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Sustaining your Organization’s Future: Mentoring and Succession Planning in Libraries

Description: Webinar for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. This presentation discusses results of a recent survey of librarians on the prevalence of succession and mentoring plans in academic, public, school, and special libraries, and includes conclusions, best practices, and takeaways for increased mentoring and succession planning
Date: March 14, 2018
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Operando tribochemical formation of onion-likecarbon leads to macroscale superlubricity

Description: This article demonstrates that tribochemical reactions occur even in dry conditions when hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (H-DLC) surface is slid against two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide along with nanodiamonds in dry nitrogen atmosphere.
Date: March 21, 2018
Creator: Berman, Diana; Narayanan, Badri; Cherukara, Mathew J.; Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K.R.S.; Erdemir, Ali; Zinovev, Alexander et al.
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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Music Copyright: Unraveling the Weirdness

Description: This document is part of a series of white papers on various copyright issues. A copyright license is a contract to use a work in certain limited ways. Because copyright grants authors a “bundle of rights” over their works, rights holders can choose how other people can use any or all of those 11 rights without giving away their entire copyrights. They use licenses to do this. This section will address several ways that licensing is unique for music copyright and introduce four licenses that a… more
Date: March 2018
Creator: Wolfson, Stephen M.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Students with Pride flags]

Description: Photograph of UNT students during a counter-protest, held in response to a protest led by demonstrators associated with the National Street Preachers Conference. Students gathered for two days by the Library Mall on W. Highland Street. The flags they are holding represent the LGBT+ community groups. The rainbow flag represent all who identify as members of the LGBT community; the pink, yellow and blue flag represents the pansexual community; and the blue, black, purple, white and pink flag repr… more
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Davis, Allegra
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students with sign at Counter-Protest]

Description: Photograph of three UNT students during the counter-protest against demonstrators on campus. One is holding a sign that reads "Jesus loves you for who you are". The other two are crouched down and holding hands underneath the sign. The original demonstrators are associated with the National Street Preachers Conference. The events took place off of W Highland Street and Willis Library can be seen in the background.
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Davis, Allegra
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[NAACP student speaking at Counter-Protest]

Description: Photograph of UNT students during the counter-protest against demonstrators on campus. They are representing the UNT campus' branch of the NAACP organization. One student is wearing an NAACP shirt. Another is standing up and speaking into a microphone. Behind them students are holding a Black Lives Matter flag. The original demonstrators are associated with the National Street Preachers Conference. The events took place off of W Highland Street and the Library Mall can be seen in the background. more
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Davis, Allegra
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[NAACP students at Counter-Protest]

Description: Photograph of UNT students during the counter-protest against demonstrators on campus. They are representing the UNT campus' branch of the NAACP organization, one student is wearing an NAACP shirt. Behind them students are holding a Black Lives Matter flag. The original demonstrators are associated with the National Street Preachers Conference. The events took place off of W Highland Street and the Library Mall can be seen in the background.
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Davis, Allegra
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Student speaking at Counter-Protest]

Description: Photograph of UNT students during the counter-protest against demonstrators on campus. One student is speaking into a microphone. They are surrounded by other students representing the campus branch of the NAACP organization and the BLM movement. Behind them students are holding up a Black Lives Matter flag and a Pride flag. The original demonstrators are associated with the National Street Preachers Conference. The events took place off of W Highland Street near the Library Mall and Willis Lib… more
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Davis, Allegra
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students gather for counter protest on Highland Street]

Description: Photograph of students crowded into the entrance of Library Mall from Highland Street in order to counter protest against representatives of the National Street Preachers Conference who staged an anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Black Lives Matter, and anti-Muslim protest on the UNT campus, March 29 and 30, 2018. The Business Leadership Building can be seen in the background.
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Representatives of the National Street Preachers organization protest on Highland Street]

Description: Photograph of the National Street Preachers anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Black Lives Matter, and anti-Muslim protest on Highland Street on the UNT campus, March 29, 2018. The event was listed on the National Street Preachers Conference website as "Outreach to the University of North Texas." In the foreground students and community members gather to photograph, watch the protest, and counter protest. Three signs held by representatives of the National Street Preachers can be read: "BLM Rent A R… more
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students counter-protest National Street Preachers Conference "outreach"]

Description: Photograph of UNT students' counter-protest of the National Street Preachers anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Black Lives Matter, and anti-Muslim protest on Highland Street on the UNT campus, March 29, 2018. The event was listed on the National Street Preachers Conference website as "Outreach to the University of North Texas." A student in the foreground of the photograph holds a pride flag. The Business Leadership Building is visible in the background.
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Nerdfighters at Counter-Protest]

Description: Photograph of UNT Nerdfighters Seth Knievel (red pants), the Director of Internal Affairs and Vice President of the organization, and TJ Campbell (Marvel shirt), the Director of Events for the organization, participating in the counter-protest. A section of the larger group of students involved in the counter-protest can be seen behind them. Knievel appears to be speaking to one of the demonstrators with another standing to his side. The demonstrators are associated with the National Street Pre… more
Date: March 29, 2018
Creator: Davis, Allegra
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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On the security of the Courtois-Finiasz-Sendrier signature

Description: This article proves that a variant of the Courtois-Finiasz-Sendrier signature is strongly existentially unforgeable under chosen message attack in the random oracle model, assuming hardness of the Permuted Goppa Syndrome Decoding Problem (also known as the Niederreiter problem).
Date: March 20, 2018
Creator: Morozov, Kirill; Roy, Partha Sarathi; Steinwandt, Rainer & Xu, Rui
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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ATF's Ability to Regulate "Bump Stocks"

Description: This report discusses whether ATF has the right to regulate "bump stocks" for rifles which allow rifles to mimic the actions of an automatic weapon and recent proposed regulatory action by ATF.
Date: March 22, 2018
Creator: Peck, Sarah Herman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financial Regulation: The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155)

Description: This report discusses the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) which was reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on December 18, 2017. The bill generally aims to provide regulatory relief to banks, relax mortgage lending rules, and provide additional consumer protections related to credit reporting and other areas. This report briefly highlights major policy proposals.
Date: March 6, 2018
Creator: Perkins, David W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Membership of the 115th Congress: A Profile

Description: This report presents a profile of the membership of the 115th Congress (2017-2018) as of January 3, 2018. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program. The Navy's proposed FY2019 budget requests a total of $1,598.2 million in procurement funding for the program. Congress's decisions on the CVN-78 program could substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: March 30, 2018
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-23): Brief Summary of Division E-The Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services (ACCESS) Act

Description: This report provides a brief summary of each of the provisions included in Division E (the ACCESS Act) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, along with the contact information for the CRS expert who can answer questions about each provision. Division E consists of 12 titles. Each title is addressed in a separate table, and the provisions are discussed in the order they appear in the law. Topics discussed in this report include Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (C… more
Date: March 9, 2018
Creator: Morgan, Paulette C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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