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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.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative (TALI) (open access)

Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative (TALI)

This report documents the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative (TALI) project funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the project scope, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and project continuity.
Date: December 20, 2021
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Condrey, Coby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Special Collections Spanish Translation Pilot Project (open access)

Special Collections Spanish Translation Pilot Project

This report documents the Special Collections Spanish Translation Pilot Project funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes the project purpose, activities, budget, outcomes and best practices, and program continuity.
Date: December 14, 2021
Creator: Parker, Jaimi; Judkins, Julie & Knighton, Maia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Health and Health Communications Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Public Health and Health Communications Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Public Health and Health Communications collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: December 10, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Subjects in the Digital Collections with Data: White Paper (open access)

Improving Subjects in the Digital Collections with Data: White Paper

White paper discussing the results of a public survey regarding keyword assignment for digital library photographs and providing initial analysis regarding the responses and next steps for the project.
Date: December 2021
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Miles, Chassidy & Zipperer, Rachael
Object Type: Paper
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shifting Into Teams: The Transition to Using Microsoft Teams and Shifts for Managing Student Employees

Poster sharing specific tools and techniques used to help manage a team of over 25 student employees staffing a single service point for access services at the University of North Texas.
Date: November 17, 2021
Creator: Baskett, Pilar; Knox, Briana; Akers, Emily & Keshmiripour, Setareh
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criminology Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Criminology Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Criminology collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: November 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studio Arts Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Studio Arts Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Studio Arts collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: November 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America

Article discussing network analysis of aggregated subject values in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), with a discussion of how format normalization could affect subject overlap across collections.
Date: November 4, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who still checks stuff out?: A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic (open access)

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

Article examining the changes to physical circulation of the University of North Texas Libraries' physical materials collection.
Date: November 2021
Creator: Byrne, Sephra; Hergert, Christopher & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa (open access)

North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa

Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel was meant 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. This panel was sponsored by the Africa Chapter and SIG-III.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Rorissa, Abebe; Fourie, Ina; Julien, Heidi; Raju, Jaya & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Unity in Diversity”: A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science (open access)

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

Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel's goals were: (1) to engage researchers and educators in an interactive discussion on the contributing factors and ways in which information science can remain a diverse and interdisciplinary field, realize its full potential, and build a strong identity as well as identify potential barriers it needs to overcome; and (2) to delineate the roles its stakeholders and allies need to play to achieve that goal of a field with “Unity in diversity”.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Albright, Kendra; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Africana Studies Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Africana Studies Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Africana Studies collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Presentation
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.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophy and Religious Studies Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Philosophy and Religious Studies Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Philosophy and Religious Studies collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech & Hearing Sciences Collection Evaluation (open access)

Speech & Hearing Sciences Collection Evaluation

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Speech and Hearing Sciences collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library