Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas [Presentation]

Presentation on how the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit established their metadata guidelines and how the guidelines work to support The Portal to Texas History and the University of North Texas Digital Library.
Date: October 22, 2010
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grenelle Environnement (open access)

Grenelle Environnement

The new 'Grenelle II' laws are presented in the French Parliament. The Grenelle II (2010) follows the Grenelle I (2007) and a second public consultation round with representatives of large companies. Detailed plans are presented for building, transport and energy sector. Local authorities are asked to play a more important and facilitating role. The new law package contains six pillars and contains the 'outlines' and 'logistics' of the application on regional and local level: - 1. Improving the Energetic Performance of Buildings. Among the measures are : insisting on 'Batiments a Basse Consommation' (BBC, < 50 KW/H/m2 per year) for new buildings and to reduce the consumption of existing buildings by 38% untill 2020. - 2. Creating a change in Transport Use. Among the measures presented are : speeding up the process of public transport infrastructure, insisting local public authorities on offering 'lease-bikes' and car-sharing programs, and subvention of electric and hybrid car development. - 3. Reducing significantly Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions. Measurements foreseen are : Obligation of all enterprises with over 500 employees and municipalities with more than 500.000 inhabitants to calculate CO2 emissions on a yearly bases. -4. Preserving Biodiversity. Pharmaceutical and hospital products will be more …
Date: October 2010
Creator: France. Ministère de l'écologie, de l'énergie, du développement durable et de la mer
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (open access)

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission

The objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the brand 'Solar India' is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy, by creating the policy conditions for its diffusion across the country as quickly as possible. The scope of these guidelines is to select new projects and provide the necessary policy framework for development of projects under the "bundling scheme" for Phase I of the JNNSM.
Date: October 2010
Creator: India. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (open access)

Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook

This report discusses likely energy prices and weather over the winter of 2010-2011.
Date: October 13, 2010
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 2010 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 2010

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 7, 2010
Creator: Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 2010 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 2010

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 14, 2010
Creator: Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 2010 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 2010

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 21, 2010
Creator: Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 2010 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 2010

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 28, 2010
Creator: Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: Digital Curators' Perspectives of the Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

Presentation for the 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses open access and scholarly communication.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship (open access)

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

Paper for the 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This paper discusses open access and scholarly communication and the current landscape, future direction, and the influence on global scholarship.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hastings, Samantha Kelly; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; McLean, Austin & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship (open access)

Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship

Document proposal for a panel discussion at the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG/III), part of ASIS&T. There are five panelists listed with brief descriptions of their topics.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Introduction to the UNT Digital Collections

Presentation on the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History. The topics include featured collections in The Portal to Texas History and in the UNT Digital Library, and the special collections of maps and their features and usage.
Date: October 1, 2011
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

No Child Left Behind

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on No Child Left Behind. This series features Dr. Jeanne Turks, associate professor for teacher education and administration, Dr. D. Jack Davis, professor emeritus of art education and art history, and Dr. Troy Johnson, UNT's vice provost for enrollment.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Food We Eat

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Food We Eat. This series features Dr. James Veteto, director of the Laboratory of Environmental Anthropology, and the Southern Seed Legacy project, Dr. David Kaplan, assistant professor of philosophy and director of the Philosophy of Food Project, and Dr. Priscilla Connors, associate professor of hospitality management.
Date: October 24, 2011
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

7.5 Minute Quadrangle Project

Presentation for the 2010 Depository Library Council Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses the 7.5 minute quadrangle project by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit and gives the background, goals, processes, challenges, and next steps.
Date: October 18, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Marketing to Your Community: Becoming a Destination

This presentation discusses marketing and promoting a library's government documents department. The author explains the marketing strategy as consisting of the Four P's: using Passionate Pro-active Promotions and Presentations to make your documents department a destination for answers. The author offers specific examples of promotional events and items, collaboration with other organizations and libraries, and specific ways that the University of North Texas (UNT) has marketed the benefits of its government documents.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organization of Long-Term Interstellar Distributed Digital Preservation Networks

This presentation discusses the organization of long-term interstellar distributed digital preservation networks. Long term (centuries) management of large growing public bodies of information is both more and less understood. This presentation discusses what we can learn from current efforts to develop long term strategies for digital preservation.
Date: October 1, 2011
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Libraries Strategic Plan 2011-2015: A Plan to Advance the Strategic Research Value of the University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

UNT Libraries Strategic Plan 2011-2015: A Plan to Advance the Strategic Research Value of the University of North Texas Libraries

This report discusses the five-year strategic plan for the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to reach its goal of becoming a top tier research library by 2015. It includes an analysis of the status of the UNT Libraries in relation to the university campus strategic plan and to peer institutions. In addition, it provides an outline of the specific goals and targets adopted to reach top tier status, organized into five categories: Creative Partnerships, Innovative Services, Scholarly Outcomes Assessment, Quality Collections, and Well-Designed Spaces.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Belden, Dreanna; Brannon, Sian; Jackson, Scott; Parks, Sue et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

TRAC, FDSys and putting it all together

This presentation discusses TRAC, an open source web-based project management and bug tracking system, and the Federated Digital System (FDSys), an advanced digital system that authenticates, preserves, versions, and provides permanent public access to federal government information.
Date: October 18, 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project (open access)

Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project

In this paper, the authors describe research led by Educopia Institute regarding the preservation needs for digitized and born-digital newspapers. The 'Chronicles in Preservation' project, builds upon previous efforts (e.g. the U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program) to look more broadly at the needs of digital newspapers in all of their diverse and challenging forms. This paper conveys the findings of the first research phase, including substantive survey results regarding digital newspaper curation practices.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Skinner, Katherine; Schultz, Matt; Halbert, Martin & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preservation of Newspapers: Preliminary Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project

This presentation discusses the preliminary findings of the 'Chronicles in Preservation' project involving the preservation of newspapers. In this presentation, the authors describe the project background, the state of the field report, and the phase 1 findings and progress.
Date: October 4, 2012
Creator: Skinner, Katherine; Halbert, Martin & Schultz, Matt
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint

This presentation discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies

This paper accompanies a poster presentation discussing empowering digital libraries users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Origins of SIG-III and Its 30 Years' Journey: Visions and Reflections

This paper discusses the origins of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) and its early years.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Carbo, Toni; Caidi, Nadia; Gruzd, Anatoliy & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library