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The Heart of Librarianship: A Literature Review of Outreach in Academic Libraries

Presentation that provides a summary of the literature on library outreach and indicates how the literature review has impacted outreach developments at the UNT Libraries. Outreach has a positive impact on student success, but a clear definition of what outreach is looms beyond the literature. Intermixed with marketing, advertising, broader engagement methods, and social media use, outreach has become a catch-all term for activities that bring awareness to library resources, services, programs, spaces, and employees. It was presented at the Library History Seminar XIV: Libraries Without Borders event which was held virtually on June 10-12, 2021.
Date: June 11, 2021
Creator: Henson, Brea
System: The UNT Digital Library

In the Know UNT Library Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Activities

Presentation highlighting the activities of the UNT Libraries regarding DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility). It was hosted by the UNT Libraries' Dean Council and the Library Council for Diversity and Inclusion.
Date: December 20, 2021
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia; Brannon, Sian; Roy, Meranda M.; Dooley, Yvonne; Gieringer, Morgan Davis; Cleveland, Susannah, 1972- et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive

Presentation describing the ongoing CoRSAL (Computational Resource for South Asian Languages) project, including background on the UNT Digital Library infrastructure and metadata schema, specific fields that have presented issues or areas of discussion for language data records (language, creator/contributor, and relation), and final conclusions about the collaboration so far.
Date: September 30, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborative Clusters: Rethinking User Needs and Breaking Down Barriers

University of North Texas Libraries established an innovative centralized system designed to increase transparency, evidence-based decision-making, and user-centeredness. A series of internal focus groups have revealed that traditional structures continue to silo and homogenize collections. How can libraries better design electronic collections to serve the needs of underserved users? It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference held on March 8-11, 2021.
Date: March 10, 2021
Creator: Dawson, Jill & Crawford, Laurel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Implementing Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) at the University of North Texas

Presentation on the University of North Texas Libraries’ implementation of Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) headings in their catalog. It was presented at the American Library Association's (ALA) Core Interest Group Week event which was held virtually on July 26-30, 2021.
Date: July 27, 2021
Creator: Baron, Adam & Thomale, Jason
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure for Enabling Access to Unique Collections

Presentation discussing the challenges and opportunities in making unique collections available online. Part of a webinar hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder for the Curating the Campus speaker series, on March 31, 2021.
Date: March 31, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Who still checks stuff out?: A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Presentation examining the changes to physical circulation of the University of North Texas Libraries' physical materials collection.
Date: 2021-11-02/2021-11-04
Creator: Byrne, Sephra; Hergert, Christopher & Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating a Local Usage Collection System: PySUSHI

Presentation discussing the design and implementation of a built-in-house usage collection system for electronic resource usage via release 4 and release 5 of the SUSHI protocol, as well as the design and integration of additional modules for the loading of manually downloaded COUNTER reports.
Date: 2021-11-01/2021-11-04
Creator: Hergert, Christopher; Harker, Karen & Byrne, Sephra
System: The UNT Digital Library

Instructional Videos as Tools for Student Learning: Purpose and Practice

Presentation on the creation and use of instructional videos in the UNT Libraries. This poster presentation describes their video production process, how these videos have supported student learning, and an example of an instructional video we created. Instructional videos are one major online resource that the University of North Texas Libraries provides to students. Librarians create a variety of online videos on topics that supplement course materials and instruction sessions. It was presented at the 2021 Texas Library Association (TLA) Library Instruction Round Table Annual Summit which was held virtually on October 15, 2021.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Volpe, Amelia & Roy, Meranda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Establishing a Smooth Video Production Workflow

Presentation covers a 5-step video creation workflow to produce educational videos. It was presented at the 2021 Virtual Conference of the Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA) held on April 20-23, 2021.
Date: April 22, 2021
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and Open Educational Resources for Equitable Scholarly Communication: Rethinking Educational Planning Post-COVID

Presentation that discusses Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in light of the iniquities in scholarly communication that were made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation discusses how OA and OER can address social justice concerns, improve scholarly communication, and facilitate equitable educational planning.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Utilizing TikTok for Library Peer-to-Peer Outreach

This poster will cover the results and experiences of using Tiktok as a form of peer-to-peer outreach to share research tips with other college students. Specific examples, learned best practices, and future plans for improvement will be discussed. It was presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session held April 26-30, 2021.
Date: 2021-04-26/2021-04-30
Creator: Brents, Madison; Diaz, Sarah & Chung, Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library

North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities & Experiences in Africa

