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Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage (open access)

Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage

Environmental scan and recommendations for sharing usage data about OA monographs among stakeholders in scholarly communication
Date: May 6, 2019
Creator: O'Leary, Brian & Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality (open access)

Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality

White paper discussing qualitative research conducted by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries regarding perceptions of quality by metadata creators and their managers. These perceptions of metadata quality are intended to identify gaps in tools and interfaces used to create metadata.
Date: February 19, 2019
Creator: Fox, Nathaniel T.; Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis (open access)

Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis

This paper presents results of an exploratory analysis of representation of dates in over 8 million metadata records from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and compares it to Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) specifications.
Date: November 6, 2015
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Tarver, Hannah & Kizhakkethil, Priya
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in Operationalizing Metadata Quality Interfaces: A Case Study at the University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

Experiments in Operationalizing Metadata Quality Interfaces: A Case Study at the University of North Texas Libraries

Paper presented at the 2018 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications Initiative (DCMI). This paper describes work underway at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to design and implement interfaces and tools for analyzing metadata quality in their local metadata editing environment.
Date: September 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection (open access)

Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection

This paper applies the analytic hierarchy process to evaluate collection development strategies for an institutional repository.
Date: May 23, 2018
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Harker, Karen & Krahmer, Ana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Big Data and Government Information (open access)

Big Data and Government Information

Panel paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This panel explores the current landscape of big data applications for government information.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward; Smith, Lisa & Shimabuku, Hope
System: The UNT Digital Library
Answering queries pertaining to rapidly changing scholarly communications landscape (open access)

Answering queries pertaining to rapidly changing scholarly communications landscape

Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper discusses questions of experience, services provided, and staffing necessary for a scholarly communications department.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Helge, Kris & McKinnon, Laura F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program beyond Satisfaction Surveys (open access)

Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program beyond Satisfaction Surveys

Presented with a poster at the 2017 University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute Conference Proceedings. This paper includes experiences in assessing a mentoring program for librarians in a large academic library.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Harker, Karen & O'Toole, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Turning Students On To Your Library's Web Site: using web site usability techniques to improve student use of your library's site (open access)

Turning Students On To Your Library's Web Site: using web site usability techniques to improve student use of your library's site

This paper introduces the concept of web site usability, provides a brief introduction to the techniques, offers examples from two “real life” studies that show how the techniques of formal usability studies, focus groups, and card sorts can be used and offers tips and tricks for employing these techniques.
Date: February 5, 2004
Creator: Thomsett-Scott, Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
White Paper: University of North Texas, Information Fluency Initiative (open access)

White Paper: University of North Texas, Information Fluency Initiative

Paper discussing a proposal for an information fluency initiative at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Hardin, Gregory
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Demographic Trends of College Students Today & Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library? (open access)

Demographic Trends of College Students Today & Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library?

This article discusses how libraries can use demographic trends to tailor library services to future populations.
Date: November 4, 2011
Creator: Bloechle, Marie & Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs (open access)

Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs

Paper for an invited presentation at a 2015 meeting of the Southwest Area Theological Library Association (SWATLA). This paper discusses rethinking how we pay for scholarly monographs.
Date: October 2, 2015
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Full-text Versus Metadata Searching in an Institutional Repository: Case Study of the UNT Scholarly Works (open access)

Comparison of Full-text Versus Metadata Searching in an Institutional Repository: Case Study of the UNT Scholarly Works

This paper discusses a case study comparing full-text versus metadata searching in the University of North Texas (UNT) Scholarly Works institutional repository.
Date: February 8, 2015
Creator: Waugh, Laura; Tarver, Hannah; Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections (open access)

Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

This paper discusses an exploratory analysis of metadata edit events in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital collections.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Analysis of Subject Metadata in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

An Exploratory Analysis of Subject Metadata in the Digital Public Library of America

Paper describing an analysis of subject representation in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), an aggregate digital library containing more than 8 million item-level metadata records at the time of the study. The findings provide information about the minimum, maximum, and average number of subjects in records from different hubs and hub types, as well as the distribution of unique subject terms across the entire collection.
Date: 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Phillips, Mark Edward; Zavalina, Oksana & Kizhakkethil, Priya
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piercing the Curtain: One Composer's Penetration into Eastern European Music Festivals: An Introduction to the Music of Gloria Coates (open access)

Piercing the Curtain: One Composer's Penetration into Eastern European Music Festivals: An Introduction to the Music of Gloria Coates

Paper presented at the 2005 Women in Music/Contemporary Music Roundtable at the Music Library Association Annual Conference. This paper discusses the music of Gloria Coates and her radio program in Germany.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Opening Up the Urban Archive: Digital Outreach to Urban Studies Scholars (open access)

Opening Up the Urban Archive: Digital Outreach to Urban Studies Scholars

Paper for the 2015 Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Symposium. This paper discusses opening up the urban archive and digital outreach to urban studies scholars.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis & Janda, Jaime
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Models for a Database of Composition Styles of Twentieth Century Composers (open access)

Preliminary Models for a Database of Composition Styles of Twentieth Century Composers

Paper for the 1992 Music Library Association Contemporary Music Subject Access Roundtable Meeting. This paper discusses preliminary models for a database of composition styles of twentieth century composers.
Date: February 25, 1992
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs (open access)

Rethinking How We Pay for Scholarly Monographs

Paper presented as a keynote address for the 2015 Reinventing University Publishing Symposium. This paper discusses rethinking how we pay for scholarly monographs.
Date: March 18, 2015
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Literature Review: Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library (open access)

Literature Review: Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library

Paper discussing a literature review on the assessment of cataloging services in an academic library. This paper is part of a Cataloging Survey Project at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: February 18, 2015
Creator: Welch, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barriers to Adopting PREMIS in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study (open access)

Barriers to Adopting PREMIS in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study

Paper for the 2009 IS&T Archiving Conference. This paper discusses an exploratory study on barriers to adopting PREMIS in cultural heritage institutions.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum" (open access)

Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum"

Paper contributed to the 2002 Bar Harbor Music Festival. This paper discusses collecting and disseminating new music and the impact of women in music.
Date: July 18, 2002
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal (open access)

The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal

Paper for the 2005 IS&T Archiving Conference. This article discusses the issues of compliance and interoperability in integrating heterogeneous digital resources and lessons from the Texas History Portal.
Date: April 2005
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library