Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?q=&t=fulltext&fq=dc_type%3Atext_chapter&start=96&sort=default2024-02-13T08:11:10-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchMentoring Graduate Assistants in the Academic Library2015-05-29T21:36:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505706/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505706/"><img alt="Mentoring Graduate Assistants in the Academic Library" title="Mentoring Graduate Assistants in the Academic Library" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505706/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing mentoring graduate assistants in the academic library.</p>Scholarly Communications Librarian2019-07-02T13:37:49-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506764/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506764/"><img alt="Scholarly Communications Librarian" title="Scholarly Communications Librarian" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506764/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit is a thorough handbook designed to guide future academic librarians from library school through first several years. This chapter specifically focused on scholarly communications librarian, which is a relatively recent area of professional focus for academic librarians.</p>Hybrid Approach for Energy-Aware Synchronization2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30852/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30852/"><img alt="Hybrid Approach for Energy-Aware Synchronization" title="Hybrid Approach for Energy-Aware Synchronization" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30852/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses a time synchronization scheme for wireless sensor networks that aims to save sensor battery power while maintaining network connectivity for as long as possible.</p>Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today2012-06-18T09:19:12-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86769/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86769/"><img alt="Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today" title="Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86769/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses educating communities. and preserving tomorrow's treasures today. Librarians, curators, archivists, and volunteers work hard to conserve and preserve materials as they are added to their collections, insuring that the materials can be safely used. However, not all genealogical and historical information is held in cultural institutions; unknown numbers of valuable information sources reside with individuals and in residences. By educating the community today on how to protect the treasures in their care, we have the potential to minimize the repairs needed for these items in the future.</p>Nachrichten: Electronic News Bulletins and the German Language2015-07-09T06:19:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674076/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674076/"><img alt="Nachrichten: Electronic News Bulletins and the German Language" title="Nachrichten: Electronic News Bulletins and the German Language" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674076/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing electronic news bulletins and the German language.</p>Media and Communication2012-04-06T14:30:10-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc81385/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc81385/"><img alt="Media and Communication" title="Media and Communication" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc81385/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses media and communication. As core features of humanity, communication and media clearly predate academic disciplines. They are in this sense non-disciplinary. Yet, they have for centuries been the subject of inquiry by those concerned to understand and improve human correspondence. This chapter surveys the historical development and present form of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary studies of media and communication.</p>["Belonging to America" by Kenneth L. Karst]2017-01-16T22:42:37-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948002/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948002/"><img alt="["Belonging to America" by Kenneth L. Karst]" title="["Belonging to America" by Kenneth L. Karst]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948002/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>A copy of "Belonging to American" by Kenneth L. Karst book cover. The next document contains a paragraph about gays and lesbians in American society and about the Baker v. Wade lawsuit.</p>STEM Bachelor's Degree Attainment among Women of Color in the United States: Using Geographic Analysis for Gender and Racial Equity Research2022-01-14T16:32:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877568/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877568/"><img alt="STEM Bachelor's Degree Attainment among Women of Color in the United States: Using Geographic Analysis for Gender and Racial Equity Research" title="STEM Bachelor's Degree Attainment among Women of Color in the United States: Using Geographic Analysis for Gender and Racial Equity Research" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877568/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This chapter showcases a study that examines the relationship between STEM bachelor’s degree attainment, particularly focusing on women of color, and the opportunities of higher education and STEM higher education within local communities across the United States. The authors analyze two large-scale national data sets, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the American Community Survey (ACS), to conduct a location-level analysis. The authors then offer implications that target women of color who live in places that lack opportunities in higher education.</p>Introduction: Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice2022-01-14T16:32:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877566/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877566/"><img alt="Introduction: Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice" title="Introduction: Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Policy, Institutional Culture, and Individual Choice" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877566/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides an international overview of access and success for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) undergraduate programs. It focuses on women’s share of STEM graduates to explore trends and compare women’s enrollment in STEM to men’s enrollment in STEM and to higher education in general. The book focuses on the expansion of higher education in Taiwan as it relates to the improved participation of women in STEM tertiary education and in the STEM labor market. It focuses on the persistence of gender inequality in undergraduate engineering education in Germany by analyzing individual factors that contribute to women’s tendency to consider but then opt out of engineering. The book describes several challenges to gender-based equity in STEM in a post-Soviet context and offer multiple policy suggestions for improvement.