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Inspired to Serve

Description: Final report of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service documenting findings and recommendations regarding the Commission's task to (1) review the military selective service process and (2) suggest methods to increase military, national, and public service.
Date: March 2020
Creator: United States. National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inspired to Serve

Description: Website of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service documenting the Commission's work including research and recommendations to increase military, national, and public service, as well as news and events related to the Commission's activities.
Date: 2020
Creator: United States. National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 7

Description: This anthology collects the winners of the 2019 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNT’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First place winner: Eli Saslow, “It Was My Job, and I Didn’t Find Him” (The Washington Post), narrates the life of a former officer at the Parkland high school shooting. Second place: Elizabeth Bruenig, “What Do We Owe Her Now?” (The Washington Post), is the story of a high school rape victim who received no justice. Third place: Hannah Dreier, “The … more
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Date: June 2020
Creator: Reaves, Gayle
Partner: UNT Press
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Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews

Description: White paper documenting the results of interviews with professionals who manage collections of state or federal documents, and institutional repositories. These interviews gathered information about collection policies and characteristics of born-digital publications that are incorporated into these bodies of materials, to inform future machine learning algorithms.
Date: 2020
Creator: Fox, Nathaniel T.; Phillips, Mark Edward & Tarver, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Power of Choice: An Examination of a Hybrid Recess/Tutorial Program at a Suburban High School in the Southwestern United States

Description: A suburban district in the southwestern region of the United States created a choice-based program in which students have the opportunity to address their social, emotional, and academic needs through a mid-day period where they have the ability to attend tutorials or engage in a variety of club and social activities. Each day, students choose the activity that best serves their needs, be those academic, social, or emotional. In order to determine students' attitudes, opinions, and uses of the … more
Date: May 2020
Creator: Woodard, Chrystal Starnes
Partner: UNT Libraries

John Lewis Twitter Dataset

Description: This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for several Twitter search queries that were collected following the death on July 17, 2020, of American politician and civil-rights leader John Lewis, who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 6,870,881 Tweets and 42,055 media files make up … more
Date: 2020-07-10/2020-08-10
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries

Hydroxychloroquine Twitter Dataset

Description: This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for several Twitter search queries that were collected related to the drug hydroxychloroquine and its relationship as an effective coronavirus treatment. This dataset was created to capture the opinions on Twitter after a group of people calling themselves "America’s Frontline Doctors" released a video sharing misleading claims about the virus and the drugs use as an effective treatment. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/… more
Date: 2020-07-20/2020-08-11
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Inspired to Serve: Legislative Annex

Description: Supplemental report outlining the legislative proposal of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (The Inspire to Serve Act of 2020) with section-by-section analysis and cross-references to existing laws.
Date: March 2020
Creator: United States. National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

End of Term Presidential Harvest 2020

Description: This is the collection of WARCs created by the University of North Texas Libraries for the End of Term Presidential Harvest 2020, an effort by the Library of Congress, Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, the University of North Texas Libraries, the Internet Archive, Stanford University Libraries, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, and the U.S. Government Printing Office to preserve public United States Government web sites at the end of the presidential term that … more
Date: 2020-12-17/2021-02-04
Creator: University of North Texas. Libraries.
Partner: UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

#DiaperDon Twitter Dataset

Description: This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to the hashtag #DiaperDon. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/edsu/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 866,987 Tweets make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2020-11-18/2020-12-01
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Become a Trailblazer: Uncovering the Whole Story of Women's Suffrage

Description: Webinar discussing the National Votes for Women Trail with several panelists involved in the project to place historic markers in every state documenting the historical figures and events in the women's suffrage movement. It opens with a video clip describing the markers that have already been placed in Kentucky.
Date: August 13, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Discussion About Women's Suffrage and the Arts

Description: Conversation with Pam Breaux, hosted by Mary Anne Carter, discussing the role of the arts in activism, particularly the women's suffrage movement. They also specifically talk about the book published by the National Endowment for the Arts in honor of the centennial of the passage of the 19th amendment.
Date: August 20, 2020
Duration: 29 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Carter, Mary Anne & Breaux, Pam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 1

Description: Whiteboard animation video providing an overview of women's suffrage in the United States and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
Date: 2020
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 2

Description: Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the differences between "suffragist" (primarily U.S.) and "suffragette" (primarily U.K.) as well as the similarities of the suffrage movement in Britain and the U.S.
Date: 2020
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Suffrage Snapshot: Episode 4

Description: Whiteboard animation video describing the history of women's suffrage in the United States. This episode focuses on the various suffrage associations and leaders that worked toward the right to vote.
Date: 2020
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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