An Evaluation of the Federal Government's Implementation of the Government Information Locator Service (GILS): Final Report (open access)

An Evaluation of the Federal Government's Implementation of the Government Information Locator Service (GILS): Final Report

This document reports the results of the evaluation study commissioned in response to the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Board's request for an assessment of GILS. The study began in September 1996, data collection ended in March 1997, and the final report was completed in June 1997. The goal of the study was to understand how: GILS serves various user groups, GILS improves public access to government information, agencies are progressing with their implementations, and GILS works as a tool for information resources management.
Date: June 30, 1997
Creator: Moen, William E. & McClure, Charles R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Theory of Public Knowledge (open access)

A Theory of Public Knowledge

This article offers a theory of public knowledge for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in information systems and classification schemas.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Miksa, Shawne D., 1969- & McLain, Chinami
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporal Variations and Spatial Disparities in Public Sentiment Toward COVID-19 and Preventive Practices in the United States: Infodemiology Study of Tweets (open access)

Temporal Variations and Spatial Disparities in Public Sentiment Toward COVID-19 and Preventive Practices in the United States: Infodemiology Study of Tweets

Article discusses how, during the COVID-19 pandemic, US public health authorities and county, state, and federal governments recommended or ordered certain preventative practices, such as wearing masks, to reduce the spread of the disease. The purpose of this study was to understand the variations in public sentiment toward COVID-19 and the recommended or ordered preventive practices from the temporal and spatial perspectives, as well as how the variations in public sentiment are related to geographical and socioeconomic factors.
Date: December 30, 2021
Creator: Kahanek, Alexander; Yu, Xinchen; Hong, Lingzi; Cleveland, Ana D., 1943- & Philbrick, Jodi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extended Reality for the Clinical, Affective, and Social Neurosciences (open access)

Extended Reality for the Clinical, Affective, and Social Neurosciences

Article highlighting the promise of extended reality platforms for greater ecological validity in the clinical, affective, and social neurosciences. This article belongs to the Special Issue: A Decade of Brain Sciences.
Date: November 30, 2020
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.; Gaggioli, Andrea & Riva, Giuseppe
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers (open access)

Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers

Paper describing a plan of work to develop and test an alternative approach for interoperability testing. This approach builds on the conceptual and technical infrastructure developed during the Z-Interop Project.
Date: March 30, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library