Aim for Accessibility: Creating Accessible LibGuides for Library Patrons (open access)

Aim for Accessibility: Creating Accessible LibGuides for Library Patrons

This report documents the "Aim for Accessibility: Creating Accessible LibGuides for Library Patrons" funded through the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes the project activities, the budget, project outcomes, other relevant results/information, best practices, and future program continuity.
Date: 2020/2021
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.; Stayton, Jennifer & Ranjit, Utsav
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploring the Utility of Metadata Record Graphs and Network Analysis for Metadata Quality Evaluation and Augmentation

Article discussing the effectiveness of network analysis for evaluating digital library metadata records. It provides count- and value-based statistics as well as network metrics for each of the two collections identified for this research and compares the usefulness of various data values for metadata quality analysis.
Date: 2020
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Zavalina, Oksana & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Subjects in the Digital Collections with Data Survey (open access)

Improving Subjects in the Digital Collections with Data Survey

Full-text of a Qualtrics survey preserving the original text and most of the formatting, including background and consent. The questions included free-text, ranking, single-choice, and multiple choice questions related to user preferences to find digital photographic images.
Date: 2020
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Miles, Chassidy & Zipperer, Rachael
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews (open access)

Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews

White paper documenting the results of interviews with professionals who manage collections of state or federal documents, and institutional repositories. These interviews gathered information about collection policies and characteristics of born-digital publications that are incorporated into these bodies of materials, to inform future machine learning algorithms.
Date: 2020
Creator: Fox, Nathaniel T.; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Providing Open Access to Heterogeneous Information Resources without Compromising Privacy and Data Confidentiality (open access)

Providing Open Access to Heterogeneous Information Resources without Compromising Privacy and Data Confidentiality

Book chapter discussing challenges raised by concerns about ensuring long-term access to digital resources verses data confidentiality and balancing the right level of data security that addresses compliance requirements in the context of libraries and cultural heritage institutions.
Date: 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Helge, Kris
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and Scholarly Communication

This presentation covers the background and definition, stakeholder roles, policy frameworks, challenges and opportunities, and current/emerging trends in Open Access and Scholarly Communication.
Date: January 2, 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedure-Workflow Template (open access)

Procedure-Workflow Template

This workflow template was provided as a supporting document as part of the presentation, "E-Resource Cataloging: Challenges and Solutions." In the presentation, catalogers from a large academic library share how they make e-resources discoverable through their approach to record quality assessment, batch editing with regular expressions in MarcEdit, and record load tracking.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Wolf, Stacey; Baron, Adam; Berg, Jeremy; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regular Expressions Guides (open access)

Regular Expressions Guides

This list of guides was provided as a supporting document as part of the presentation, "E-Resource Cataloging: Challenges and Solutions." In the presentation, catalogers from a large academic library share how they make e-resources discoverable through their approach to record quality assessment, batch editing with regular expressions in MarcEdit, and record load tracking.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Wolf, Stacey; Baron, Adam; Berg, Jeremy; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
E-Resource Cataloging Challenges and Solutions (open access)

E-Resource Cataloging Challenges and Solutions

Script notes for the presentation, "E-Resource Cataloging: Challenges and Solutions." In the presentation, catalogers from a large academic library share how they make e-resources discoverable through their approach to record quality assessment, batch editing with regular expressions in MarcEdit, and record load tracking.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Wolf, Stacey; Baron, Adam; Berg, Jeremy; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

E-Resource Cataloging: Challenges and Solutions

In this presentation, catalogers from a large academic library share how they make e-resources discoverable through their approach to record quality assessment, batch editing with regular expressions in MarcEdit, and record load tracking. The presenters also provided handouts with helpful information about their processes and procedures.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Wolf, Stacey; Baron, Adam; Berg, Jeremy; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracking E-Resource Record Loads (open access)

Tracking E-Resource Record Loads

This tracking sheet was provided as a supporting document as part of the presentation, "E-Resource Cataloging: Challenges and Solutions." In the presentation, catalogers from a large academic library share how they make e-resources discoverable through their approach to record quality assessment, batch editing with regular expressions in MarcEdit, and record load tracking.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Wolf, Stacey; Baron, Adam; Berg, Jeremy; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small-scale mechanical behavior of a eutectic high entropy alloy (open access)

