Open Access and Scholarly Communications: Looking Ahead to a Post-Pandemic Future

Presentation that covers open access in the context of Ethiopia. This presentation provides examples of the background of open access and scholarly communication, the policy frameworks in place (including the White House OSTP Call to Action), the challenges and opportunities in relation to developing nations, and the emerging trends in institutional initiatives in Ethiopia.
Date: May 2, 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned (open access)

Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned

This white paper provides a summary of grant activities and provides some best practices and lessons learned for other efforts to make out-of-print humanities books available in ebook format.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Science Curriculum Map: Procedural Manual & Codebook (open access)

Political Science Curriculum Map: Procedural Manual & Codebook

This document provides directions and information needed to complete a curriculum map for the Political Science Department at the University of North Texas. Other subject librarians may use this document to guide their own curriculum mapping projects.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

dkNET's Resource and Authentication Reports for Researchers

Presentation on dkNET's relevant tools for researchers. It was presented at the STEM Librarians South Conference which was held virtually on July 16, 2020.
Date: June 16, 2020
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews (open access)

Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews

White paper documenting the results of interviews with professionals who manage collections of state or federal documents, and institutional repositories. These interviews gathered information about collection policies and characteristics of born-digital publications that are incorporated into these bodies of materials, to inform future machine learning algorithms.
Date: 2020
Creator: Fox, Nathaniel T.; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Benchmarks in Metadata Quality: Initial Findings (open access)

Survey of Benchmarks in Metadata Quality: Initial Findings

White paper providing general analysis and documentation of results collected by a Qualtrics survey to gather information about metadata assessment practices among digital libraries. It includes an overview of the responses and brief analysis, with some interpretation of trends.
Date: May 2020
Creator: Gentry, Steven; Hale, Meredith L.; Payant, Andrea; Tarver, Hannah; White, Rachel & Wittmann, Rachel
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Taking Your Students Through Time: By Traveling Through Newspapers

Presentation introducing the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and providing possible uses for it in the classroom. It was presented for the Fall 2020 HIST 4750.001, Social Studies Teaching Methods, course.
Date: October 27, 2020
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relevance Criteria and Online Video (open access)

Relevance Criteria and Online Video

This report documents the Relevance Criteria and Online Video project funded through the Dean's Innovation Grant funded by the UNT Libraries. The final report briefly describes the Relevance Criteria and Online Video project activities, budget, and outcomes.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Step Up Your Game with Genre Terms for Tabletop Games

This poster introduces the controlled vocabulary of genre terms used by the UNT Libraries to enhance user access to a large collection of tabletop games. It was presented at the Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) 2020 conference which was held virtually.
Date: October 13, 2020
Creator: Robson, Diane; Sassen, Catherine & Yanowski, Kevin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
MINES for Libraries© @ UNT Libraries: Final Report (open access)

MINES for Libraries© @ UNT Libraries: Final Report

This report summarizes the University of North Texas Libraries' results from the MINES for Libraries© survey protocol from January 2015 to December 2019. The intention of the survey was to learn more about the usage of the Library's online resources, and the resulting data is robust and useful for longitudinal trends.
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries 30-Second Survey (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries 30-Second Survey

This report documents the UNT Libraries 30-Second Survey project funded through the Dean's Innovation Grant funded by the UNT Libraries. The final report briefly describes the UNT Libraries 30-Second Survey project activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and sustainability.
Date: September 28, 2020
Creator: Mount, Jonathan; Guintivano, Jeffrey & Rumohr, Garret
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Communities of Practice among Librarians in an Online Learning Environment

This poster applies the concept of an online community of practice in an effort to suggest how librarians can join together as a community to learn and to share ideas, strategies, and tools related to effective teaching and learning. It was presented at The Exchange an Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)/Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)/Library Leadership and Management (LLAMA) Collaboration held virtually on May 4, 6, & 8, 2020
Date: May 6, 2020
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preserving History By Building Access: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program

