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Chronopolis, University of North Texas, MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation

This presentation discusses how preservation systems can share objects and specifically a collaboration between Chronopolis, MetaArchive, and the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Minor, David; Phillips, Mark Edward & Schultz, Matt
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Digital Library Storage Architectures for Digital Collections

This presentation discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library Program and possible solutions for sudden growth in digital content.
Date: September 27, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Desiccation: Facilitating Long-Term Access, Use, and Reuse of ETDs [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2011 International Symposium on ETDs. This presentation discusses data desiccation and facilitating long-term access, use and reuse of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Date: September 2011
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Distributed Digital Preservation ETD Workshop

This presentation is designed to provide institutions with Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) initiatives with information about preserving ETDs. In this presentation, the authors discuss ETDs and preservation needs, MetaArchive and distributed preservation, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)/MetaArchive ETD DDPN Archive, collections management for preservation, MetaArchive and its member roles and responsibilities, and the ETD Lifecycle Management Project.
Date: September 16, 2011
Creator: McMillan, Gail & Halbert, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library

Portal Partner Update

This presentation was given at a dinner celebrating The Portal to Texas History. The presentation describes recent projects, discusses feedback from Portal users, describes the work of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program, and provides examples of how graduate students have used The Portal to Texas History for their research.
Date: September 20, 2012
Creator: Carlisle, Tara; Krahmer, Ana & Liles, Deborah
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Handbook of Texas: Past and Future

Presentation for the 2012 Digital Frontiers Conference. The central challenge before the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is to seize the unprecedented opportunities of the 'Handbook of Texas' in the digital age in order to reshape how history will be accessed, disseminated, understood, and preserved in the twenty-first century. This presentation describes how the TSHA is facing the challenges along with its plans to realize the opportunities.
Date: September 21, 2012
Creator: Calder, J. Kent
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Impact of Digitizing Resources: Content Partner and User Perspectives

Presentation for the 2012 Digital Frontiers Conference. This presentation discusses research to measure the impact of digital assets in The Portal to Texas History.
Date: September 21, 2012
Creator: Belden, Dreanna & Murray, Kathleen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Processing Non-English Content

This presentation was presented at the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference in Washington, D.C. The presentation describes the NDNP New Mexico project's experience encoding ALTO OCR file language codes to enable enhanced discovery of its Spanish language content on the Chronicling America website.
Date: September 27, 2012
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quality Review of Digital Newspapers: Lessons Learned at UNT

This presentation was presented at the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference in Washington, D.C. The presentation describes a quality review of digital newspapers and lessons learned at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: September 27, 2012
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analysis of URL References in ETDs: A Case Study at the University of North Texas [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2013 International Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Symposium. The presentation gives an analysis of URL references in ETDs and a case study at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: September 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Reyes Ayala, Brenda
System: The UNT Digital Library

APA Review Library Information Sciences End of Program Exam

Presentation for a University of North Texas (UNT) School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) 5900 course. This presentation gives instruction for the American Psychological Association (ALA) citation style for electronic journals.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Whitmer, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library

BI's via LibGuides: All your eggs in one basket

Presentation for the 2013 Texas Library Association (TLA) Library Instruction Round Table. This presentation discusses BIs via LibGuides.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Whitmer, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library

Presentation on the implementation of the Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) within the University of North Texas (UNT) digital collections, including the results of an analysis performed in February 2013. It provides a summary of the kinds of date formats in the EDTF with examples from the digital collections, a description of methods used to implement and utilize the machine-readability of the format, and an overview of reasons that other institutions may want to consider switching to the EDTF.
Date: September 4, 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automated NDNP Quality Review

Presentation for the 2013 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference in Washington D.C. This presentation discusses automated processes and ensuring quality for the NDNP at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: September 12, 2013
Creator: Weidner, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Impact of Open Access in Scholarly Communications: Stakeholders Perspectives

Panel presentation for the 2013 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this presentation, the panelists discuss the impact of open access on scholarly communications with perspectives from five different stakeholders.
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Waugh, Laura; Kleister, Jill; Chrisman, Ronald & Helge, Kris
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Order Out of Chaos: Introducing Name Authority into a Large ETD Collection

Presentation for the sixteenth international symposium on electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). This presentation describes the challenges associated with controlling names, the approach of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, the development and implementation of the UNT Name App, and discuss lessons learned.
Date: September 25, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digitizing Newspapers with the Quartz A0 Scanner

Presentation for the 2014 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference. This presentation discusses digitizing newspapers with the Quartz A0 scanner.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn & Krahmer, Ana
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using the Power of Excel... To help with cutting a budget

Presentation for an Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) webinar. This presentation discusses using Excel to help cut budgets.
Date: September 10, 2014
Creator: Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Budget Status of the UNT Libraries 2014: Library Town Hall Meeting on the Library Budget Shortfall

Presentation for the September 2014 Library Town Hall Meeting. This meeting discussed the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries budget status and shortfalls.
Date: September 12, 2014
Creator: Halbert, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library

A For-Fee Publishing Service for the Local Community [Presentation]

Presentation for Amigos Library Services online conference, "Libraries, Authors, and Publishing." This presentation discusses a for-fee publishing service for the local community.
Date: September 18, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2014 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. This presentation discusses Charles B. Ward (1864-1917) and includes a biography and further implications for biography and musical reception history through resources originally created with different purposes in mind.
Date: September 18, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library

When Fulltext Searching Isn't Enough: Text Encoding for Manuscripts and Other Special Collections Materials

Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Special Collections Affinity Group Fall 2014 Meeting. This presentation discusses text encoding for manuscripts and other special collections materials.
Date: September 24, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

Presentation for the 2015 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses an exploratory analysis of metadata edit events in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' digital collections.
Date: September 2, 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library