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Tips and Tricks for Usability Studies

This presentation from the 2003 Internet Librarian Conference shares some experiences from two “real-life” Web site usability studies, including tips and tricks for carrying out a Web usability study.
Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Thomsett-Scott, Beth
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata and XML

This presentation discusses how XML can help store metadata. The University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Projects Unit developed the UNTL metadata element set with IndexData that tailored the data to meet their needs.
Date: November 7, 2003
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
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

Web Archiving at UNT and End of Term Harvest 2008

This presentation illustrates the collaborative project with the University of North Texas (UNT) and the United States Government Printing Office as part of the Federal Depository Library Program. The CyberCemetery was created as an online archive of government websites that have ceased operation. This also discusses the UNT collaboration with the United States Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, and the California Digital Library in an End of Term Harvest project in 2008 to archive the Presidential campaign websites before they ceased to exist.
Date: November 7, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fueling green debate: Creating environmental science reading lists with RefShare

This presentation discusses about promoting healthy debate on environmental issues and creating appropriate reading lists on environmental science topic areas.
Date: November 3, 2010
Creator: O'Toole, Erin & Adkins, Carl
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pictures of Charlotte: The Illustrated Charlotte Temple and Her Readers (open access)

Pictures of Charlotte: The Illustrated Charlotte Temple and Her Readers

Article on the illustrated Charlotte Temple and her readers.
Date: November 3, 2010
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digital Curation: Curation Micro-services approach to Building Repositories

This presentation discusses digital curation, preservation and stewardship. The author provides information on Curation Micro-Services.
Date: November 8, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

National Status of Data Management: The DataRes and CLIR/Sloan Research Projects on Data Management Policies and Practices

Presentation discussing the DataRes and the CLIR/Sloan Research Projects on data management policies and practices. This presentation discusses these two collaborating projects researching emerging policies and practices in data management. These research projects are being undertaken by the Council on Library and Information Resources and the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: November 1, 2011
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The UNT Libraries Website Redesign 2011-2012: Project Plan (open access)

The UNT Libraries Website Redesign 2011-2012: Project Plan

This report documents the project plan for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' website redesign. This report discusses why the redesign is necessary the scope of the work to be excluded, stakeholders, project phases, deliverables, and major milestones, assumptions, constraints, and risks.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: Weng, Neena; Hicks, William & Thomale, Jason
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Demographic Trends of College Students Today & Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library? (open access)

Demographic Trends of College Students Today & Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library?

This article discusses how libraries can use demographic trends to tailor library services to future populations.
Date: November 4, 2011
Creator: Bloechle, Marie & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix G: Contingency Plan Outline (open access)

Appendix G: Contingency Plan Outline

This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. In this appendix, the policy statements address the general requirements and procedures related to the enactment and handling of the MetaArchive Contingency Plan.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Skinner, Katherine; Walters, Tyler & Schultz, Matt
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Gordon Knox Film Collection: Access to Three Family Collections: How'd We Do It

This presentation discusses the digitization project of the Gordon Knox film collection. The University of North Texas (UNT) Media Library began working with the donors and assessing the project plan for digitizing this collection in 2007 and the films were made available in the UNT Digital Library in 2010. This presentation describes the strategies, initial challenges, processes, and lessons learned from working on this project.
Date: November 19, 2011
Creator: Stanton, Kimberly
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access Initiatives at UNT

Presentation for the 2012 All School Day at the University of North Texas (UNT). This presentation discusses open access initiatives at UNT, scholarly communication trends, data management, the UNT Scholarly Works institutional repository, and resources available through the UNT Libraries.
Date: November 10, 2012
Creator: Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Speaks Out On Coming Home captions transcript

UNT Speaks Out On Coming Home

This video recording is of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home. This series features presentations by Dr. Shelley Riggs, Dr. Adriel Boals, and Doctoral Student Cindy Hasio. Dr. Shelley Riggs is a professor of psychology, director of the Family Attachment Lab, and is conducting the Student Veteran Research Project at the University of North Texas (UNT). She discusses the family relationships of veterans after deployment. Dr. Adriel Boals is professor of psychology and has a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study innovative approaches to understanding and treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other responses to trauma and stress. He discusses what PTSD is and what causes it. Cindy Hasio is a doctoral student in the College of Visual Arts and Design. She discusses methods and findings from a project she participated in related to how veterans narrated their experiences through art. Her component of the study evaluated participants and described what they gained through creating arts and crafts. Stuart Presley, Domingo Rodriguez, and James Rumor are a panel of three student veterans who describe their experiences after deployment.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Veterans' Week: UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home as part of Veterans Week. There will also be a panel of three student veterans describing their experiences after deployment.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: Lawrence, Samantha
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Adventures in Digital Preservation (and how not to lose your way)

Presentation for the 2013 Conservation Savvy: From Expert to DIY Conference. This presentation discusses adventures in digital preservation and how not to lose your way.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto (open access)

The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto

Paper included in a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on research data management and the DataRes Project. This section reports on The Denton Declaration. Abstract: On May 22, 2012, at the University of North Texas, a group of technologists and librarians, scholars and researchers, university administrators, and other stakeholders gathered to discuss and articulate best practices and emerging trends in research data management. This declaration bridges the converging interests of these stakeholders and promotes collaboration, transparency, and accountability across organizational and disciplinary boundaries.
Date: November 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prospects for Research Data Management (open access)

Prospects for Research Data Management

Paper included in a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on research data management and the DataRes Project. This chapter highlights some of the most provocative findings of the DataRes Project on the topic of research data management in higher education and possible scenarios for the future and the implications of these scenarios.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reducing service points in the academic library: How to provide quality customer service in the face of budget cuts (open access)

Reducing service points in the academic library: How to provide quality customer service in the face of budget cuts

Article on providing quality customer service in the face of budget cuts and reducing service points in the academic library.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research Data Management in Policy and Practice: The DataRes Project (open access)

Research Data Management in Policy and Practice: The DataRes Project

Paper for a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) report on research data management. This paper reports on data management and the DataRes Project.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.; Stark, Shannon; Halbert, Martin & Moen, William E.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries Digital Collections: Making our data work harder for us

Presentation for the 2013 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Annual Meeting on the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital collections and making data work harder.
Date: November 6, 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating a Successful Single Service Point for Circulation and Reference in an Academic Library

Presentation for the 2013 Access Services Annual Conference. This presentation discusses creating a successful single service point for circulation and reference in an academic library.
Date: November 8, 2013
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann & Hardikar, Bethany
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Balancing Scholarly Activities, Primary Assignments and Service to the Community

Presentation for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries as part of the career development program. This presentation discusses getting started on a research project and balancing scholarly activities, primary assignments, and service to the community.
Date: November 19, 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Wahl, Diane
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of the Library (open access)

The Evolution of the Library

This article discusses technological changes and the evolution of the library.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library