Assessing an Academic Library Professional Development Program (open access)

Assessing an Academic Library Professional Development Program

This article describes how measures of need, participation, satisfaction, and impact are employed to assess many aspects of a professional development program in a large academic library.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Harker, Karen; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Resources Evaluation Rubric (open access)

Electronic Resources Evaluation Rubric

Rubric used to evaluate electronic resources for acquisition.
Date: February 2, 2018
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contract and License Review Checklist (open access)

Contract and License Review Checklist

Checklist used to review contracts and licenses against state, library, and legal review policies.
Date: February 2, 2018
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Manifesto: Expectations for Vendors of Library Collections (open access)

University of North Texas Manifesto: Expectations for Vendors of Library Collections

Manifesto describing expectations for library collection vendors.
Date: February 2, 2018
Creator: Crawford, Laurel & Rodriguez, Allyson
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Utilizing Transgender Patient Health Care Experiences To Address Future Physicians' Gaps In Knowledge

This poster describes a project to create a free, open-access, web-based curriculum designed to educate medical students and residents on how to give compassionate care to disadvantaged populations who are in great need of consistent, stigma-free, and socially informed health care.
Date: February 2, 2018
Creator: Moore, Antoinette & Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive (open access)

End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive

This article presents an overview of the End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive conducted at the end of the second Obama presidential term. It presents the workflow for this collaborative project as well as lessons learned.
Date: February 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Phillips, Kristy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project (open access)

Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project

This article describes the Preservation of Electronic Government Information Project, a two-year initiative aimed at addressing national concerns around the collection and preservation of born-digital government information by cultural memory organizations for long-term public use.
Date: February 2018
Creator: Sittel, Robbie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sustaining your Organization’s Future: Mentoring and Succession Planning in Libraries

Webinar for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. This presentation discusses results of a recent survey of librarians on the prevalence of succession and mentoring plans in academic, public, school, and special libraries, and includes conclusions, best practices, and takeaways for increased mentoring and succession planning
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

3DHotbed Project 2017-2018 Update

Presentation for the 2018 Day of Digital Humanities at the University of North Texas Libraries. This presentation provides an overview of the 3D History of the Book Education (3D Hotbed) project and an update on future developments.
Date: March 6, 2018
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia; Jacobs, Courtney E. & O'Sullivan, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries Serials Transparency List (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Serials Transparency List

This document represents contains information regarding subscriptions purchased by UNT Libraries, along with pricing information for the 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 fiscal years.
Date: April 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries. Collection Development.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Vendor Relations: Evolving Ethos & Etiquette

Presentation for the 2018 Electronic Resources & Libraries Annual Conference. This presentation discusses how you can advocate for your library while maintaining vendor relationships.
Date: March 16, 2018
Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Crawford, Laurel
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The impact of library instruction on undergraduate student success: A four-year study

Presentation at the 2018 Texas Library Association. This presentation reflects on a four-year study of data from a freshman level English composition course to examine possible correlations between participation in a library instruction session and student success.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Hargis, Carol; Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Impediments, Partners, and Proposals: Preparing Graduate Students to Start Their Thesis and Dissertation Proposals

Presentation for the 2018 Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students Conference. This presentation shares the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries’ experience of creating and refashioning workshops to prepare graduate students to write their dissertation or thesis proposals.
Date: March 23, 2018
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation

Presentation for the 2018 Texas Women in Higher Education Annual Conference. This presentation discusses fear of negative evaluation (FNE), including perceptions of FNE and ways to overcome it.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Brannon, Sian; Crawford, Laurel & Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Notes] The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four-Year Study (open access)

[Notes] The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four-Year Study

Notes for a presentation at the 2018 Texas Library Association. This text contains speaking notes for a presentation that reflects on a four-year study of data from a freshman level English composition course to examine possible correlations between participation in a library instruction session and student success.
Date: April 4, 2018
Creator: Hargis, Carol; Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Approaches to Tracking the Impacts of Library- and Press-published Monographs: Project Meerkat

Slides presented during the panel “Approaches to Tracking the Impacts of Library- and Press-published Monographs” at the Library Publishing Forum 2018. This presentation describes the impetus behind Project Meerkat, a publishing analytics data alliance.
Date: May 22, 2018
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Design Thinking for Libraries: Strategies, Tools and a Case Study

Presentation for the 2018 Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference. This presentation focuses on elements from the designer's toolkit to solve problems in libraries, with examples of how a user-centered approach can transform library services, products, and spaces.
Date: February 26, 2018
Creator: Smith, Susan & Barham, Rebecca
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection

Presentation for the 2018 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation applies the analytic hierarchy process to evaluate collection development strategies for an institutional repository.
Date: June 4, 2018
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Harker, Karen & Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection (open access)

Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection

This paper applies the analytic hierarchy process to evaluate collection development strategies for an institutional repository.
Date: May 23, 2018
Creator: Andrews, Pamela; Harker, Karen & Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Click to Count

Poster detailing the Click to Count program at University of North Texas Libraries in which permalinks are provided to gain more accurate usage data from faculty.
Date: April 3, 2018
Creator: Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Book History: Engaging Maker Culture and 3D Technologies to Extend Bibliographical Pedagogy (open access)

Making Book History: Engaging Maker Culture and 3D Technologies to Extend Bibliographical Pedagogy

This article describes how the 3Dhotbed project (an acronym for “3D Printed History of the Book Education”) harnesses maker culture to advance book history instruction by providing open-access 3D data through a digital library platform.
Date: May 2018
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.; McIntosh, Marcia & O'Sullivan, Kevin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pedagogy for Liaisons: Resources for the Subject Librarians and Liaisons at the University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

Pedagogy for Liaisons: Resources for the Subject Librarians and Liaisons at the University of North Texas Libraries

Annotated bibliography containing scholarship exploring the connections between literacy, pedagogy, philosophy, and theory in librarianship.
Date: April 2018
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genre Terms for Makerspace Materials (open access)

Genre Terms for Makerspace Materials

Handout for the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference for the Games & Gaming Round Table. This document contains genre terms for cataloging makerspace materials within the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: June 24, 2018
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Robson, Diane & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquiline Books: Mock operating budget for fiscal year 2019 (open access)

Aquiline Books: Mock operating budget for fiscal year 2019

Handout presented for the 2018 Association of University Presses Annual Meeting. This text contains a mock operating budget for Aquiline Books, a University of North Texas Libraries publishing service.
Date: June 17, 2018
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library