Ensuring Long-Term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Local vs. Global Lifecycle Management

Presentation for the 2014 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses ensuring long-term access to electronic theses and dissertations and local versus global lifecycle management.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lexicon of Jazz Invective: Hurling Insults Across a Century with Big Data [presentation]

Presentation for the Texas Music Library Association Fall 2014 Meeting. This presentation discusses the lexicon of jazz invective and hurling insults across a century with big data.
Date: October 3, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT's Theses and Dissertations Retrospective Digitization Project

Poster presented at the 2014 United States (U.S) Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Annual Conference. This poster discusses the University of North Texas' (UNTs) retrospective digitization project of theses and dissertations.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Loafman, Kathryn; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Berg, Jeremy
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study (open access)

How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study

Paper describing the results of initial research to evaluate general information about how records change in a digital library, using the UNT digital collections as a sample set. The analysis looked at several key concepts including the number of records that have been edited, the number of edits per record, the number of editors per record, the amount of change in file size and in completeness (i.e., values in required fields), and changes in access to digital objects.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Shakeri, Shadi
Object Type: Paper
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.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data Management in the UNT Digital Library

Presentation for the Texas Digital Library (TDL) Data Management Workgroup. This presentation discusses data management in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collection: A Case Study [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2014 DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. This presentation discusses a case study of how descriptive metadata changes in the UNT Libraries' collections.
Date: October 9, 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

A REST API for Library Data

Poster presented at the 2014 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. This poster discusses a library catalog REST API framework.
Date: October 2014
Creator: Thomale, Jason & Hicks, William
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Blow the Curtain Open": How Gene Hall and Leon Breeden Advanced the Legitimacy of Jazz in Music Education [Presentation]

Presentation for the Jazz Education Network Fifth Annual Conference. This presentation discusses how Gene Hall and Leon Breeden advanced the legitimacy of jazz in music education.
Date: January 11, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Blow the Curtain Open": How Gene Hall and Leon Breeden Advanced the Legitimacy of Jazz in Music Education [Presentation Notes] (open access)

"Blow the Curtain Open": How Gene Hall and Leon Breeden Advanced the Legitimacy of Jazz in Music Education [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation for the Jazz Education Network Fifth Annual Conference. These notes and the presentation discuss how Gene Hall and Leon Breeden advanced the legitimacy of jazz in music education.
Date: January 11, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and ETDs

Poster presented at the 2014 United States (U.S) Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Annual Conference. This poster discusses open access and ETDs.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Kleister, Jill
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation Notes] (open access)

In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2014 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. The notes and presentation discuss Charles B. Ward (1864-1917) and include 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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
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
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

UNT Libraries Digital Collections: An Overview

Presentation for a meeting at Texas A & M University. This presentation gives an overview of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries digital collections.
Date: August 28, 2014
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Art book indexes reviewed (open access)

Art book indexes reviewed

Article discussing index characteristics considered important by reviewers of art books.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries

Paper discussing a proposal for redefining collection development at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler; Harker, Karen; Enoch, Todd & Condrey, Coby
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Redefining Collection Development at UNT Libraries

Presentation for the June 12, 2014 University of North Texas (UNT) Library Dean's Council meeting. This presentation discusses a proposal for redefining collection development at the UNT Libraries.
Date: June 12, 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel & Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Librarians and Technology: Things to Consider (open access)

Librarians and Technology: Things to Consider

Article on librarians and technology and things to consider.
Date: June 3, 2014
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Culinary Indexing Reference Sources Questionnaire (open access)

Culinary Indexing Reference Sources Questionnaire

Questionnaire for a study gathering recommendations of reference sources for culinary indexing. This questionnaire accompanies "Culinary Indexers' Reference Sources," and results of the study were presented at the 2014 Conference of the American Society for Indexing and the Culinary Indexing Special Interest Group.
Date: 2014
Creator: Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving (open access)

Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving

This paper presents the results of a survey of quality assurance (QA) practices within the field of web archiving. To understand current QA practices, the authors surveyed 54 institutions engaged in web archiving, which included national libraries, colleges and universities, and museums and art libraries.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda; Phillips, Mark Edward & Ko, Lauren
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library