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Developing Collections of Web-Published Materials (open access)

Developing Collections of Web-Published Materials

This article discusses collection development practices to meet the unique characteristics of Web-published materials.
Date: October 12, 2008
Creator: Hsieh, Inga K.; Murray, Kathleen R. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Letting Go Of The Words: Writing Web Content That Works (open access)

[Review] Letting Go Of The Words: Writing Web Content That Works

This article reviews the book "Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works," by Janice (Ginny) Redish.
Date: 2008
Creator: Hoffman, Starr
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maintaining Quality Metadata: Toward Effective Digital Resource Lifecycle Management (open access)

Maintaining Quality Metadata: Toward Effective Digital Resource Lifecycle Management

Book chapter on maintaining quality metadata and effective digital resource lifecycle management.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker as Sole Diabetes Educator: Comparison of CoDE with Similar Culturally Appropriate Interventions (open access)

Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker as Sole Diabetes Educator: Comparison of CoDE with Similar Culturally Appropriate Interventions

Article discussing the effectiveness of a community health worker as sole diabetes educator.
Date: November 4, 2008
Creator: Culica, Dan; Walton, James W.; Harker, Karen & Prezio, Elizabeth A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences

Study investigating electromagnetic effects among near-death experiencers (NDErs), people who reported a close brush with death without an NDE, and people who reported never having been close to death but who used their most life-changing event as a past reference point.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Mouri, Farnoosh M. & Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

User-Centered Design for Humanities Collections within a Digital Library

This presentation discusses the infrastructure of the Digital Projects Unit at the University of North Texas (UNT) and the IOGENE project. There are illustrated examples and discussion about the challenges faced with the IOGENE user studies.
Date: October 17, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Integrating Folksonomies into Cultural Heritage Digital Collections: The Challenges and Opportunities of Web 2.0

In this presentation, the author defines Folksonomy and the advantages and disadvantages of Folksonomy. He begins with a background on information retrieval and changing technologies, discusses trends in technologies, and explains the use of tags and Folksonomy.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Hastings, Samantha Kelly
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Maintaining Quality Metadata: Toward Effective Digital Resource Lifecycle Management

This presentation discusses the critical issues of metadata quality in digital libraries and describes the efforts being made by the University of North Texas Libraries to ensure metadata quality at various levels of digital resources' life cycle.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Client Survey Summary: Portal to Texas History Interface Redesign] (open access)

[Client Survey Summary: Portal to Texas History Interface Redesign]

Document summarizing surveys conducted for the IOGENE project. It relates to information about the user interface of The Portal to Texas History.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Weng, Neena
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment: We know we should do it but does it have to be so difficult? (open access)

Assessment: We know we should do it but does it have to be so difficult?

This paper discusses assessment in library instruction programs.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Byerly, Gayla & Downey, Annie
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video on Demand: Streaming Media in Distance Education

This poster discusses streaming media in distance education.
Date: June 29, 2008
Creator: Parks, Sue & Stanton, Kimberly
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploring the Texas Revolution Online through The Portal to Texas History

This presentation illustrates examples of items held in The Portal to Texas History collection and how these works contribute to learning about the history of the Texas Revolution.
Date: April 19, 2008
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metadata Enhancements and Quality Assurance Mechanisms [Poster]

This poster presentation was presented at the 2008 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) conference (Work in Progress session). The poster discusses that maintaining usable and sustainable digital collections requires a complex set of actions, and demonstrates some of the tools and quality assurance mechanisms used at the UNT Libraries.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metadata Enhancements and Quality Assurance Mechanisms (open access)

Metadata Enhancements and Quality Assurance Mechanisms

Abstract document accompanying a poster presentation for the 2008 ALISE Annual Conference (Work in Progress session. The topic is maintaining usable and sustainable digital collections using a complex set of actions and some of the tools and quality assurance mechanisms used at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: 2008
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Man on the Beat: John Gilliland and The Pop Chronicles

Presentation for the 2008 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Annual Conference. This presentation discusses John Gilliland and The Pop Chronicles.
Date: March 28, 2008
Creator: Justice, Andrew & Thorn, Jonathan
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

2008 DOT GOV Harvest Preserving Access

Presentation for the 2008 Depository Library Council Annual Meeting. This presentation outlines the history, tool building, partner activities and future work for a collaborative project between the University of North Texas, the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the California Digital Library, and the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Date: October 21, 2008
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Nuts & Bolts: Preserving Digital Content at the University of North Texas

This presentation discusses the preservation and digitization of content at the University of North Texas (UNT). The topics include a background of the digital initiatives at the UNT Libraries, the organization of the digital initiatives, the collaborative projects, the collections held by the UNT Libraries, and areas of research.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rolling Your Own Digital Library System

This presentation discusses the topic of building your own digital library system. It explains why the University of North Texas built their own system and some of the initial challenges and the advantages associated with the process.
Date: April 15, 2008
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Connecting Constituents to Government Information: 150 Years of Congressionally Designated Libraries (open access)

Connecting Constituents to Government Information: 150 Years of Congressionally Designated Libraries

Article on connecting constituents to government information and 150 years of congressionally designated libraries.
Date: 2008
Creator: Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas

Introduction to the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology, as published in the 2008 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2008
Creator: Dessouky, Shimaa Y. & Rios, L. Danyel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sleep in College Students (open access)

Sleep in College Students

Paper discusses two studies focusing on sleep in college students - the first examining sleep and insomnia in general, the second examining the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in treating insomnia.
Date: 2008
Creator: Taylor, Daniel J. (Professor of psychology)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to The Eagle Feather 2008 (open access)

Preface to The Eagle Feather 2008

Introduction to the 2008 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2008
Creator: Cox, Gloria C. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archiving Web-Published Materials: A Needs Assessment of Librarians, Researchers, and Content Providers (open access)

Archiving Web-Published Materials: A Needs Assessment of Librarians, Researchers, and Content Providers

Article discussing archiving web-published materials and a needs assessment of librarians, researchers, and content providers.
Date: 2008
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R. & Hsieh, Inga K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
LibQual+ Lite Spring 2008 Survey: University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

LibQual+ Lite Spring 2008 Survey: University of North Texas Libraries

This report contains information from the Spring 2008 pilot administration of the LibQUAL+® Lite protocol at University of North Texas Libraries. The goal of LibQUAL+® Lite is to measure user satisfaction in the same valid matter as the original LibQUAL+® protocol while using only a subset (8 items) of the orginal 22 core items.
Date: 2008
Creator: Association of Research Libraries
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library