Deciphering Signatures for Improved Discoverability of ETDs

Presentation for the 2017 Texas Conference on Institutional Repositories. This lightning round presentation describes the creation of a database for deciphering and cataloging signatures for recently-digitized theses and dissertations.
Date: June 2, 2017
Creator: Wolf, Stacey & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enhancing the Discovery of Unique Collections

This poster includes best practices for using genre headings to enhance discovery of tabletop games.
Date: April 19, 2017
Creator: Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhancing Discovery of Unique Collections: Get Ahead of the Game (open access)

Enhancing Discovery of Unique Collections: Get Ahead of the Game

This handout accompanies the poster "Enhancing the Discovery of Unique Collections" and contains an example of genre authority records, a partial bibliographic record, and a list of authorized genre headings.
Date: April 19, 2017
Creator: Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again (open access)

Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of the Assessment Workgroup at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact (open access)

Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how to survey users for understanding the perceived value of digital library collections.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations (open access)

Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how rubrics can be used for discussing employee performance expectations and evaluations.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Professional Development Assessment Paella (open access)

Professional Development Assessment Paella

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of a professional development program at University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Harker, Karen & O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Moving Toward a Praxis of Zen Librarianship: Expanding Librarianship with Mindfulness

Bibliography of resources related to Zen Librarianship. It is a supplementary resource to a poster presented at the Texas Library Association Conference held April 19-22, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
Date: April 19, 2017
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Zen Librarianship-Moving Toward a Praxis of Zen Librarianship: Expanding Librarianship with Mindfulness

Presentation on creating a Praxis of Zen Librarianship which frames reference and research assistance practices in academic libraries with theory and contemplative methodologies. It is a supplementary resource to a poster presented at the Texas Library Association Conference held April 19-22, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
Date: April 19, 2017
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Moving Toward a Praxis of Zen Librarianship: Expanding Librarianship with Mindfulness

Poster on creating a Praxis of Zen Librarianship which frames reference and research assistance practices in academic libraries with theory and contemplative methodologies. It was presented at the Texas Library Association Conference held April 19-22, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
Date: April 19, 2017
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhancing Discovery of Unique Collections: Get Ahead of the Game (open access)

Enhancing Discovery of Unique Collections: Get Ahead of the Game

The handout consists of an example of a catalog record for a tabletop game (including genre terms), an authority record for a genre term, a reference to a list of genre terms for tabletop games, and a bibliography of works on genre terms.
Date: April 19, 2017
Creator: Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discovering What’s between the Dashes with The Portal to Texas History

This article describe the use of The Portal to Texas History for Texas genealogical research.
Date: December 2017
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pathway to Success: Librarian/Faculty Collaboration for Student Learning

This poster describes activities to support student information-seeking and information-processing skills through a librarian and faculty collaboration for student learning.
Date: June 6, 2017
Creator: Monahan, Jo & Krzewinski-Malone, Jeanette
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Name Authority Files in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

Presentation as part of a panel titled "From Authority Control to Identity Management: Managing--Not Controlling" at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 2017 annual conference. These slides provide an overview of name authority control in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, including authority creation, authority records and their structured data, and entering names in the metadata editing system.
Date: July 17, 2017
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Fluency Initiative: Curriculum Mapping Group Procedures and Timeline Report (open access)

Information Fluency Initiative: Curriculum Mapping Group Procedures and Timeline Report

This report documents the University of North Texas Libraries Curriculum Mapping Group's meetings, relevant annotated bibliography, the logic model for the project, and a sample curriculum map.
Date: December 21, 2017
Creator: Hardin, Gregory; Hargis, Carol & Henson, Brea
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sommer Browning: Comics as Poetry captions transcript

Sommer Browning: Comics as Poetry

This video contains a conversation with Poet Sommer Browning on her work in melding together comics and poetry.
Date: June 6, 2017
Creator: Browning, Sommer
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library