</p>How to Hook a Hottie: Teenage Boys, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Cosmo Girl! Magazine2013-02-01T09:58:57-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139467/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139467/"><img alt="How to Hook a Hottie: Teenage Boys, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Cosmo Girl! Magazine" title="How to Hook a Hottie: Teenage Boys, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Cosmo Girl! Magazine" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139467/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses different media texts targeted at a different audience, magazines written for an audience of teenaged girls, which also work to naturalize male sexuality as aggressive and predatory. The authors study advice columns and articles in these magazines that depict teenaged boys as sexually forceful and emotionally stunted, and that encourage girl readers to expect and enable such behaviors.</p>Neural Dynamics: Criticality, Cooperation, Avalanches and Entrainment between Complex Networks2013-08-13T14:47:25-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177272/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177272/"><img alt="Neural Dynamics: Criticality, Cooperation, Avalanches and Entrainment between Complex Networks" title="Neural Dynamics: Criticality, Cooperation, Avalanches and Entrainment between Complex Networks" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177272/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing neural dynamics and the criticality, cooperation, avalanches and entrainment between complex networks.</p>Censorship and Review Processes: The Case of Günter Kunert2015-08-20T21:49:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699815/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699815/"><img alt="Censorship and Review Processes: The Case of Günter Kunert" title="Censorship and Review Processes: The Case of Günter Kunert" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699815/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing censorship and review processes and the case of Günter Kunert.</p>"Schreiber, was siehst du?" Processing Historical and Social Change2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725834/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725834/"><img alt=""Schreiber, was siehst du?" Processing Historical and Social Change" title=""Schreiber, was siehst du?" Processing Historical and Social Change" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725834/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses processing historical and social change in literature and film during the German unification.</p>Older Canadian with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care and Social Services2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725800/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725800/"><img alt="Older Canadian with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care and Social Services" title="Older Canadian with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care and Social Services" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725800/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses older Canadians with developmental disabilities access to health care and social services.</p>Ab Initio Calculations for Kinetic Modeling of Halocarbons2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725801/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725801/"><img alt="Ab Initio Calculations for Kinetic Modeling of Halocarbons" title="Ab Initio Calculations for Kinetic Modeling of Halocarbons" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725801/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses ab initio calculations for kinetic modeling of halocarbons.</p>Texts and Contexts: GDR Literature during the 1970s2015-09-04T13:25:51-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc701852/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc701852/"><img alt="Texts and Contexts: GDR Literature during the 1970s" title="Texts and Contexts: GDR Literature during the 1970s" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc701852/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing texts and contexts in German Democratic Republic literature during the 1970s.</p>Initiation and maintenance of callus and cell suspension cultures2015-07-09T06:19:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674024/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674024/"><img alt="Initiation and maintenance of callus and cell suspension cultures" title="Initiation and maintenance of callus and cell suspension cultures" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674024/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing the initiation and maintenance of callus and cell suspension cultures.</p>Metabolomics and Gene Identification in Plant Natural Product Pathways2015-01-22T09:04:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488136/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488136/"><img alt="Metabolomics and Gene Identification in Plant Natural Product Pathways" title="Metabolomics and Gene Identification in Plant Natural Product Pathways" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488136/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter on metabolomics and gene identification in plant natural product pathways.</p>Use of Health Care Services by Older Adults in the United States, Great Britain and Canada2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485932/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485932/"><img alt="Use of Health Care Services by Older Adults in the United States, Great Britain and Canada" title="Use of Health Care Services by Older Adults in the United States, Great Britain and Canada" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485932/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter on the use of health care services by older adults in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.</p>The Power of Images: From Postmodern Art to Memes2021-09-03T13:03:30-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1836242/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1836242/"><img alt="The Power of Images: From Postmodern Art to Memes" title="The Power of Images: From Postmodern Art to Memes" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1836242/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This chapter examines the elements of visual grammar used in advertising media and postmodern art that is now used to create powerful memes.</p>[Excerpt from A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships]2021-10-21T07:42:54-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1851997/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1851997/"><img alt="[Excerpt from A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships]" title="[Excerpt from A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1851997/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>An excerpt from "A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships" by Naida C. Tushnet about different types of educational partnerships.</p>Conclusion: Unique but Transferable Approaches for Pursuing Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education across the World2022-01-14T16:32:08-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877567/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877567/"><img alt="Conclusion: Unique but Transferable Approaches for Pursuing Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education across the World" title="Conclusion: Unique but Transferable Approaches for Pursuing Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education across the World" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1877567/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>In this chapter, the authors offer suggestions for how policymakers and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educators may apply unique but potentially transferrable strategies. Finally, the authors suggest directions for innovative research and policy for pursuing gender equity in STEM fields after the economic and educational turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>“Liberated from Serfdom”: Willis Conover and the Tallinn Jazz Festival of 19672022-06-15T15:11:24-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944125/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944125/"><img alt="“Liberated from Serfdom”: Willis Conover and the Tallinn Jazz Festival of 1967" title="“Liberated from Serfdom”: Willis Conover and the Tallinn Jazz Festival of 1967" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944125/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter presents the Charles Lloyd Quartet’s performance at the 1967 Tallinn Jazz Festival, which broke the “stagecraft” of prior jazz diplomacy with the Soviet Union, and proceeded despite numerous official attempts to derail it, as a case study in the effectiveness of Willis Conover’s approach over the twelve years since his Voice of America program began in 1955.