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Access Services 2.0 through Employee-Directed Planning

Description: Presentation discusses utilizing participatory leadership techniques such as circle practice and World Cafe´ to enhance employee involvement in organizational planning. Access Services employees were empowered to participate in setting goals, future planning, and restructuring the department. The details of the process, lessons learned, and challenges will be shared. It was presented at the 2022 Access Services Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Knox, Briana

Beyond Makerspaces: Fabricating a Bibliographic Community

Description: This presentation focuses on the 3Dhotbed collection's goal of creating a bibliographic community. The team discusses their challenges of broadening the project while ensuring quality metadata and long-term preservation. It was presented at the Digital Library Federation Forum held in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 15-17, 2018.
Date: October 16, 2018
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.; McIntosh, Marcia & O'Sullivan, Kevin

Combined Library Services Desk: Round Table Discussion

Description: Presentation for a round table discussion at the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses combining library service desks.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Hardikar, Bethany; Abrams, Sarah & Whitmer, Susan

Copyright Workflow for the Institutional Repository

Description: Presentation on the methods for discovering publisher policies and gaining permissions to make previously published works available through an institutional repository. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative - Scholarly Communication & Digital Curation Affinity Group meeting on December 16, 2016 at the Dick Smith Library at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
Date: December 16, 2016
Creator: Andrews, Pamela

Curating the Southwest Region's Maps: UNT-UTA Collaborative Project

Description: 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.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Phillips, Mark Edward & Hartman, Cathy Nelson

Distributed Digital Preservation ETD Workshop

Description: This presentation is designed to provide institutions with Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) initiatives with information about preserving ETDs. In this presentation, the authors discuss ETDs and preservation needs, MetaArchive and distributed preservation, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)/MetaArchive ETD DDPN Archive, collections management for preservation, MetaArchive and its member roles and responsibilities, and the ETD Lifecycle Management Project.
Date: September 16, 2011
Creator: McMillan, Gail & Halbert, Martin

The E-Quality Service Model: Collaboration between the Reference and Circulation departments as a means to improve the library experience for distance education patrons in an academic library

Description: This presentation discusses collaboration between the reference and circulation departments as a means to improve the library experience for distance education patrons in an academic library. The two authors give perspectives from the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: April 16, 2008
Creator: Ramin, Lilly & Leuzinger, Julie

Enemies of History: Murderers of the Past

Description: This presentation is about a workshop for high school students. The workshop focused on preservation and how it relates to the study of history.
Date: April 16, 2008
Creator: Downey, Annie; May, Frances A.; Mears, Michelle M. & Smith, Jon

External Funding, Infrastructures, and Digital Possibilities

Description: Presentation discussing grant work, types of grants, and lessons learned by University of North Texas Libraries when working with grants. This presentation was given as part of the Texas State University Research Libraries 2022 Grant Series.
Date: February 16, 2022
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward

Filling the Gap: A Focus on Accessibility and Curriculum in Equipment Lending

Description: Presentation discussing the steps taken to create a new circulating collection of equipment items, from needs assessment and item selection to circulation and promotion. Best practices for cataloging, circulation, and item storage will be discussed. Presenters share a LibGuide created to enhance the discoverability of the collection and discuss decisions made about content and format. The presenters also highlight project successes, as well as some of the challenges faced and lessons learned. I… more
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Knox, Briana & Akers, Emily

Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in Digital Collections

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses the implementation of the Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) within the University of North Texas (UNT) digital collections. It includes a summary of the kinds of date formats in the EDTF with examples from the digital collections, a description of methods used to implement and utilize the machine-readability of the format, and an overview of reasons that other institutions may want to con… more
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah

Introduction to METS: UNT Libraries' Tech Talks

Description: This Tech Talk presentation explores METS. The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) is an initiative of the Digital Library Federation. Maintained by the Library of Congress, it provides a standard vocabulary and set of data structures for encoding hierarchical digital object content and metadata. In this presentation the author explains more about these parts of METS, and discusses how METS may be applicable to digital collections in the UNT Libraries.
Date: October 16, 2007
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward

Mapping the Way for Information Literacy Skills in Child Development Research

Description: Presentation for the 2014 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Information Literacy Satellite Meeting on conjunction with the IFLA World Library and Information Congress. This presentation discusses mapping the way for information literacy skills in child development research.
Date: August 16, 2014
Creator: Bradetich, Judi Rockey & Monahan, Jo

Metadata to fit your needs... How much is too much?

Description: This presentation briefly introduces the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and their mission. It explains the structure of the Digital Projects Unit having the Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History, and discusses their metadata structure and its role in Digital Projects.
Date: March 16, 2009
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward

Mindful Study Breaks

Description: This presentation is a workshop that provides a structured program of five mindfulness exercises to help individuals learn how to develop mindfulness practices that may be useful when studying. The program is connected to an optional research study on mindfulness programming in libraries.
Date: February 16, 2022
Creator: Henson, Brea

More Than Just a Job: Student Employee Success in Academic Libraries

Description: Presentation describes how being a student assistant at UNT Libraries impacted Holly Dolan. The presentation also includes perspectives from other student workers, as well as advice on how to improve library programs to ensure the success of student workers. This presentation was shown at the 2015 Texas Library Association Annual Conference.
Date: April 16, 2015
Creator: Dolan, Holly

Name Authority Control: An institutional repository approach

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses the importance of name authority, how the UNT Name App tool addresses challenges with name authority, the migration and implementation process, and implications for future use.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Waugh, Laura

NDNP at UNT: Building Open Access To Our Heritage

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) at the University of North Texas (UNT). The author gives a background of the project, discusses the production, the data and workflow, collaboration efforts, and helpful software tools.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Weidner, Andrew

Open Access to Our Heritage: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Description: Presentation for the 2013 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference. This presentation discusses open access to our heritage and the history, development, workflow, and content of the Gateway to Oklahoma History digital newspaper repository.
Date: August 16, 2013
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn
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