Presentation given to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south collaborations and scholarly exchanges.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Fourie, Ina; Raju, Jaya; Julien, Heidi; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Unity in Diversity": A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science

Presentation on the Interdisciplinarity of Information Science with the goal to engage researchers and educators in a discussion about ways in which information science can remain a diverse field, realize its full potential, build a strong identity, and delineate the roles of stakeholders in diversity, as well as identify potential barriers.
Date: November 2, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fostering Student Employee Engagement: Creating a Sense of Ownership Through Task Sharing Initiatives

Presentation describing how student supervisors developed a task sharing and reporting mechanism to encourage teamwork and improve student engagement. Student supervisors of the Access Services Department are committed to creating a positive and effective work environment while ensuring accountability and productivity. In order to improve students' work experience, the supervisors developed tools and techniques which have increased student engagement in the department operations and empowered them to take initiatives. In addition, these tools have boosted student assistant productivity, provided a sense of ownership and accomplishment, and improved communication with supervisors.
Date: November 17, 2021
Creator: Akers, Emily; Baskett, Pilar; Knox, Briana & Keshmiripour, Setareh
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Texas Digital Newspaper Program: Reading Through the Eyes of Time

Presentation introducing the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) on The Portal to Texas History. It provides examples on different ways to explore the collection and includes other, similar resources that might be of interest. It was presented at the RootsTech 2021 virtual conference.
Date: February 26, 2021
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative

Presentation with speakers' notes describing the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative at the University of North Texas Libraries. This initiative uses findings documented in recent studies addressing information seeking behaviors of transgender persons and their perceptions of the library to provide more equitable access to their services and collections. The presentation shares the needs assessment, collection development process, promotion and outreach, and next steps related to this initiative in hopes that other libraries can modify them to serve marginalized populations in their communities.
Date: July 23, 2021
Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Forming and Maintaining Communities of Practice in Online Professional Development

This presentation explores building your own community of practice, addressing mindsets that may limit ideas, and discusses different approaches and frameworks for forming and maintaining communities of practice within online professional development. It was presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA) held on March 25-28, 2019 in Galveston, Texas.
Date: March 27, 2021
Creator: Ledford, Jenna & Roy, Meranda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Heart of Librarianship: A Literature Review of Outreach in Academic Libraries

Presentation that provides a summary of the literature on library outreach and indicates how the literature review has impacted outreach developments at the UNT Libraries. Outreach has a positive impact on student success, but a clear definition of what outreach is looms beyond the literature. Intermixed with marketing, advertising, broader engagement methods, and social media use, outreach has become a catch-all term for activities that bring awareness to library resources, services, programs, spaces, and employees. It was presented at the UNT Libraries' Public Services Conversation Hour, an internal, divisional peer learning and training program.
Date: August 12, 2021
Creator: Henson, Brea
System: The UNT Digital Library

Celebrating a Legacy of Global Friendships: The Experience of an Ethiopian Cohort

Presentation given at the Fulbright Association’s Virtual 44th Annual Conference that presents the experiences of multiple Fulbright scholars' research and service at various universities in Ethiopia.
Date: October 20, 2021
Creator: Ford, Angela; Kidane, Addis; Wilfong, Tara & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Forging Connections at the University of North Texas to Comply with Funder-Mandated Public Access to Research Data

Presentation highlighting the collaboration between the University of North Texas Libraries and the Division of Research and Innovation to proactively document and provide stable, long-term access to information about federally-funded grant projects received at UNT, but more importantly to act as a centralized location for accessing research and grant artifacts including documentation and datasets created during the award period. It was presented virtually at the Southeast Data Librarian Symposium held on October 13-15, 2021.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trivia, Alliances, & Polls: Reimagining Virtual Outreach and Student Engagement

Presentation on the transition to remote outreach and student engagement in an academic library. It was presented at the North American Virtual Reference Online Conference held February 23-25, 2021.
Date: February 25, 2021
Creator: Brents, Madison; Diaz, Sarah & Chung, Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library

Expanding Access to Oklahoma Newspapers: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Presentation highlighting the partnership between the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Library and the Oklahoma Historical Society to digitize Oklahoma newspapers and make them accessible online through the Gateway to Oklahoma History. It was presented at the 2021 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference held virtually by the Library of Congress on September 9 and 13-16, 2021.
Date: September 14, 2021
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn & Biller, Sarah
System: The UNT Digital Library

Supervising Metadata Creation Remotely

Presentation discussing leading metadata creation remotely. This presentation was given as part of the Texas Digital Library Leadership Academy webinar series in 2021.
Date: April 29, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library