Faculty News, posted on Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:45:12AM
Cathie Norris, University of North Texas and Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan have written an article for this month’s Educational Technology. “The Opportunity to Change Education Is, Literally, at Hand,” explains changes in the the pedagogy of education by utilizing mobile devices. Watch a related lecture here from the 2012 Cyberlearning Research Summit.Feature Story, posted on Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:12:51PM
Angel Durr, LIS student and graduate assistant, was included in The 21st Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges. Durr's chapter "Going the Distance: Supporting African American Library and Information Science Students," discusses the importance of programs designed to support African American students in the LIS profression. Dr. Maurice Wheeler also authored a chapter entitled "African American Faculty in LIS: Unresolved Issues in a New Era."Feature Story, posted on Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:54:37AM
Jenny S. Wakefield, student in the Educational Computing doctoral program in the Department of Learning Technologies, published in the International Journal of Knowledge Management & E-Learning. Wakefield worked with Dr. Scott J. Warren and Dr. Metta Alsobrook, her major professors, on an article titled Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: A Mixed-Methods Twitter Study. The paper examines the design of a course that utilized the real-time information network Twitter.com to spark reflective thinking and communication based on classroom topics. Feature Story, posted on Thursday, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:48:55PM
Feature Story, posted on Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:23:07AM
Angel Durr, a library and information science master's student, presented the results of her research at the 2011 Texas Library Association conference on why ethnic minorities, especially African Americans, remain as paraprofessionals instead of pursuing graduate work in library science. Her accomplishment was featured in the latest issue of the UNT Research magazine. Read more here.Faculty News, posted on Friday, Apr 06, 2012 at 04:18:28PM
As universities aim to preserve and discover information that emerges from research, the demand for faculty and information scientists is growing stronger. At UNT, a three year initiative investigates what specific skills are needed to certify data managers. COI plans to launch two courses in digital curation and data management this summer. Feature Story, posted on Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:12:11AM
Congratulations to the DataRes Research Project on receiving a Best Posters Runner-Up award at the 2012 iConference. The DataRes Project, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians grant from the IMLS, investigates how the library and information science (LIS) profession can best respond to emerging needs of research data management in universities. Other UNT posters included: Graduate Students’ Information Seeking in a Collaborative Learning Setting, Chronicles in Preservation Project, and iCAMP: Building Digital Information Curation Curriculum.Feature Story, posted on Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:31:27AM
Congratulations to UNT alums, Cheryl Rowan and Mark Phillips, for being named 2012 Library Journal Movers and Shakers. Cheryl currently works for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - South Central Region, and Mark currently works for the UNT Libraries.Feature Story, posted on Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:22:46AM
The 3rd Annual Symposium for Open Access will be hosted on May 21st. The conference will include several panels of experts , each offering a different perspective on data management within the Open Access Movement. The conference will bring together key stakeholders from industry, academic research, funding agencies, and publishing to explore the implications of emerging trends in research data access, preservation, and management. Feature Story, posted on Monday, Mar 26, 2012 at 01:06:36PM
Dr. Lynne Cox, a 2010 graduate of the ATPI doctoral program from the College of Information Department Learning Technologies, has been awarded a prestigious ACTE Fellowship. The ACTE Fellowship Program is an instrument to provide professional development, policy knowledge, and leadership development.Feature Story, posted on Tuesday, Feb 07, 2012 at 10:28:20AM
UNT has formally adopted an Open Access Policy: free, unrestricted, online access to UNT Community Member scholarly works. With this new policy, UNT hopes to make public access to its scholarly activities such as new knowledge, understandings, and expressions as widely available as possible. UNT has hosted two Open Access Symposiums. The 2010 & 2011 lectures are available to watch here.