The Impact of Embedded Librarianship on Liaison Activities

Poster on the impact of embedded librarianship on liaison activities presented for the Medical Library Association, South Central Chapter Annual Meeting. This poster took third place in the judging for the 2013 Elizabeth K. Eaton Research Awards.
Date: October 28, 2013
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Overhaul of Collection Evaluation

Poster presented at the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) Annual Conference. This poster discusses research on a project by the UNT Libraries' Collection Development Department on an expanded collection assessment beyond the bounds of accreditation reviews.
Date: October 21, 2013
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Professionalism and Your Career: Tips for the Work Place and Your Future Careers

Presentation for a UNT Libraries workshop for student assistants. The presentation discusses professionalism in one's career and offers tips for the work place and future careers.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keeping Human Resources Happy: The Use of Rubrics in Evaluations During Hiring and Performance Evaluations

Presentation for the inaugural Library Human Resources Management Association Conference. The authors discuss keeping human resources happy with the use of rubrics in evaluations during hiring and performance evaluations.
Date: October 7, 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reengineering The Portal to Texas History (open access)

Reengineering The Portal to Texas History

This book chapter reports on a case study on the activities, findings, and lessons learned during a project that replaced the legacy Digital Asset Management (DAM) system of The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries with an open source system.
Date: 2013
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.; Phillips, Mark Edward; Hicks, William; Weng, Neena & Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of Data: iSchools and the New Data Professional (open access)

The Problem of Data: iSchools and the New Data Professional

Paper outlining a fishbowl discussion event at the 2013 International iConference. The theme of the fishbowl event is data curation, data lifecycle, pedagogy, professional development, and library education.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C. & Stark, Shannon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Where do users find value?

Presentation on the value of The Portal to Texas History at a symposium at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, Cultural Heritage Archives: Networks, Innovation & Collaboration. This was part of a session on the users of Cultural Heritage Archival Materials.
Date: September 26, 2013
Creator: Belden, Dreanna & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problematic Future of Research Data Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Patterns Identified by the DataRes Project (open access)

The Problematic Future of Research Data Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Patterns Identified by the DataRes Project

Paper presented at the 8th International Digital Curation Conference on the problematic future of research data management.
Date: January 2013
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Finding High Level Evidence in PubMed

The presentation defines high level evidence in medical literature and demonstrates how to find it using MeSH and Clinical Queries.
Date: March 15, 2013
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013 (open access)

Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013

This report is offers an update on the hidden collections at the UNT Libraries. Its purpose is to serve as a true representation of the collections in the UNT Libraries with little or no access.
Date: 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Parks, Sue; Phillips, Mark Edward & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History indexes reviewed (open access)

History indexes reviewed

Article discussing index characteristics mentioned in reviews of history books appearing in Reviews in History.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quality Customer Service on a Budget

Presentation on offering quality customer service on a budget. The author explains how the UNT Libraries improved workflows and services offered while cutting expenditures.
Date: April 24, 2013
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Curating the Southwest Region's Maps: UNT-UTA Collaborative Project

Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference discussing the Mapping the Southwest project. Mapping the Southwest was a 3-year project (2010-2013) funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People grant. This presentation discusses the background of the project, the goals and activities, impacts, and lessons learned.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes About Those in Music

Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss facilitating discovery and long-term access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and offer notes about music ETDs.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Justice, Andrew
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mapping the Southwest: Final Performance Report (open access)

Mapping the Southwest: Final Performance Report

This report documents the Mapping the Southwest project, led by the University of North Texas (UNT) and with their partner, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries Special Collections. The project was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This final report briefly describes the Mapping the Southwest project activities and accomplishments in six work areas, and provides a discussion of achievements, issues faced and resolved, and lessons learned that may be of benefit to others. Additional detail is provided in some areas with appendices.
Date: July 31, 2013
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pay It Forward: Mentoring library students for career development

Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) conference. The authors discuss mentoring library students for career development.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preparation is Key: Lessons Learned from an ERMS Implementation

This presentation discusses lessons learned from an Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS).
Date: June 2013
Creator: Enoch, Todd
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modular Curation for ETD Repositories (open access)

Modular Curation for ETD Repositories

This paper discusses the Lifecycle Management of ETDs project led by the University of North Texas (UNT) and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This paper explains the research methodology the project took to evaluate these various tools, IRs and related submission systems; share findings; and discuss how these findings have solidified implementation improvements for the above mentioned curation technologies (Clam, AV, JHOVE/JHOVE2, DROID & FITS).
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Schultz, Matt; Eisenhauer, Stephen & Krabbenhoeft, Nick
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Studying Ourselves: Libraries and the User Experience at UNT

This presentation was part of a program discussing applications of traditional sociological and anthropological research methods to the study of libraries, librarians and library use. This presentation discusses a user-centered study conducted about the UNT Libraries.
Date: June 30, 2013
Creator: Wahl, Diane
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Textbooks Weighing You Down? Check out our E-Readers [Poster]

This poster discusses a grant project for purchasing e-book readers as a way of circulating textbooks to college students at the University of North Texas. The poster includes text, a timeline, graphs, photos of marketing materials, and sample survey questions from the project.
Date: June 30, 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Encouraging Research and Publication among Academic Librarians

Presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This presentation discusses encouraging research and publication among academic librarians. It covers topics on why support is needed, related surveys and methodology, respondents, and library research committees.
Date: June 2013
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborative Approach to Address Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation Challenges

Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation (SCDC) Affinity Group 2013 Summer Meeting. In this presentation, the authors discuss collaborative approaches to address scholarly communications and digital curation challenges.
Date: June 14, 2013
Creator: Helge, Kris; Waugh, Laura & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Open Access

Presentation for a workshop at the 2013 Open Access Symposium. This presentation discusses the impact of open access for students, the impact of open access on universities, and the impact of open access on publishing practices.
Date: May 31, 2013
Creator: Najmi, Anjum; Helge, Kris & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student-Centered Value Research: Assessment activities of the UNT Libraries

This presentation discusses student-centered value research and the assessment activities of the UNT Libraries. The UNT Libraries value research initiatives provide a means of measuring the Libraries' contribution to UNT's strategic goals.
Date: May 2, 2013
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library