Letter to the Editor: Response to "Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness during a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?" (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Response to "Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness during a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?"

A letter from Janice Miner Holden to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic: "Response to 'Is it Rational to Extrapolate from the Presence of Consciousness during a Flat EEG to Survival of Consciousness After Death?'"
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

"And Now It's Time for Jazz": Willis Conover and the Voice of America

Presentation for the 2010 International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses jazz producer and broadcaster Willis Conover and the Voice of America.
Date: June 29, 2010
Creator: Justice, Andrew
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives

This presentation is a brief outline of the End-of-Term archiving project done as a collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the University of North Texas Libraries, and the California Digital Library.
Date: May 3, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Building Blocks for Successfully Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive (open access)

Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Building Blocks for Successfully Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive

This paper discusses open source components, standard conformance, and UCD as it relates to The Portal to Texas History.
Date: May 2010
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas [Presentation]

Presentation on how the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit established their metadata guidelines and how the guidelines work to support The Portal to Texas History and the University of North Texas Digital Library.
Date: October 22, 2010
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive

This presentation is about The Portal to Texas History and the IOGENE project and the strategies and steps involved in their development.
Date: 2010
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship between Adolescent Risk Preferences on a Laboratory Task and Behavioral Measures of Risk-taking (open access)

Relationship between Adolescent Risk Preferences on a Laboratory Task and Behavioral Measures of Risk-taking

Article discussing research on the relationship between adolescent risk preferences on a laboratory task and behavioral measures of risk-taking.
Date: September 15, 2010
Creator: Rao, Uma; Sidhartha, Tanuj; Harker, Karen; Bidesi, Anup S.; Chen, Li-Ann & Ernst, Monique, 1953-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Internet Resources on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (open access)

Selected Internet Resources on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

This article is a webliography of selected internet resources on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rediscovery of the Elements

Interactive DVD documenting the research by Dr. James and Virginia Marshall to trace the history of the elements in the periodic table. It includes biographical information on the scientists who discovered each of the elements, notes about each of the elements with photos, periodic tables, maps and photographs of the cities where elements were discovered, a timeline of discoveries, written articles about the research, and other background documentation.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas (open access)

Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas

Paper on how metadata supports the cycle of system improvements at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: 2010
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Applying User-Centered Design Principles to Redesign the Interface to The Portal to Texas History: The IOGENE Project [Poster]

Poster presented at the 2010 Society for Imaging Science and Technology Archiving Conference. This poster presents information related to the IOGENE project and discusses applying user-centered design principles to redesign the interface to The Portal to Texas History.
Date: 2010
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions (open access)

Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions

This book chapter discusses digital collection preservation. The authors provide a philosophical base for cultural memory organizations' need to participate in distributed digital preservation solutions as community-owned and community-led initiatives. This chapter will be useful for all readers, particularly those with questions about the value of collaborative engagement in the digital arena for cultural memory organizations.
Date: 2010
Creator: Halbert, Martin & Skinner, Katherine
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Tools and Workflows at the University of North Texas

This presentation illustrates the metadata tools, workflows, and quality control measures at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit.
Date: June 27, 2010
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Partnership Born of Urgency and Civic Responsibility: Preserving Access to Government Websites Through the CyberCemetery

This presentation discusses preserving access to government websites through the CyberCemetery. It includes information about what the CyberCemetery is, its purpose, the development, archival process, technical details, users by country, types of content, and using the CyberCemetery.
Date: April 22, 2010
Creator: Hoffman, Starr
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Partnership Born of Urgency and Civic Responsibility: Preserving Access to Government Websites Through the CyberCemetery (open access)

A Partnership Born of Urgency and Civic Responsibility: Preserving Access to Government Websites Through the CyberCemetery

Handout accompanying a presentation for the 2010 AGA Regional Professional Development Conference. The handout and presentation discuss the CyberCemetery, its purpose and development, technical details, users by country, and types of content.
Date: April 22, 2010
Creator: Hoffman, Starr
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpreting MARC: Where's the Bibliographic Data? (open access)

Interpreting MARC: Where's the Bibliographic Data?

Article discussing the notion that viewing MARC from a modern technological perspective leads to interpretive problems such as a confusion of "bibliographic data" with "catalog records."
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Thomale, Jason
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

7.5 Minute Quadrangle Project

Presentation for the 2010 Depository Library Council Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses the 7.5 minute quadrangle project by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit and gives the background, goals, processes, challenges, and next steps.
Date: October 18, 2010
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Action of Action Research: A Case Study of Four Projects in a Professional Development School (open access)

The Action of Action Research: A Case Study of Four Projects in a Professional Development School

Introductory paper to the special section on education in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather, which examines the viability of action research as a meaningful form of research applicable to social settings, such as schools.
Date: 2010
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to Special Section on Art History (open access)

Introduction to Special Section on Art History

Introduction to the special section on art history in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Thomas, David & Weston, Charisse
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to The Eagle Feather 2010 (open access)

Preface to The Eagle Feather 2010

Introduction to the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Cox, Gloria C. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Davenport, Beverly Ann & Franco, David Oliveira, Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Undergraduate Research Initiatives at UNT (open access)

Undergraduate Research Initiatives at UNT

Introduction to the special section for the Undergraduate Research Initiative in Engineering featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Cox, Gloria C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library