Presentation on how to build digital newspaper collections via the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) on The Portal to Texas History. It highlights grant opportunities that are available to support libraries in building access to their newspapers and demonstrates how to use the digital newspaper collections. It was presented at the Texas Library Association District 9 Fall 2020 meeting held virtually on October 29, 2020.
Date: October 29, 2020
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamic Classification in Web Archiving Collections (open access)

Dynamic Classification in Web Archiving Collections

Article explores dynamic fusion models to find, on the fly, the model or combination of models that performs best on a variety of document types. The experimental results show that the approach that fuses different models outperforms individual models and other ensemble methods on three datasets.
Date: May 2020
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Patel, Krutarth & Caragea, Cornelia
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Peer Learning Model for Embedded Reference

This poster presents a Peer-to-Peer Embedded Reference program created by the UNT Libraries. The creation and goals of the program are highlighted along with challenges and future plans. It was intended to be presented at the Texas Library Association 2020 conference, but the event was cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns.
Date: March 24, 2020
Creator: Whitfield, Angela; Brents, Madison & Stayton, Jennifer
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Empowering Student Workers Using Flipped and Agile Project Management

Presentation introduces the concepts of Flipped Instruction and Agile Project Management and discusses how those methodologies may be applied to student roles in library and digital humanities projects. It was presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Together Wherever virtual event held on June 8-12, 2020.
Date: June 8, 2020
Creator: Stayton, Jennifer
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships (open access)

Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships

This paper focuses on how the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries was able to develop a successful partnership with the UNT Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) and move outside the Libraries’ normal sphere of influence to help create a patent internship program for students. The paper is published in the Texas Library Journal Special Edition for Summer 2020, and it was a contributed paper at the Texas Library Association 2020 Virtual Summer of Learning conference.
Date: August 12, 2020
Creator: Dooley, Yvonne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships captions transcript

Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships

Video of the presentation "Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships," which focuses on how the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries was able to develop a successful partnership with the UNT Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) and move outside the Libraries’ normal sphere of influence to help create a patent internship program for students. It is a presentation for a contributed paper at the Texas Library Association 2020 Virtual Summer of Learning conference.
Date: Summer 2020
Creator: Dooley, Yvonne
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships

This presentation focuses on how the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries was able to develop a successful partnership with the UNT Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) and move outside the Libraries’ normal sphere of influence to help create a patent internship program for students. It is a presentation for a contributed paper at the Texas Library Association 2020 Virtual Summer of Learning conference.
Date: Summer 2020
Creator: Dooley, Yvonne
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Collaborating on Scholarship

Presentation for the UNT Libraries Career Development Workgroup. This presentation discusses the benefits of collaboration on scholarship with examples from the library environment. It presents an overview of the process as well as providing suggestions for those interested in collaborating on projects.
Date: March 3, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

To Co-Author or Not?

This poster focuses on how to approach collaborative research. Learn how to choose team members, facilitate collaboration and organize all the elements of a project to create a successful publication or presentation. Also included are administrative responsibilities, thoughts on handling problems, examples of delineating responsibilities. It was presented at The Exchange an Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)/Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)/Library Leadership and Management (LLAMA) Collaboration held virtually on May 4, 6, & 8, 2020.
Date: May 6, 2020
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access and Scholarly Communication

This presentation covers the background and definition, stakeholder roles, policy frameworks, challenges and opportunities, and current/emerging trends in Open Access and Scholarly Communication.
Date: January 2, 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

From New to Noteworthy: The Scholarly Impact Service at the University of North Texas

This poster presents the Scholarly Impact Service at the University of North Texas from its start in the summer of 2017 to its more established position by October 2020. The overview includes some of the resources used by the team of librarians, including their library guide, consultation checklist, and promotional flyer. It was presented at the Bibliometrics and Research Assessment Symposium which was held virtually by the National Institutes of Health Library on October 7-9, 2020.
Date: October 7, 2020
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access in the Age of Pandemic

Presentation on the potential of open access to increase exposure and use of published research. The presentation includes sections on the impact of open access in relation to OA community initiatives, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the COVID-19 pandemic, and open access data.
Date: October 27, 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Chang, Hsia-Ching; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis & Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library