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[Research Park Library Sign]

Photograph of a close-up view of a Research Park Library sign, at the University of North Texas. The text, "Research Park Library," is printed on glass. A map is posted to the right of the text. Research Park is now known as Discovery Park.
Date: June 2, 2008
Creator: Jones, Jerrell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Research Park Sign]

Photograph of side-view of a sign at Research Park. The green sign says "University of North Texas [-] Research Park." In the background, there is a staircase. Research Park is now known as Discovery Park.
Date: June 2, 2008
Creator: Jones, Jerrell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sarah Lynn Fisher and Andres Cardones in Digital Projects Unit]

Photograph of Sarah Lynn Fisher and Andres Cardona in Digital Projects Unit at Willis Library on University of North Texas campus. Fisher is sitting at a computer with two monitors; she has a UNT yearbook open on the desk in front of her and is processing scans in Photoshop. Other yearbooks are stacked on her left. In the background Cardona is sitting in front of a computer. Behind him, there are stacks of books on a cart and other computers.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Jones, Jerrell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sarah Lynn Fisher and Andres Cardones in Digital Projects Unit]

Photograph of Sarah Lynn Fisher and Andres Cardona in the Digital Projects Unit at Willis Library on University of North Texas campus. Fisher is sitting at a computer with two monitors. An open UNT yearbook is sitting in front of the keyboard, and another is to her left. In the background, Cardona is sitting in front of a computer. Behind him, there are stacks of books on a cart, and other computers.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Jones, Jerrell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Willis Library]

Photograph of a side-view of Willis Library on the University of North Texas main campus. An American flag is hanging from a pole near the entrance to the building. On the left, there is a row of bicycles in a bicycle rack.
Date: June 2, 2008
Creator: Jones, Jerrell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Collaborative Preservation Scaled to Serve the Texas Press Association

This presentation provides an overview of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and its partnership with the Texas Press Association archive.
Date: August 16, 2015
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Communicating Organizational Commitment to Long-Term Sustainability through a Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit

This presentation provides an overview of the UNT Libraries' self-audit using criteria from the Trusted Repositories Audit and Certification checklist. It contains an overview of the structure of this self-audit, explores the documents generated and auited, and examines the challenges and solutions as revealed by this process.
Date: August 15, 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Expanding the Scale of PDF Preservation to Accomodate a State Press Association through the Texas Digital Newspaper Program

This presentation discusses the development of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program as it expands to include larger collaborations, such as the Texas Press Association Archive.
Date: April 14, 2015
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Access Points for Local History Preservation by Listening to Users (open access)

Improving Access Points for Local History Preservation by Listening to Users

This paper discusses the role user experience (UX) research can play in representing and preserving local history and cultural identity, and it concludes with pragmatic advice about how UX can inform metadata design in future projects.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Portal to Texas History: The Time Machine to Find Your Ancestors

Presentation for the East Texas Genealogical Society. This presentation provides an overview of how The Portal to Texas History can be used for genealogical research.
Date: October 14, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Time Travel Classroom: Historic Newspapers Online [Fall 2017]

Presentation providing an overview of The Portal to Texas History, with examples of resources available within the repository. It specifically focuses on newspapers and how to use them for historical context and primary source information.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Time Travel Classroom: Historic Newspapers Online [Spring 2018]

Presentation providing an overview of The Portal to Texas History, with examples of resources available within the repository. It specifically focuses on newspapers and how to use them for historical context and primary source information.
Date: February 20, 2018
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracking User Experience of Digital Newspapers on the Portal to Texas History (open access)

Tracking User Experience of Digital Newspapers on the Portal to Texas History

This paper discusses the research findings of a user experience project directly related to how people interact with newspapers on The Portal to Texas History.
Date: January 6, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
User Experience of Access Points: Eye-tracking, Metadata, and Usability Testing (open access)

User Experience of Access Points: Eye-tracking, Metadata, and Usability Testing

This doctoral dissertation applies user experience and complex systems theory, combining eye-tracking data with verbal and observational data from user test instances, to study the effectiveness of metadata records that accompany digital primary source objects available on The Portal to Texas History.
Date: May 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Portal to Texas History: Filling In Your Story

Presented for the Red River Historical and Genealogical Society. This presentation provides an overview of The Portal to Texas History, including information on search functions and available research types.
Date: June 12, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Fisher, Sarah Lynn
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Born Digital Newspaper Collections

Presentation for the 2017 Dodging the Memory Hole Conference. This presentation provides an overview of the ingest of Texas Press Association PDFs through the Texas Digital Newspaper Program at UNT Libraries.
Date: November 15, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Communicating Organizational Commitment to Long-Term Sustainability through a Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit (open access)

Communicating Organizational Commitment to Long-Term Sustainability through a Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit

This paper provides an overview of the UNT Libraries' self-audit using criteria from the Trusted Repositories Audit and Certification checklist. It contains an overview of the structure of this self-audit, explores the documents generated and auited, and examines the challenges and solutions as revealed by this process. This paper also contains findings specifically related to the digital newspaper and news video content.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

What Can We Learn From a Statewide Collection of Newspaper PDFs?

Presentation for the 2016 IFLA News Media Satellite Meeting. This presentation examines the statewide collection of newspaper PDFs through the Texas Digital Newspaper Program at UNT to support preservation and access planning at UNT Libraries.
Date: August 11, 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Documenting Institutional Knowledge Through TRAC Self-Audit: A Case Study

Book chapter on the Trusted Repository Audit and Checklist (TRAC) process through the lens of contextual dimensions within knowledge management, using the case study of the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Andrews, Pamela; Tarver, Hannah; Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organizational Practices: A Digital Repository's Perspective

This presentation examines collection organization and preservation from the perspective of The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository for cultural heritage and historic materials from across the state of Texas. It focuses on how knowing one’s organizational scope, mission, and collection goals can help shape their materials management.
Date: April 22, 2020
Creator: Mangum, Jake & McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations into the Third Dimension: 3D Scanning in UNT Libraries' Digital Collections (open access)

Investigations into the Third Dimension: 3D Scanning in UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

This report details the outcomes from a 2015 UNT Libraries Green Light to Greatness grant-funded project exploring the inclusion of 3D scanned items in UNT Libraries' digital collections.
Date: July 2017
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Peek in the Portal: The University of North Texas The Portal to Texas History

This presentation provides a brief look into the digital collections added to The University of North Texas’ The Portal to Texas History in the last year. Examples include projects completed through our Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant program for 2014, The Barbara Jordan Archives Collection, and the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Building Negatives Collection among others.
Date: April 14, 2016
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Piloting OpenProject for Digital Projects

Presentation describing the development of project management systems for digital projects by piloting the open-source software OpenProject. It was presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries 2022 which was held virtually on May 23, 2022.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Think Globally, Act Locally: How Working with DPLA has Improved Our Collections

Presented at the 2015 Digital Library Federation Forum as part of the panel, "Think Globally, Act Locally: How Working with DPLA has Improved Our Collections." This presentation provides an overview of how working as an aggregator for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has changed workflows related to digital collections for The Portal to Texas History.
Date: October 28, 2015
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library