Keynote address for University Scholars Day 2012, as featured in the 2012 edition of The Eagle Feather.

Paper describes the Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (PHAGES) program from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Alliance as implemented at the University of North Texas.

Introduction to the Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience as featured in the 2012 edition of The Eagle Feather.

The interactive whiteboard is a learning technology that was introduced in the early 1990s, with the most commonly known product being the SMART Board from SMART Technologies. The main market for interactive whiteboards has been elementary schools, but other markets include secondary schools, higher education, libraries, and businesses. Librarians use the technology to enhance active learning and collaboration in instruction sessions. In January 2011, the University of North Texas Libraries installed two Hitachi StarBoards in the new Collaboration and Learning Commons of the Eagle Commons Library for patrons to use independently. Casual observation suggests that although the StarBoards are popular, the patrons are making minimal use of their interactive functions. The authors propose a study of independent patron use of interactive whiteboards in an academic library setting.

In January 2011, the University of North Texas Libraries installed two Hitachi StarBoards in the new Collaboration and Learning Commons of the Eagle Commons Library for patrons to use independently. This presentation reports preliminary findings from a web survey on students use of smart technologies and interactive whiteboards at the University of North Texas Libraries.

Review outlining the various range of scholarly and non-scholarly characterizations regarding the survival of human consciousness after death by analyzing four books on the topic: "Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death" (Chris Carter); "The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next!" (Roberta Grimes); "The Science of Life after Death: New Research Shows Human Consciousness Lives On" (Stephen Hawley Martin); and "There is Life after Death: Compelling Reports from Those Who Have Glimpsed the Afterlife" (Roy Abraham Varghese).

Abstract: Research has revealed that following a near-death experience (NDE) a majority of experiencers (NDEers) change fundamentally in values, religious/spiritual beliefs, and relationship to paranormal phenomena. Much less is known about the relationship between aftereffects of one spouse's NDE and subsequent marital adjustment and stability. In this preliminary retrospective study, we addressed this question quantitatively with supplementary narrative data. Using the framework of John Gottman's (1999) Sound Marital House, we analyzed self-reported adjustment in and stability of the marriages of 26 NDEers before and after a self-identified life-changing event (LCE) unrelated to NDEs. Results indicated a significant reduction in marital meaning (p = .008), adjustment (p = .007), and stability (p = .005) in NDE compared to LCE couples, with a majority of NDE (65%) but only a minority of LCE (35%) couples' marriages ending in divorce. Implications for health professionals are discussed.

Abstract: This article provides a summary of current literature regarding the nature of spiritual development, types of potentially spiritually transformative experiences (pSTEs), and both short- and long-term aftereffects of pSTEs— biological, psychological, spiritual, and social. The author concludes that in the aftermath of pSTEs, experiencers, their intimates and associates, and their healthcare providers should be prepared to experience integration that can be manageable or be deeply challenging and that can be relatively brief or can last for years.

This document lists all grants given to the University of North Texas Libraries from 2000 to 2012. The projects that were funded by these grants are summarized.

This document narrates a presentation given at the national meeting of the Music Library Association in Dallas, Texas in 2012. The report gives details about sheet music collections that can be found in the University of North Texas' music library as well as a brief history about what has been played on the radio and how it has evolved.

This one page document is a brief organizational history for The Portal to Texas History for 2012. This document was used for grant submissions to state or federal funding agencies, or private foundations. This document reflects on strategic directions for the program, as well as the number of collaborative partners for the Portal and the number of historic documents in the digital library.

This article discusses moving toward a workable controlled vocabulary for music.

Review of two online projects with resources related to the work of composer and pianist Fréderic Chopin.

This article reviews the book "A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music," edited by Stewart Carter and Jeffery Kite-Powell, 2nd edition; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012.

Presentation for the 2012 American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting. This presentation introduces new members and conference attendees to the Special Interest Group, International Information Issues (SIG-III).

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2012 Texas Music Library Association (TMLA) Annual Meeting. The notes and presentation discuss the Simon Bucharoff collection at the University of North Texas (UNT) music library.

Presentation for the 2012 Texas Music Library Association (TMLA) Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses the Simon Bucharoff collection at the University of North Texas (UNT) music library.

Article on the removal of download access to Grateful Dead soundboards from the Live Music Archive.

Dataset from the DataRes Project. This dataset is the secondary survey on data management needs of researchers.

Dataset from the DataRes Project. This dataset is the primary survey on data management needs of researchers.

Report on the annual activities from 2011-2012 for the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) and the SIG-of-the-Year criteria and checklist.

Article on a Food for Fines program at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries. The Food for Fines drive offers a way for the library to help students take care of their library fines and help the local community as well.

Presentation on user feedback for the redesign of a website.

This presentation is session 1 of access services training. The author discusses reference interviews and referrals.