The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto (open access)

The Denton Declaration: An Open Data Manifesto

Paper included in a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on research data management and the DataRes Project. This section reports on The Denton Declaration. Abstract: On May 22, 2012, at the University of North Texas, a group of technologists and librarians, scholars and researchers, university administrators, and other stakeholders gathered to discuss and articulate best practices and emerging trends in research data management. This declaration bridges the converging interests of these stakeholders and promotes collaboration, transparency, and accountability across organizational and disciplinary boundaries.
Date: November 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prospects for Research Data Management (open access)

Prospects for Research Data Management

Paper included in a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on research data management and the DataRes Project. This chapter highlights some of the most provocative findings of the DataRes Project on the topic of research data management in higher education and possible scenarios for the future and the implications of these scenarios.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Halbert, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research Data Management in Policy and Practice: The DataRes Project (open access)

Research Data Management in Policy and Practice: The DataRes Project

Paper for a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) report on research data management. This paper reports on data management and the DataRes Project.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.; Stark, Shannon; Halbert, Martin & Moen, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Institutional Capacity in Digital Preservation (open access)

Building Institutional Capacity in Digital Preservation

Paper for the IPRES Annual Conference on building institutional capacity in digital preservation.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Schultz, Matt; Phillips, Mark Edward; Eisenhauer, Stephen & Krabbenhoeft, Nick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modular Curation for ETD Repositories (open access)

Modular Curation for ETD Repositories

This paper discusses the Lifecycle Management of ETDs project led by the University of North Texas (UNT) and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This paper explains the research methodology the project took to evaluate these various tools, IRs and related submission systems; share findings; and discuss how these findings have solidified implementation improvements for the above mentioned curation technologies (Clam, AV, JHOVE/JHOVE2, DROID & FITS).
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Schultz, Matt; Eisenhauer, Stephen & Krabbenhoeft, Nick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge in Agriculture: The Case for Africa (open access)

Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge in Agriculture: The Case for Africa

Paper discussing the diffusion of scientific knowledge on agriculture for Africa. Using exploratory research method, this paper set out to investigate existing knowledge diffusion models and their limitations, available best practices, and the potential to infuse translational research as a way to augment extension service programs in SSA agricultural practices.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library (open access)

Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library

Paper outlining research regarding date formatting in the UNT digital collections.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laying the Groundwork for Newspaper Preservation through Collaboration and Communication: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program (open access)

Laying the Groundwork for Newspaper Preservation through Collaboration and Communication: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program

This paper discusses the history of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and associated digital newspaper initiatives at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: June 2013
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content (open access)

Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content

This paper discusses improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. The paper discusses the overall workflow and describes the tools used to extract document features. Findings suggest opportunities for the development of retrieval tools that will provide new ways of selecting content and building collections from large Web archives.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Murray, Kathleen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reducing Service Points in the Academic Library: How to Provide Quality Customer Service in the Face of Budget Cuts (open access)

Reducing Service Points in the Academic Library: How to Provide Quality Customer Service in the Face of Budget Cuts

This paper discusses how to provide quality customer service in the face of budget cuts.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital Curation Tools: Metadata Enhancement with Selenium IDE (open access)

Digital Curation Tools: Metadata Enhancement with Selenium IDE

Paper accompanying a poster presentation for the 2013 International iConference. This paper describes metadata enhancement with Selenium IDE.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Weidner, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability (open access)

Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability

Paper accompanying a poster for the 2013 International iConference. This paper describes factors that affect digital resource discoverability.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Tmava, Ahmet Meti & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders National Partnership (open access)

The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders National Partnership

Paper accompanying a poster presentation for the 2013 International iConference. This paper discusses the Lifecycle Management of ETDs project.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Stark, Shannon; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Eisenhauer, Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access Publishing Fees: Responses, Strategies and Emerging Best Practices (open access)

Open Access Publishing Fees: Responses, Strategies and Emerging Best Practices

Paper accompanying a poster presentation for the 2013 International iConference. This paper discusses research on open access publishing fees and article processing charges.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach (open access)

Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach

Paper written for the 2013 Open Repositories conference about the implementation of name authority in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Waugh, Laura; Phillips, Mark Edward & Hicks, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problematic Future of Research Data Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Patterns Identified by the DataRes Project (open access)

The Problematic Future of Research Data Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Patterns Identified by the DataRes Project

Paper presented at the 8th International Digital Curation Conference on the problematic future of research data management.
Date: January 2013
Creator: Halbert, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library