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Accessing the Inaccessible: Capturing and Re-Purposing Metadata Prior to Digitization to Ensure Adequate Description and Access

Description: Presented at the 2018 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation provides a detailed look at how University of North Texas Libraries' Special Collections embarked upon a large-scale digitization project involving a portion of the highly requested A/V materials from the NBC-5/KXAS Television News collection, using a third-party vendor. This project included the use of snapshots to help repurpose metadata, then linked data tools in Excel and WikiMedia to create access to tape conten… more
Date: May 17, 2018
Creator: Pierce, Gregory & Niño, Ana

[Activist letter about 101st Congress]

Description: Letter sent to activists of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) dates May 2, 1989 signed by Peri Jude Radecic with the main purpose of dicussing the 101st Congress. The first page describes the upcoming enclosures, noting that the most significant bills are the Hate Crime Statistics Act, the Immigration, Exclusion, and Deportation Amendment Act, and the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriation Bill. It also requests a $5 fee from activists to cover the costs of postage and copying (the … more
Date: May 2, 1989
Creator: Radecic, Peri Jude

[Activist letter about 101st Congress]

Description: Letter sent to activists of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) dates May 2, 1989 signed by Peri Jude Radecic with the main purpose of discussing the 101st Congress. Describes upcoming enclosures, noting that the most significant bills are the Hate Crime Statistics Act, the Immigration, Exclusion, and Deportation Amendment Act, and the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriation Bill. It also requests a $5 fee from activists to cover the costs of postage and copying (repeat of the first pa… more
Date: May 2, 1989
Creator: Radecic, Peri Jude

[Actors on set of general store]

Description: Photograph of six actors on the set of a general store. Four men stand by the counter; one sits on the counter. A man in a wheelchair is in front of the counter; he looks back over his shoulder to a woman. The photograph also shows a camera operator.
Date: May 3, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

["Acts" member holds Scrabble scoresheet]

Description: Photograph of a member of team "Acts" posing with a scoresheet during UNT's Center for Public Service Scrabble Tournament Fundraiser in 2011. The woman can be seen sitting at a table in front of a Scrabble board, looking at the camera and smiling. She is holding the scoresheet up for the camera with both hands. Another member of the team can be seen sitting next to her in the background.
Date: May 1, 2011

[Admission Success: The Master's Program with Major in ARTE]

Description: An official letter from the Associate Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies at UNT, bringing the exciting news to the applicant about the completion of her application evaluation and successful admission to pursue a Master's degree with a major in ARTE. The letter outlines the detailed provisions of admissions and extends a warm welcome to the upcoming academic journey.
Date: May 12, 1995

[Advertisement for Frigidaire]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement for Frigidaire. The background of the advertisement is black and over this is white text that reads "A Frigidaire Crown-Quality Value". Behind the word "Frigidaire" is a white crown. The advertisement is taped and pinned to a black board that is hanging on the wall.
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Advertisement for Vandervoorts Slim Milk]

Description: Photograph of a carton of Vandervoorts Slim Milk sitting next to a glass of milk on a piece of textured fabric. The top of the carton, near where it is sealed, has the Vandervoorts logo, the word "Vandervoorts" in a white horizontal strip with a large white V behind the middle section of the strip, and reads "Fortified non-fat milk slim". On the side of the carton is the Vandervoorts logo again and text that is inside of a glass of milk that reads "Slim Fortified Non-Fat Milk with Added Vitamin… more
Date: May 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Advertisement for Vandervoorts Slim Milk 2 of 2]

Description: Photograph of a carton of Vandervoorts Slim Milk sitting next to a glass of milk on a piece of textured fabric. The top of the carton, near where it is sealed, has the Vandervoorts logo, the word "Vandervoorts" in a white horizontal strip with a large white V behind the middle section of the strip, and reads "Fortified non-fat milk slim". On the side of the carton is the Vandervoorts logo again and text that is inside of a glass of milk that reads "Slim Fortified Non-Fat Milk with Added Vitamin… more
Date: May 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Advertisement of cartoon man]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement depicting a cartoon man lounging on two rows of circles. Three of the circles depict coins, while the rest are blank. The cartoon man is wearing a suit and hat, as well as a black mask that covers all of his face except his eyes and mouth. He is smiling, while touching his hat with his right hand. He is also holding a lit cigar in his left hand, while his legs are crossed right over the left. The advertisement is taped to a large safe.
Date: May 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Advertisement slide]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement of a cartoon shopping cart facing the right, towards a large coin. The two items are in the middle of multi-shaded waves, the middle of which is the lightest color. The advertisement is attached to a safe.
Date: May 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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