Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?t=fulltext&fq=str_year%3A2018&sort=creator2022-06-15T15:11:24-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchInclusivity Instead of Exclusivity: The Role of MOOCs for College Credit2018-09-24T13:56:26-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248367/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248367/"><img alt="Inclusivity Instead of Exclusivity: The Role of MOOCs for College Credit" title="Inclusivity Instead of Exclusivity: The Role of MOOCs for College Credit" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248367/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter reviews the extant model, programs, and available outcomes for the massive open online course (MOOC) credit acceptance process.</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>A Voice of Their Own—Letting Library Collections Tell Their Story: The UNT Libraries Collection Map2018-09-24T13:56:26-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248351/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248351/"><img alt="A Voice of Their Own—Letting Library Collections Tell Their Story: The UNT Libraries Collection Map" title="A Voice of Their Own—Letting Library Collections Tell Their Story: The UNT Libraries Collection Map" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248351/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This chapter describes the development and use of a unique collection assessment tool, the Collection Map, to track the needs of academic disciplines and their fulfillment.</p>Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd2019-01-12T17:20:31-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404251/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404251/"><img alt="Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd" title="Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404251/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This chapter critiques the use of student labor on digital humanities projects in and out of the classroom.</p>Teaming up with Your Graduate School for Academic and Career Success2019-07-02T13:37:49-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506778/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506778/"><img alt="Teaming up with Your Graduate School for Academic and Career Success" title="Teaming up with Your Graduate School for Academic and Career Success" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506778/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>As libraries continue to reinvent themselves to remain relevant, spaces, services, and instruction targeted specifically for the needs of the graduate student community are essential. This chapter describes how the Library Research Support Services Department (LRSS) of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries has collaborated with The Toulouse Graduate School (TGS) to support graduate students through the process of achieving the following three milestones: (1) writing the dissertation or thesis proposal, (2) completing the writing of the dissertation or thesis, and (3) developing an elevator speech for potential employers.</p>Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict2018-08-30T09:08:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1234372/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1234372/"><img alt="Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict" title="Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1234372/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter provides an overview of teams, complex adaptive systems, conflict stages, and conflict models, while also presenting adaptive leadership as a style that offers organizations with the capabilities of reacting to changing environments quickly.</p>