</p>Blowing the Whistle Is Laden With Risk2022-05-27T05:53:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1934109/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1934109/"><img alt="Blowing the Whistle Is Laden With Risk" title="Blowing the Whistle Is Laden With Risk" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1934109/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter explores perceptions of risk and responses to organizational wrongdoing.</p>Hero or “Prince of Darkness”? Locating Peer Jacob Svenkerud in an Attributions-Based Typology of Whistleblowers2022-05-27T05:47:17-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1934017/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1934017/"><img alt="Hero or “Prince of Darkness”? Locating Peer Jacob Svenkerud in an Attributions-Based Typology of Whistleblowers" title="Hero or “Prince of Darkness”? Locating Peer Jacob Svenkerud in an Attributions-Based Typology of Whistleblowers" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1934017/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter explores how whistleblowers are typified and understood by key stakeholders.</p>Providing Open Access to Heterogeneous Information Resources without Compromising Privacy and Data Confidentiality2023-08-02T22:54:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143871/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143871/"><img alt="Providing Open Access to Heterogeneous Information Resources without Compromising Privacy and Data Confidentiality" title="Providing Open Access to Heterogeneous Information Resources without Compromising Privacy and Data Confidentiality" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143871/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing challenges raised by concerns about ensuring long-term access to digital resources verses data confidentiality and balancing the right level of data security that addresses compliance requirements in the context of libraries and cultural heritage institutions.</p>Open Access Initiatives in Ethiopia's Higher Learning Institutions2023-08-02T22:54:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143872/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143872/"><img alt="Open Access Initiatives in Ethiopia's Higher Learning Institutions" title="Open Access Initiatives in Ethiopia's Higher Learning Institutions" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143872/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter outlining the state of OA policies and practices in Ethiopia's higher learning institutions.</p>Preface [of the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications]2023-08-02T22:54:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143873/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143873/"><img alt="Preface [of the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications]" title="Preface [of the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143873/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Preface of the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications. The Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications articulates OA concepts and issues while demystifying the state-of-the-art knowledge domain in the areas of OA and scholarly communications from diverse perspectives as well as implications for the information and knowledge society.</p>The Role of Open Access in Enhancing Equitable Curricula and Research Outputs: Global Context2023-08-02T22:54:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143874/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143874/"><img alt="The Role of Open Access in Enhancing Equitable Curricula and Research Outputs: Global Context" title="The Role of Open Access in Enhancing Equitable Curricula and Research Outputs: Global Context" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2143874/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter exploring the changing publishing paradigms, particularly the role of OA and how increasing open dissemination of scholarly outputs can reduce inequities in curricula and research activities.</p>Mapping Texts: Examining the Effects of OCR Noise on Historical Newspaper Collections2023-01-04T16:55:06-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2031349/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2031349/"><img alt="Mapping Texts: Examining the Effects of OCR Noise on Historical Newspaper Collections" title="Mapping Texts: Examining the Effects of OCR Noise on Historical Newspaper Collections" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2031349/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter that documents the “Mapping Texts” project, an experiment focused on the problem of OCR noise in historical newspapers.</p>A Systematic Review of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Learning Environment of Immigrant English Learners in the United States2023-09-10T17:52:42-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2178100/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2178100/"><img alt="A Systematic Review of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Learning Environment of Immigrant English Learners in the United States" title="A Systematic Review of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Learning Environment of Immigrant English Learners in the United States" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2178100/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter examining how unequal access to the internet and technology impacted the school context including teachers, students, parents, and administrators, and how English Learners from immigrant backgrounds navigated this experience. Implications apply to education stakeholders to reduce inequities in online learning contexts.</p>Engaging with the IR Remotely2024-01-16T15:55:25-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2234000/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2234000/"><img alt="Engaging with the IR Remotely" title="Engaging with the IR Remotely" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2234000/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter exploring approaches and methods of engaging with an institutional repository (IR) remotely.</p>A Journal of One's Own: Developing an Innovative, Values-Driven Open Journal2024-02-13T08:11:10-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2280586/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2280586/"><img alt="A Journal of One's Own: Developing an Innovative, Values-Driven Open Journal" title="A Journal of One's Own: Developing an Innovative, Values-Driven Open Journal" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2280586/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter sharing the authors' experiences with establishing a values-driven open journal and look at ways these values can be incorporated into the bones of a journal.</p>