Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?t=fulltext&fq=untl_decade%3A2010-2019&sort=added_d2020-03-03T22:24:12-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchOut of the Oven and into the (Reusable) Bag: Sous-Vide Book Delivery2020-03-03T22:24:12-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616585/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616585/"><img alt="Out of the Oven and into the (Reusable) Bag: Sous-Vide Book Delivery" title="Out of the Oven and into the (Reusable) Bag: Sous-Vide Book Delivery" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616585/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This is a section of The Sustainable Library's Cookbook, which is a collection of sustainable activities for academic libraries. This particular section explores sustainable practices in the Access Services Department at the University of North Texas.</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>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>Connecting the silos: Systematic data collection for library and collections assessment2018-09-24T13:56:26-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248348/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248348/"><img alt="Connecting the silos: Systematic data collection for library and collections assessment" title="Connecting the silos: Systematic data collection for library and collections assessment" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248348/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter describes the efforts of University of North Texas Libraries to organize data relevant for assessing subject-based collections.</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>Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review2018-04-19T06:14:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1128928/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1128928/"><img alt="Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review" title="Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1128928/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This article explores the strengths and limitations of folksonomies through traditional indexing and taxonomies with an emphasis on the history of cultural heritage information retrieval.</p>Characteristics of Tweets about African Cultural Heritage2018-04-19T06:14:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1128929/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1128929/"><img alt="Characteristics of Tweets about African Cultural Heritage" title="Characteristics of Tweets about African Cultural Heritage" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1128929/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This article investigates broad characteristics of tweets about African cultural heritage with possible implications for marketing by cultural heritage administrators and other stakeholders.</p>Preface2018-01-23T05:28:11-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062065/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062065/"><img alt="Preface" title="Preface" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062065/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Preface to Knowledge Discovery and Data Design Innovation: Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM 2017), Dallas, Texas, USA, 25-26 October 2017.</p>Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources2017-10-06T09:34:54-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010759/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010759/"><img alt="Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources" title="Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010759/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter contains a recipe detailing a method to evaluate subscription-based resources based on objective data and subjective input.</p>Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again2017-09-29T09:53:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993962/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993962/"><img alt="Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again" title="Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993962/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of the Assessment Workgroup at the University of North Texas Libraries.</p>Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact2017-09-29T09:53:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993963/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993963/"><img alt="Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact" title="Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993963/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how to survey users for understanding the perceived value of digital library collections.</p>Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations2017-09-29T09:53:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993948/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993948/"><img alt="Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations" title="Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993948/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how rubrics can be used for discussing employee performance expectations and evaluations.</p>Professional Development Assessment Paella2017-09-29T09:53:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993957/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993957/"><img alt="Professional Development Assessment Paella" title="Professional Development Assessment Paella" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993957/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of a professional development program at University of North Texas Libraries.</p>Skins and Bones: The Horror of the Real2016-10-23T21:29:07-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915702/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915702/"><img alt="Skins and Bones: The Horror of the Real" title="Skins and Bones: The Horror of the Real" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915702/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter examines the ways in which horror, as an aesthetic mode or sentiment, is bound to an experiential perception of "the real."</p>A snare in every human path: "Tamerlane" and the Paternal Scapegoat2016-10-23T21:29:07-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915703/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915703/"><img alt="A snare in every human path: "Tamerlane" and the Paternal Scapegoat" title="A snare in every human path: "Tamerlane" and the Paternal Scapegoat" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915703/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter examines Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Tamerlane" through Poe's reimagination of the artist-as-scapegoat figure as a viable alternative for preserving artistic integrity in the face of paternal and literary authority.</p>HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries2016-08-17T22:44:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861676/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861676/"><img alt="HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries" title="HAM: A Hybrid Aquisitions Model for Public Libraries" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861676/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses how to operationalize acquisitions through a discussion of various models of acquisitions, encompassing budgeting, working with vendors, selection, ordering, receiving, processing, and overall administration of the process.</p>Performance Practice: Crafting a Historically Informed Interpretation of Nouvelles Poésies2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725786/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725786/"><img alt="Performance Practice: Crafting a Historically Informed Interpretation of Nouvelles Poésies" title="Performance Practice: Crafting a Historically Informed Interpretation of Nouvelles Poésies" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725786/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses performance practice and crafting a historically informed interpretation of "Nouvelles Poésies."</p>Hiring and Training Graduate Assistants for the Academic Library2015-05-29T21:36:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505712/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505712/"><img alt="Hiring and Training Graduate Assistants for the Academic Library" title="Hiring and Training Graduate Assistants for the Academic Library" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505712/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing hiring and training graduate assistants for the academic library.</p>Mentoring 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>The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library2015-03-25T15:07:16-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501437/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501437/"><img alt="The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library" title="The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501437/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter on the evolution of publishing agreements at the University of Michigan Library. Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this chapter discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the University of Michigan Library throughout the evolution of its publishing operation, the advantages of the various models, and the reasons for moving from one to another.</p>Open (Flu) Season: A Case Study of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia2014-08-01T08:31:47-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc307508/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc307508/"><img alt="Open (Flu) Season: A Case Study of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia" title="Open (Flu) Season: A Case Study of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc307508/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing a project by the University of Michigan's Center for the History of Medicine (CHM) in partnership with the University of Michigan Library's MPublishing division, to create an open source digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States.</p>Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management2014-03-31T08:53:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279711/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279711/"><img alt="Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management" title="Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279711/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Chapter from Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs. This chapter describes the roles of metadata in facilitating the ETD lifecycle, methods to capture metadata manually and automatically, examples of programs using metadata to enhance ETD access, and strategies to manage metadata over time.</p>Guide to Options for ETD Programs2014-03-31T08:53:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279697/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279697/"><img alt="Guide to Options for ETD Programs" title="Guide to Options for ETD Programs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279697/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Chapter from Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs. This chapter describes ETD access policies and intellectual property issues, deposit procedures, repository system options, ETD program management and ETD program services.</p>Reengineering The Portal to Texas History2013-10-10T08:40:51-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc185797/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc185797/"><img alt="Reengineering The Portal to Texas History" title="Reengineering The Portal to Texas History" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc185797/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter reports on a case study on the activities, findings, and lessons learned during a project that replaced the legacy Digital Asset Management (DAM) system of The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries with an open source system.</p>Theses and Dissertations from Print to ETD: The Nuances of Preserving and Accessing Those in Music2013-09-13T14:58:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181675/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181675/"><img alt="Theses and Dissertations from Print to ETD: The Nuances of Preserving and Accessing Those in Music" title="Theses and Dissertations from Print to ETD: The Nuances of Preserving and Accessing Those in Music" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181675/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter discussing the unique challenges of digitizing music theses and dissertations.</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>Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions2012-02-13T14:23:11-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75415/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75415/"><img alt="Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions" title="Preserving Our Collections, Preserving Our Missions" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75415/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses digital collection preservation. The authors provide a philosophical base for cultural memory organizations' need to participate in distributed digital preservation solutions as community-owned and community-led initiatives. This chapter will be useful for all readers, particularly those with questions about the value of collaborative engagement in the digital arena for cultural memory organizations.</p>