Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?t=fulltext&fq=str_year%3A2013&sort=date_d2013-10-10T08:40:51-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchCurating the Southwest Region's Maps: UNT-UTA Collaborative Project2013-09-06T15:22:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc180960/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc180960/"><img alt="Curating the Southwest Region's Maps: UNT-UTA Collaborative Project" title="Curating the Southwest Region's Maps: UNT-UTA Collaborative Project" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc180960/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference discussing the Mapping the Southwest project. Mapping the Southwest was a 3-year project (2010-2013) funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People grant. This presentation discusses the background of the project, the goals and activities, impacts, and lessons learned.</p>Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes About Those in Music2013-09-06T15:22:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc180958/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc180958/"><img alt="Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes About Those in Music" title="Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes About Those in Music" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc180958/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. In this presentation, the authors discuss facilitating discovery and long-term access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and offer notes about music ETDs.</p>Mapping the Southwest: Final Performance Report2013-08-30T15:35:44-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc179681/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc179681/"><img alt="Mapping the Southwest: Final Performance Report" title="Mapping the Southwest: Final Performance Report" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc179681/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This report documents the Mapping the Southwest project, led by the University of North Texas (UNT) and with their partner, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries Special Collections. The project was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This final report briefly describes the Mapping the Southwest project activities and accomplishments in six work areas, and provides a discussion of achievements, issues faced and resolved, and lessons learned that may be of benefit to others. Additional detail is provided in some areas with appendices.</p>Collaborative Approach to Address Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation Challenges2013-06-20T13:10:24-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171451/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171451/"><img alt="Collaborative Approach to Address Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation Challenges" title="Collaborative Approach to Address Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation Challenges" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171451/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Presentation for the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation (SCDC) Affinity Group 2013 Summer Meeting. In this presentation, the authors discuss collaborative approaches to address scholarly communications and digital curation challenges.</p>Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Open Access2013-06-20T13:10:24-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171452/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171452/"><img alt="Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Open Access" title="Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Open Access" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171452/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Presentation for a workshop at the 2013 Open Access Symposium. This presentation discusses the impact of open access for students, the impact of open access on universities, and the impact of open access on publishing practices.</p>How Digital Libraries can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus2013-05-16T10:39:50-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159535/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159535/"><img alt="How Digital Libraries can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus" title="How Digital Libraries can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159535/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Presentation for a panel discussion at the 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This panel presentation discusses how digital libraries can create a culture of open access on campus. Five panelists discuss their perspectives, strategies, challenges, and progress.</p>Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region's Maps Online2013-05-16T10:39:50-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159528/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159528/"><img alt="Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region's Maps Online" title="Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region's Maps Online" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159528/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This poster discusses the Mapping the Southwest Project, involving putting our region's maps online. The poster includes background information on the project, the project plan, workflow and equipment, and the impacts and lessons learned.</p>Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content2013-04-16T08:47:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155622/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155622/"><img alt="Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content" title="Improving Access to Web Archives through Innovative Analysis of PDF Content" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155622/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Classification Of The End-Of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices To Web Archives2013-03-22T18:09:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152437/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152437/"><img alt="Classification Of The End-Of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices To Web Archives" title="Classification Of The End-Of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices To Web Archives" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152437/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This is the final report for the EOTCD project, which is formally titled 'Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives.' The project commenced December 1, 2009 and ended November 30, 2012. The overview includes background information about the End of Term (EOT) 2008 Archive and a brief description of the activities conducted in the project's four work areas. Following the Overview there are three sections: Goals Accomplished; Significant Findings and Accomplishments; and Project Achievements.</p>Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability2013-02-28T19:56:32-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146566/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146566/"><img alt="Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability" title="Enhancing Content Visibility in Institutional Repositories: Overview of Factors that Affect Digital Resources Discoverability" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146566/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Paper accompanying a poster for the 2013 International iConference. This paper describes factors that affect digital resource discoverability.</p>The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders National Partnership2013-02-28T19:56:32-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146567/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146567/"><img alt="The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders National Partnership" title="The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders National Partnership" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146567/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Paper accompanying a poster presentation for the 2013 International iConference. This paper discusses the Lifecycle Management of ETDs project.</p>The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders Partnership [Poster]2013-02-28T19:56:32-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146592/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146592/"><img alt="The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders Partnership [Poster]" title="The Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project: Multi Stakeholders Partnership [Poster]" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146592/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Poster presentation for the 2013 International iConference. This poster discusses the Lifecycle Management of ETDs Project.</p>Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 20132013-09-13T14:58:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181658/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181658/"><img alt="Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013" title="Hidden Collections Redux: Summer 2013" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181658/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>This report is offers an update on the hidden collections at the UNT Libraries. Its purpose is to serve as a true representation of the collections in the UNT Libraries with little or no access.</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>