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The Perils of Complexity: A multi-stage study to determine necessary images for digitized scrapbook representation

Description: Presentation on a multi-stage study to assess national trends and user preferences for scrapbook representation undertaken by librarians at the University of North Texas. The stages of this study included a review of national trends in scrapbook digitization, as seen in the Digital Public Library of America; a paper-prototyping-inspired, in-person user study; and an online survey of user preferences. The results of this research have enabled the implementation of clear guidelines at the Univers… more
Date: March 26, 2021
Creator: Willis, Shannon & McIntosh, Marcia

Piloting OpenProject for Digital Projects

Description: Presentation describing the development of project management systems for digital projects by piloting the open-source software OpenProject. It was presented at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries 2022 which was held virtually on May 23, 2022.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia

Piloting Photogrammetry in Digital Libraries

Description: Presented at the 2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation focuses on photogrammetry methods used for model creation as well as metadata description, uploading, and viewing of the models in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: May 17, 2018
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia & Willis, Shannon

The Portal to Texas History: Filling In Your Story

Description: Presented for the Red River Historical and Genealogical Society. This presentation provides an overview of The Portal to Texas History, including information on search functions and available research types.
Date: June 12, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana & Fisher, Sarah Lynn

Professional Opinion vs. User Directed Digitization, Round 1

Description: Presented at the 2017 Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)Fest Conference. This lightning round presentation shares the results of a web survey of DPLA partners' methods and representation practices of scrapbooks and plans for usability studies.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia & Willis, Shannon

Replicating Processes: Testing the Project Points System at UNT Digital Projects

Description: Presentation at the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation describes the replication of a points system used by Northwestern University's Digital Media Services department to better understand lab resources and capacity within the UNT Digital Projects Lab.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia & Willis, Shannon

Saving the Byrds: Reshaping Digitization Workflows for Photographic Materials

Description: Presentation detailing the customized workflow established for the creation of the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection in the UNT Digital Library, as well as the unique problems and solutions that arose throughout the course of the project. It was presented at the 2023 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) held May 16-18, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
Date: May 18, 2023
Creator: Ekberg, Samantha

Standardizing Quality Control of Images

Description: This presentation contains an overview of how the UNT Libraries Digital Project Unit created a quality control rubric to assess partner-contributed images against department standards.
Date: July 22, 2016
Creator: Willis, Shannon

Think Globally, Act Locally: How Working with DPLA has Improved Our Collections

Description: Presented at the 2015 Digital Library Federation Forum as part of the panel, "Think Globally, Act Locally: How Working with DPLA has Improved Our Collections." This presentation provides an overview of how working as an aggregator for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has changed workflows related to digital collections for The Portal to Texas History.
Date: October 28, 2015
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia

Time Travel Classroom: Historic Newspapers Online [Fall 2017]

Description: Presentation providing an overview of The Portal to Texas History, with examples of resources available within the repository. It specifically focuses on newspapers and how to use them for historical context and primary source information.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana

Time Travel Classroom: Historic Newspapers Online [Spring 2018]

Description: Presentation providing an overview of The Portal to Texas History, with examples of resources available within the repository. It specifically focuses on newspapers and how to use them for historical context and primary source information.
Date: February 20, 2018
Creator: Krahmer, Ana

Tools and Workflows for Managing Metadata at the UNT Libraries

Description: Presentation for the Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management Virtual Conference. This presentation provides an overview of interface design features in the metadata editing system for the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Collections.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah

TRAIL Harvesting Costs Report

Description: This presentation looks at the effort and costs involved with building Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) collections.
Date: April 26, 2016
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward

TRAIL Metadata Uplift Project

Description: This presentation provides an overview of metadata for TRAIL digitized projects, and identifies three issues to be addressed through metadata uplift.
Date: April 26, 2016
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward

TRAIL @ UNT: Update

Description: Presentation for the 2017 Technical report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) Annual Meeting. This presentation provides an update on the TRAIL Collection at UNT Libraries, including current metadata remediation initiatives.
Date: May 9, 2017
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Rosenbeck, Craig

Trends in Digital Newspaper Delivery: Leveraging existing resources, collaborations, and interoperability in the libraries community

Description: This presentation reflects on the latest efforts toward improving the digital delivery of "hyperlocal" news in libraries, followed by open discussion, with a focus on multi-institutional collaborations, leveraging existing platforms and resources, and interoperability via IIIF for digital newspapers.
Date: December 12, 2016
Creator: Rabun, Sheila; Estlund, Karen & Phillips, Mark Edward
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