Small-scale mechanical behavior of a eutectic high entropy alloy

Article describes study evaluating small-scale mechanical behavior was for AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy, consisting of a lamellar arrangement of L12 and B2 solid-solution phases.
Date: February 14, 2020
Creator: Muskeri, Saideep; Hasannaeimi, Vahid; Salloom, Riyadh; Sadeghilaridjani, Maryam & Mukherjee, Sundeep
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Managing Language Data @ UNT Digital Library: CoRSAL Collection

Presentation presented at the Second International Workshop on Language Documentation and Digital Archiving, held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in Delhi, India. This presentation discusses how language data is being hosted by the UNT Digital Library for long-term preservation and access.
Date: February 17, 2020
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Science and Open Data: Issues and Considerations

Presentation describes how the open access movement is transforming scholarly communication.
Date: March 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating on Scholarship

Presentation for the UNT Libraries Career Development Workgroup. This presentation discusses the benefits of collaboration on scholarship with examples from the library environment. It presents an overview of the process as well as providing suggestions for those interested in collaborating on projects.
Date: March 3, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relevance Criteria and Online Video (open access)

Relevance Criteria and Online Video

This report documents the Relevance Criteria and Online Video project funded through the Dean's Innovation Grant funded by the UNT Libraries. The final report briefly describes the Relevance Criteria and Online Video project activities, budget, and outcomes.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Making It Local: Developing a Local Usage Collection System

Presentation on the creation of a locally-based system for collecting and displaying electronic resource usage data at the UNT Libraries. The process is discussed in-depth with goals, next steps, and links to tools and documentation. It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2020 conference held in Austin, Texas.
Date: March 9, 2020
Creator: Harker, Karen & Hergert, Christopher
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Tackling Toxicity.] Appendix A: Survey questions (open access)

[Tackling Toxicity.] Appendix A: Survey questions

This handout was presented along with a poster that presented the preliminary results from a survey of library employees on their experiences with toxic workplaces in libraries. This handout details the survey questions and the sources used to develop the survey. It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2020 conference held in Austin, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2020
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Tackling Toxicity.] Appendix B: Warning Signs - Looking in from the Outside (open access)

[Tackling Toxicity.] Appendix B: Warning Signs - Looking in from the Outside

This handout was presented along with a poster that presented the preliminary results from a survey of library employees on their experiences with toxic workplaces in libraries. This handout details signs to look for during interviews and suggested questions to ask to determine if their is a toxic workplace environment. It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2020 conference held in Austin, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2020
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tackling Toxicity: Predicting, Surviving, & Preventing Toxic Workplaces

This poster presents preliminary results from a survey of library employees on their experiences with toxic workplaces in libraries. The poster includes the most-reported toxic behaviors, advice for employees and employers on how to manage or avoid a toxic workplace environment. It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2020 conference held in Austin, Texas.
Date: March 10, 2020
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Roles of Library for Quality Education and Research: Emerging Trends in the Information Professions

Presentation asserts that in times of information scarcity, libraries provided the most effective way of sharing material.
Date: March 12, 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned (open access)

Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned

This white paper provides a summary of grant activities and provides some best practices and lessons learned for other efforts to make out-of-print humanities books available in ebook format.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Science Curriculum Map: Procedural Manual & Codebook (open access)

Political Science Curriculum Map: Procedural Manual & Codebook

This document provides directions and information needed to complete a curriculum map for the Political Science Department at the University of North Texas. Other subject librarians may use this document to guide their own curriculum mapping projects.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Peer Learning Model for Embedded Reference

This poster presents a Peer-to-Peer Embedded Reference program created by the UNT Libraries. The creation and goals of the program are highlighted along with challenges and future plans. It was intended to be presented at the Texas Library Association 2020 conference, but the event was cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns.
Date: March 24, 2020
Creator: Whitfield, Angela; Brents, Madison & Stayton, Jennifer
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library