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Cultivating Cooperation: Creating the Vendor Reciprocity Scale

Presentation on the development of a Vendor Reciprocity Scale (VRS) by the University of North Texas Libraries as a way to download institutional knowledge of patterns of vendor behavior, and the presentation encouraged thoughtful and productive discussion on our collective knowledge surrounding best practices in business partnerships and negotiations as a way to help refine the VRS.
Date: November 8, 2023
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson; Dawson, Jill; Peebles, Emily & Sterling, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data-Driven Decision-Making and Its Impacts on Education Quality in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review (open access)

Data-Driven Decision-Making and Its Impacts on Education Quality in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

Article describes how data-driven decision-making (DDDM) technologies are increasingly being utilized, aiming to enhance education quality. Authors assert that this paper examines articles that explore the implementation of DDDM technologies and their effects on education quality.
Date: November 6, 2023
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Asfaw, Zelalem & Jimma, Worku
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Documenting Times of Difficulty and Crisis: University Case Study of Leveraging an App to Gather University Community Memories (open access)

Documenting Times of Difficulty and Crisis: University Case Study of Leveraging an App to Gather University Community Memories

Conference paper examining the deployment of The Keeper App, developed at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, to help students document their daily lives as members of the UNT campus community. Deployed one year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, the Keeper App soon became a means for students and other members of the UNT community to share their experiences from isolation during the time of crisis.
Date: November 3, 2023
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis; Phillips, Mark Edward & Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rankism Survey (open access)

Rankism Survey

Survey created by the UNT Library Council on Diversity and Inclusion (LCDI) exploring if rankism in the UNT Libraries contributes to experiences. It was created based on results from a previous survey, the UNT Libraries' Climate Survey, which identified feelings of belittlement or degradation in the UNT Libraries. The survey was open for responses between November 1, 2023 and November 15, 2023. Results are not included in this document.
Date: November 2023
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries. Library Council on Diversity and Inclusion.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Access Services 2.0 through Employee-Directed Planning

Presentation discusses utilizing participatory leadership techniques such as circle practice and World Cafe´ to enhance employee involvement in organizational planning. Access Services employees were empowered to participate in setting goals, future planning, and restructuring the department. The details of the process, lessons learned, and challenges will be shared. It was presented at the 2022 Access Services Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Knox, Briana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Filling the Gap: A Focus on Accessibility and Curriculum in Equipment Lending

Presentation discussing the steps taken to create a new circulating collection of equipment items, from needs assessment and item selection to circulation and promotion. Best practices for cataloging, circulation, and item storage will be discussed. Presenters share a LibGuide created to enhance the discoverability of the collection and discuss decisions made about content and format. The presenters also highlight project successes, as well as some of the challenges faced and lessons learned. It was presented at the 2022 Access Services Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Knox, Briana & Akers, Emily
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collection Evaluation for Enhancements: Global Economics

Presentation used to report the evaluation of UNT Libraries’ holdings supporting the curriculum and research in the area of global economics.
Date: November 14, 2022
Creator: Harker, Karen; Byrne, Sephra & Obaidullah, Sharif
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Escape/Breakout Room for Juvenile Collection

Presentation of on the development of a virtual escape/breakout room by librarians at UNT to increase visibility and knowledge of the juvenile collection. This presentation provides a framework for content creation and lessons learned. It was presented at the 2022 Brick & Click Conference held on November 4, 2022.
Date: November 4, 2022
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Long and Winding Road of an Assessment Committee

Presentation on the experiences of an academic library assessment committee at the UNT Libraries. It includes the committee's development, challenges, and lessons. It was presented at the 2022 Library Assessment Conference held virtually on November 1-3, 2022.
Date: November 2, 2022
Creator: Harker, Karen; Miles, Chassidy & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fostering Student Employee Engagement: Creating a Sense of Ownership Through Task Sharing Initiatives

Presentation describing how student supervisors developed a task sharing and reporting mechanism to encourage teamwork and improve student engagement. Student supervisors of the Access Services Department are committed to creating a positive and effective work environment while ensuring accountability and productivity. In order to improve students' work experience, the supervisors developed tools and techniques which have increased student engagement in the department operations and empowered them to take initiatives. In addition, these tools have boosted student assistant productivity, provided a sense of ownership and accomplishment, and improved communication with supervisors.
Date: November 17, 2021
Creator: Akers, Emily; Baskett, Pilar; Knox, Briana & Keshmiripour, Setareh
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shifting Into Teams: The Transition to Using Microsoft Teams and Shifts for Managing Student Employees

Poster sharing specific tools and techniques used to help manage a team of over 25 student employees staffing a single service point for access services at the University of North Texas.
Date: November 17, 2021
Creator: Baskett, Pilar; Knox, Briana; Akers, Emily & Keshmiripour, Setareh
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criminology Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Criminology Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Criminology collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: November 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studio Arts Collection Evaluation Report (open access)

Studio Arts Collection Evaluation Report

This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Studio Arts collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: November 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America

Article discussing network analysis of aggregated subject values in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), with a discussion of how format normalization could affect subject overlap across collections.
Date: November 4, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Unity in Diversity": A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science

Presentation on the Interdisciplinarity of Information Science with the goal to engage researchers and educators in a discussion about ways in which information science can remain a diverse field, realize its full potential, build a strong identity, and delineate the roles of stakeholders in diversity, as well as identify potential barriers.
Date: November 2, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 74, Number 3, November 2021 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 74, Number 3, November 2021

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: November 2021
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who still checks stuff out?: A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic (open access)

Who still checks stuff out?: A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Article examining the changes to physical circulation of the University of North Texas Libraries' physical materials collection.
Date: November 2021
Creator: Byrne, Sephra; Hergert, Christopher & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

#DiaperDon Twitter Dataset

This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to the hashtag #DiaperDon. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/edsu/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 866,987 Tweets make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2020-11-18/2020-12-01
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Techniques and Technologies for Teaching and Learning Online

This presentation explores several techniques and technologies used to deliver information to learners in synchronous and asynchronous environments. It was presented at the Art Libraries Society of North America's Texas-Mexico Chapter Annual Meeting on November 13, 2020.
Date: November 13, 2020
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 1 Instructions (open access)

3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 1 Instructions

Instructions for the 3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 1
Date: November 10, 2020
Creator: Queen, Brian
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 2 Instructions (open access)

3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 2 Instructions

Instructions for the 3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 2
Date: November 10, 2020
Creator: Queen, Brian
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 3 Instructions (open access)

3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 3 Instructions

Instructions for the 3D Printed Papermaking Mould Version 3
Date: November 10, 2020
Creator: Queen, Brian
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library