Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia (open access)

Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia

.This Asian Development Bank (ADB) study examined the economic costs associated with the impacts of climate change and the cost and benefits of adaptation in Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The study aimed to (i) assess the biophysical impacts of climate change in the region, including individual country impacts, and (ii) estimate the total economic loss to the countries in the region by 2100, taking into account the different scenarios and impacts projected across vulnerable sectors, and then to estimate the magnitude of funding for adaptation measures required to avert such potential losses. Results of the study will aid development of future policies and programs for climate change adaptation in the region, including initiatives for regional cooperation and capacity building in climate change management. The study covered the following sectors: agriculture, terrestrial ecosystems, water, marine and coastal resources (except Bhutan and Nepal), health, and energy.
Date: June 1, 2014
Creator: Ahmed, Mahfuz & Suphachol Suphachalasai
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interviews with SIG/III Co-founders: Reflections of Toni Carbo and Michel Menou (open access)

Interviews with SIG/III Co-founders: Reflections of Toni Carbo and Michel Menou

Article discussing interviews with the Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) co-founders Toni Carbo and Michel Menou.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review (open access)

Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review

This article explores the strengths and limitations of folksonomies through traditional indexing and taxonomies with an emphasis on the history of cultural heritage information retrieval.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction: International Information Issues and ASIS&T (open access)

Introduction: International Information Issues and ASIS&T

Article introducing a special section of the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) featuring interviews, discussions of ASIS&T chapters and SIGs roles, networking activities, and past and current organizational initiatives.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuestra Voz De North Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, June/July 2014 (open access)

Nuestra Voz De North Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, June/July 2014

Newspaper providing news and information to the Tarrant and Dallas County Latino communities along with advertising.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Alvarado, Felix
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Evaluating Collections on a Regular Basis

Presentation for the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group meeting at the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses a service at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to evaluate collections on a regular basis.
Date: June 29, 2014
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers (open access)

Textbooks Weighing you Down? Check out our E-Readers

Article discussing a project by the UNT Libraries to purchase e-book readers for students purchasing digital textbooks.
Date: June 13, 2014
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 2014 (open access)

Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 5, 2014
Creator: Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2014 (open access)

Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Mount Vernon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 12, 2014
Creator: Bush-Reves, Lillie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 84, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 1, 2014 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 84, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 1, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 1, 2014
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 2014 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 5, 2014
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 86, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 8, 2014 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 86, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 8, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 8, 2014
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 87, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2014 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 87, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 12, 2014
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 88, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2014 (open access)

The Monitor (Mabank, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 88, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Mabank, Texas that includes local Cedar Creek Lake area, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 15, 2014
Creator: Cantrell, Pearl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 6, Ed. 1, June 2014 (open access)

South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 6, Ed. 1, June 2014

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 303, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 1, 2014 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 303, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 1, 2014

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 1, 2014
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 304, Ed. 1 Monday, June 2, 2014 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 304, Ed. 1 Monday, June 2, 2014

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 2014
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Redefining Collection Development at UNT Libraries

Presentation for the June 12, 2014 University of North Texas (UNT) Library Dean's Council meeting. This presentation discusses a proposal for redefining collection development at the UNT Libraries.
Date: June 12, 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel & Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Model for Integrating the Publication and Preservation of Journal Articles

Presentation for Open Repositories 2014 discussing a model for integrating the publication and preservation of journal articles.
Date: June 10, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Model for Integrating the Publication and Preservation of Journal Articles [Revision]

Revised version of a presentation for Open Repositories 2014 discussing a model for integrating the publication and preservation of journal articles.
Date: June 10, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

New World of Scholarly Publishing

Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation (SCDC) Affinity Group Summer 2014 Meeting. This presentation discusses scholarly publishing activities at the University of Michigan (UM) Libraries and library publishing service ideas at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: June 20, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Launching a Scholarly Communication Department

Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation (SCDC) Affinity Group 2014 Summer Meeting. This presentation discusses launching a scholarly communication department.
Date: June 20, 2014
Creator: Iakovakis, Clarke & Mirza, Rafia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolving Scholarly Record (open access)

The Evolving Scholarly Record

The scholarly record is evolving into a corpus of material vastly different from its previous print-based version. While in the past the scholarly record was largely defined by the formally published monographic and journal literatures, its boundaries are now both expanding and blurring, driven by changes in research practices, as well as changing perceptions of the long-term value of certain forms of scholarly materials. Understanding the nature, scope, and evolutionary trends of the scholarly record is an important concern in many quarters—for libraries, for publishers, for funders, and of course for scholars themselves. This report presents a framework to help organize and drive discussions about the evolving scholarly record. The framework provides a high-level view of the categories of material the scholarly record potentially encompasses, as well as the key stakeholder roles associated with the creation, management, and use of the scholarly record.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Lavoie, Brian; Childress, Eric; Erway, Ricky; Faniel, Ixchel; Malpas, Constance; Schaffner, Jennifer et al.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustaining the Digital Humanities : Host Institution Support Beyond the Start-up Period (open access)

Sustaining the Digital Humanities : Host Institution Support Beyond the Start-up Period

As more and more scholars experiment with digital methods and with building digital collections, what measures are in place to make sure that the fruits of these labors are kept vital for the long term? Library directors and chief information officers sense that there is interest on the part of faculty, but does this mean they need to invest in a digital humanities center and hire new staff or just reconfigure the people and resources they already have? First and foremost, what does university leadership seek to gain from such an investment? This study seeks to address the fate of digital research resources - whether they be digital collections of scholarly or other materials, portals, encyclopedias, mapping tools, crowdsourced transcription projects, visualization tools, or other original and innovative projects that may be created by professors, library, or IT staff. Such projects have the potential to provide valuable tools and information to an international audience of learners. Without careful planning and execution, however, they can also all too easily slip between the cracks and quickly become obsolete.
Date: June 18, 2014
Creator: Maron, Nancy L. & Pickle, Sarah
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library