70 research outputs found
What Is to Be Learned from a Statewide Collection of PDFs
The Texas Digital Newspaper Program, operated by the University of North Texas Libraries, actively works to digitally preserve news in the form of print and born digital newspaper content via The Portal to Texas History. For two years, TDNP has partnered with the Texas Press Association to preserve born-digital newspaper titles from its member institutions. These PDF-based print masters total more than 3 million pages from over 500 titles across the state and allow UNT Libraries to explore significant metrics associated with born-digital newspaper content at a scale that previously had been impossible. This paper reports on exploratory investigations by the TDNP to understand aggregate patterns in the generation of born-digital news editions by analyzing technical metadata extracted from the 3 million pages currently in the preservation collection. While this research is still in its early stages, the goal is to provide an overview of current publishing practices of the more than 500 newspaper publishers across Texas. Furthermore, this research can enhance libraries’ understanding about current publishing trends as they plan digital preservation policies and practices in support of publisher preservation needs
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User Experience of Access Points: Eye-tracking, Metadata, and Usability Testing
This doctoral dissertation applies user experience and complex systems theory, combining eye-tracking data with verbal and observational data from user test instances, to study the effectiveness of metadata records that accompany digital primary source objects available on The Portal to Texas History
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Beyond Google: Promoting Digitized Primary Sources in First-Year Writing
This presentation discusses promoting digitized primary sources in research. Topics include the background and interest in the subject, key term definitions, examples of items and usage, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) K-12 teaching resources, and FYC application
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The Portal to Texas History: Walking in the Footprints of History
Presentation for the Cedar Hill Genealogy Society. This presentation describes how The Portal to Texas History can facilitate genealogical research
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Tracking User Experience of Digital Newspapers on the Portal to Texas History
This paper discusses the research findings of a user experience project directly related to how people interact with newspapers on The Portal to Texas History
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Collaborative Preservation Scaled to Serve the Texas Press Association
This presentation provides an overview of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and its partnership with the Texas Press Association archive
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History 9-1-1: How University of North Texas Libraries Save Newspaper Runs through the Texas Digital Newspaper Program
Presentation for the 2018 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions International News Media Conference. This presentation describes how the Texas Digital Newspaper Program partners with other libraries and museum to preserve materials, and how this can act as a safeguard after natural disasters in the area
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Our Users, Our Selves: Evaluating user experience on The Portal to Texas History
Presentation for the 2018 Texas Library Association Annual Conference. This presentation describes the development and results of a usability study to understand how users navigate The Portal to Texas History
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Making the Most Out of Collaboration: Partnerships & Grant Applications for Long-Term Preservation
This presentation discusses the collaboration between Tarleton Library and Stephenville Public Library for a grant to digitize two early newspapers previously only available on microfilm, and collaborative partnership models for digital preservation of materials and grant applications
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Defining What Preservation Through Access Means in Digitizing Community Newspapers
Poster presented at the 2012 NTLP Annual Conference on Library Technology. This poster discusses what preservation through access means in digitizing community newspapers
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