat with ChatGPT: How will AI and GPT impact scholarly publishing? (open access)

A Chat with ChatGPT: How will AI and GPT impact scholarly publishing?

Working paper exploring ChatGPT. It begins with an introduction to ChatGPT and then proceeds into a transcript of a conversation with the platform about it and related AI technologies’ impact on the future of scholarly publishing, before concluding with some discussion on the further implications.
Date: January 2023
Creator: Lund, Brady, 1994-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correction: Adaptive learning: toward an intentional model for learning process guidance based on learner’s motivation (open access)

Correction: Adaptive learning: toward an intentional model for learning process guidance based on learner’s motivation

Correction to article changes the name of one of the authors.
Date: December 19, 2022
Creator: Bayoues, Walid; Saâdi, Ines Bayoudh & Kinshuk
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library