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Broadening Access to Books on Texas and Oklahoma

Description: This overview of the grant-funded project was given as a lightning-round presentation during the panel "Giving New Life to Old Books: The NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Program" at the 2016 annual meeting of the Association of American University Presses.
Date: June 17, 2016
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.

A business model for author-pays publishing

Description: Presentation for the 2018 Association of University Presses Annual Meeting. This presentation describes the business model for Aquiline Books, a University of North Texas Libraries publishing service.
Date: June 17, 2018
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.

Digitizing Multilingual Newspapers for NDNP Grants

Description: Presentation gives information on how to digitize multilingual newspapers for National Digital Newspaper Program Grants. It includes steps that should be take prior to and after digitization. This presentation was given at the 2015 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 2015.
Date: September 17, 2015
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn

Fostering Student Employee Engagement: Creating a Sense of Ownership Through Task Sharing Initiatives

Description: Presentation describing how student supervisors developed a task sharing and reporting mechanism to encourage teamwork and improve student engagement. Student supervisors of the Access Services Department are committed to creating a positive and effective work environment while ensuring accountability and productivity. In order to improve students' work experience, the supervisors developed tools and techniques which have increased student engagement in the department operations and empowered t… more
Date: November 17, 2021
Creator: Akers, Emily; Baskett, Pilar; Knox, Briana & Keshmiripour, Setareh

It Starts at the Top: Developing a Motivational Leadership Style That Moves Mountains

Description: This presentation describes a variety of successful changes within the University of North Texas Libraries' Access Services such as re-organizing the structure of the department, establishing new services, and accomplishing projects. Stages of change from idea to implementation and the facilitation of communication throughout the process will be discussed.
Date: November 17, 2016
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Venner, Mary Ann

Letting the collections tell their story: Using Tableau for collection evaluation

Description: This presentation contains the workshop presented at the 2016 Library and Information Technology Association Forum pre-conference session. This workshop presentation includes an introduction to the Tableau Public software, data management, and developing dashboards.
Date: November 17, 2016
Creator: Harker, Karen; Klein, Janette & Parwani, Priya B.

Linked Data in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

Description: Presentation for the Linked Data: An Emerging Trend Panel at the Texas Library Association (TLA) 2015 Annual Conference. This presentation discusses linked data in the UNT Libraries' digital collections.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Tarver, Hannah

Managing Language Data @ UNT Digital Library: CoRSAL Collection

Description: Presentation presented at the Second International Workshop on Language Documentation and Digital Archiving, held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in Delhi, India. This presentation discusses how language data is being hosted by the UNT Digital Library for long-term preservation and access.
Date: February 17, 2020
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward

Mind the Gaps: Promoting Open and Equal Access to Justice for All

Description: Presentation for the 2019 University of North Texas Open Access Symposium. This presentation argues that open access to legal information drives access to justice. Based on the first hand experience of one of the busiest public law libraries in the country, leveraging technology and library budgets to move legal forms and information from behind paywalls can open the courthouse doors for those who cannot afford legal representation. Speakers provide practical examples from their experiences at … more
Date: May 17, 2019
Creator: Lawson, Joseph D. & Holmes, Heather

Name Authority Files in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections

Description: Presentation as part of a panel titled "From Authority Control to Identity Management: Managing--Not Controlling" at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 2017 annual conference. These slides provide an overview of name authority control in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, including authority creation, authority records and their structured data, and entering names in the metadata editing system.
Date: July 17, 2017
Creator: Tarver, Hannah

A New Approach to Academic Library Liaisons

Description: This presentation reviews  the University of North Texas approach to revamp the philosophy for, and means of supporting, subject librarians as they provide library services to the university community. Crafting a new philosophy of liaison librarianship can be both  an exciting and a daunting process. New models of service have emerged that offer exciting opportunities to improve librarian skill sets, clarify expectations  of subject librarians, standardize assessment of liaisons, and identify a… more
Date: April 17, 2019
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Condrey, Coby

Open Access to Primary Legal Materials and their Impact on Access to Justice in Texas

Description: Presentation for the 2019 University of North Texas Open Access Symposium. This presentation explores whether Open Access is an Answer for Access to Justice in general. In particular, it highlights the implication of open access to Primary Legal Materials on Access to Justice in the state of Texas.
Date: May 17, 2019
Creator: Moseley, Becky

So You Want to Print and Sell Open Textbooks?

Description: This presentation provides an overview of the landscape and factors to consider in choosing among the options for printing and selling an open textbook.
Date: June 17, 2020
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.

This Side of the Border: The Mexican Revolution through the Lens of American Photographer Otis A. Aultman

Description: This presentation discusses the Mexican Revolution, as seen through the camera lens of American photographer Otis A. Aultman. In 2009, El Paso Public Library's Archivist Marta Estrada received a grant from the UNT Libraries to digitize a portion of their Otis Aultman Photograph Collection and add it to The Portal to Texas History. El Paso Public Library's collection on the Portal consists of more than 500 digitized glass plate negative photographs that documents the Mexican Revolution through t… more
Date: February 17, 2011
Creator: Carlisle, Tara

UNT Libraries: Building Collections and Collaborations

Description: Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation provides an overview of digital preservation collections in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
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