Resource Type

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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keeping it Real: A Comprehensive and Transparent Evaluation of Electronic Resources

Presentation slides from a pre-conference workshop at the 2014 Charleston Annual Library Conference. The workshop discusses a comprehensive and transparent evaluation of electronic resources.
Date: November 5, 2014
Creator: Harker, Karen; Enoch, Todd & Crawford, Laurel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Vendor Relations: Evolving Ethos & Etiquette

Presentation delivered at the 2018 Louisiana Virtual Academic Library Conference. This presentation describes the University of North Texas Libraries' multi-year effort to improve vendor relations by proactively preventing problems and by responding effectively to new situations as they arise.
Date: November 15, 2018
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Crawford, Laurel
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Communication: Stakeholders' Roles in a Global Ecosystem

Presentation for a panel at the 2014 University Partnerships Workshop, sponsored by the U. S. Department of State and the U. S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan. This presentation discusses the evolving landscape of scholarly communication and stakeholders' roles in a global ecosystem.
Date: November 14, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hawkins, Kevin S.
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

So We Have a Brand, Now What?: Modernizing and Marketing an Ask Us Service at an Academic Library

This presentation provides an overview of the redesign of reference services at UNT Libraries using brand research and marketing strategies.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Venner, Mary Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library

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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Libraries: Rethinking Roles, Rethinking Spaces

Presentation for 2015 Higher Education Technology Forum put on by the North Texas Community College Consortium. This presentation discusses the UNT Libraries' evolution in relation to technology.
Date: November 6, 2015
Creator: Hunter, Judy & Monahan, Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access: The Global Scene

Presentation for a panel at the 2014 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. This panel presentation discusses global open access practices.
Date: November 3, 2014
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Rorissa, Abebe; Matusiak, Krystyna; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Helge, Kris & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Are print books REALLY dead? Exploring the relationship between technology acceptance and the use of e-books at a large research university

This presentation discusses a study of undergraduate students at the University of North Texas to understand factors related to students' intent to use and actual use of e-books.
Date: November 21, 2016
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson; Billings, Emily & Smith, Susan
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries: Building Collections and Collaborations

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation provides an overview of digital preservation collections in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
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
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
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

The Retrospective Thesis Digitization Project in Cataloging and Metadata Services

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses cataloging and metadata issues encountered during a retrospective digitization of theses and dissertations.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Berg, Jeremy
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the workflow procedures of the UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
System: The UNT Digital Library

Community Newspaper Preservation: One page at a time

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the preservation of the Aransas Pass Progress newspaper prior to Hurricane Harvey.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
System: The UNT Digital Library

Every Day is Digital Preservation Day @ the UNT Libraries

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation introduces the University of North Texas Libraries' legacy with digital preservation.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Local, State, National, and International Collaborations

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' involvement in local, state, national, and international preservation activities.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata in UNT Libraries Digital Collections

Presented at the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day. This presentation discusses the importance of metadata in digital preservation and how it is used by UNT Digital Libraries to enhance digital preservation activities.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library